North East Oracle Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the North East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the last 3 months to 22 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Amersham Atherstone Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Runcorn Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stamford Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wycombe York Yorkshire	3 months to 22 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	2
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	132	183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.171 %	0.206 %
As % of the category below	29.20 %	34.92 %
Daily rates quoted	15	25
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£337
Average daily rate	£336	£357
% change on same period last year	-5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£366
% change on same period last year	+3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£34.44
Average hourly rate	£44.00	£37.11
% change on same period last year	+18.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.00	£39.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.84	£32.82
% change on same period last year	+3.08 %
Vendors North East
Matching contract IT job ads	452	524
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.586 %	0.589 %
Daily rates quoted	77	84
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£316
Average daily rate	£346	£334
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£357
% change on same period last year	+1.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.30	£25.94
Average hourly rate	£21.64	£27.98
% change on same period last year	-22.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.97	£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.44	£25.02
% change on same period last year	-10.30 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle across the North East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the North East region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle across the North East region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the North East region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the North East region over the past 3 months.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	-2	59	£357	-4.03 %
Durham	0	16	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North East region citing Oracle also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Oracle.

1 154 (48.43 %) SQL 2 88 (27.67 %) PL/SQL 3 67 (21.07 %) Oracle Reports 4 59 (18.55 %) Oracle 11i 5 58 (18.24 %) Datawarehouse 6 57 (17.92 %) ETL 6 57 (17.92 %) Business Objects 6 57 (17.92 %) BusinessObjects 7 52 (16.35 %) Government 7 52 (16.35 %) Oracle Forms 8 47 (14.78 %) Unix 8 47 (14.78 %) Oracle 10g 9 43 (13.52 %) Oracle EBS 10 40 (12.58 %) RDBMS 11 37 (11.64 %) Oracle Applications

12 35 (11.01 %) BusinessObjects XI 13 30 (9.434 %) SQL Server 13 30 (9.434 %) Dimensional Modelling 14 28 (8.805 %) Java 14 28 (8.805 %) Informatica 15 23 (7.233 %) Business Analysis 15 23 (7.233 %) J2EE 15 23 (7.233 %) Solaris 15 23 (7.233 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 22 (6.918 %) Finance 17 21 (6.604 %) PowerCenter 18 19 (5.975 %) Data Mart 19 18 (5.660 %) Security Cleared 20 17 (5.346 %) Oracle Certification 20 17 (5.346 %) BODI

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North East region citing Oracle also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Oracle. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (7.233 %) J2EE 2 14 (4.403 %) XML 2 14 (4.403 %) WebSphere 3 12 (3.774 %) .NET 4 7 (2.201 %) JSP 5 6 (1.887 %) Servlets 5 6 (1.887 %) J2SE 6 3 (0.943 %) Struts 6 3 (0.943 %) Hibernate 6 3 (0.943 %) Spring 6 3 (0.943 %) SAP Basis 7 2 (0.629 %) SAP XI 7 2 (0.629 %) EJB 7 2 (0.629 %) HTML 8 1 (0.314 %) Java EE 8 1 (0.314 %) Velocity 8 1 (0.314 %) CSS 8 1 (0.314 %) JDBC 8 1 (0.314 %) XSLT 8 1 (0.314 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 10 (3.145 %) Oracle Workflow 1 10 (3.145 %) PowerExchange 2 4 (1.258 %) Oracle 10gAS 2 4 (1.258 %) Oracle Spatial 3 3 (0.943 %) SAS 3 3 (0.943 %) WebLogic 3 3 (0.943 %) ColdFusion 4 2 (0.629 %) IIS 5 1 (0.314 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.314 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.314 %) Tomcat 5 1 (0.314 %) Apache 5 1 (0.314 %) NetWeaver 5 1 (0.314 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 6 (1.887 %) MS Project 2 1 (0.314 %) MS Office 2 1 (0.314 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 59 (18.55 %) Oracle 11i 2 43 (13.52 %) Oracle EBS 3 37 (11.64 %) Oracle Applications 4 14 (4.403 %) Oracle CRM 5 13 (4.088 %) Oracle Financials 6 11 (3.459 %) Oracle Payroll 7 10 (3.145 %) Oracle ERP 8 5 (1.572 %) Oracle HRMS 9 3 (0.943 %) TIBCO iProcess 10 1 (0.314 %) Oracle Financial Analyzer 10 1 (0.314 %) BusinessWorks 10 1 (0.314 %) SAP R/3 10 1 (0.314 %) SAP HR 10 1 (0.314 %) Pivotal CRM 10 1 (0.314 %) Oracle iRecruitment
Communications & Networking 1 1 (0.314 %) VoIP 1 1 (0.314 %) LDAP 1 1 (0.314 %) Internet 1 1 (0.314 %) SAN 1 1 (0.314 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (0.314 %) IPCC 1 1 (0.314 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 67 (21.07 %) Oracle Reports 2 58 (18.24 %) Datawarehouse 3 57 (17.92 %) ETL 3 57 (17.92 %) BusinessObjects 4 47 (14.78 %) Oracle 10g 5 40 (12.58 %) RDBMS 6 35 (11.01 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 30 (9.434 %) SQL Server 8 21 (6.604 %) PowerCenter 9 19 (5.975 %) Data Mart 10 17 (5.346 %) BODI 11 16 (5.031 %) Oracle 9i 12 15 (4.717 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 14 (4.403 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 14 13 (4.088 %) DB2 15 12 (3.774 %) Oracle 8/8i 15 12 (3.774 %) TOAD 16 9 (2.830 %) SQLPlus 17 5 (1.572 %) Oracle OLAP 17 5 (1.572 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 52 (16.35 %) Oracle Forms 2 6 (1.887 %) PVCS 3 5 (1.572 %) Cactus 3 5 (1.572 %) TestPartner 4 3 (0.943 %) JDeveloper 5 2 (0.629 %) QARun 6 1 (0.314 %) WebLOAD 6 1 (0.314 %) Oracle APEX 6 1 (0.314 %) Ant 6 1 (0.314 %) JUnit 6 1 (0.314 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 1 (0.314 %) ClearCase 6 1 (0.314 %) JBuilder 6 1 (0.314 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (0.314 %) Eclipse 6 1 (0.314 %) ProC 6 1 (0.314 %) ClearQuest	General 1 52 (16.35 %) Government 2 22 (6.918 %) Finance 3 10 (3.145 %) Back Office 4 9 (2.830 %) Telecoms 5 7 (2.201 %) General Ledger 6 6 (1.887 %) Education 6 6 (1.887 %) Health 6 6 (1.887 %) Pensions 7 4 (1.258 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.314 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.314 %) Banking 8 1 (0.314 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 106 (33.33 %) Developer 2 59 (18.55 %) Consultant 3 56 (17.61 %) Oracle Developer 4 36 (11.32 %) Analyst 5 31 (9.748 %) Oracle Consultant 6 26 (8.176 %) DBA 7 18 (5.660 %) Oracle DBA 8 17 (5.346 %) Business Developer 9 16 (5.031 %) Functional Consultant 9 16 (5.031 %) Business Consultant 9 16 (5.031 %) Business Objects Consultant 10 15 (4.717 %) Business Objects Developer 11 14 (4.403 %) Applications Developer 11 14 (4.403 %) Applications Support 12 13 (4.088 %) Systems Analyst 12 13 (4.088 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 13 11 (3.459 %) Informatica Developer 13 11 (3.459 %) Support Analyst 14 10 (3.145 %) Oracle Applications Developer 14 10 (3.145 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 11 (3.459 %) Asset Management 2 3 (0.943 %) Data Extraction 2 3 (0.943 %) IVR 2 3 (0.943 %) Management Information System 3 2 (0.629 %) Mainframe 3 2 (0.629 %) IBM Mainframe 3 2 (0.629 %) Data Conversion 4 1 (0.314 %) Dutch Language 4 1 (0.314 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 47 (14.78 %) Unix 2 23 (7.233 %) Solaris 3 13 (4.088 %) Windows 4 5 (1.572 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (0.943 %) AIX 6 2 (0.629 %) zOS 7 1 (0.314 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.314 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (9.434 %) Dimensional Modelling 2 23 (7.233 %) Business Analysis 2 23 (7.233 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 18 (5.660 %) Security Cleared 4 16 (5.031 %) Business Intelligence 4 16 (5.031 %) CRM 5 15 (4.717 %) Data Modelling 6 14 (4.403 %) Data Analysis 7 10 (3.145 %) Workflow 7 10 (3.145 %) E-business 7 10 (3.145 %) Data Management 7 10 (3.145 %) ERP 8 9 (2.830 %) ITIL 8 9 (2.830 %) Quality Management 9 8 (2.516 %) Service Delivery 9 8 (2.516 %) SC Cleared 10 7 (2.201 %) Test Scripting 10 7 (2.201 %) Service Management 11 6 (1.887 %) Migration 11 6 (1.887 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 154 (48.43 %) SQL 2 88 (27.67 %) PL/SQL 3 28 (8.805 %) Java 4 13 (4.088 %) Korn 5 9 (2.830 %) VB 6 8 (2.516 %) VB6 6 8 (2.516 %) VB.NET 7 4 (1.258 %) C# 8 3 (0.943 %) C 9 2 (0.629 %) Pascal 9 2 (0.629 %) Shell Script 9 2 (0.629 %) JavaScript 10 1 (0.314 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 17 (5.346 %) Oracle Certification 2 12 (3.774 %) Degree 3 10 (3.145 %) ISEB 4 2 (0.629 %) OCP 5 1 (0.314 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.314 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (0.314 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.943 %) ISO9001 2 1 (0.314 %) QA	System Software 1 5 (1.572 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.943 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (0.629 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (0.314 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 4 (1.258 %) AutoSys 2 3 (0.943 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.314 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 57 (17.92 %) Business Objects 2 28 (8.805 %) Informatica 3 7 (2.201 %) Compuware 4 6 (1.887 %) TIBCO 5 5 (1.572 %) SAP 5 5 (1.572 %) Microsoft 5 5 (1.572 %) Genesys 6 4 (1.258 %) McAfee Security 7 3 (0.943 %) Siebel 7 3 (0.943 %) Autodesk 7 3 (0.943 %) NetApp 7 3 (0.943 %) CommVault 7 3 (0.943 %) Hitachi 7 3 (0.943 %) Adobe 7 3 (0.943 %) Sun 7 3 (0.943 %) VMware 7 3 (0.943 %) ESRI 8 2 (0.629 %) IBM 8 2 (0.629 %) Actuate 8 2 (0.629 %) BEA