The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle SOA Suite skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle SOA Suite over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle SOA Suite
Rank - 64 53
Contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite 0 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.449% 0.639%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 2.381% 2.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £380 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £325
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
210 168 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 28.19% 18.88% 24.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 109 67
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
Average hourly rate £33.00 £11.40 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+189.47% -45.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Oracle SOA Suite
West Yorkshire

Oracle SOA Suite
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Oracle SOA Suite Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Oracle SOA Suite Daily Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite.

1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) WebCenter
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) XSL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) JDeveloper
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ADF
2 1 (50.00%) BPEL
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g

Oracle SOA Suite
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) WebCenter
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) XSL
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ADF
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Service Bus
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JDeveloper
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle