London Oracle Application Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle Application Server (OAS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle Application Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Application Server (OAS)
Location Belfast Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Croydon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Havant Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Lytham St Annes Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex North East North West Northern Ireland Preston Reading Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warrington West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	355	331
Rank change on same period last year	-24
Matching contract IT job ads	46	138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.061 %	0.140 %
As % of the category below	0.956 %	2.363 %
Daily rates quoted	30	68
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£289
Average daily rate	£342	£304
% change on same period last year	+12.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£398
% change on same period last year	-3.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£50.00
Average hourly rate	-	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.80	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms London
Matching contract IT job ads	4812	5840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.414 %	5.908 %
Daily rates quoted	1857	1868
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£378
Average daily rate	£391	£401
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£424
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	405	473
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.40	£23.47
Average hourly rate	£23.65	£24.91
% change on same period last year	-5.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.90	£26.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Oracle Application Server 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.

Oracle Application Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Application Server across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oracle Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Application Server across the London region.

Oracle Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oracle Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Application Server across the London region.

Oracle Application Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Docklands, London	+38	16	£308	+1.15 %
Canary Wharf	+11	4	£318	-9.28 %
City of London	-26	4	£525	+35.48 %
Croydon	-	1	-	-
Lewisham	+4	1	£400	-

Oracle Application Server England

Oracle Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server.

1 119 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 76 (63.87 %) Oracle 10g 3 67 (56.30 %) Java 4 60 (50.42 %) SQL 5 44 (36.97 %) J2EE 6 42 (35.29 %) PL/SQL 6 42 (35.29 %) XML 7 39 (32.77 %) Oracle 10gAS 8 36 (30.25 %) OO 9 35 (29.41 %) Hibernate 10 33 (27.73 %) Oracle 9i 11 30 (25.21 %) UNIX 12 27 (22.69 %) IBM 13 26 (21.85 %) XSL 13 26 (21.85 %) JUnit

14 25 (21.01 %) RUP 14 25 (21.01 %) JavaBeans 15 24 (20.17 %) Rational Rose 15 24 (20.17 %) RequisitePro 15 24 (20.17 %) Unified Process 16 23 (19.33 %) PRINCE2 17 22 (18.49 %) SOAP 17 22 (18.49 %) JSP 18 21 (17.65 %) MS Project 18 21 (17.65 %) OOA/OOD 19 19 (15.97 %) Use Case 20 17 (14.29 %) MS Office 21 16 (13.45 %) EJB 21 16 (13.45 %) Solaris 22 15 (12.61 %) Struts

Oracle Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 44 (36.97 %) J2EE 2 42 (35.29 %) XML 3 35 (29.41 %) Hibernate 4 26 (21.85 %) XSL 5 25 (21.01 %) JavaBeans 6 22 (18.49 %) SOAP 6 22 (18.49 %) JSP 7 16 (13.45 %) EJB 8 15 (12.61 %) HTML 8 15 (12.61 %) Struts 8 15 (12.61 %) WebServices 9 12 (10.08 %) JSTL 10 11 (9.244 %) Spring 10 11 (9.244 %) JDBC 11 7 (5.882 %) CSS 11 7 (5.882 %) JSF 11 7 (5.882 %) Middleware 12 6 (5.042 %) WebSphere 13 4 (3.361 %) MyFaces 13 4 (3.361 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 39 (32.77 %) Oracle 10gAS 2 12 (10.08 %) Oracle 9iAS 3 7 (5.882 %) JRun 3 7 (5.882 %) WebLogic 3 7 (5.882 %) iPlanet 4 6 (5.042 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 5 (4.202 %) IIS 6 4 (3.361 %) Documentum 6 4 (3.361 %) Oracle Spatial 7 3 (2.521 %) Apache 7 3 (2.521 %) Tomcat 8 1 (0.840 %) Oracle HTTP Server 8 1 (0.840 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications 1 21 (17.65 %) MS Project 2 17 (14.29 %) MS Office 3 11 (9.244 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.681 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 14 (11.76 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (1.681 %) Oracle 11i 2 2 (1.681 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.840 %) Staffware
Communications & Networking 1 13 (10.92 %) Internet 2 10 (8.403 %) SAN 2 10 (8.403 %) HTTP 2 10 (8.403 %) Firewall 3 7 (5.882 %) LDAP 4 4 (3.361 %) BIG-IP 5 3 (2.521 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (1.681 %) DMZ 7 1 (0.840 %) NetScreen 7 1 (0.840 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 76 (63.87 %) Oracle 10g 2 33 (27.73 %) Oracle 9i 3 8 (6.723 %) Datawarehouse 3 8 (6.723 %) SQL Server 3 8 (6.723 %) Oracle Reports 4 4 (3.361 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 4 (3.361 %) DTS 4 4 (3.361 %) GIS 4 4 (3.361 %) Oracle OWB 5 3 (2.521 %) RDBMS 6 2 (1.681 %) OLTP 6 2 (1.681 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 2 (1.681 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.840 %) ETL 7 1 (0.840 %) DB2 7 1 (0.840 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (0.840 %) InterSystems Cache 7 1 (0.840 %) SQL Server 2005 7 1 (0.840 %) Oracle 11g 7 1 (0.840 %) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications 1 26 (21.85 %) JUnit 2 24 (20.17 %) Rational Rose 2 24 (20.17 %) RequisitePro 3 10 (8.403 %) Ant 3 10 (8.403 %) JDeveloper 3 10 (8.403 %) Oracle Forms 4 9 (7.563 %) Eclipse 5 5 (4.202 %) ClearQuest 6 2 (1.681 %) JMeter 6 2 (1.681 %) Subversion 6 2 (1.681 %) Visual Studio 7 1 (0.840 %) ClearCase 7 1 (0.840 %) Oracle APEX 7 1 (0.840 %) QARun	General 1 8 (6.723 %) Government 2 4 (3.361 %) Pharmaceutical 2 4 (3.361 %) Finance 3 3 (2.521 %) Banking 4 1 (0.840 %) Retail 4 1 (0.840 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (0.840 %) Retail Banking 4 1 (0.840 %) Construction 4 1 (0.840 %) Back Office 4 1 (0.840 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 35 (29.41 %) Developer 2 26 (21.85 %) DBA 3 23 (19.33 %) Java Developer 4 21 (17.65 %) Oracle DBA 5 20 (16.81 %) Project Manager 6 17 (14.29 %) J2EE Developer 6 17 (14.29 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 11 (9.244 %) Administrator 8 10 (8.403 %) Oracle Developer 9 6 (5.042 %) Consultant 10 5 (4.202 %) SQL Server DBA 10 5 (4.202 %) SQL DBA 10 5 (4.202 %) Oracle Consultant 11 4 (3.361 %) Oracle Applications DBA 11 4 (3.361 %) Architect 11 4 (3.361 %) Applications Developer 12 3 (2.521 %) Senior Developer 12 3 (2.521 %) Support Consultant 12 3 (2.521 %) Deployment Engineer 12 3 (2.521 %) UNIX Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (5.042 %) Clustering 2 4 (3.361 %) Replication 3 2 (1.681 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 2 (1.681 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.840 %) Client/Server 4 1 (0.840 %) Biometrics 4 1 (0.840 %) PKI 4 1 (0.840 %) Web 2.0 4 1 (0.840 %) French Language
Operating Systems 1 30 (25.21 %) UNIX 2 16 (13.45 %) Solaris 3 13 (10.92 %) Linux 4 4 (3.361 %) Windows 5 3 (2.521 %) AIX 5 3 (2.521 %) HPUX 5 3 (2.521 %) Windows 2000 6 2 (1.681 %) VMS 7 1 (0.840 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (30.25 %) OO 2 25 (21.01 %) RUP 3 24 (20.17 %) Unified Process 4 23 (19.33 %) PRINCE2 5 21 (17.65 %) OOA/OOD 6 19 (15.97 %) Use Case 7 13 (10.92 %) Security Cleared 8 12 (10.08 %) UML 9 8 (6.723 %) Web Development 10 7 (5.882 %) OOD 11 5 (4.202 %) Business Intelligence 11 5 (4.202 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 5 (4.202 %) Project Management 12 4 (3.361 %) Migration 13 3 (2.521 %) Configuration Management 13 3 (2.521 %) Agile Software Development 13 3 (2.521 %) BC Cleared 14 2 (1.681 %) Stress Testing 14 2 (1.681 %) Dimensional Modelling 14 2 (1.681 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 67 (56.30 %) Java 2 60 (50.42 %) SQL 3 42 (35.29 %) PL/SQL 4 7 (5.882 %) VBA 5 6 (5.042 %) JavaScript 6 4 (3.361 %) Transact-SQL 6 4 (3.361 %) Python 7 3 (2.521 %) Shell Script 8 2 (1.681 %) VB 8 2 (1.681 %) VB6 9 1 (0.840 %) Korn 9 1 (0.840 %) Perl 9 1 (0.840 %) MapBasic	Qualifications 1 3 (2.521 %) CCNA 1 3 (2.521 %) Cisco Certification 1 3 (2.521 %) Microsoft Certification 1 3 (2.521 %) OCP 1 3 (2.521 %) OCA 1 3 (2.521 %) Oracle Certification 1 3 (2.521 %) SCSA 2 1 (0.840 %) Degree 2 1 (0.840 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.840 %) ISO9001 1 1 (0.840 %) QA	System Software 1 10 (8.403 %) Oracle RMAN 2 9 (7.563 %) Oracle RAC 3 6 (5.042 %) VMware ESX 4 5 (4.202 %) Active Directory 5 4 (3.361 %) NetBackup 6 3 (2.521 %) VMware GSX 7 2 (1.681 %) Citrix Presentation Server 8 1 (0.840 %) VMware Infrastructure 8 1 (0.840 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 3 (2.521 %) CA SiteMinder 2 2 (1.681 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 3 1 (0.840 %) Legato 3 1 (0.840 %) Oracle Statspack	Vendors 1 119 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 27 (22.69 %) IBM 3 14 (11.76 %) Altova 4 11 (9.244 %) HP 5 10 (8.403 %) Sun 6 9 (7.563 %) EMC 7 8 (6.723 %) Microsoft 8 7 (5.882 %) VMware 9 4 (3.361 %) Macromedia 9 4 (3.361 %) Citrix 10 3 (2.521 %) StorageTek 10 3 (2.521 %) Red Hat 10 3 (2.521 %) BladeLogic 11 2 (1.681 %) SAP 12 1 (0.840 %) Cisco 12 1 (0.840 %) Business Objects 12 1 (0.840 %) Dell 12 1 (0.840 %) Mapinfo 12 1 (0.840 %) McAfee Security 12 1 (0.840 %) Sophos