The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 16 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8 25 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 4.651% 9.294% 8.571%
As % of the Vendors category 9.412% 15.53% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 14
Average daily rate £300 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £330 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £520 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+30.97% -13.07%
All Vendors
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
85 161 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 49.42% 59.85% 60.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 41
Average daily rate £375 £400 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £575 £578
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 40
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +35.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 11 (32.35%) SQL Server
2 10 (29.41%) SQL
3 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 8 (23.53%) .NET
3 8 (23.53%) C#
3 8 (23.53%) Visual Studio
4 7 (20.59%) Finance
4 7 (20.59%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (17.65%) .NET Framework
5 6 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (17.65%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (17.65%) ETL
6 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
6 5 (14.71%) Migration
7 4 (11.76%) Essbase
7 4 (11.76%) WPF
7 4 (11.76%) Silverlight
7 4 (11.76%) Unit Testing
7 4 (11.76%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (11.76%) Expression Blend
7 4 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (11.76%) MVVM
7 4 (11.76%) ERP
7 4 (11.76%) UNIX
7 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
7 4 (11.76%) Hyperion
7 4 (11.76%) Informatica
7 4 (11.76%) Siemens
7 4 (11.76%) Data Modelling

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (23.53%) .NET
2 6 (17.65%) .NET Framework
3 4 (11.76%) WPF
3 4 (11.76%) Silverlight
4 1 (2.941%) HTML
4 1 (2.941%) J2EE
4 1 (2.941%) CSS
4 1 (2.941%) XML
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (2.941%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.941%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (5.882%) WebLogic
1 2 (5.882%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) ESB
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle BPEL
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.882%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (11.76%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (8.824%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 4 (11.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (20.59%) Oracle BI EE
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (11.76%) Essbase
5 3 (8.824%) RDBMS
5 3 (8.824%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (8.824%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle OWB
7 1 (2.941%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (2.941%) DataStage
7 1 (2.941%) Xcelsius
7 1 (2.941%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (2.941%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Visual Studio
2 4 (11.76%) Expression Blend
3 1 (2.941%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (20.59%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Oracle Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) .NET Developer
4 4 (11.76%) C# Developer
4 4 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (11.76%) DBA
4 4 (11.76%) Architect
5 3 (8.824%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Hyperion Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Data Modeller
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle DBA
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Technical Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Applications DBA
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Essbase Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Data Extraction
1 2 (5.882%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.941%) Open Source
2 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) UNIX
2 3 (8.824%) Windows
3 1 (2.941%) AIX
3 1 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) ETL
2 5 (14.71%) Migration
3 4 (11.76%) Unit Testing
3 4 (11.76%) MVVM
3 4 (11.76%) ERP
3 4 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 3 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.882%) Workflow
5 2 (5.882%) E-business
5 2 (5.882%) BPEL
5 2 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 2 (5.882%) Logistics
5 2 (5.882%) Data Migration
5 2 (5.882%) Data Mapping
5 2 (5.882%) UML
5 2 (5.882%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (5.882%) Business Transformation
6 1 (2.941%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) SQL
2 8 (23.53%) C#
3 3 (8.824%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.882%) C
4 2 (5.882%) C++
5 1 (2.941%) Uniface
5 1 (2.941%) Java
5 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.941%) TickIT
1 1 (2.941%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Hyperion
2 4 (11.76%) Informatica
2 4 (11.76%) Siemens
3 1 (2.941%) Software AG
3 1 (2.941%) IBM
3 1 (2.941%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.941%) webMethods
3 1 (2.941%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.941%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.941%) SAP
3 1 (2.941%) Trillium
3 1 (2.941%) Pega
3 1 (2.941%) DataFlux
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