The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridgeshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 39 36 44
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 11 26 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.011% 3.790% 1.323%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.400% 6.878% 2.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 4
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £30.50 £24.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +22.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.25 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+57.27% -15.38%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
250 378 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 45.70% 55.10% 50.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 196 120
Average daily rate £303 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £433 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 39
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £32.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/SQL
East of England

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Cambridge +7 11 £300 -7.69%
PL/SQL
East of England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 26 (89.66%) Oracle
3 25 (86.21%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (79.31%) T-SQL
5 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
6 20 (68.97%) SQL Server
7 19 (65.52%) MS Office
7 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (65.52%) SQL Server 2005
7 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (65.52%) SQL Server 2008
7 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (27.59%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (20.69%) Northgate
9 6 (20.69%) Oracle OWB
9 6 (20.69%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (17.24%) Oracle 10g
10 5 (17.24%) Oracle 11g
11 4 (13.79%) Oracle Discoverer
11 4 (13.79%) Business Objects
11 4 (13.79%) TOAD
12 3 (10.34%) .NET
12 3 (10.34%) C#
12 3 (10.34%) Data Integration
13 2 (6.897%) GWT
13 2 (6.897%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (6.897%) Continuous Improvement
13 2 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (6.897%) Confluence
13 2 (6.897%) Waterfall

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 2 (6.897%) GWT
2 2 (6.897%) Apache Flex
2 2 (6.897%) Spring
2 2 (6.897%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (65.52%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (68.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server 2005
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server 2008
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 8 (27.59%) Oracle BI EE
4 6 (20.69%) Oracle OWB
4 6 (20.69%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (17.24%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (17.24%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (13.79%) Oracle Discoverer
6 4 (13.79%) TOAD
7 1 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.448%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (6.897%) JIRA
1 2 (6.897%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Report Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Oracle Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Developer Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Development Manager
5 1 (3.448%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.448%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Oracle Reports Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Report Developer
5 1 (3.448%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Oracle BI Developer
5 1 (3.448%) OBIEE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.448%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (6.897%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
2 2 (6.897%) ETL
2 2 (6.897%) Scrum
3 1 (3.448%) Change Management
3 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.448%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 23 (79.31%) T-SQL
3 3 (10.34%) C#
4 2 (6.897%) Java
4 2 (6.897%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) Oracle
2 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.69%) Northgate
4 4 (13.79%) Business Objects