The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham 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 13 41 20
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -21
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 5 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 6.250% 2.500% 3.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.00% 3.429% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
Average daily rate £325 £350 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £350 £428
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £385 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.25 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+57.27% -15.38%
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
25 175 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 31.25% 72.92% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 93 22
Average daily rate £325 £425 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +39.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £300 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +6.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/SQL
Gloucestershire

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSL
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Spring
1 5 (100.00%) Web Development
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) .NET

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSL
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Spring
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ScrumMaster
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Web Development
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle