The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 30 34 28
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 11 15 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.216% 3.589% 1.600%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.044% 5.556% 2.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 3
Average daily rate £300 £314 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.38% +4.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
182 270 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 53.22% 64.59% 60.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 143 73
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 27
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £20.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
Cambridgeshire

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 20 (100.00%) SQL
1 20 (100.00%) Oracle
2 18 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (85.00%) SQL Server
3 17 (85.00%) T-SQL
4 16 (80.00%) MS Office
4 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (15.00%) Oracle BI EE
5 3 (15.00%) Northgate
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle OWB
6 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
6 2 (10.00%) ETL
6 2 (10.00%) TOAD
6 2 (10.00%) Business Objects
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (5.000%) .NET
7 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.000%) C#
7 1 (5.000%) Software Engineering

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (5.000%) .NET
Applications
1 16 (80.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (85.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 16 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (10.00%) TOAD
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle OWB
5 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Report Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Report Developer
4 1 (5.000%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (5.000%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.000%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (10.00%) ETL
3 1 (5.000%) Change Management
3 1 (5.000%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 17 (85.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Oracle
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Northgate
4 2 (10.00%) Business Objects