East of England SQLPlus Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle SQL*Plus skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQLPlus over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Kent London Manchester Middlesex North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rickmansworth Scotland Slough South East South West Staines Surrey UK	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	141
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	8	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	1.254 %	2.361 %
Daily rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£490
Average daily rate	£314	£490
% change on same period last year	-35.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£314	£490
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£331
% change on same period last year	-2.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	10
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£19.80
Average hourly rate	-	£20.15
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.00	£27.70
% change on same period last year	+33.57 %
Database & Business Intelligence East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	638	932
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.907 %	0.941 %
Daily rates quoted	225	243
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£319
Average daily rate	£347	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	113
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.92	£27.80
Average hourly rate	£23.44	£29.31
% change on same period last year	-20.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.95	£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.04	£31.73
% change on same period last year	-5.33 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQLPlus across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQLPlus across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQLPlus across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQLPlus across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQLPlus within the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-	5	£401	-
Bedfordshire	-	3	£270	-

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Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SQLPlus 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 SQLPlus.

1 8 (100.00 %) SQL 1 8 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 5 (62.50 %) PL/SQL 2 5 (62.50 %) Oracle OWB 2 5 (62.50 %) MS Access 2 5 (62.50 %) Datawarehouse 2 5 (62.50 %) ETL 2 5 (62.50 %) Star Schema 2 5 (62.50 %) Oracle 10g 2 5 (62.50 %) Migration 2 5 (62.50 %) Data Analysis 2 5 (62.50 %) Data Migration 3 3 (37.50 %) Finance 3 3 (37.50 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (37.50 %) Business Objects

3 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Forms 3 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (12.50 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (12.50 %) Anite 4 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (12.50 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (12.50 %) Banking

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SQLPlus 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 SQLPlus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (62.50 %) MS Access 1 5 (62.50 %) Datawarehouse 1 5 (62.50 %) ETL 1 5 (62.50 %) Star Schema 1 5 (62.50 %) Oracle 10g 1 5 (62.50 %) Oracle OWB 2 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Reports 2 3 (37.50 %) BusinessObjects 3 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 3 (37.50 %) Finance 2 1 (12.50 %) Banking 2 1 (12.50 %) Investment Banking 2 1 (12.50 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 6 (75.00 %) Developer 2 5 (62.50 %) Oracle Developer 3 4 (50.00 %) Datawarehouse Developer 3 4 (50.00 %) Oracle Datawarehouse Developer 4 2 (25.00 %) Report Writer 5 1 (12.50 %) Report Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) Migration 1 5 (62.50 %) Data Analysis 1 5 (62.50 %) Data Migration	Programming Languages 1 8 (100.00 %) SQL 2 5 (62.50 %) PL/SQL
Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 3 (37.50 %) Business Objects 3 1 (12.50 %) Anite