The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Newport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 20 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 Newport 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 6 4 9
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing Oracle 9 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 17.31% 21.79% 12.73%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 40.48% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
Average daily rate £425 £450 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -13.07%
All Vendors
Newport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
18 42 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 34.62% 53.85% 43.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 4
Average daily rate £400 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £141 £368
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £585 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South Wales

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport 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 Newport region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 25 (65.79%) Security Cleared
2 24 (63.16%) SQL
2 24 (63.16%) WebLogic
3 23 (60.53%) ClearCase
3 23 (60.53%) ClearQuest
4 22 (57.89%) Java
5 21 (55.26%) PL/SQL
6 18 (47.37%) UML
7 17 (44.74%) XML
8 15 (39.47%) XSLT
8 15 (39.47%) Eclipse
9 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
9 14 (36.84%) Liferay
9 14 (36.84%) Spring
10 12 (31.58%) JSF
10 12 (31.58%) XPath
10 12 (31.58%) XSD
10 12 (31.58%) DOM
10 12 (31.58%) J2EE
10 12 (31.58%) JAXP
10 12 (31.58%) SAX
11 11 (28.95%) Hibernate
11 11 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
12 10 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
13 9 (23.68%) Maven
13 9 (23.68%) Scrum
13 9 (23.68%) IBM
13 9 (23.68%) WebLogic Portal
13 9 (23.68%) CSS
14 6 (15.79%) Ant

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 17 (44.74%) XML
2 15 (39.47%) XSLT
3 14 (36.84%) Spring
4 12 (31.58%) JSF
4 12 (31.58%) JAXP
4 12 (31.58%) SAX
4 12 (31.58%) XSD
4 12 (31.58%) DOM
4 12 (31.58%) J2EE
5 11 (28.95%) Hibernate
6 9 (23.68%) CSS
7 5 (13.16%) Web Services
8 4 (10.53%) Java EE
8 4 (10.53%) JPA
9 3 (7.895%) Spring Batch
10 2 (5.263%) EJB
11 1 (2.632%) JDBC
11 1 (2.632%) Servlets
11 1 (2.632%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 24 (63.16%) WebLogic
2 14 (36.84%) Liferay
3 9 (23.68%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (7.895%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (7.895%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (7.895%) SAS
5 1 (2.632%) Oracle HTTP Server
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle Payroll
3 3 (7.895%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (7.895%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (2.632%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Internet
2 1 (2.632%) HTTP
2 1 (2.632%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle Exadata
2 4 (10.53%) RDBMS
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.632%) Ingres
4 1 (2.632%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 23 (60.53%) ClearCase
1 23 (60.53%) ClearQuest
2 15 (39.47%) Eclipse
3 9 (23.68%) Maven
4 6 (15.79%) Ant
5 2 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.895%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Developer
2 12 (31.58%) Java Developer
3 5 (13.16%) Oracle DBA
3 5 (13.16%) DBA
3 5 (13.16%) Release Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Oracle Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (7.895%) Administrator
5 3 (7.895%) Data Architect
5 3 (7.895%) SQL Developer
5 3 (7.895%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Lead Java Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Designer
6 2 (5.263%) Lead Developer
7 1 (2.632%) Oracle Developer
7 1 (2.632%) Oracle Financials DBA
7 1 (2.632%) Oracle Financials Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) AIX
2 4 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.632%) UNIX
3 1 (2.632%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) UML
2 11 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (23.68%) Scrum
4 5 (13.16%) Release Management
4 5 (13.16%) Configuration Management
5 4 (10.53%) Integration Testing
5 4 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 3 (7.895%) Dimensional Modelling
6 3 (7.895%) Kanban
6 3 (7.895%) Data Migration
6 3 (7.895%) Data Architecture
6 3 (7.895%) Workflow
6 3 (7.895%) Migration
6 3 (7.895%) RAD
6 3 (7.895%) RUP
6 3 (7.895%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.895%) Unit Testing
6 3 (7.895%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.895%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.632%) Numerical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (63.16%) SQL
2 22 (57.89%) Java
3 21 (55.26%) PL/SQL
4 12 (31.58%) XPath
5 5 (13.16%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 25 (65.79%) Security Cleared
2 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (2.632%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) IBM
2 3 (7.895%) Lotus