The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 9 9 16
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs citing Oracle 18 31 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 9.524% 12.60% 7.554%
As % of the Vendors category 22.50% 25.83% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 9
Average daily rate £425 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £375 £301
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -11.42%
All Vendors
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
80 120 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 42.33% 48.78% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 60
Average daily rate £363 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £200 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 20
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% -19.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.85 £10.82
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £22.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool -1 16 £425 +30.76% 3
Southport - - - -
St Helens - - - -
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 23 (45.10%) Security Cleared
2 20 (39.22%) SC Cleared
3 16 (31.37%) SQL
4 12 (23.53%) UNIX
4 12 (23.53%) Migration
4 12 (23.53%) Oracle 11g
5 10 (19.61%) Data Migration
5 10 (19.61%) Windows
5 10 (19.61%) Java
5 10 (19.61%) SQL Server
6 9 (17.65%) Linux
6 9 (17.65%) Finance
7 8 (15.69%) .NET
8 7 (13.73%) PL/SQL
8 7 (13.73%) WebLogic
8 7 (13.73%) Degree
9 6 (11.76%) C#
9 6 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
9 6 (11.76%) JDeveloper
9 6 (11.76%) Oracle ADF
10 5 (9.804%) Middleware
10 5 (9.804%) MVC
10 5 (9.804%) SEO
10 5 (9.804%) CMS
10 5 (9.804%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (9.804%) NetBeans
10 5 (9.804%) Google
10 5 (9.804%) Siebel
10 5 (9.804%) OOD
10 5 (9.804%) JavaScript

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 8 (15.69%) .NET
2 6 (11.76%) Oracle ADF
3 5 (9.804%) Middleware
3 5 (9.804%) ASP.NET
3 5 (9.804%) CSS
3 5 (9.804%) XML
3 5 (9.804%) XSD
3 5 (9.804%) XSLT
3 5 (9.804%) jQuery
3 5 (9.804%) CodeIgniter
3 5 (9.804%) CakePHP
3 5 (9.804%) Google Maps API
3 5 (9.804%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (9.804%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (9.804%) WebCenter
3 5 (9.804%) HTML5
3 5 (9.804%) CSS3
3 5 (9.804%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (3.922%) ODBC
5 1 (1.961%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.73%) WebLogic
2 5 (9.804%) CMS
2 5 (9.804%) WordPress
2 5 (9.804%) Umbraco
3 2 (3.922%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.961%) ESB
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.961%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.922%) MS Office
3 1 (1.961%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.961%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (5.882%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.882%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (3.922%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (3.922%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.922%) LDAP
1 2 (3.922%) DNS
2 1 (1.961%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) Oracle 11g
2 10 (19.61%) SQL Server
3 6 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (9.804%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (9.804%) MySQL
5 3 (5.882%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (5.882%) DB2
6 2 (3.922%) Informix
6 2 (3.922%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.922%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (1.961%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (1.961%) SAP BW
7 1 (1.961%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) JDeveloper
2 5 (9.804%) NetBeans
2 5 (9.804%) Visual Studio
2 5 (9.804%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.961%) ERwin
3 1 (1.961%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (3.922%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.922%) Financial Institution
2 2 (3.922%) Retail
3 1 (1.961%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Developer
2 12 (23.53%) DBA
3 8 (15.69%) Oracle DBA
4 6 (11.76%) Analyst
5 5 (9.804%) Administrator
5 5 (9.804%) .NET Developer
5 5 (9.804%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.843%) Oracle Developer
6 4 (7.843%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.882%) Architect
7 3 (5.882%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.922%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.922%) Consultant
8 2 (3.922%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.922%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (3.922%) SQL Developer
8 2 (3.922%) PL/SQL Developer
8 2 (3.922%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.922%) Report Writer
8 2 (3.922%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.922%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) UNIX
2 10 (19.61%) Windows
3 9 (17.65%) Linux
4 4 (7.843%) Solaris
5 2 (3.922%) AIX
5 2 (3.922%) HPUX
5 2 (3.922%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.922%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.922%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.922%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.961%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.53%) Migration
2 10 (19.61%) Data Migration
3 5 (9.804%) MVC
3 5 (9.804%) SEO
3 5 (9.804%) OOD
3 5 (9.804%) OO
3 5 (9.804%) Web Development
3 5 (9.804%) Business Development
3 5 (9.804%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (7.843%) Project Management
5 3 (5.882%) Change Management
5 3 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (5.882%) ERP
6 2 (3.922%) CRM
6 2 (3.922%) B2C
6 2 (3.922%) Process Management
6 2 (3.922%) Logistics
6 2 (3.922%) Business Analysis
6 2 (3.922%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (3.922%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) SQL
2 10 (19.61%) Java
3 7 (13.73%) PL/SQL
4 6 (11.76%) C#
5 5 (9.804%) JavaScript
5 5 (9.804%) PHP
5 5 (9.804%) XPath
6 2 (3.922%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.922%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.961%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Security Cleared
2 20 (39.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (3.922%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (3.922%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (3.922%) SCCM
1 2 (3.922%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (9.804%) Google
1 5 (9.804%) Siebel
1 5 (9.804%) Zend
1 5 (9.804%) Facebook
1 5 (9.804%) Twitter
2 4 (7.843%) SAP
2 4 (7.843%) IBM
2 4 (7.843%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.882%) Sun
4 2 (3.922%) Baan
4 2 (3.922%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.961%) Hummingbird
5 1 (1.961%) NetApp