Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the East of England region.

 Oracle
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank865
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads169231515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England10.34 %10.36 %11.92 %
As % of the Vendors category25.57 %22.17 %28.79 %
Daily rates quoted7946129
Average daily rate£305£369£390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.28 %-5.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£375
% change year-on-year
--6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted131121
Average hourly rate£33.00£30.00£31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.00£20.50£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.20£41.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
--14.28 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
66110421789
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England40.45 %46.73 %41.42 %
Daily rates quoted278291542
Average daily rate£300£365£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80 %-2.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£113£218£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£456£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£350£360
% change year-on-year
-3.570 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted10299227
Average hourly rate£16.50£22.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£13.00£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.00£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

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.

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

East of England Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HertfordshireUp+446£350-12.50 %
CambridgeshireDown-446£260-0.95 %
EssexDown-125£340-24.44 %
SuffolkUp+220£290-14.07 %
NorfolkDown-610£350-34.88 %
East AngliaUp+109--
BedfordshireUp+49£425+54.54 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1116 (34.42 %)SQL
285 (25.22 %)Java
382 (24.33 %)UNIX
480 (23.74 %)SQL Server
578 (23.15 %)Oracle 10g
675 (22.26 %).NET
771 (21.07 %)Finance
860 (17.80 %)Linux
956 (16.62 %)XML
1055 (16.32 %)PL/SQL
1152 (15.43 %)Windows
1246 (13.65 %)Oracle Reports
1338 (11.28 %)Delphi
1437 (10.98 %)C#
1533 (9.792 %)Migration
1632 (9.496 %)Shell Script
1728 (8.309 %)Telecoms
1728 (8.309 %)Security Cleared
1827 (8.012 %)Microsoft
1925 (7.418 %)XML Schema
1925 (7.418 %)Oracle 9i
1925 (7.418 %)Oracle 11g
2022 (6.528 %)Oracle RMAN
2121 (6.231 %)J2EE
2121 (6.231 %)OO
2220 (5.935 %)OCP
2220 (5.935 %)Oracle Certification
2220 (5.935 %)Government
2220 (5.935 %)SQL Server 2005
2319 (5.638 %)Oracle RAC

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
175 (22.26 %).NET
256 (16.62 %)XML
325 (7.418 %)XML Schema
421 (6.231 %)J2EE
515 (4.451 %)ASP.NET
613 (3.858 %)WCF
712 (3.561 %)Web Services
89 (2.671 %).NET Framework
98 (2.374 %)Middleware
98 (2.374 %)WebSphere
107 (2.077 %)JSF
107 (2.077 %)JavaBeans
107 (2.077 %)WSDL
116 (1.780 %)Struts
116 (1.780 %)EJB
116 (1.780 %)WebCenter
125 (1.484 %)Spring
125 (1.484 %)COM+
125 (1.484 %)XSL
125 (1.484 %)Oracle ADF
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (5.341 %)SharePoint
216 (4.748 %)WebLogic
310 (2.967 %)SharePoint Server 2007
46 (1.780 %)BizTalk Server
53 (0.890 %)SharePoint Portal Server
53 (0.890 %)Apache
53 (0.890 %)Documentum
53 (0.890 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (0.593 %)CMS
62 (0.593 %)Tuxedo
62 (0.593 %)Lotus Domino
62 (0.593 %)TPMS
62 (0.593 %)Oracle 10gAS
62 (0.593 %)Oracle Spatial
71 (0.297 %)ESB
71 (0.297 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.297 %)Oracle Workflow
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (2.374 %)MS Excel
26 (1.780 %)MS Office
34 (1.187 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.890 %)CATIA
52 (0.593 %)Photoshop
61 (0.297 %)MS Project
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (4.154 %)Oracle Financials
211 (3.264 %)Oracle EBS
39 (2.671 %)Oracle Applications
48 (2.374 %)Oracle EBS R12
56 (1.780 %)Oracle 11i
65 (1.484 %)Oracle BPM
73 (0.890 %)ENOVIA
73 (0.890 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (0.890 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
73 (0.890 %)Oracle Payroll
82 (0.593 %)Oracle HRMS
82 (0.593 %)Oracle ERP
91 (0.297 %)Oracle iProcurement
91 (0.297 %)TrackWise
91 (0.297 %)JDE OneWorld
91 (0.297 %)PeopleSoft Financials
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (4.451 %)Nokia NetAct
211 (3.264 %)3G
310 (2.967 %)2G
49 (2.671 %)Internet
58 (2.374 %)RNC
67 (2.077 %)BSS
67 (2.077 %)UMTS
67 (2.077 %)SAN
76 (1.780 %)GSM
76 (1.780 %)LAN
83 (0.890 %)VoIP
83 (0.890 %)WAN
92 (0.593 %)Wireless
92 (0.593 %)Kerberos
101 (0.297 %)Cisco ICM
101 (0.297 %)C7
101 (0.297 %)LDAP
101 (0.297 %)SDH
101 (0.297 %)Broadband
101 (0.297 %)Ethernet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
180 (23.74 %)SQL Server
278 (23.15 %)Oracle 10g
346 (13.65 %)Oracle Reports
425 (7.418 %)Oracle 9i
425 (7.418 %)Oracle 11g
520 (5.935 %)SQL Server 2005
617 (5.045 %)Datawarehouse
716 (4.748 %)ETL
815 (4.451 %)Oracle 8/8i
913 (3.858 %)RDBMS
1011 (3.264 %)Oracle OWB
1110 (2.967 %)SQL Server 2000
128 (2.374 %)Oracle Discoverer
128 (2.374 %)MySQL
128 (2.374 %)SQL Server Integration Services
128 (2.374 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
137 (2.077 %)SQLPlus
146 (1.780 %)MS Access
146 (1.780 %)Crystal Reports
153 (0.890 %)DTS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (5.341 %)Oracle Forms
211 (3.264 %)Visual Studio
36 (1.780 %)JBuilder
45 (1.484 %)Subversion
45 (1.484 %)ClearCase
45 (1.484 %)JDeveloper
54 (1.187 %)JUnit
63 (0.890 %)JIRA
63 (0.890 %)Rational Performance Tester
63 (0.890 %)SilkPerformer
63 (0.890 %)OpenDeploy
63 (0.890 %)JMeter
63 (0.890 %)ProC
63 (0.890 %)LoadRunner
63 (0.890 %)PeopleTools
72 (0.593 %)PowerDesigner
72 (0.593 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.593 %)Ant
81 (0.297 %)Selenium
81 (0.297 %)Eclipse
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
171 (21.07 %)Finance
228 (8.309 %)Telecoms
320 (5.935 %)Government
48 (2.374 %)Retail
55 (1.484 %)Automotive
64 (1.187 %)Back Office
64 (1.187 %)Health
64 (1.187 %)Manufacturing
73 (0.890 %)General Ledger
73 (0.890 %)Local Government
73 (0.890 %)Insurance
73 (0.890 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.593 %)Pharmaceutical
82 (0.593 %)Legal
91 (0.297 %)Auditing
91 (0.297 %)Banking
91 (0.297 %)Multimedia
91 (0.297 %)Publishing
91 (0.297 %)Law
91 (0.297 %)Construction
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1109 (32.34 %)Developer
246 (13.65 %)DBA
338 (11.28 %)Oracle DBA
437 (10.98 %)Architect
535 (10.39 %)Oracle Developer
628 (8.309 %)Consultant
726 (7.715 %)Analyst
825 (7.418 %)Delphi Developer
924 (7.122 %)Solutions Architect
1018 (5.341 %)Administrator
1116 (4.748 %)Project Manager
1215 (4.451 %)RAN Engineer
1215 (4.451 %)C# Developer
1314 (4.154 %)Oracle Consultant
1413 (3.858 %)Software Developer
1512 (3.561 %).NET Developer
1611 (3.264 %)Tester
1710 (2.967 %)Technical Architect
1710 (2.967 %)Java Developer
1710 (2.967 %)Performance Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (3.561 %)Statistics
27 (2.077 %)Client/Server
27 (2.077 %)N-Tier
36 (1.780 %)Clustering
45 (1.484 %)CLARiiON
45 (1.484 %)Symmetrix
54 (1.187 %)Management Information System
63 (0.890 %)Data Protection Act
72 (0.593 %)Replication
72 (0.593 %)Multithreading
81 (0.297 %)Biology
81 (0.297 %)Data Conversion
81 (0.297 %)Open Source
81 (0.297 %)E-Learning
81 (0.297 %)PMI
81 (0.297 %)W3C
81 (0.297 %)Firmware
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
182 (24.33 %)UNIX
260 (17.80 %)Linux
352 (15.43 %)Windows
418 (5.341 %)Solaris
59 (2.671 %)HPUX
68 (2.374 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (2.077 %)Red Hat Linux
85 (1.484 %)AIX
85 (1.484 %)Windows NT
94 (1.187 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.890 %)Windows Server 2008
103 (0.890 %)Windows XP
112 (0.593 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
121 (0.297 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
133 (9.792 %)Migration
221 (6.231 %)OO
318 (5.341 %)UML
416 (4.748 %)Project Management
515 (4.451 %)Data Modelling
613 (3.858 %)SOA
613 (3.858 %)Business Intelligence
613 (3.858 %)Stakeholder Management
712 (3.561 %)E-Commerce
810 (2.967 %)Test Scripting
98 (2.374 %)Agile Software Development
98 (2.374 %)Data Migration
107 (2.077 %)EAI
116 (1.780 %)Business Analysis
116 (1.780 %)BPEL
116 (1.780 %)Release Management
125 (1.484 %)Content Management
125 (1.484 %)Automated Testing
125 (1.484 %)Systems Analysis
134 (1.187 %)Validation
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1116 (34.42 %)SQL
285 (25.22 %)Java
355 (16.32 %)PL/SQL
438 (11.28 %)Delphi
537 (10.98 %)C#
632 (9.496 %)Shell Script
713 (3.858 %)C
812 (3.561 %)VB
98 (2.374 %)VB6
107 (2.077 %)VB.NET
116 (1.780 %)T-SQL
116 (1.780 %)COBOL
116 (1.780 %)JavaScript
125 (1.484 %)Perl
125 (1.484 %)VBA
134 (1.187 %)AWK
143 (0.890 %)C++
143 (0.890 %)PeopleCode
143 (0.890 %)SQR
152 (0.593 %)PHP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (8.309 %)Security Cleared
220 (5.935 %)OCP
220 (5.935 %)Oracle Certification
317 (5.045 %)SC Cleared
410 (2.967 %)Degree
54 (1.187 %)CTC Cleared
62 (0.593 %)CCAB
71 (0.297 %)BC Cleared
71 (0.297 %)HNC
71 (0.297 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.297 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.297 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.297 %)CIMA
71 (0.297 %)ACCA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.187 %)QA
21 (0.297 %)COBIT
21 (0.297 %)HL7
21 (0.297 %)SLA
21 (0.297 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (6.528 %)Oracle RMAN
219 (5.638 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.890 %)Active Directory
42 (0.593 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.593 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.297 %)VMware ESX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (5.638 %)Data Guard
24 (1.187 %)NetBackup
24 (1.187 %)SCOM
33 (0.890 %)Foglight
42 (0.593 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.297 %)HP Data Protector
51 (0.297 %)OSSEC
51 (0.297 %)MOM
51 (0.297 %)Netcool
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
127 (8.012 %)Microsoft
212 (3.561 %)HP
311 (3.264 %)Red Hat
410 (2.967 %)Ericsson
410 (2.967 %)VMware
410 (2.967 %)PeopleSoft
59 (2.671 %)SAP
59 (2.671 %)Sun
68 (2.374 %)Nokia
68 (2.374 %)Veritas
76 (1.780 %)EMC
85 (1.484 %)ATG
85 (1.484 %)Hyperion
94 (1.187 %)IBM
103 (0.890 %)Opsware
103 (0.890 %)Northgate
103 (0.890 %)Brocade
103 (0.890 %)JBoss
103 (0.890 %)Business Objects
103 (0.890 %)Cognos