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The table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL (PLSQL) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPL/SQL (PLSQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8666
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads5981027
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.842 %1.038 %
As % of the category below5.148 %5.286 %
Daily rates quoted201336
Average minimum daily rate£396£390
Average daily rate£422£413
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£357
% change on same period last year-3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted1560
Average minimum hourly rate£31.23£38.48
Average hourly rate£33.77£39.07
% change on same period last year-13.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.30£39.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£36.82
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching contract IT job ads1161719428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled16.36 %19.63 %
Daily rates quoted52517704
Average minimum daily rate£398£434
Average daily rate£426£464
% change on same period last year-8.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£454£494
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted407634
Average minimum hourly rate£29.55£30.46
Average hourly rate£31.68£32.76
% change on same period last year-3.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.81£35.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
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.

PL/SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London PL/SQL Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the London region.

London PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the London region.

London PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London PL/SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonUp+19179£442-0.58 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1331£342-24.83 %
Canary WharfUp+1010£418-9.72 %
HammersmithNew entry-3£300-
TeddingtonNew entry-1--
New MaldenNew entry-1£450-
FelthamNew entry-1£350-
IlfordNew entry-1£300-
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

11237 (96.57 %)SQL
21125 (87.82 %)Oracle
3393 (30.68 %)Oracle 10g
4380 (29.66 %)Banking
5373 (29.12 %)UNIX
6354 (27.63 %)Finance
7298 (23.26 %)Java
8276 (21.55 %)Investment Banking
9255 (19.91 %)XML
10244 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
11207 (16.16 %)Datawarehouse
12196 (15.30 %)Oracle Reports
13165 (12.88 %)ETL
14141 (11.01 %)C#
15135 (10.54 %)Data Modelling
16129 (10.07 %)BusinessObjects
16129 (10.07 %)Business Objects
17124 (9.680 %).NET
18117 (9.133 %)Linux
19110 (8.587 %)J2EE
20109 (8.509 %)Security Cleared
21108 (8.431 %)Shell Script
22104 (8.119 %)Windows
23100 (7.806 %)OO
2498 (7.650 %)Credit Risk
2594 (7.338 %)Government
2691 (7.104 %)Oracle Discoverer
2789 (6.948 %)Oracle 8/8i
2887 (6.792 %)SC Cleared
2985 (6.635 %)Migration

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1255 (19.91 %)XML
2124 (9.680 %).NET
3110 (8.587 %)J2EE
482 (6.401 %)Hibernate
571 (5.543 %)HTML
670 (5.464 %)Spring
760 (4.684 %)WebServices
859 (4.606 %)XSL
954 (4.215 %)Struts
1049 (3.825 %)XSLT
1142 (3.279 %)Middleware
1240 (3.123 %)JSP
1339 (3.044 %)ASP.NET
1438 (2.966 %)Oracle Streams
1535 (2.732 %)SOAP
1627 (2.108 %)EJB
1627 (2.108 %)XSD
1627 (2.108 %)MVC
1725 (1.952 %)JDBC
1824 (1.874 %).NET Framework
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
169 (5.386 %)WebLogic
247 (3.669 %)Oracle Workflow
334 (2.654 %)Oracle Application Server
431 (2.420 %)Oracle 10gAS
530 (2.342 %)TIBCO EMS
623 (1.795 %)Tomcat
721 (1.639 %)IIS
818 (1.405 %)MQSeries
916 (1.249 %)BizTalk Server
1015 (1.171 %)SharePoint
1114 (1.093 %)Apache
1210 (0.781 %)SAS
1210 (0.781 %)Oracle 9iAS
1210 (0.781 %)WebLogic Integration
139 (0.703 %)ATG Dynamo
148 (0.625 %)SharePoint Portal Server
148 (0.625 %)JBoss
154 (0.312 %)ESB
163 (0.234 %)Commerce Server
172 (0.156 %)FormScape
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
141 (3.201 %)MS Office
224 (1.874 %)MS Project
316 (1.249 %)MS Visio
415 (1.171 %)MS Excel
415 (1.171 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.156 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
133 (2.576 %)Oracle Applications
229 (2.264 %)Oracle EBS
323 (1.795 %)Loan IQ
422 (1.717 %)Sophis RISQUE
422 (1.717 %)Oracle Financials
512 (0.937 %)Siebel Analytics
69 (0.703 %)BusinessWorks
69 (0.703 %)Endur
78 (0.625 %)Oracle 11i
78 (0.625 %)Oracle CRM
78 (0.625 %)Algo Collateral
87 (0.546 %)Remedy ITSM
95 (0.390 %)Oracle Clinical
104 (0.312 %)ZaiNet
104 (0.312 %)AWD
113 (0.234 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
113 (0.234 %)Findur
113 (0.234 %)FLEXCUBE
113 (0.234 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
122 (0.156 %)Staffware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (0.546 %)HTTP
26 (0.468 %)Intranet
26 (0.468 %)Internet
33 (0.234 %)TCP/IP
33 (0.234 %)IIOP
42 (0.156 %)NGN
42 (0.156 %)LDAP
51 (0.078 %)SAN
51 (0.078 %)VPN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1393 (30.68 %)Oracle 10g
2244 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
3207 (16.16 %)Datawarehouse
4196 (15.30 %)Oracle Reports
5165 (12.88 %)ETL
6129 (10.07 %)BusinessObjects
791 (7.104 %)Oracle Discoverer
889 (6.948 %)Oracle 8/8i
980 (6.245 %)Oracle OWB
1075 (5.855 %)SQL Server
1169 (5.386 %)TOAD
1250 (3.903 %)RDBMS
1330 (2.342 %)Crystal Reports
1426 (2.030 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1524 (1.874 %)SQL Server 2005
1620 (1.561 %)SQLPlus
1620 (1.561 %)Data Mart
1717 (1.327 %)BODI
1717 (1.327 %)SQL Server 2000
1717 (1.327 %)Oracle BI EE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
175 (5.855 %)Oracle Forms
246 (3.591 %)JUnit
341 (3.201 %)Visual Studio
427 (2.108 %)ClearCase
524 (1.874 %)Rational Rose
524 (1.874 %)RequisitePro
620 (1.561 %)Oracle APEX
719 (1.483 %)NUnit
719 (1.483 %)Eclipse
816 (1.249 %)Ant
913 (1.015 %)ClearQuest
1012 (0.937 %)TestDirector
1111 (0.859 %)IntelliJ
1111 (0.859 %)PVCS
1111 (0.859 %)Subversion
1111 (0.859 %)ProC
129 (0.703 %)ERwin
137 (0.546 %)Selenium
137 (0.546 %)LoadRunner
146 (0.468 %)JDeveloper
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1380 (29.66 %)Banking
2354 (27.63 %)Finance
3276 (21.55 %)Investment Banking
494 (7.338 %)Government
533 (2.576 %)Front Office
630 (2.342 %)Back Office
630 (2.342 %)Insurance
718 (1.405 %)Financial Institution
718 (1.405 %)Publishing
815 (1.171 %)General Ledger
913 (1.015 %)Local Government
1012 (0.937 %)Retail
1012 (0.937 %)Education
1110 (0.781 %)Telecoms
127 (0.546 %)Marketing
136 (0.468 %)Pharmaceutical
144 (0.312 %)Health
144 (0.312 %)Auditing
153 (0.234 %)Corporate Banking
153 (0.234 %)Criminal Justice
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1752 (58.70 %)Developer
2336 (26.23 %)Oracle Developer
3161 (12.57 %)Analyst
4132 (10.30 %)DBA
5123 (9.602 %)Java Developer
6121 (9.446 %)Oracle DBA
781 (6.323 %)SQL Developer
878 (6.089 %)PL/SQL Developer
971 (5.543 %)Consultant
1055 (4.294 %)C# Developer
1145 (3.513 %)Programmer
1243 (3.357 %)Support Analyst
1338 (2.966 %)Architect
1435 (2.732 %)Senior Developer
1534 (2.654 %)Analyst Programmer
1633 (2.576 %).NET Developer
1633 (2.576 %)Project Manager
1633 (2.576 %)Oracle Consultant
1731 (2.420 %)Applications Support
1830 (2.342 %)Oracle Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
198 (7.650 %)Credit Risk
274 (5.777 %)Derivative
332 (2.498 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
423 (1.795 %)Credit Derivative
519 (1.483 %)Fixed Income
615 (1.171 %)Replication
711 (0.859 %)Equities
810 (0.781 %)Market Risk
810 (0.781 %)Equity Derivative
99 (0.703 %)Data Integration
108 (0.625 %)Computer Science
117 (0.546 %)Management Information System
126 (0.468 %)Thin Client
126 (0.468 %)Fat Client
135 (0.390 %)Clustering
144 (0.312 %)Client/Server
153 (0.234 %)NHS
153 (0.234 %)W3C
153 (0.234 %)Statistics
162 (0.156 %)DTCC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1373 (29.12 %)UNIX
2117 (9.133 %)Linux
3104 (8.119 %)Windows
481 (6.323 %)Solaris
527 (2.108 %)Windows XP
618 (1.405 %)AIX
711 (0.859 %)Windows NT
711 (0.859 %)Windows Server 2003
88 (0.625 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.312 %)HPUX
102 (0.156 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.156 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.078 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.078 %)VMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1135 (10.54 %)Data Modelling
2109 (8.509 %)Security Cleared
3100 (7.806 %)OO
487 (6.792 %)SC Cleared
585 (6.635 %)Migration
684 (6.557 %)Business Intelligence
762 (4.840 %)Data Analysis
858 (4.528 %)Data Migration
954 (4.215 %)Workflow
1049 (3.825 %)UML
1146 (3.591 %)RUP
1234 (2.654 %)Agile Software Development
1333 (2.576 %)Asset Management
1430 (2.342 %)User Acceptance Testing
1529 (2.264 %)PRINCE2
1628 (2.186 %)Project Management
1727 (2.108 %)OOA/OOD
1825 (1.952 %)Scrum
1825 (1.952 %)Unified Process
1825 (1.952 %)Web Development
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11237 (96.57 %)SQL
2298 (23.26 %)Java
3141 (11.01 %)C#
4108 (8.431 %)Shell Script
572 (5.621 %)Perl
669 (5.386 %)C++
751 (3.981 %)VB
848 (3.747 %)C
946 (3.591 %)VBA
1039 (3.044 %)Transact-SQL
1039 (3.044 %)VB6
1131 (2.420 %)JavaScript
1227 (2.108 %)Korn
1317 (1.327 %)PHP
1317 (1.327 %)XQuery
1411 (0.859 %)VB.NET
159 (0.703 %)VBScript
167 (0.546 %)Python
167 (0.546 %)XPath
176 (0.468 %)AWK
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (2.576 %)Degree
220 (1.561 %)ISEB
311 (0.859 %)Oracle Certification
45 (0.390 %)Sun Certification
54 (0.312 %)HND
63 (0.234 %)ISTQB
72 (0.156 %)OCP
81 (0.078 %)PhD
81 (0.078 %)MBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (2.420 %)QA
213 (1.015 %)Basel II
35 (0.390 %)CDISC
44 (0.312 %)SLA
53 (0.234 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.234 %)ISO9001
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
164 (4.996 %)Oracle RMAN
253 (4.137 %)Oracle RAC
325 (1.952 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.078 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
123 (1.795 %)AutoSys
218 (1.405 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
37 (0.546 %)Oracle Statspack
46 (0.468 %)OpenView
52 (0.156 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (0.156 %)ServiceCenter
52 (0.156 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.078 %)TIBCO Hawk
61 (0.078 %)OVSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11125 (87.82 %)Oracle
2129 (10.07 %)Business Objects
347 (3.669 %)Cognos
347 (3.669 %)Informatica
444 (3.435 %)Sybase
540 (3.123 %)IBM
637 (2.888 %)TIBCO
736 (2.810 %)BEA
835 (2.732 %)Microsoft
928 (2.186 %)Sophis
1019 (1.483 %)DataSynapse
1019 (1.483 %)Siebel
1118 (1.405 %)Calypso
1118 (1.405 %)Altova
1216 (1.249 %)Thunderhead
1216 (1.249 %)ILOG
1315 (1.171 %)HP
1414 (1.093 %)Sun
1512 (0.937 %)Northgate
1611 (0.859 %)OpenLink