The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL 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 Programming Languages 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
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 63 38 51
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +13
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 13 30 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.745% 3.371% 0.958%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.050% 8.876% 2.956%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 2
Average daily rate £225 £316 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.85% -20.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £205 £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £379 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
321 338 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 43.09% 37.98% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 215 113
Average daily rate £283 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £390 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 £29.75 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.62% +8.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £61.25 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
West Yorkshire

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 45 (97.83%) SQL
2 37 (80.43%) Oracle
3 20 (43.48%) .NET
4 15 (32.61%) VB.NET
5 13 (28.26%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (26.09%) Finance
7 11 (23.91%) C#
8 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
8 10 (21.74%) Linux
8 10 (21.74%) ETL
8 10 (21.74%) BizTalk Server
9 9 (19.57%) Web Services
9 9 (19.57%) Windows
9 9 (19.57%) JavaScript
9 9 (19.57%) Banking
9 9 (19.57%) WCF
9 9 (19.57%) Oracle BI EE
9 9 (19.57%) Kimball Methodology
10 8 (17.39%) Data Integration
10 8 (17.39%) Web Development
10 8 (17.39%) Investment Banking
10 8 (17.39%) WinForms
10 8 (17.39%) Oracle OWB
10 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
10 8 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (15.22%) Java
12 6 (13.04%) Ajax
12 6 (13.04%) Oracle 11g
12 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (10.87%) Data Modelling

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 20 (43.48%) .NET
2 9 (19.57%) Web Services
2 9 (19.57%) WCF
3 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
3 8 (17.39%) WinForms
4 6 (13.04%) Ajax
5 5 (10.87%) J2EE
6 4 (8.696%) jQuery
7 3 (6.522%) Hibernate
7 3 (6.522%) Struts2
7 3 (6.522%) XML
7 3 (6.522%) XSLT
7 3 (6.522%) NHibernate
7 3 (6.522%) Java EE
7 3 (6.522%) Spring
7 3 (6.522%) Struts
8 2 (4.348%) HTML
8 2 (4.348%) JSON
8 2 (4.348%) CSS
9 1 (2.174%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 10 (21.74%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (8.696%) WebLogic
3 3 (6.522%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (2.174%) ESB
5 1 (2.174%) Magento
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (2.174%) NetWeaver
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.174%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (2.174%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.26%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
3 9 (19.57%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (17.39%) Oracle OWB
4 8 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (13.04%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (6.522%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (4.348%) TOAD
7 2 (4.348%) GIS
7 2 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (2.174%) SQLPlus
8 1 (2.174%) DTS
8 1 (2.174%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) JUnit
1 3 (6.522%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle Forms
1 3 (6.522%) NUnit
1 3 (6.522%) Subversion
1 3 (6.522%) Maven
1 3 (6.522%) MSTest
1 3 (6.522%) Hudson
2 2 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.174%) SAP CE
3 1 (2.174%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (2.174%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (26.09%) Finance
2 9 (19.57%) Banking
3 8 (17.39%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.174%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.174%) German Language
5 1 (2.174%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 34 (73.91%) Developer
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle Developer
3 7 (15.22%) .NET Developer
4 6 (13.04%) VB.NET Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
6 4 (8.696%) C# Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Analyst
6 4 (8.696%) Software Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Designer
6 4 (8.696%) OBIEE Developer
7 3 (6.522%) Java Developer
7 3 (6.522%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (6.522%) Architect
7 3 (6.522%) Oracle Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) BizTalk Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Senior Support Analyst
8 2 (4.348%) Oracle Consultant
8 2 (4.348%) Applications Architect
8 2 (4.348%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.174%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Linux
2 9 (19.57%) Windows
3 2 (4.348%) UNIX
4 1 (2.174%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) ETL
2 9 (19.57%) Kimball Methodology
3 8 (17.39%) Web Development
4 5 (10.87%) Dimensional Modelling
4 5 (10.87%) Data Modelling
5 4 (8.696%) OO
5 4 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Performance Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Change Control
6 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
6 3 (6.522%) EAM
6 3 (6.522%) Project Management
6 3 (6.522%) Validation
6 3 (6.522%) OOP
6 3 (6.522%) TDD
7 2 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.348%) System Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Business Transformation
8 1 (2.174%) Data Transformation
8 1 (2.174%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (97.83%) SQL
2 15 (32.61%) VB.NET
3 11 (23.91%) C#
4 9 (19.57%) JavaScript
5 7 (15.22%) Java
6 2 (4.348%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.174%) Jython
7 1 (2.174%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
7 1 (2.174%) Python
7 1 (2.174%) Perl
7 1 (2.174%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (4.348%) Degree
Vendors
1 37 (80.43%) Oracle
2 3 (6.522%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.174%) Talend
3 1 (2.174%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.174%) SAP