The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors for the Dorset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 7 11 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 28 30 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 12.90% 10.75% 15.24%
As % of the Vendors category 28.28% 24.39% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 23
Average daily rate £413 £363 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.79% -1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £350 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £425 £400
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 £28.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -15.67%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
99 123 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 45.62% 44.09% 56.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 70 88
Average daily rate £345 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+265.38% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +2 18 £413 +10.00%
Weymouth - 4 - -
Poole -3 1 £475 -
Oracle
South West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 38 (69.09%) SQL
2 31 (56.36%) Finance
3 21 (38.18%) PL/SQL
4 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
5 15 (27.27%) Degree
6 13 (23.64%) Java
6 13 (23.64%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (23.64%) Software Testing
7 12 (21.82%) Data Modelling
8 11 (20.00%) UNIX
8 11 (20.00%) Retail
8 11 (20.00%) Test Scripting
8 11 (20.00%) Time Management
9 10 (18.18%) Linux
9 10 (18.18%) Web Services
10 9 (16.36%) ITIL
10 9 (16.36%) ISEB
10 9 (16.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (16.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (16.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (14.55%) Banking
11 8 (14.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (14.55%) Incident Management
11 8 (14.55%) Oracle 10g
11 8 (14.55%) TOAD
11 8 (14.55%) Star Schema
12 7 (12.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
12 7 (12.73%) Lawson

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 10 (18.18%) Web Services
2 5 (9.091%) XML
2 5 (9.091%) WebSphere
3 4 (7.273%) Spring
3 4 (7.273%) J2EE
4 3 (5.455%) JMS
4 3 (5.455%) CSS
4 3 (5.455%) Middleware
4 3 (5.455%) Spring MVC
5 2 (3.636%) Java EE
5 2 (3.636%) Ajax
5 2 (3.636%) JTA
5 2 (3.636%) Spring Integration
5 2 (3.636%) Hibernate
5 2 (3.636%) EJB
5 2 (3.636%) Struts
5 2 (3.636%) ODBC
5 2 (3.636%) HTML
5 2 (3.636%) JDBC
5 2 (3.636%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.091%) WebLogic
2 3 (5.455%) Apache
2 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.636%) GlassFish
3 2 (3.636%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (3.636%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (3.636%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.818%) Rendezvous
4 1 (1.818%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.818%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (1.818%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (1.818%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.818%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Lawson
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (1.818%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (1.818%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.455%) HTTP
2 2 (3.636%) Internet
2 2 (3.636%) WAN
2 2 (3.636%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.818%) IIOP
3 1 (1.818%) FTP
3 1 (1.818%) LAN
3 1 (1.818%) SSL
3 1 (1.818%) LDAP
3 1 (1.818%) Firewall
3 1 (1.818%) SAN
3 1 (1.818%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.64%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (16.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 9 (16.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (14.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (14.55%) Oracle 10g
3 8 (14.55%) TOAD
3 8 (14.55%) Star Schema
4 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
5 6 (10.91%) Oracle Discoverer
6 5 (9.091%) OLAP
6 5 (9.091%) Oracle OLAP
6 5 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (7.273%) Oracle OWB
7 4 (7.273%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (7.273%) OLTP
8 2 (3.636%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (3.636%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.818%) MySQL
9 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) JMeter
1 7 (12.73%) JIRA
2 3 (5.455%) Subversion
3 2 (3.636%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (3.636%) LoadRunner
3 2 (3.636%) Introscope
3 2 (3.636%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.818%) Rational Rose
4 1 (1.818%) JProbe
4 1 (1.818%) JProfiler
4 1 (1.818%) Git (software)
General
1 31 (56.36%) Finance
2 11 (20.00%) Retail
3 8 (14.55%) Banking
4 3 (5.455%) Back Office
5 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.818%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (41.82%) Developer
2 14 (25.45%) Analyst
3 8 (14.55%) Oracle Developer
4 7 (12.73%) Applications Support
4 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 6 (10.91%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
5 6 (10.91%) Analyst Developer
5 6 (10.91%) Data Warehouse Developer
6 5 (9.091%) Architect
6 5 (9.091%) DBA
7 4 (7.273%) Test Leader
7 4 (7.273%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.273%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.273%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.273%) Help Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.455%) Systems Support
8 3 (5.455%) Consultant
8 3 (5.455%) Oracle DBA
9 2 (3.636%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 2 (3.636%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.273%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (7.273%) EPoS
2 2 (3.636%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.636%) SWIFT
2 2 (3.636%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.636%) Replication
2 2 (3.636%) Clustering
3 1 (1.818%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.818%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (1.818%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) UNIX
2 10 (18.18%) Linux
3 4 (7.273%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (5.455%) Windows
4 3 (5.455%) Solaris
5 1 (1.818%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Software Testing
2 12 (21.82%) Data Modelling
3 11 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 11 (20.00%) Time Management
4 9 (16.36%) ITIL
4 9 (16.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (14.55%) Incident Management
6 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.91%) Test Management
7 6 (10.91%) E-Commerce
8 4 (7.273%) Release Management
8 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
8 4 (7.273%) Analytics
8 4 (7.273%) Mobile Commerce
8 4 (7.273%) Configuration Management
8 4 (7.273%) Change Management
8 4 (7.273%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (7.273%) MVC
8 4 (7.273%) ETL
9 3 (5.455%) OO
Programming Languages
1 38 (69.09%) SQL
2 21 (38.18%) PL/SQL
3 13 (23.64%) Java
4 6 (10.91%) Shell Script
5 3 (5.455%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.636%) C
7 1 (1.818%) VB
7 1 (1.818%) C++
7 1 (1.818%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (27.27%) Degree
2 9 (16.36%) ISEB
3 6 (10.91%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.818%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.455%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.636%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (12.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (3.636%) Data Guard
2 2 (3.636%) HP SiteScope
2 2 (3.636%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.73%) Kronos
2 7 (12.73%) Fiserv
3 4 (7.273%) ATG
4 3 (5.455%) JBoss
4 3 (5.455%) TIBCO
5 2 (3.636%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.636%) HP
6 1 (1.818%) IBM
6 1 (1.818%) Zend
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