The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Guildford 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 17 9 13
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 15 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 6.881% 10.74% 6.015%
As % of the Vendors category 13.89% 33.33% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 5
Average daily rate £361 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.25% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £335 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £425 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £48.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
108 39 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 49.54% 32.23% 39.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 18
Average daily rate £330 £335 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.49% +31.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £251 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 3
Average hourly rate £36.25 £24.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.46% +70.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.50 £11.73
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.55 £37.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Surrey

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Guildford Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Guildford region.

Guildford Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 13 (48.15%) Java
3 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
4 10 (37.04%) Analytics
5 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
5 8 (29.63%) DB2
5 8 (29.63%) PL/SQL
6 7 (25.93%) Apache
6 7 (25.93%) WebLogic
6 7 (25.93%) ClearCase
6 7 (25.93%) WebSphere
7 6 (22.22%) Degree
7 6 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (22.22%) Mathematics
7 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 6 (22.22%) Mercurial
7 6 (22.22%) R
7 6 (22.22%) Finance
7 6 (22.22%) Perforce
7 6 (22.22%) SAS
7 6 (22.22%) JBoss
7 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 6 (22.22%) Tomcat
8 5 (18.52%) .NET
9 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (14.81%) VB
9 4 (14.81%) VB.NET
9 4 (14.81%) C#
9 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

Application Development
1 7 (25.93%) WebSphere
2 5 (18.52%) .NET
3 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET
3 4 (14.81%) WinForms
4 3 (11.11%) ASP
4 3 (11.11%) XML
4 3 (11.11%) HTML
5 2 (7.407%) Web Services
5 2 (7.407%) Ajax
6 1 (3.704%) CSS3
6 1 (3.704%) HTML5
6 1 (3.704%) WCF
6 1 (3.704%) Java EE
6 1 (3.704%) jQuery
6 1 (3.704%) Spring
6 1 (3.704%) JSF
6 1 (3.704%) EJB
6 1 (3.704%) CSS
6 1 (3.704%) JSP
6 1 (3.704%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) Apache
1 7 (25.93%) WebLogic
2 6 (22.22%) SAS
2 6 (22.22%) Tomcat
3 2 (7.407%) CMS
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (3.704%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Intranet
1 2 (7.407%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
1 8 (29.63%) DB2
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (11.11%) TOAD
5 2 (7.407%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (3.704%) Adabas
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) ClearCase
2 6 (22.22%) Mercurial
3 2 (7.407%) InterDev
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (3.704%) NUnit
4 1 (3.704%) Ant
4 1 (3.704%) RequisitePro
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Law
2 1 (3.704%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Consultant
3 6 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
3 6 (22.22%) Oracle Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
5 4 (14.81%) .NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) MI Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) ASP Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) VB Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (7.407%) Programmer
7 1 (3.704%) Payroll Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle DBA
7 1 (3.704%) Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Mathematics
1 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Analytics
2 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) Operations Research
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.407%) B2C
5 2 (7.407%) ERP
5 2 (7.407%) OO
5 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.407%) Business Analytics
5 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.704%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (3.704%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 13 (48.15%) Java
3 8 (29.63%) PL/SQL
4 6 (22.22%) R
5 4 (14.81%) VB
5 4 (14.81%) VB.NET
5 4 (14.81%) C#
6 3 (11.11%) VB6
6 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.704%) Bash shell
7 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.704%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.704%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.704%) SCJP
4 1 (3.704%) Sun Certification
4 1 (3.704%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Perforce
1 6 (22.22%) JBoss
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) Cognos
2 2 (7.407%) Twitter
3 1 (3.704%) EnterpriseDB
3 1 (3.704%) FatWire
3 1 (3.704%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (3.704%) SAP
3 1 (3.704%) Sun