Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 9 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

 PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Location
3 months to
9 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank607826
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-52
Matching contract IT job ads3229147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire1.536 %1.177 %4.132 %
As % of the Programming Languages category5.585 %6.402 %13.93 %
Daily rates quoted12731
Average daily rate£369£288£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.26 %-32.35 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£159£274£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£423£381£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£313£350
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted200
Average hourly rate£49.75--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.75£25.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
+59.00 %-28.57 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
5734531055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire27.51 %18.38 %29.65 %
Daily rates quoted191137282
Average daily rate£335£325£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.070 %-10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£260£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£415£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted521658
Average hourly rate£36.25£33.00£36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.840 %-9.580 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.50£11.00£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
PL/SQL South EastPL/SQL
South East

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

PL/SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire PL/SQL Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 9 March 2010.

Berkshire PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 9 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+611£381+23.48 %
BracknellUp+23£150-46.42 %
MaidenheadUp+51--
SloughDown-21£260-3.70 %
WindsorNew entry-1--
PL/SQL South EastPL/SQL
South East

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PL/SQL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PL/SQL.

189 (100.00 %)SQL
278 (87.64 %)Oracle
326 (29.21 %)Datawarehouse
420 (22.47 %)Oracle 10g
519 (21.35 %)Business Intelligence
519 (21.35 %)Java
618 (20.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
716 (17.98 %)HP
815 (16.85 %)Shell Script
815 (16.85 %)UNIX
913 (14.61 %)Cognos
913 (14.61 %)GAMP
913 (14.61 %)V-Model
1012 (13.48 %)Oracle 9i
1012 (13.48 %)SQL Server
1012 (13.48 %)Telecoms
1111 (12.36 %)ETL
1111 (12.36 %)Security Cleared
1210 (11.24 %)ISEB
139 (10.11 %)GxP
139 (10.11 %)MS Office
139 (10.11 %)Oracle 11g
148 (8.989 %)C
148 (8.989 %)Oracle Forms
157 (7.865 %)Cramer
157 (7.865 %)TestDirector
157 (7.865 %)Windows
157 (7.865 %)SC Cleared
157 (7.865 %)Oracle RMAN
166 (6.742 %)Replication

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PL/SQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (6.742 %)XML
16 (6.742 %).NET
24 (4.494 %)ASP.NET
24 (4.494 %)Web Services
24 (4.494 %).NET Framework
24 (4.494 %)WinForms
32 (2.247 %)XSLT
32 (2.247 %)EJB
32 (2.247 %)JDBC
32 (2.247 %)J2EE
32 (2.247 %)Spring
41 (1.124 %)Java EE
41 (1.124 %)JAX-WS
41 (1.124 %)EJB 3.0
41 (1.124 %)JAXB
41 (1.124 %)JMS
41 (1.124 %)DHTML
41 (1.124 %)ASP
41 (1.124 %)Servlets
41 (1.124 %)Struts
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (4.494 %)Oracle 10gAS
14 (4.494 %)Oracle Application Server
23 (3.371 %)AquaLogic
23 (3.371 %)WebLogic
31 (1.124 %)TIBCO EMS
31 (1.124 %)ESB
31 (1.124 %)Oracle Service Bus
31 (1.124 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (1.124 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (10.11 %)MS Office
25 (5.618 %)MS Excel
31 (1.124 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (4.494 %)Cognos Planning
22 (2.247 %)Oracle Applications
31 (1.124 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (1.124 %)Endur
31 (1.124 %)BusinessWorks
31 (1.124 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (3.371 %)FTP
21 (1.124 %)BSS
21 (1.124 %)xDSL
21 (1.124 %)Wireless
21 (1.124 %)SONET
21 (1.124 %)MPLS
21 (1.124 %)Intranet
21 (1.124 %)GPRS
21 (1.124 %)GSM
21 (1.124 %)SDH
21 (1.124 %)VPN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (29.21 %)Datawarehouse
220 (22.47 %)Oracle 10g
318 (20.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
412 (13.48 %)Oracle 9i
412 (13.48 %)SQL Server
511 (12.36 %)ETL
69 (10.11 %)Oracle 11g
76 (6.742 %)Oracle Reports
85 (5.618 %)DecisionStream
85 (5.618 %)BusinessObjects
94 (4.494 %)RDBMS
94 (4.494 %)SQLPlus
103 (3.371 %)Oracle OLAP
103 (3.371 %)OLAP
112 (2.247 %)Data Mining
112 (2.247 %)DataStage
121 (1.124 %)InterSystems Cache
121 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2005
121 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2008
121 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (8.989 %)Oracle Forms
27 (7.865 %)TestDirector
36 (6.742 %)ClearQuest
45 (5.618 %)Ant
54 (4.494 %)Visual Studio
54 (4.494 %)Oracle APEX
63 (3.371 %)ProC
71 (1.124 %)Subversion
71 (1.124 %)FrontPage
71 (1.124 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (1.124 %)LoadRunner
71 (1.124 %)JDeveloper
71 (1.124 %)Eclipse
71 (1.124 %)ClearCase
71 (1.124 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (13.48 %)Telecoms
24 (4.494 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (2.247 %)Finance
32 (2.247 %)Billing
41 (1.124 %)General Ledger
41 (1.124 %)Insurance
41 (1.124 %)Retail
41 (1.124 %)Pensions
41 (1.124 %)Education
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
145 (50.56 %)Developer
223 (25.84 %)Oracle Developer
315 (16.85 %)Analyst
49 (10.11 %)Consultant
58 (8.989 %)DBA
67 (7.865 %)Oracle DBA
67 (7.865 %)ETL Developer
76 (6.742 %)Tester
85 (5.618 %)Applications Support
94 (4.494 %)Support Analyst
94 (4.494 %)Test Analyst
94 (4.494 %).NET Developer
94 (4.494 %)C# Developer
103 (3.371 %).NET Software Engineer
103 (3.371 %)SQL Server DBA
103 (3.371 %)Senior Developer
103 (3.371 %)Functional Consultant
103 (3.371 %)SQL DBA
103 (3.371 %)PL/SQL Developer
103 (3.371 %)C# Software Engineer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (6.742 %)Replication
21 (1.124 %)Clustering
21 (1.124 %)Computer Science
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (16.85 %)UNIX
27 (7.865 %)Windows
36 (6.742 %)Solaris
44 (4.494 %)HPUX
53 (3.371 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (3.371 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (3.371 %)Linux
62 (2.247 %)VMS
71 (1.124 %)AIX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (21.35 %)Business Intelligence
213 (14.61 %)V-Model
36 (6.742 %)Capacity Planning
36 (6.742 %)ERP
45 (5.618 %)Workflow
45 (5.618 %)CRM
54 (4.494 %)OO
54 (4.494 %)OOD
54 (4.494 %)Release Management
54 (4.494 %)Unit Testing
63 (3.371 %)Incident Management
63 (3.371 %)Problem Management
63 (3.371 %)Test Scripting
63 (3.371 %)Data Validation
63 (3.371 %)Configuration Management
63 (3.371 %)Change Management
63 (3.371 %)Validation
63 (3.371 %)Data Modelling
72 (2.247 %)UML
72 (2.247 %)E-Commerce
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
189 (100.00 %)SQL
219 (21.35 %)Java
315 (16.85 %)Shell Script
48 (8.989 %)C
55 (5.618 %)C#
64 (4.494 %)T-SQL
72 (2.247 %)VB
72 (2.247 %)C++
72 (2.247 %)VB6
81 (1.124 %)Korn
81 (1.124 %)XPath
81 (1.124 %)XQuery
81 (1.124 %)VBScript
81 (1.124 %)Perl
81 (1.124 %)VB.NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (12.36 %)Security Cleared
210 (11.24 %)ISEB
37 (7.865 %)SC Cleared
41 (1.124 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (14.61 %)GAMP
29 (10.11 %)GxP
33 (3.371 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (1.124 %)QA
41 (1.124 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (7.865 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (3.371 %)Oracle RAC
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (2.247 %)Netcool
12 (2.247 %)Data Guard
12 (2.247 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (1.124 %)Netcool/Webtop
21 (1.124 %)HP Quality Center
21 (1.124 %)OpenView
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
178 (87.64 %)Oracle
216 (17.98 %)HP
313 (14.61 %)Cognos
47 (7.865 %)Cramer
56 (6.742 %)JD Edwards
65 (5.618 %)Siebel
65 (5.618 %)Business Objects
74 (4.494 %)Sun
83 (3.371 %)Amdocs
83 (3.371 %)Red Hat
83 (3.371 %)Informatica
92 (2.247 %)SAP
92 (2.247 %)Microsoft
92 (2.247 %)Remedy
101 (1.124 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
101 (1.124 %)Hummingbird
101 (1.124 %)OpenLink
101 (1.124 %)TIBCO
101 (1.124 %)Nortel
101 (1.124 %)BEA