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

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 15 17 19
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 19 11 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 9.048% 6.918% 8.824%
As % of the Vendors category 32.20% 14.67% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 13
Average daily rate £375 £293 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -16.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
All Vendors
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
59 75 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 28.10% 47.17% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 16 59
Average daily rate £375 £265 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% -18.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £15.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Northern Ireland

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

County Antrim Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 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
Belfast +2 19 £375 +28.20%
Oracle
Northern Ireland

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

1 35 (72.92%) SQL
2 22 (45.83%) Sybase
3 19 (39.58%) SQL Server
4 18 (37.50%) .NET
5 17 (35.42%) C#
5 17 (35.42%) WinForms
6 16 (33.33%) UML
6 16 (33.33%) WCF
6 16 (33.33%) WPF
6 16 (33.33%) WF
7 15 (31.25%) UNIX
7 15 (31.25%) VB
8 13 (27.08%) J2EE
9 10 (20.83%) Linux
10 9 (18.75%) Java
10 9 (18.75%) Finance
11 7 (14.58%) PL/SQL
11 7 (14.58%) WebLogic
11 7 (14.58%) Web Services
11 7 (14.58%) WebSphere
12 5 (10.42%) General Ledger
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (10.42%) Data Guard
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle 11i
12 5 (10.42%) OO
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle 10g
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (10.42%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (8.333%) Oracle Applications

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 18 (37.50%) .NET
2 17 (35.42%) WinForms
3 16 (33.33%) WCF
3 16 (33.33%) WPF
3 16 (33.33%) WF
4 13 (27.08%) J2EE
5 7 (14.58%) Web Services
5 7 (14.58%) WebSphere
6 2 (4.167%) STL
6 2 (4.167%) XML
7 1 (2.083%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.083%) Spring
7 1 (2.083%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.083%) EJB
7 1 (2.083%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.58%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.167%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Oracle 11i
1 5 (10.42%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (6.250%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (2.083%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.167%) FTP
1 2 (4.167%) SSH
2 1 (2.083%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (39.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (6.250%) MySQL
4 2 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.083%) DB2
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.083%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (6.250%) JUnit
3 2 (4.167%) Subversion
General
1 9 (18.75%) Finance
2 5 (10.42%) General Ledger
3 4 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (60.42%) Developer
2 17 (35.42%) C# Developer
3 9 (18.75%) DBA
4 8 (16.67%) Oracle DBA
5 7 (14.58%) Java Developer
6 5 (10.42%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (10.42%) Linux Specialist
7 3 (6.250%) Oracle Applications DBA
7 3 (6.250%) Analyst
7 3 (6.250%) Consultant
8 2 (4.167%) Administrator
8 2 (4.167%) Oracle Developer
8 2 (4.167%) Technical Leader
8 2 (4.167%) C++ Developer
8 2 (4.167%) Oracle Consultant
8 2 (4.167%) Developer Analyst
9 1 (2.083%) Web Administrator
9 1 (2.083%) AIX Administrator
9 1 (2.083%) Banking Analyst
9 1 (2.083%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.167%) Data Conversion
2 2 (4.167%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.083%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.25%) UNIX
2 10 (20.83%) Linux
3 3 (6.250%) Windows
3 3 (6.250%) AIX
4 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) UML
2 5 (10.42%) OO
3 4 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (8.333%) Integration Testing
4 2 (4.167%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (4.167%) Demand Management
4 2 (4.167%) Automated Testing
4 2 (4.167%) Performance Testing
4 2 (4.167%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.167%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.083%) Workflow
5 1 (2.083%) SOA
5 1 (2.083%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 35 (72.92%) SQL
2 17 (35.42%) C#
3 15 (31.25%) VB
4 9 (18.75%) Java
5 7 (14.58%) PL/SQL
6 3 (6.250%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.167%) C++
8 1 (2.083%) Delphi
8 1 (2.083%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (2.083%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.083%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.083%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 5 (10.42%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 22 (45.83%) Sybase
2 2 (4.167%) HP
3 1 (2.083%) VMware
3 1 (2.083%) 3PAR
3 1 (2.083%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.083%) Microsoft