The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages category for the Lancashire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 30 34 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 2 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.995% 2.320% 5.405%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.857% 6.135% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
Average daily rate £500 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +14.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £29.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+28.44% -7.20%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
70 163 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 34.83% 37.82% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 97 49
Average daily rate £285 £345 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £254 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £462 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 16
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -45.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £14.90 £28.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.29 £24.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/SQL
North West

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) BPEL
5 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (14.29%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (14.29%) SunGard
5 1 (14.29%) Internet

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (14.29%) SQLPlus
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) TOAD
3 1 (14.29%) OLTP
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) E-Business Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) BPEL
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) System Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) E-business
2 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Perl
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SunGard