The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 6 13 25
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +12
Contract jobs citing Oracle 49 26 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 17.07% 9.848% 4.967%
As % of the Vendors category 30.43% 20.80% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 17 10
Average daily rate £450 £300 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £284 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £410 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
161 125 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 56.10% 47.35% 47.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 93
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £135 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.94 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South East

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Maidstone -1 4 £286 -1.29%
Tonbridge 0 3 £450 -
Faversham - 2 £463 -
Oracle
South East

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 37 (48.68%) Oracle 11g
2 36 (47.37%) Oracle RAC
3 33 (43.42%) Linux
4 31 (40.79%) Finance
5 30 (39.47%) UNIX
6 27 (35.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (34.21%) Red Hat
8 25 (32.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 19 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (23.68%) SQL
11 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
11 16 (21.05%) AIX
12 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
13 12 (15.79%) .NET
14 10 (13.16%) PL/SQL
15 8 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
15 8 (10.53%) Solaris
15 8 (10.53%) Test Scripting
16 7 (9.211%) C#
16 7 (9.211%) JavaScript
16 7 (9.211%) GIS
16 7 (9.211%) ArcGIS
16 7 (9.211%) ArcIMS
17 6 (7.895%) ESRI
17 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
17 6 (7.895%) Python
17 6 (7.895%) IIS
17 6 (7.895%) Visual Studio
17 6 (7.895%) Web Services
17 6 (7.895%) Investment Management

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 12 (15.79%) .NET
2 6 (7.895%) Web Services
2 6 (7.895%) WCF
3 5 (6.579%) Dojo
3 5 (6.579%) jQuery
4 2 (2.632%) JSP
4 2 (2.632%) Middleware
4 2 (2.632%) JPA
4 2 (2.632%) Spring
5 1 (1.316%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.211%) ArcGIS
1 7 (9.211%) ArcIMS
2 6 (7.895%) IIS
3 2 (2.632%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.316%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.316%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.316%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (1.316%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.316%) Summit
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.316%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.947%) SAN
2 2 (2.632%) HTTP
3 1 (1.316%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (48.68%) Oracle 11g
2 19 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
4 7 (9.211%) GIS
5 6 (7.895%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (6.579%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (6.579%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (5.263%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (5.263%) TimesTen
8 3 (3.947%) Sybase ASE
9 2 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (1.316%) DB2
10 1 (1.316%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.895%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.632%) JUnit
2 2 (2.632%) JIRA
General
1 31 (40.79%) Finance
2 2 (2.632%) Financial Institution
2 2 (2.632%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.316%) Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Retail
3 1 (1.316%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Local Government
3 1 (1.316%) Marketing
3 1 (1.316%) Electronics
3 1 (1.316%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (53.95%) DBA
2 34 (44.74%) Oracle DBA
3 21 (27.63%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 21 (27.63%) Senior DBA
4 14 (18.42%) Consultant
5 13 (17.11%) Developer
6 11 (14.47%) Oracle Consultant
7 9 (11.84%) Administrator
8 6 (7.895%) .NET Developer
8 6 (7.895%) VMware Consultant
9 5 (6.579%) Database Developer
10 4 (5.263%) GIS Developer
11 3 (3.947%) Perl Developer
11 3 (3.947%) Virtualisation Consultant
12 2 (2.632%) Project Manager
12 2 (2.632%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 2 (2.632%) Senior Sybase DBA
12 2 (2.632%) Infrastructure Manager
12 2 (2.632%) Java Developer
12 2 (2.632%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.263%) Oracle Exalytics
2 2 (2.632%) Mainframe
2 2 (2.632%) Replication
2 2 (2.632%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.316%) Clustering
3 1 (1.316%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.316%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 33 (43.42%) Linux
2 30 (39.47%) UNIX
3 27 (35.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (21.05%) AIX
5 8 (10.53%) Solaris
6 5 (6.579%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (10.53%) Test Scripting
2 6 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (7.895%) Investment Management
3 5 (6.579%) Fund Management
3 5 (6.579%) OO
4 4 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (5.263%) System Testing
5 3 (3.947%) Database Security
5 3 (3.947%) OOP
5 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2
6 2 (2.632%) UML
6 2 (2.632%) Project Management
6 2 (2.632%) Web Development
6 2 (2.632%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (2.632%) Data Migration
6 2 (2.632%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (2.632%) Scrum
6 2 (2.632%) Migration
6 2 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.316%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.68%) SQL
2 10 (13.16%) PL/SQL
3 7 (9.211%) C#
3 7 (9.211%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.895%) Python
5 5 (6.579%) VB.NET
6 4 (5.263%) Shell Script
7 3 (3.947%) Perl
7 3 (3.947%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.632%) Java
9 1 (1.316%) R
9 1 (1.316%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (2.632%) SCJA
2 2 (2.632%) SCJP
3 1 (1.316%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (1.316%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.316%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) QA
System Software
1 36 (47.37%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (7.895%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 25 (32.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (2.632%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) Red Hat
2 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.895%) ESRI
3 6 (7.895%) VMware
4 3 (3.947%) Sybase
5 1 (1.316%) IBM
5 1 (1.316%) SAP
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
A global financial organisation is currently seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to join an ongoing database project that spans across many business areas across the firm. In order...
iKas International
Rate: £500 - £530 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Kent
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include: * Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services... * Detailed Oracle Enterprise...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include:* Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services.* Proven Oracle Grid...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Location: KentDuration: 3 monthsRate: TBAMy client, a leading fund management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Engineering and Automation experience from...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
Follows all EHS and Quality policies and procedures (including ISO's) Maintains production records, paperwork and systems transactions including Oracle... Quality Specific Goals: Aware of and comply with...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £7.50 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013