The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Service Bus skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Service Bus 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 of the Application Platforms category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
Rank 368 395 412
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +17
Contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus 9 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.074% 0.097%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.224% 0.459% 0.583%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 12
Average daily rate £525 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £555 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £440 £413
% change year-on-year
-14.77% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4012 4358 5145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.53% 16.18% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2559 2703 3152
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 128 175
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Oracle Service Bus
England

Oracle Service Bus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Oracle Service Bus Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus across the London region.

London Oracle Service Bus Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Service Bus across the London region.

London Oracle Service Bus Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Service Bus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Service Bus within the London 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
City of London +10 1 £525 +16.66%
Oracle Service Bus
England

Oracle Service Bus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 9 (81.82%) SOA
3 5 (45.45%) BPEL
3 5 (45.45%) WebLogic
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (27.27%) Middleware
5 3 (27.27%) Java
5 3 (27.27%) Web Services
5 3 (27.27%) ESB
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (18.18%) PMP
6 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
6 2 (18.18%) J2EE
6 2 (18.18%) SOAP
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) Finance
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (9.091%) SaaS
7 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
7 1 (9.091%) BPMN
7 1 (9.091%) Data Integration
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (9.091%) Data Quality
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (9.091%) Advertising

Oracle Service Bus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Service Bus 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 Service Bus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) Middleware
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
2 2 (18.18%) J2EE
2 2 (18.18%) SOAP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) WebLogic
2 3 (27.27%) ESB
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10gAS
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Maven
1 1 (9.091%) Subversion
1 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
1 1 (9.091%) JDeveloper
1 1 (9.091%) ERwin
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Advertising
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) SOA Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Developer
3 2 (18.18%) SOA Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Middleware Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Middleware Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) SaaS
1 1 (9.091%) Data Integration
1 1 (9.091%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (9.091%) HPUX
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) SOA
2 5 (45.45%) BPEL
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
4 1 (9.091%) BPMN
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) ETL
4 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.091%) ITIL
4 1 (9.091%) Process Management
4 1 (9.091%) Change Management
4 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PMP
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) Mercator
2 1 (9.091%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Informatica
2 1 (9.091%) Salesforce.com