The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Service Bus skills in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Service Bus over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Exeter 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
Rank 15 11 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus 6 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 5.556% 13.56% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 24.00% 57.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £350 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £440 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Application Platforms
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
25 14 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 23.15% 23.73% 21.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 7
Average daily rate £331 £450 £399
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.38% +12.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £218 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £488 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Oracle Service Bus
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Oracle Service Bus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Service Bus across the Exeter region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Exeter Oracle Service Bus Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus across the Exeter region.

Exeter Oracle Service Bus Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus.

1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
1 9 (100.00%) Middleware
2 8 (88.89%) SOAP
2 8 (88.89%) XML
2 8 (88.89%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (77.78%) SOA
4 6 (66.67%) Git (software)
5 5 (55.56%) Finance
6 4 (44.44%) AquaLogic Service Bus
6 4 (44.44%) AquaLogic
6 4 (44.44%) Degree
7 3 (33.33%) MQSeries
7 3 (33.33%) Web Services
8 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
8 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
9 1 (11.11%) WSDL
9 1 (11.11%) B2B
9 1 (11.11%) OO
9 1 (11.11%) Back Office

Oracle Service Bus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) Middleware
2 8 (88.89%) SOAP
2 8 (88.89%) XML
3 3 (33.33%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) AquaLogic Service Bus
1 4 (44.44%) AquaLogic
2 3 (33.33%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) SOA
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) OO
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle