The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors for the Luton 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 10 9 10
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 7 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 8.750% 4.839% 1.961%
As % of the Vendors category 23.33% 15.79% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £325 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
30 19 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 37.50% 30.65% 43.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 11
Average daily rate £325 £375 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +21.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Bedfordshire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Luton Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Luton Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
1 4 (30.77%) ISEB
1 4 (30.77%) Informatica
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) TDD
2 3 (23.08%) AOP
2 3 (23.08%) Refactoring
2 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Change Management
2 3 (23.08%) Internet
2 3 (23.08%) N-Tier
2 3 (23.08%) SOA
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 3 (23.08%) XML
2 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 1 (7.692%) Spring
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle iRecruitment

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
1 3 (23.08%) XML
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.692%) Spring
3 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
3 1 (7.692%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (7.692%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Informatica Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) E-Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle HR Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Business Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (23.08%) N-Tier
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) TDD
1 3 (23.08%) AOP
1 3 (23.08%) Refactoring
1 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (23.08%) Change Management
1 3 (23.08%) SOA
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.692%) Revenue Management
3 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
3 1 (7.692%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C#
1 1 (7.692%) Java
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ISEB
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Informatica
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Hyperion