The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 19 11 19
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +8
Contract jobs citing Oracle 78 126 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 8.342% 9.737% 6.792%
As % of the Vendors category 20.31% 19.35% 16.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 60 32
Average daily rate £325 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -7.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £300 £156
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £452 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.77% +40.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+30.97% -13.07%
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
384 651 441
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 41.07% 50.31% 41.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 289 182
Average daily rate £314 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.46% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 37 46
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +29.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £12.05 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.80 £25.00 £21.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Stockport +3 6 £335 +3.07%
Wigan +1 1 - -
Cheadle - 1 £370 -
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 67 (45.27%) SQL
2 45 (30.41%) Oracle 11g
3 41 (27.70%) Finance
4 27 (18.24%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (18.24%) Oracle 10g
5 26 (17.57%) PL/SQL
6 25 (16.89%) Java
6 25 (16.89%) SQL Server
6 25 (16.89%) Linux
6 25 (16.89%) Oracle EBS
7 23 (15.54%) UNIX
7 23 (15.54%) Oracle BI EE
8 22 (14.86%) JavaScript
9 21 (14.19%) Shell Script
9 21 (14.19%) Oracle RAC
10 20 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (12.84%) ETL
11 19 (12.84%) Oracle EBS R12
12 18 (12.16%) Web Services
13 16 (10.81%) Windows
13 16 (10.81%) Oracle 8/8i
13 16 (10.81%) Data Guard
14 15 (10.14%) XML
15 14 (9.459%) J2EE
16 13 (8.784%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (8.784%) RDBMS
17 12 (8.108%) .NET
17 12 (8.108%) CSS
17 12 (8.108%) OO
17 12 (8.108%) VMware

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 18 (12.16%) Web Services
2 15 (10.14%) XML
3 14 (9.459%) J2EE
4 12 (8.108%) .NET
4 12 (8.108%) CSS
5 11 (7.432%) jQuery
5 11 (7.432%) WebSphere
6 10 (6.757%) HTML
6 10 (6.757%) Middleware
7 9 (6.081%) Hibernate
8 7 (4.730%) JDBC
8 7 (4.730%) SOAP
8 7 (4.730%) Struts
9 6 (4.054%) Spring
9 6 (4.054%) Ajax
9 6 (4.054%) JSP
9 6 (4.054%) Servlets
10 5 (3.378%) JMS
10 5 (3.378%) XHTML
10 5 (3.378%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.432%) WebLogic
2 7 (4.730%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.378%) CICS
3 5 (3.378%) ESB
3 5 (3.378%) Oracle Spatial
4 4 (2.703%) IIS
5 3 (2.027%) Apache
5 3 (2.027%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.027%) JCAPS
6 2 (1.351%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.351%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.676%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.676%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.676%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.676%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.676%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.676%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.676%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.703%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.676%) MS Project
2 1 (0.676%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 25 (16.89%) Oracle EBS
2 19 (12.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (4.730%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (4.054%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (3.378%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (2.703%) HFM
6 4 (2.703%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (2.027%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (1.351%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (1.351%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (1.351%) Remedy AR System
9 1 (0.676%) Lawson
9 1 (0.676%) Oracle Payroll
9 1 (0.676%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.676%) assyst
9 1 (0.676%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.676%) Oracle General Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.405%) Internet
2 7 (4.730%) Unified Communications
3 6 (4.054%) SAN
3 6 (4.054%) RFID
4 5 (3.378%) Firewall
4 5 (3.378%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.703%) HTTP
5 4 (2.703%) Extranet
5 4 (2.703%) Intranet
6 3 (2.027%) SNA
7 2 (1.351%) FTP
7 2 (1.351%) DNS
8 1 (0.676%) Wireless
8 1 (0.676%) DHCP
8 1 (0.676%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (30.41%) Oracle 11g
2 27 (18.24%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (18.24%) Oracle 10g
3 25 (16.89%) SQL Server
4 23 (15.54%) Oracle BI EE
5 16 (10.81%) Oracle 8/8i
6 13 (8.784%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (8.784%) RDBMS
7 10 (6.757%) MySQL
8 9 (6.081%) DB2
9 7 (4.730%) TOAD
10 5 (3.378%) PowerCenter
11 4 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (2.703%) Oracle OWB
12 3 (2.027%) Oracle Discoverer
12 3 (2.027%) SQL Server 2005
13 2 (1.351%) Oracle Exadata
13 2 (1.351%) SQL Server 2012
13 2 (1.351%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (1.351%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.378%) Visual Studio
1 5 (3.378%) Oracle APEX
2 4 (2.703%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.703%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.703%) JUnit
3 3 (2.027%) NetBeans
3 3 (2.027%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (2.027%) Gradle
4 2 (1.351%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.351%) Subversion
4 2 (1.351%) ProC
5 1 (0.676%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (0.676%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.676%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 1 (0.676%) JIRA
5 1 (0.676%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.676%) Hudson
5 1 (0.676%) TestNG
5 1 (0.676%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (27.70%) Finance
2 9 (6.081%) Banking
3 7 (4.730%) Retail
4 4 (2.703%) Billing
5 3 (2.027%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.351%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.351%) Publishing
6 2 (1.351%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.676%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.676%) Law
7 1 (0.676%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 57 (38.51%) Developer
2 23 (15.54%) Consultant
3 19 (12.84%) Oracle Developer
4 18 (12.16%) DBA
5 16 (10.81%) Oracle DBA
6 10 (6.757%) Oracle Consultant
6 10 (6.757%) Architect
7 9 (6.081%) Administrator
7 9 (6.081%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (5.405%) OBIEE Developer
8 8 (5.405%) OBIEE Consultant
8 8 (5.405%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.730%) Analyst
9 7 (4.730%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (4.730%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 6 (4.054%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 5 (3.378%) Technical Architect
11 5 (3.378%) Data Warehouse Developer
11 5 (3.378%) PHP Developer
12 4 (2.703%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.081%) Mainframe
2 8 (5.405%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.703%) CMDB
3 4 (2.703%) PKI
3 4 (2.703%) VSAM
3 4 (2.703%) Replication
3 4 (2.703%) NHS
4 3 (2.027%) IBM Mainframe
4 3 (2.027%) Online Banking
4 3 (2.027%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.027%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle Exalogic
5 2 (1.351%) Data Integration
5 2 (1.351%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.676%) HACMP
6 1 (0.676%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.676%) Clustering
6 1 (0.676%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.676%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.676%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.89%) Linux
2 23 (15.54%) UNIX
3 16 (10.81%) Windows
4 8 (5.405%) AIX
5 7 (4.730%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.378%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.703%) Solaris
8 3 (2.027%) HPUX
8 3 (2.027%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.351%) zOS
10 1 (0.676%) Fedora
10 1 (0.676%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (12.84%) ETL
3 12 (8.108%) OO
4 10 (6.757%) Migration
4 10 (6.757%) Project Management
5 9 (6.081%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (6.081%) Data Modelling
6 8 (5.405%) MVC
6 8 (5.405%) Service Delivery
7 7 (4.730%) UML
7 7 (4.730%) SOA
7 7 (4.730%) CRM
7 7 (4.730%) Business Analysis
7 7 (4.730%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (4.054%) Dimensional Modelling
8 6 (4.054%) Project Planning
8 6 (4.054%) Data Management
8 6 (4.054%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (4.054%) ITIL
9 5 (3.378%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (45.27%) SQL
2 26 (17.57%) PL/SQL
3 25 (16.89%) Java
4 22 (14.86%) JavaScript
5 21 (14.19%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.730%) C#
7 6 (4.054%) C++
8 5 (3.378%) PHP
9 4 (2.703%) JCL
10 3 (2.027%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.027%) C
11 2 (1.351%) Perl
11 2 (1.351%) COBOL
12 1 (0.676%) REXX
12 1 (0.676%) VBScript
12 1 (0.676%) VB
12 1 (0.676%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.676%) VC++
12 1 (0.676%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.676%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (2.703%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.351%) Degree
2 2 (1.351%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.351%) ISEB
3 1 (0.676%) MCP
3 1 (0.676%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.676%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (0.676%) Sun Certification
3 1 (0.676%) MCSE
3 1 (0.676%) MCSA
3 1 (0.676%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.027%) HL7
2 2 (1.351%) QA
3 1 (0.676%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.676%) SLA
3 1 (0.676%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (4.054%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.378%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.703%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.703%) Oracle RMAN
4 4 (2.703%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 3 (2.027%) Postfix
6 1 (0.676%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.676%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.676%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.676%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (10.81%) Data Guard
2 4 (2.703%) Tivoli
3 3 (2.027%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 2 (1.351%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (1.351%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.676%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.676%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 12 (8.108%) VMware
2 11 (7.432%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.757%) HP
4 9 (6.081%) Red Hat
4 9 (6.081%) SAP
5 8 (5.405%) IBM
6 7 (4.730%) Informatica
7 6 (4.054%) Brocade
7 6 (4.054%) Siebel
8 5 (3.378%) JD Edwards
8 5 (3.378%) Citrix
8 5 (3.378%) CA
9 4 (2.703%) Cisco
9 4 (2.703%) Hyperion
9 4 (2.703%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.027%) Remedy
10 3 (2.027%) NetApp
10 3 (2.027%) JBoss
10 3 (2.027%) Sun
10 3 (2.027%) BMC
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