The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Essex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 40 39 30
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -9
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 11 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.576% 2.027% 4.987%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.670% 6.040% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 8
Average daily rate - £288 £232
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +24.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £364 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.21 £28.50 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £38.50 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+34.61% -
All Programming Languages
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
194 149 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 45.43% 33.56% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 64 54
Average daily rate £275 £265 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.77% -3.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £373 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 14
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.75 £36.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
East of England

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Essex PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the Essex region.

Essex PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Essex region.

Essex PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Brentwood - - - -
Chelmsford - - - - 1
Colchester - - - - 1
Harlow - - - - 1
PL/SQL
East of England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1 28 (100.00%) Oracle
2 27 (96.43%) SQL
3 15 (53.57%) C++
4 13 (46.43%) UNIX
5 10 (35.71%) J2EE
5 10 (35.71%) Project Management
6 9 (32.14%) Java
6 9 (32.14%) XML
7 8 (28.57%) Web Development
8 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
9 6 (21.43%) HTML
9 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
9 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
9 6 (21.43%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (21.43%) Sun
9 6 (21.43%) Sun Certification
9 6 (21.43%) Waterfall
9 6 (21.43%) Scrum
10 5 (17.86%) Automotive
10 5 (17.86%) AccuRev
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (17.86%) Solaris
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle 9i
11 4 (14.29%) UML
11 4 (14.29%) Windows
11 4 (14.29%) Business Objects
11 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
11 4 (14.29%) Finance
11 4 (14.29%) Oracle Application Server

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (35.71%) J2EE
2 9 (32.14%) XML
3 6 (21.43%) HTML
4 3 (10.71%) XSLT
5 2 (7.143%) JAXB
5 2 (7.143%) Java EE
5 2 (7.143%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (3.571%) JPA
6 1 (3.571%) EJB 3.0
6 1 (3.571%) XML Schema
6 1 (3.571%) JMS
6 1 (3.571%) XSD
6 1 (3.571%) EJB
6 1 (3.571%) JSP
6 1 (3.571%) Servlets
6 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10gAS
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (3.571%) Tuxedo
3 1 (3.571%) WebLogic
3 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 1 (3.571%) Pentaho
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.571%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 1 (3.571%) PVCS
General
1 5 (17.86%) Automotive
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) PL/SQL Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Java Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Administrator
5 2 (7.143%) Project Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Development Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Development Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Project Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Development Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Applications Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Cognos Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Data Extraction
1 2 (7.143%) SWIFT
2 1 (3.571%) Replication
2 1 (3.571%) SaaS
2 1 (3.571%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) UNIX
2 5 (17.86%) Solaris
3 4 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (3.571%) VME
4 1 (3.571%) AIX
4 1 (3.571%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) Web Development
3 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 6 (21.43%) Waterfall
3 6 (21.43%) Scrum
4 4 (14.29%) UML
5 3 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.143%) OOD
6 2 (7.143%) ETL
6 2 (7.143%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (7.143%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Analytics
7 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.571%) SOA
7 1 (3.571%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (96.43%) SQL
2 15 (53.57%) C++
3 9 (32.14%) Java
4 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Sun Certification
2 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.571%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (21.43%) Sun
3 5 (17.86%) AccuRev
4 4 (14.29%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.571%) Civica
5 1 (3.571%) Talend
5 1 (3.571%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.571%) IBM
5 1 (3.571%) BEA
5 1 (3.571%) Actuate
5 1 (3.571%) Cognos