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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 Cheshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads13397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.098 %
As % of the category below28.60 %25.26 %
Daily rates quoted5542
Average minimum daily rate£324£399
Average daily rate£339£413
% change on same period last year-17.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£371
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted121
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£34.08£45.00
% change on same period last year-24.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.17£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.07£31.53
% change on same period last year+8.06 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads465384
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.620 %0.388 %
Daily rates quoted143112
Average minimum daily rate£332£314
Average daily rate£348£324
% change on same period last year+7.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted5035
Average minimum hourly rate£23.17£22.07
Average hourly rate£25.57£24.08
% change on same period last year+6.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.98£26.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Oracle North WestOracle
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cheshire Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterUp+1230£347+15.61 %
WarringtonUp+1330£331+4.04 %
WilmslowUp+36£312-10.71 %
KnutsfordDown-196--
CreweUp+16£425+41.90 %
MacclesfieldDown-25£363-9.09 %
NantwichUp+13--
Alderley EdgeDown-23£325-
Oracle North WestOracle
North West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

170 (31.53 %)Java
267 (30.18 %)SQL
350 (22.52 %)PL/SQL
350 (22.52 %)UNIX
445 (20.27 %)Finance
445 (20.27 %)XML
542 (18.92 %)J2EE
634 (15.32 %)Oracle 10g
732 (14.41 %)WebServices
828 (12.61 %)Oracle Reports
828 (12.61 %)HTML
828 (12.61 %)JSP
927 (12.16 %)Hibernate
927 (12.16 %)UML
1026 (11.71 %).NET
1125 (11.26 %)WebLogic
1125 (11.26 %)C#
1223 (10.36 %)CSS
1322 (9.910 %)Windows
1421 (9.459 %)SQL Server
1421 (9.459 %)Oracle EBS
1520 (9.009 %)Banking
1520 (9.009 %)Ant
1520 (9.009 %)Oracle 9i
1520 (9.009 %)Microsoft
1619 (8.559 %)Oracle Forms
1718 (8.108 %)Spring
1718 (8.108 %)WebSphere
1817 (7.658 %)Content Management
1916 (7.207 %)Government

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (20.27 %)XML
242 (18.92 %)J2EE
332 (14.41 %)WebServices
428 (12.61 %)JSP
428 (12.61 %)HTML
527 (12.16 %)Hibernate
626 (11.71 %).NET
723 (10.36 %)CSS
818 (8.108 %)Spring
818 (8.108 %)WebSphere
915 (6.757 %)SOAP
1013 (5.856 %)ASP.NET
1013 (5.856 %).NET Framework
1112 (5.405 %)AJAX
1211 (4.955 %)Middleware
1211 (4.955 %)Struts
1211 (4.955 %)Servlets
1310 (4.505 %)WCF
1310 (4.505 %)WF
1310 (4.505 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (11.26 %)WebLogic
212 (5.405 %)WebLogic Portal
39 (4.054 %)BizTalk Server
39 (4.054 %)Oracle Application Server
39 (4.054 %)SharePoint Server 2007
39 (4.054 %)SharePoint
48 (3.604 %)Apache
57 (3.153 %)CMS
65 (2.252 %)Morello
65 (2.252 %)Oracle 10gAS
74 (1.802 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (1.351 %)Tuxedo
83 (1.351 %)MS Exchange
83 (1.351 %)IIS
83 (1.351 %)NetWeaver
92 (0.901 %)JBoss
92 (0.901 %)Tomcat
101 (0.450 %)Oracle 9iAS
101 (0.450 %)Oracle Workflow
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (4.054 %)InfoPath
25 (2.252 %)MS Office
32 (0.901 %)MS Visio
32 (0.901 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (0.901 %)MS Project
41 (0.450 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.450 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (9.459 %)Oracle EBS
212 (5.405 %)Oracle HRMS
310 (4.505 %)Dynamics CRM
310 (4.505 %)Microsoft CRM
48 (3.604 %)Oracle Applications
55 (2.252 %)Oracle Financials
55 (2.252 %)Oracle 11i
63 (1.351 %)WebTrends
72 (0.901 %)SAP R/3
81 (0.450 %)Cognos Planning
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (5.405 %)LDAP
29 (4.054 %)BIG-IP
38 (3.604 %)Internet
47 (3.153 %)Intranet
53 (1.351 %)ATM
62 (0.901 %)Extranet
62 (0.901 %)Firewall
62 (0.901 %)SSL
71 (0.450 %)DMZ
71 (0.450 %)HTTP
71 (0.450 %)TCP/IP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (15.32 %)Oracle 10g
228 (12.61 %)Oracle Reports
321 (9.459 %)SQL Server
420 (9.009 %)Oracle 9i
511 (4.955 %)RDBMS
610 (4.505 %)Oracle Discoverer
79 (4.054 %)Datawarehouse
79 (4.054 %)ETL
79 (4.054 %)SQL Server 2005
86 (2.703 %)Oracle 8/8i
86 (2.703 %)DataStage
95 (2.252 %)BusinessObjects
102 (0.901 %)TOAD
111 (0.450 %)Data Mining
111 (0.450 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.450 %)SAP BW
111 (0.450 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.450 %)SQLPlus
111 (0.450 %)Oracle OWB
111 (0.450 %)Data Cleansing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (9.009 %)Ant
219 (8.559 %)Oracle Forms
314 (6.306 %)Eclipse
49 (4.054 %)LoadRunner
58 (3.604 %)JUnit
64 (1.802 %)Subversion
73 (1.351 %)JIRA
73 (1.351 %)ClearCase
82 (0.901 %)ERwin
82 (0.901 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.450 %)ProC
91 (0.450 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.450 %)Oracle APEX
91 (0.450 %)WebLogic Workshop
91 (0.450 %)TestDirector
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
145 (20.27 %)Finance
220 (9.009 %)Banking
316 (7.207 %)Government
49 (4.054 %)Local Government
56 (2.703 %)Pharmaceutical
64 (1.802 %)Retail
64 (1.802 %)Retail Banking
64 (1.802 %)Online Banking
64 (1.802 %)Marketing
73 (1.351 %)Back Office
73 (1.351 %)Health
73 (1.351 %)Advertising
73 (1.351 %)Publishing
82 (0.901 %)Pensions
82 (0.901 %)International Banking
91 (0.450 %)Education
91 (0.450 %)Billing
91 (0.450 %)Insurance
91 (0.450 %)Telecoms
91 (0.450 %)Financial Institution
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (39.19 %)Developer
249 (22.07 %)Analyst
338 (17.12 %)Java Developer
428 (12.61 %)Oracle Developer
523 (10.36 %)DBA
619 (8.559 %)Business Analyst
619 (8.559 %)Oracle DBA
717 (7.658 %)Java/J2EE Developer
816 (7.207 %)J2EE Developer
816 (7.207 %)Architect
914 (6.306 %)Solutions Architect
1013 (5.856 %)Oracle Analyst
1112 (5.405 %)Administrator
1112 (5.405 %)Support Engineer
129 (4.054 %)Test Analyst
138 (3.604 %)SQL Developer
138 (3.604 %)PL/SQL Developer
147 (3.153 %)Analyst Developer
147 (3.153 %)Software Engineer
147 (3.153 %)Applications Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (2.703 %)Replication
24 (1.802 %)Taxonomies
24 (1.802 %)N-Tier
33 (1.351 %)NHS
33 (1.351 %)Chemistry
42 (0.901 %)Biology
42 (0.901 %)Client/Server
42 (0.901 %)Mainframe
42 (0.901 %)Informatics
42 (0.901 %)Tandem
51 (0.450 %)Management Information System
51 (0.450 %)CMDB
51 (0.450 %)RIA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (22.52 %)UNIX
222 (9.910 %)Windows
316 (7.207 %)AIX
411 (4.955 %)Solaris
55 (2.252 %)Linux
62 (0.901 %)Windows NT
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (12.16 %)UML
217 (7.658 %)Content Management
314 (6.306 %)OO
413 (5.856 %)Project Management
512 (5.405 %)CRM
512 (5.405 %)E-Commerce
611 (4.955 %)System Testing
710 (4.505 %)Performance Testing
710 (4.505 %)Systems Analysis
710 (4.505 %)Business Analysis
89 (4.054 %)Release Management
97 (3.153 %)Data Protection
97 (3.153 %)Security Cleared
97 (3.153 %)Agile Software Development
97 (3.153 %)PRINCE2
106 (2.703 %)OOD
106 (2.703 %)Business Intelligence
106 (2.703 %)Software Testing
115 (2.252 %)PRINCE
115 (2.252 %)Risk Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
170 (31.53 %)Java
267 (30.18 %)SQL
350 (22.52 %)PL/SQL
425 (11.26 %)C#
512 (5.405 %)C++
512 (5.405 %)JavaScript
68 (3.604 %)VB
75 (2.252 %)VB.NET
75 (2.252 %)C
83 (1.351 %)COBOL
83 (1.351 %)VBA
83 (1.351 %)Uniface
83 (1.351 %)Shell Script
83 (1.351 %)XPath
92 (0.901 %)VB6
101 (0.450 %)ABAP
101 (0.450 %)VBScript
101 (0.450 %)Perl
101 (0.450 %)PHP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (3.604 %)ISEB
26 (2.703 %)ISTQB
32 (0.901 %)Oracle Certification
41 (0.450 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.450 %)OCP
41 (0.450 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.351 %)QA
21 (0.450 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.450 %)WCAG
21 (0.450 %)WAI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (7.207 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (1.802 %)ClearTrust
32 (0.901 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.901 %)Active Directory
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (3.604 %)ServiceCenter
27 (3.153 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.450 %)AssetCenter
31 (0.450 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (0.450 %)Legato
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (9.009 %)Microsoft
213 (5.856 %)Sun
312 (5.405 %)Vignette
312 (5.405 %)BEA
411 (4.955 %)BMC
58 (3.604 %)SAP
65 (2.252 %)Business Objects
73 (1.351 %)IBM
73 (1.351 %)Citrix
82 (0.901 %)Cognos
82 (0.901 %)Remedy
91 (0.450 %)Perforce
91 (0.450 %)Hyperion
91 (0.450 %)ILOG
91 (0.450 %)Ascential
91 (0.450 %)Interwoven
91 (0.450 %)Dell
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