The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 23 20 21
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 3 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.027% 5.426% 3.590%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.571% 14.58% 8.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
Average daily rate £308 £413 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
35 96 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 23.65% 37.21% 40.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 55 38
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £232 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
Tyne and Wear

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram

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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (90.00%) Oracle
3 5 (50.00%) .NET
3 5 (50.00%) C#
3 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (40.00%) UNIX
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (20.00%) ASP
6 2 (20.00%) TOAD
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (20.00%) Validation
6 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (20.00%) Data Validation
6 2 (20.00%) Data Mapping
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (10.00%) System Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (10.00%) Hibernate
7 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) ASP
3 1 (10.00%) J2EE
3 1 (10.00%) JSP
3 1 (10.00%) Struts
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (10.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (10.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (10.00%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (20.00%) TOAD
3 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (10.00%) JUnit
2 1 (10.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) PL/SQL Developer
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Financials Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Objects Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Validation
1 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (20.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (20.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Logistics
2 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) System Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix