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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2514
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads2062
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.062 %
As % of the category below15.63 %38.75 %
Daily rates quoted518
Average minimum daily rate£340£299
Average daily rate£340£309
% change on same period last year+10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£368
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted18
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£41.13
Average hourly rate£37.50£43.06
% change on same period last year-12.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.37£31.74
% change on same period last year+5.13 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads128160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.159 %
Daily rates quoted2942
Average minimum daily rate£298£310
Average daily rate£316£324
% change on same period last year-2.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted1828
Average minimum hourly rate£20.50£30.31
Average hourly rate£22.20£32.37
% change on same period last year-31.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.89£34.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Oracle CambridgeshireOracle
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridge Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Cambridge Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

141 (42.71 %)Java
235 (36.46 %)Oracle 10g
235 (36.46 %)Oracle EBS
334 (35.42 %)SQL
427 (28.13 %)Oracle 9i
526 (27.08 %)HTML
526 (27.08 %)JDeveloper
526 (27.08 %)Oracle ADF
624 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
723 (23.96 %)JSP
822 (22.92 %)JSF
920 (20.83 %)SQL Server
1017 (17.71 %)Windows
1115 (15.63 %)Linux
1115 (15.63 %)Finance
1211 (11.46 %)Migration
1211 (11.46 %).NET
1211 (11.46 %)JBoss
1211 (11.46 %)Oracle Reports
1211 (11.46 %)Data Migration
1211 (11.46 %)Data Cleansing
1310 (10.42 %)JUnit
1310 (10.42 %)C
1310 (10.42 %)UNIX
149 (9.375 %)UML
149 (9.375 %)C#
149 (9.375 %)Microsoft
149 (9.375 %)Subversion
157 (7.292 %)PKI
157 (7.292 %)C++

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (27.08 %)HTML
126 (27.08 %)Oracle ADF
223 (23.96 %)JSP
322 (22.92 %)JSF
411 (11.46 %).NET
57 (7.292 %)XML
66 (6.250 %)WebServices
66 (6.250 %)J2EE
73 (3.125 %)CSS
82 (2.083 %)Velocity
82 (2.083 %)MVC
82 (2.083 %)JDBC
82 (2.083 %)EJB
82 (2.083 %)Struts
91 (1.042 %)JMS
91 (1.042 %)Servlets
91 (1.042 %)ASP.NET
91 (1.042 %)WinForms
91 (1.042 %)WebSphere
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (11.46 %)JBoss
26 (6.250 %)SharePoint
34 (4.167 %)MQSeries
43 (3.125 %)MS Exchange
52 (2.083 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (2.083 %)Documentum
61 (1.042 %)SAS
61 (1.042 %)Apache
61 (1.042 %)IIS
61 (1.042 %)Content Management Server
61 (1.042 %)Exchange Server 2007
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.042 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
135 (36.46 %)Oracle EBS
23 (3.125 %)Oracle Financials
31 (1.042 %)PeopleSoft Financials
31 (1.042 %)Oracle ERP
31 (1.042 %)Oracle Clinical
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (3.125 %)SAN
22 (2.083 %)LDAP
22 (2.083 %)LAN
22 (2.083 %)WAN
31 (1.042 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.042 %)DNS
31 (1.042 %)Firewall
31 (1.042 %)MPLS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (36.46 %)Oracle 10g
227 (28.13 %)Oracle 9i
320 (20.83 %)SQL Server
411 (11.46 %)Oracle Reports
411 (11.46 %)Data Cleansing
57 (7.292 %)Crystal Reports
64 (4.167 %)MySQL
73 (3.125 %)RDBMS
73 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (2.083 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (2.083 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (1.042 %)TOAD
91 (1.042 %)MS Access
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (27.08 %)JDeveloper
210 (10.42 %)JUnit
39 (9.375 %)Subversion
45 (5.208 %)Oracle Forms
52 (2.083 %)Visual Studio
52 (2.083 %)Ant
61 (1.042 %)ProC
61 (1.042 %)TestPartner
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (15.63 %)Finance
23 (3.125 %)Telecoms
32 (2.083 %)Manufacturing
32 (2.083 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.042 %)Law
41 (1.042 %)Electronics
41 (1.042 %)Billing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (32.29 %)Developer
226 (27.08 %)Consultant
325 (26.04 %)Oracle Consultant
413 (13.54 %)Java Consultant
512 (12.50 %)Technical Consultant
611 (11.46 %)Oracle Technical Consultant
710 (10.42 %)Java Developer
89 (9.375 %)DBA
97 (7.292 %)Analyst
97 (7.292 %)Oracle DBA
97 (7.292 %)Oracle Developer
105 (5.208 %)Support Analyst
105 (5.208 %)Applications Support
114 (4.167 %)Lead Java Developer
114 (4.167 %)C++/Java Developer
114 (4.167 %)Lead Developer
114 (4.167 %)C# Developer
114 (4.167 %)Applications Support Analyst
114 (4.167 %)Delphi Developer
114 (4.167 %)Administrator
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (7.292 %)PKI
25 (5.208 %)Cryptography
33 (3.125 %)Biology
33 (3.125 %)Computer Science
42 (2.083 %)CCTV
51 (1.042 %)Device Driver
51 (1.042 %)Statistics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (17.71 %)Windows
215 (15.63 %)Linux
310 (10.42 %)UNIX
44 (4.167 %)Solaris
51 (1.042 %)Windows XP
51 (1.042 %)Windows NT
51 (1.042 %)AIX
51 (1.042 %)Red Hat Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (11.46 %)Migration
111 (11.46 %)Data Migration
29 (9.375 %)UML
36 (6.250 %)ERP
36 (6.250 %)OO
44 (4.167 %)Security Cleared
44 (4.167 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (3.125 %)Project Management
53 (3.125 %)Bioinformatics
53 (3.125 %)Agile Software Development
62 (2.083 %)Data Protection
62 (2.083 %)Continuous Integration
62 (2.083 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.083 %)Refactoring
62 (2.083 %)Identity Management
62 (2.083 %)CRM
71 (1.042 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.042 %)OOP
71 (1.042 %)Stress Testing
71 (1.042 %)Business Analysis
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (42.71 %)Java
234 (35.42 %)SQL
324 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
410 (10.42 %)C
59 (9.375 %)C#
67 (7.292 %)C++
75 (5.208 %)Delphi
84 (4.167 %)JavaScript
93 (3.125 %)Transact-SQL
102 (2.083 %)Python
111 (1.042 %)PHP
111 (1.042 %)Shell Script
111 (1.042 %)PHP5
111 (1.042 %)PHP4
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (4.167 %)Degree
21 (1.042 %)PhD
21 (1.042 %)MCSE
21 (1.042 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.042 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.042 %)Sun Certification
21 (1.042 %)CCNA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.042 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.083 %)Active Directory
21 (1.042 %)VMware ESX
21 (1.042 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.042 %)Terminal Services
21 (1.042 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.042 %)Oracle RAC
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (9.375 %)Microsoft
24 (4.167 %)Cisco
33 (3.125 %)IBM
42 (2.083 %)Sun
42 (2.083 %)VMware
51 (1.042 %)PeopleSoft
51 (1.042 %)Citrix
51 (1.042 %)Compuware
51 (1.042 %)Remedy
51 (1.042 %)Borland
51 (1.042 %)Red Hat