Hertfordshire OCP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OCP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
Location Alderley Edge Birmingham Bristol Cheshire City of London Coventry Devon England Hertfordshire London Manchester North West Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Plymouth South East South Wales South West UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£378
% change on same period last year	-6.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£35.67
% change on same period last year	+5.14 %
Qualifications Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	105	208
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.169 %	0.223 %
Daily rates quoted	32	70
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£341
Average daily rate	£328	£360
% change on same period last year	-8.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	32
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.15	£28.98
Average hourly rate	£28.32	£30.43
% change on same period last year	-6.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.50	£31.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
OCP East of England

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.

OCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OCP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

OCP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OCP across the Hertfordshire region.