Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Oracle
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9511
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads4856105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire11.54 %10.96 %9.325 %
As % of the Vendors category35.56 %25.00 %29.66 %
Daily rates quoted301221
Average daily rate£260£263£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.950 %-19.23 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£200£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£332£350£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£375
% change year-on-year
--6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted038
Average hourly rate-£30.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£29.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.560 %-16.42 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
135224354
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire32.45 %43.84 %31.44 %
Daily rates quoted657777
Average daily rate£270£373£335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.51 %+11.19 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£157£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£360
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted232258
Average hourly rate£17.38£22.50£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.77 %+25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.75£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£39.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %
Oracle East of EnglandOracle
East of England

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.

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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
CambridgeDown-232£275-8.33 %
PeterboroughDown-13£283+25.55 %
Oracle East of EnglandOracle
East of England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

151 (63.75 %)SQL
227 (33.75 %)Finance
227 (33.75 %).NET
227 (33.75 %)SQL Server
320 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
419 (23.75 %)Java
517 (21.25 %)Oracle 10g
616 (20.00 %)C#
715 (18.75 %)XML
810 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
99 (11.25 %)VB6
99 (11.25 %)Delphi
99 (11.25 %)VB
108 (10.00 %)XML Schema
108 (10.00 %)Microsoft
108 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
108 (10.00 %)OO
108 (10.00 %)Oracle EBS
108 (10.00 %)WCF
117 (8.750 %)Test Scripting
117 (8.750 %)Oracle Reports
117 (8.750 %)WSDL
126 (7.500 %)UNIX
126 (7.500 %)PeopleSoft
126 (7.500 %)BPEL
126 (7.500 %)Degree
126 (7.500 %)Oracle EBS R12
135 (6.250 %)Oracle BPM
135 (6.250 %)COM+
135 (6.250 %)XSL

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (33.75 %).NET
215 (18.75 %)XML
38 (10.00 %)XML Schema
38 (10.00 %)WCF
47 (8.750 %)WSDL
55 (6.250 %)COM+
55 (6.250 %)XSL
64 (5.000 %)WPF
64 (5.000 %)Silverlight
73 (3.750 %)ASP.NET
73 (3.750 %)Web Services
82 (2.500 %)J2EE
82 (2.500 %)CSS
82 (2.500 %)ADO.NET
82 (2.500 %)WebCenter
91 (1.250 %)AJAX
91 (1.250 %)ODBC
91 (1.250 %)HTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (3.750 %)WebLogic
13 (3.750 %)SharePoint
22 (2.500 %)BizTalk Server
22 (2.500 %)CMS
31 (1.250 %)Oracle Workflow
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.500 %)Photoshop
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (10.00 %)Oracle EBS
26 (7.500 %)Oracle EBS R12
35 (6.250 %)Oracle BPM
44 (5.000 %)Oracle Financials
52 (2.500 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
52 (2.500 %)Oracle ERP
52 (2.500 %)Oracle Applications
61 (1.250 %)Oracle iProcurement
61 (1.250 %)Oracle 11i
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.250 %)VoIP
11 (1.250 %)FTP
11 (1.250 %)X.400
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (33.75 %)SQL Server
217 (21.25 %)Oracle 10g
310 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (8.750 %)Oracle Reports
65 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse
74 (5.000 %)Crystal Reports
83 (3.750 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (3.750 %)SQL Server Integration Services
83 (3.750 %)Oracle 11g
83 (3.750 %)Oracle OWB
83 (3.750 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (3.750 %)DTS
83 (3.750 %)SQLPlus
91 (1.250 %)MySQL
91 (1.250 %)ETL
91 (1.250 %)BusinessObjects
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (3.750 %)JIRA
13 (3.750 %)SilkPerformer
13 (3.750 %)Rational Performance Tester
13 (3.750 %)JMeter
13 (3.750 %)Subversion
13 (3.750 %)Oracle Forms
13 (3.750 %)LoadRunner
22 (2.500 %)PeopleTools
22 (2.500 %)Dreamweaver
22 (2.500 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.250 %)Selenium
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (33.75 %)Finance
24 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
33 (3.750 %)General Ledger
42 (2.500 %)Financial Institution
42 (2.500 %)Health
51 (1.250 %)Auditing
51 (1.250 %)Back Office
51 (1.250 %)Telecoms
51 (1.250 %)Publishing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
135 (43.75 %)Developer
210 (12.50 %)Architect
39 (11.25 %)Consultant
39 (11.25 %)Solutions Architect
39 (11.25 %)C# Developer
39 (11.25 %)Delphi Developer
48 (10.00 %)Oracle Developer
57 (8.750 %)Software Developer
57 (8.750 %)Tester
57 (8.750 %)Oracle Consultant
66 (7.500 %).NET Developer
66 (7.500 %)Analyst
75 (6.250 %)C# Software Developer
75 (6.250 %)SQL Developer
84 (5.000 %)Software Tester
84 (5.000 %)Test Analyst
84 (5.000 %)Applications Specialist
93 (3.750 %)DBA
93 (3.750 %)PL/SQL Developer
93 (3.750 %).NET Architect
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (5.000 %)Management Information System
22 (2.500 %)Clustering
22 (2.500 %)Data Protection Act
31 (1.250 %)Biology
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (7.500 %)UNIX
23 (3.750 %)Windows
32 (2.500 %)Windows XP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (10.00 %)OO
27 (8.750 %)Test Scripting
36 (7.500 %)BPEL
44 (5.000 %)SOA
44 (5.000 %)UML
44 (5.000 %)Agile Software Development
44 (5.000 %)Automated Testing
44 (5.000 %)Systems Analysis
53 (3.750 %)Performance Testing
53 (3.750 %)Volume Testing
62 (2.500 %)Business Intelligence
62 (2.500 %)E-Commerce
62 (2.500 %)ERP
62 (2.500 %)TOGAF
62 (2.500 %)Validation
62 (2.500 %)Migration
62 (2.500 %)Data Architecture
62 (2.500 %)Cash Management
62 (2.500 %)Test Management
62 (2.500 %)BPMN
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
151 (63.75 %)SQL
220 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
319 (23.75 %)Java
416 (20.00 %)C#
59 (11.25 %)VB6
59 (11.25 %)Delphi
59 (11.25 %)VB
63 (3.750 %)T-SQL
63 (3.750 %)JavaScript
63 (3.750 %)C
72 (2.500 %)PeopleCode
72 (2.500 %)SQR
81 (1.250 %)VB.NET
81 (1.250 %)C++
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (7.500 %)Degree
22 (2.500 %)CCAB
31 (1.250 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.250 %)Active Directory
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (10.00 %)Microsoft
26 (7.500 %)PeopleSoft
32 (2.500 %)Salesforce.com
32 (2.500 %)Adobe
32 (2.500 %)BEA
32 (2.500 %)ATG
41 (1.250 %)Business Objects
41 (1.250 %)Cognos