The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Service Bus skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Service Bus over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Platforms category for the Devon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
Rank 21 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus 7 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 4.070% 4.348% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.28% 19.05% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £350 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £440 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Application Platforms
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
43 42 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 25.00% 22.83% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 10
Average daily rate £325 £308 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -27.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £46.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +113.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Oracle Service Bus
South West

Oracle Service Bus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Service Bus across the Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Devon Oracle Service Bus Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon Oracle Service Bus Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Service Bus within the Devon region over the 3 months to 22 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
Exeter -7 6 £350 -22.22%
Oracle Service Bus
South West

Oracle Service Bus
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus.

1 15 (100.00%) Oracle
1 15 (100.00%) Middleware
2 14 (93.33%) SOAP
2 14 (93.33%) Oracle 11g
3 11 (73.33%) XML
3 11 (73.33%) SOA
4 9 (60.00%) Finance
5 8 (53.33%) MQSeries
6 7 (46.67%) AquaLogic
6 7 (46.67%) Git (software)
7 6 (40.00%) Web Services
7 6 (40.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
8 5 (33.33%) Degree
9 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (20.00%) OO
9 3 (20.00%) WSDL
9 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
10 2 (13.33%) Back Office
10 2 (13.33%) B2B
11 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
11 1 (6.667%) B2C
11 1 (6.667%) BEA

Oracle Service Bus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (100.00%) Middleware
2 14 (93.33%) SOAP
3 11 (73.33%) XML
4 6 (40.00%) Web Services
5 3 (20.00%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) MQSeries
2 7 (46.67%) AquaLogic
3 6 (40.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (93.33%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Developer
2 12 (80.00%) Oracle Developer
3 7 (46.67%) Oracle Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) Service Analyst
4 5 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (13.33%) Programmer
5 2 (13.33%) Oracle Analyst Programmer
6 1 (6.667%) Developer Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) SOA
2 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (20.00%) OO
2 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (13.33%) B2B
4 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.667%) B2C
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) BEA