England Oracle Forms Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Forms skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle Forms over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Crewe Darlington Derbyshire Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Huntingdon Kent Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	320	302
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	257	436
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.359 %	0.438 %
As % of the category below	4.190 %	5.244 %
Daily rates quoted	52	118
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£373
Average daily rate	£360	£401
% change on same period last year	-10.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£429
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£382
% change on same period last year	-11.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	49
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.79	£33.92
Average hourly rate	£40.25	£35.82
% change on same period last year	+12.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.71	£37.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.25	£35.05
% change on same period last year	+14.84 %
Development Applications England
Matching contract IT job ads	6133	8314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	8.567 %	8.353 %
Daily rates quoted	2019	2515
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£349
Average daily rate	£363	£371
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£329
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	677
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.84	£30.28
Average hourly rate	£31.81	£32.21
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.79	£34.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.97	£32.21
% change on same period last year	+2.35 %
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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 Oracle Forms across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications 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 Oracle Forms across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Forms across the England region over the 3 months to 6 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 Oracle Forms across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Forms across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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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 Oracle Forms within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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
South East	+4	68	£359	-8.33 %
London	-36	51	£384	-8.37 %
North West	-5	38	£290	-28.87 %
South West	+2	21	£300	-14.28 %
East Midlands	+27	17	£373	-
North East	+14	16	£344	+3.07 %
Yorkshire	+22	14	£284	-
Midlands	+22	12	£325	-16.12 %
East of England	+21	12	£356	-0.18 %
West Midlands	+2	9	£375	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Forms 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 Forms.

1 532 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 381 (71.62 %) SQL 3 346 (65.04 %) PL/SQL 4 315 (59.21 %) Oracle Reports 5 229 (43.05 %) Oracle 10g 6 152 (28.57 %) Oracle 9i 7 127 (23.87 %) UNIX 8 99 (18.61 %) Finance 9 93 (17.48 %) XML 9 93 (17.48 %) Java 10 85 (15.98 %) Security Cleared 11 75 (14.10 %) Oracle Applications 12 72 (13.53 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 60 (11.28 %) Oracle 8/8i 14 56 (10.53 %) .NET

15 55 (10.34 %) Workflow 16 54 (10.15 %) Oracle Workflow 17 51 (9.586 %) Oracle Application Server 18 49 (9.211 %) Government 18 49 (9.211 %) C# 19 48 (9.023 %) BC Cleared 20 46 (8.647 %) Oracle EBS 21 43 (8.083 %) Migration 21 43 (8.083 %) CRM 22 39 (7.331 %) Windows 22 39 (7.331 %) VB 23 38 (7.143 %) J2EE 24 33 (6.203 %) Datawarehouse 25 32 (6.015 %) SC Cleared 26 31 (5.827 %) Oracle Financials

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Forms 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 Forms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 93 (17.48 %) XML 2 56 (10.53 %) .NET 3 38 (7.143 %) J2EE 4 26 (4.887 %) WebServices 5 25 (4.699 %) WinForms 6 21 (3.947 %) ASP.NET 7 18 (3.383 %) HTML 8 16 (3.008 %) EJB 8 16 (3.008 %) Middleware 9 13 (2.444 %) Servlets 10 9 (1.692 %) JDBC 10 9 (1.692 %) Spring 11 8 (1.504 %) Hibernate 11 8 (1.504 %) JMS 11 8 (1.504 %) ASP 11 8 (1.504 %) Swing 11 8 (1.504 %) WPF 11 8 (1.504 %) JAX-WS 11 8 (1.504 %) EJB 3.0 12 7 (1.316 %) WF	Application Platforms 1 54 (10.15 %) Oracle Workflow 2 51 (9.586 %) Oracle Application Server 3 11 (2.068 %) Oracle 10gAS 3 11 (2.068 %) Tomcat 4 10 (1.880 %) JBoss 5 6 (1.128 %) Oracle 9iAS 6 4 (0.752 %) IIS 7 2 (0.376 %) SAS 7 2 (0.376 %) Apache 7 2 (0.376 %) ESB 8 1 (0.188 %) Oracle Spatial 8 1 (0.188 %) TIBCO EMS 8 1 (0.188 %) SharePoint 8 1 (0.188 %) BizTalk Server 8 1 (0.188 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 12 (2.256 %) MS Office 2 5 (0.940 %) MS Excel 3 4 (0.752 %) MS Visio 3 4 (0.752 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.376 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 75 (14.10 %) Oracle Applications 2 46 (8.647 %) Oracle EBS 3 31 (5.827 %) Oracle Financials 4 30 (5.639 %) Oracle 11i 5 12 (2.256 %) Oracle CRM 6 7 (1.316 %) Oracle HRMS 7 4 (0.752 %) Oracle ERP 8 3 (0.564 %) AWD 9 1 (0.188 %) Oracle General Ledger 9 1 (0.188 %) MFGPRO 9 1 (0.188 %) Summit 9 1 (0.188 %) Loan IQ
Communications & Networking 1 7 (1.316 %) TCP/IP 2 5 (0.940 %) Intranet 3 4 (0.752 %) Ethereal 4 3 (0.564 %) LAN 4 3 (0.564 %) WAN 5 1 (0.188 %) VPN 5 1 (0.188 %) SSL 5 1 (0.188 %) Internet 5 1 (0.188 %) Extranet 5 1 (0.188 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.188 %) SSH 5 1 (0.188 %) Bluetooth	Database & Business Intelligence 1 315 (59.21 %) Oracle Reports 2 229 (43.05 %) Oracle 10g 3 152 (28.57 %) Oracle 9i 4 72 (13.53 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 60 (11.28 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 33 (6.203 %) Datawarehouse 7 28 (5.263 %) SQL Server 8 25 (4.699 %) BusinessObjects 9 21 (3.947 %) Oracle OWB 10 18 (3.383 %) TOAD 11 14 (2.632 %) SQLPlus 12 12 (2.256 %) RDBMS 12 12 (2.256 %) Oracle 11g 13 7 (1.316 %) ETL 13 7 (1.316 %) MS Access 14 4 (0.752 %) Crystal Reports 15 3 (0.564 %) GIS 15 3 (0.564 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 16 2 (0.376 %) BODI 16 2 (0.376 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 12 (2.256 %) ProC 2 11 (2.068 %) Oracle APEX 3 10 (1.880 %) LoadRunner 4 8 (1.504 %) JDeveloper 5 7 (1.316 %) TestDirector 6 6 (1.128 %) Visual Studio 7 5 (0.940 %) Oracle Designer/2000 8 4 (0.752 %) QuickTest Pro 9 3 (0.564 %) NUnit 10 2 (0.376 %) Oracle Developer 2000 10 2 (0.376 %) PowerBuilder 10 2 (0.376 %) PVCS 10 2 (0.376 %) VSS/SourceSafe 10 2 (0.376 %) ClearCase 11 1 (0.188 %) JBuilder 11 1 (0.188 %) Rational Rose 11 1 (0.188 %) Synon 11 1 (0.188 %) C++Builder 11 1 (0.188 %) Log4Net 11 1 (0.188 %) StarTeam	General 1 99 (18.61 %) Finance 2 49 (9.211 %) Government 3 17 (3.195 %) Insurance 4 15 (2.820 %) Local Government 4 15 (2.820 %) Manufacturing 5 13 (2.444 %) Banking 5 13 (2.444 %) Retail 6 9 (1.692 %) Music 7 8 (1.504 %) Music Industry 7 8 (1.504 %) Investment Banking 8 5 (0.940 %) Billing 8 5 (0.940 %) Education 8 5 (0.940 %) Back Office 8 5 (0.940 %) Telecoms 9 4 (0.752 %) Home Office 10 3 (0.564 %) Front Office 11 2 (0.376 %) Construction 11 2 (0.376 %) Publishing 11 2 (0.376 %) General Ledger 12 1 (0.188 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 326 (61.28 %) Developer 2 278 (52.26 %) Oracle Developer 3 95 (17.86 %) Analyst 4 57 (10.71 %) Programmer 5 52 (9.774 %) Oracle Analyst 6 50 (9.398 %) Analyst Programmer 7 35 (6.579 %) Consultant 8 33 (6.203 %) Oracle Analyst Programmer 9 32 (6.015 %) Oracle Consultant 10 31 (5.827 %) Applications Developer 11 24 (4.511 %) Oracle Forms Developer 12 22 (4.135 %) SQL Developer 13 21 (3.947 %) Technical Consultant 13 21 (3.947 %) Oracle Technical Consultant 14 20 (3.759 %) DBA 14 20 (3.759 %) Architect 14 20 (3.759 %) PL/SQL Developer 15 19 (3.571 %) Oracle Financials Consultant 15 19 (3.571 %) Oracle Applications Developer 16 18 (3.383 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 15 (2.820 %) Thin Client 1 15 (2.820 %) Fat Client 2 12 (2.256 %) N-Tier 3 9 (1.692 %) Credit Risk 4 5 (0.940 %) Management Information System 5 4 (0.752 %) Client/Server 6 3 (0.564 %) Computer Science 6 3 (0.564 %) PDA 6 3 (0.564 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 3 (0.564 %) RIA 7 1 (0.188 %) Celerra 7 1 (0.188 %) NHS 7 1 (0.188 %) Blackberry 7 1 (0.188 %) Replication 7 1 (0.188 %) Fixed Income 7 1 (0.188 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.188 %) Smartphone 7 1 (0.188 %) Derivative 7 1 (0.188 %) Equity Derivative 7 1 (0.188 %) Spread Betting
Operating Systems 1 127 (23.87 %) UNIX 2 39 (7.331 %) Windows 3 26 (4.887 %) Solaris 4 17 (3.195 %) Linux 5 6 (1.128 %) VMS 5 6 (1.128 %) HPUX 6 5 (0.940 %) AIX 7 4 (0.752 %) Windows Server 2003 8 3 (0.564 %) Windows NT 9 2 (0.376 %) Windows XP 10 1 (0.188 %) Red Hat Linux 10 1 (0.188 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 85 (15.98 %) Security Cleared 2 55 (10.34 %) Workflow 3 48 (9.023 %) BC Cleared 4 43 (8.083 %) Migration 4 43 (8.083 %) CRM 5 32 (6.015 %) SC Cleared 6 24 (4.511 %) Data Modelling 7 14 (2.632 %) OO 8 12 (2.256 %) Data Analysis 8 12 (2.256 %) Change Management 8 12 (2.256 %) Data Migration 9 11 (2.068 %) Systems Analysis 9 11 (2.068 %) Unit Testing 10 10 (1.880 %) Business Intelligence 10 10 (1.880 %) Project Management 11 9 (1.692 %) PRINCE2 12 8 (1.504 %) Business Analysis 12 8 (1.504 %) SOA 12 8 (1.504 %) Incident Management 13 7 (1.316 %) Test Scripting
Programming Languages 1 381 (71.62 %) SQL 2 346 (65.04 %) PL/SQL 3 93 (17.48 %) Java 4 49 (9.211 %) C# 5 39 (7.331 %) VB 6 29 (5.451 %) C 7 21 (3.947 %) Shell Script 8 20 (3.759 %) C++ 9 12 (2.256 %) COBOL 10 11 (2.068 %) JavaScript 10 11 (2.068 %) VB.NET 11 8 (1.504 %) VB6 12 5 (0.940 %) VBScript 13 4 (0.752 %) VBA 14 3 (0.564 %) Uniface 14 3 (0.564 %) Transact-SQL 15 2 (0.376 %) Korn 16 1 (0.188 %) DCL 16 1 (0.188 %) PowerHouse 16 1 (0.188 %) Lingo	Qualifications 1 14 (2.632 %) Oracle Certification 2 6 (1.128 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 5 (0.940 %) ISEB 4 4 (0.752 %) Degree 5 2 (0.376 %) HNC 6 1 (0.188 %) SCNA 6 1 (0.188 %) OCP 6 1 (0.188 %) Sun Certification 6 1 (0.188 %) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 27 (5.075 %) QA	System Software 1 11 (2.068 %) Oracle RMAN 2 9 (1.692 %) Oracle RAC 3 3 (0.564 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.188 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 3 (0.564 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 1 3 (0.564 %) Unicenter 2 1 (0.188 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.188 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 1 (0.188 %) BMC PATROL	Vendors 1 532 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 25 (4.699 %) Business Objects 3 20 (3.759 %) Microsoft 4 15 (2.820 %) Sun 5 9 (1.692 %) Sybase 6 7 (1.316 %) HP 7 6 (1.128 %) Cognos 8 5 (0.940 %) Retek 9 4 (0.752 %) VERITAS 10 3 (0.564 %) CA 11 2 (0.376 %) BMC 11 2 (0.376 %) Remedy 11 2 (0.376 %) Compuware 12 1 (0.188 %) EMC 12 1 (0.188 %) Intel 12 1 (0.188 %) Borland 12 1 (0.188 %) Red Hat 12 1 (0.188 %) TIBCO 12 1 (0.188 %) SeeBeyond 12 1 (0.188 %) Symbian