The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 39 42 41
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 4 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.913% 1.794% 0.800%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.920% 4.564% 2.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £325 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
137 241 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.28% 39.31% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 137 89
Average daily rate £325 £320 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% +121.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
West Midlands

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 4 (44.44%) CSS
4 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) XHTML
4 3 (33.33%) MVC
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (22.22%) Java
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) CSS3
5 2 (22.22%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (22.22%) Web Application Development
6 1 (11.11%) Build Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) UNIX
6 1 (11.11%) UML

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) XHTML
2 3 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Ajax
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
3 2 (22.22%) CSS3
3 2 (22.22%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (22.22%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) WSDL
4 1 (11.11%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) JSP
4 1 (11.11%) SOAP
4 1 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JDeveloper
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) German Language
2 1 (11.11%) Japanese Language
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Programmer
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Programmer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
2 2 (22.22%) Web Application Development
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Build Automation
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) SOA
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 3 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cordys
Birmingham, West Midlands
Must have skillsVisual Basic 6 Visual Basic .NET (ideally Visual Studio 2008 or above) Ideally have (but not absolutely essential) Oracle PL/SQL (10g or higher) ViewStar (OpenText...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013