The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 20 33 14
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -19
Contract jobs citing Oracle 31 32 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 6.008% 3.828% 7.585%
As % of the Vendors category 15.05% 12.21% 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 21
Average daily rate £415 £300 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.33% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £263 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £386 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £41.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
206 262 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 39.92% 31.34% 40.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 163 116
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £135 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +21.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bristol Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle across the Bristol region.

Bristol Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Bristol region.

Bristol Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Oracle 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 Oracle.

1 23 (30.26%) SQL
2 18 (23.68%) Finance
3 17 (22.37%) Java
4 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
4 16 (21.05%) Oracle 10g
5 15 (19.74%) C#
6 14 (18.42%) .NET
6 14 (18.42%) PL/SQL
6 14 (18.42%) Oracle 11g
6 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
7 13 (17.11%) SC Cleared
7 13 (17.11%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
8 10 (13.16%) OO
9 9 (11.84%) Oracle EBS R12
9 9 (11.84%) .NET Framework
9 9 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (10.53%) jQuery
10 8 (10.53%) MVC
10 8 (10.53%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
10 8 (10.53%) Delphi
11 7 (9.211%) J2EE
11 7 (9.211%) ASP.NET
11 7 (9.211%) MS Excel
11 7 (9.211%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (9.211%) Scrum
11 7 (9.211%) Eclipse
11 7 (9.211%) TDD
11 7 (9.211%) Subversion

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Oracle 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 Oracle. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (18.42%) .NET
2 9 (11.84%) .NET Framework
3 8 (10.53%) jQuery
4 7 (9.211%) J2EE
4 7 (9.211%) ASP.NET
4 7 (9.211%) Spring
5 6 (7.895%) Hibernate
5 6 (7.895%) XML
6 4 (5.263%) Apache Flex
6 4 (5.263%) Ajax
6 4 (5.263%) Middleware
7 3 (3.947%) KnockoutJS
7 3 (3.947%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (2.632%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (2.632%) REST
8 2 (2.632%) WCF
8 2 (2.632%) WPF
8 2 (2.632%) NHibernate
8 2 (2.632%) WinForms
8 2 (2.632%) Oracle ADF
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.947%) Apache
1 3 (3.947%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (2.632%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (2.632%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.632%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.632%) SAS
2 2 (2.632%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.316%) Mule
3 1 (1.316%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 7 (9.211%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.632%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.632%) MS Project
3 1 (1.316%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (7.895%) Oracle 11i
3 5 (6.579%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (3.947%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (2.632%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (2.632%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (2.632%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (1.316%) ResourceLink
7 1 (1.316%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.316%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.895%) Internet
2 1 (1.316%) Wireless
2 1 (1.316%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
1 16 (21.05%) Oracle 10g
2 14 (18.42%) Oracle 11g
3 13 (17.11%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (9.211%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (7.895%) MySQL
7 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.632%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (2.632%) Oracle OLAP
8 2 (2.632%) TOAD
8 2 (2.632%) DTS
8 2 (2.632%) DB2
8 2 (2.632%) OLAP
8 2 (2.632%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.316%) Oracle Discoverer
9 1 (1.316%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.316%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (9.211%) Eclipse
2 7 (9.211%) Subversion
3 4 (5.263%) Spring Roo
3 4 (5.263%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (3.947%) Selenium
5 2 (2.632%) NetBeans
5 2 (2.632%) JDeveloper
5 2 (2.632%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.316%) PVCS
6 1 (1.316%) Ant
6 1 (1.316%) JUnit
6 1 (1.316%) Maven
General
1 18 (23.68%) Finance
2 6 (7.895%) Banking
3 3 (3.947%) Retail Banking
3 3 (3.947%) Retail
4 2 (2.632%) General Ledger
4 2 (2.632%) Law
5 1 (1.316%) Back Office
5 1 (1.316%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (38.16%) Developer
2 13 (17.11%) Consultant
3 10 (13.16%) Analyst
4 9 (11.84%) Architect
4 9 (11.84%) .NET Developer
5 8 (10.53%) Java Developer
5 8 (10.53%) Oracle Consultant
6 7 (9.211%) DBA
6 7 (9.211%) Technical Architect
7 6 (7.895%) Oracle DBA
8 5 (6.579%) C# Developer
8 5 (6.579%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (5.263%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.947%) Development Manager
10 3 (3.947%) Technical Consultant
10 3 (3.947%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (3.947%) Business Consultant
10 3 (3.947%) Software Development Manager
10 3 (3.947%) Report Analyst
10 3 (3.947%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.895%) iPad
2 3 (3.947%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.632%) NHS
4 1 (1.316%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.316%) Clustering
4 1 (1.316%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.316%) Cryptography
4 1 (1.316%) iPhone
4 1 (1.316%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.895%) Apple iOS
2 5 (6.579%) UNIX
3 3 (3.947%) Windows
4 2 (2.632%) AIX
4 2 (2.632%) HPUX
5 1 (1.316%) Linux
5 1 (1.316%) Android
5 1 (1.316%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.16%) OO
2 9 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (10.53%) MVC
4 7 (9.211%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (9.211%) Scrum
4 7 (9.211%) TDD
5 6 (7.895%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (7.895%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (7.895%) Unit Testing
5 6 (7.895%) Validation
6 5 (6.579%) UML
6 5 (6.579%) ERP
6 5 (6.579%) ETL
6 5 (6.579%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.263%) Software Architecture
7 4 (5.263%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.263%) Refactoring
7 4 (5.263%) Project Management
7 4 (5.263%) OOD
8 3 (3.947%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) SQL
2 17 (22.37%) Java
3 15 (19.74%) C#
4 14 (18.42%) PL/SQL
5 8 (10.53%) Delphi
6 6 (7.895%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.579%) VB
7 5 (6.579%) VB6
8 4 (5.263%) Shell Script
8 4 (5.263%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.632%) XPath
9 2 (2.632%) VB.NET
9 2 (2.632%) VBA
10 1 (1.316%) PHP
10 1 (1.316%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.579%) Degree
4 1 (1.316%) ISEB
4 1 (1.316%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) Basel II
System Software
1 4 (5.263%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (2.632%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.316%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.947%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.895%) Apple
3 4 (5.263%) SAP
4 2 (2.632%) Infor
4 2 (2.632%) ION Trading
4 2 (2.632%) Casewise
4 2 (2.632%) Mercator
4 2 (2.632%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.632%) Cognos
4 2 (2.632%) HP
4 2 (2.632%) CA
5 1 (1.316%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.316%) NetApp
5 1 (1.316%) Veritas
5 1 (1.316%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.316%) Intel
5 1 (1.316%) JBoss
5 1 (1.316%) Northgate
5 1 (1.316%) Tableau
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