The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Programming Languages category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank - 23 22
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 0 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 2.941% 2.941%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 9.195% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £350 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £333
% change year-on-year
- +5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+35.45% -15.38%
All Programming Languages
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
43 87 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 25.15% 31.99% 23.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 21
Average daily rate £318 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £238 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £400 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +56.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Midlands PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend