The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 10 4 12
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing Oracle 245 397 271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.51% 12.76% 8.885%
As % of the Vendors category 23.16% 24.54% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 194 116
Average daily rate £380 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £504 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.77% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.53 £15.75 £15.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £25.00 £53.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1058 1618 1418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.39% 52.01% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 736 683
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 79 97
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire -3 77 £383 +6.25%
Manchester -7 76 £325 -7.14%
Merseyside +2 33 £425 +30.76%
Lancashire -5 24 £338 -20.11%
Cumbria +1 8 £428 -10.83%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 178 (37.63%) SQL
2 108 (22.83%) Finance
3 105 (22.20%) Oracle 11g
4 97 (20.51%) UNIX
5 91 (19.24%) Java
6 71 (15.01%) Security Cleared
7 70 (14.80%) PL/SQL
8 69 (14.59%) SQL Server
9 67 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
10 62 (13.11%) Windows
11 61 (12.90%) Linux
11 61 (12.90%) SAP
12 59 (12.47%) Oracle EBS
12 59 (12.47%) Migration
13 57 (12.05%) DB2
14 56 (11.84%) Oracle EBS R12
15 53 (11.21%) SC Cleared
16 51 (10.78%) Oracle BI EE
17 50 (10.57%) Oracle 10g
18 49 (10.36%) XML
18 49 (10.36%) Data Warehouse
19 45 (9.514%) Web Services
20 44 (9.302%) JavaScript
21 43 (9.091%) J2EE
21 43 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
22 41 (8.668%) AIX
23 39 (8.245%) WebSphere
24 38 (8.034%) Microsoft
25 36 (7.611%) Project Management
25 36 (7.611%) ETL

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 49 (10.36%) XML
2 45 (9.514%) Web Services
3 43 (9.091%) J2EE
4 39 (8.245%) WebSphere
5 34 (7.188%) .NET
6 29 (6.131%) jQuery
7 28 (5.920%) Middleware
8 27 (5.708%) SOAP
8 27 (5.708%) Hibernate
9 25 (5.285%) HTML
10 24 (5.074%) CSS
11 20 (4.228%) SAP Basis
12 19 (4.017%) JMS
13 18 (3.805%) WSDL
14 17 (3.594%) Spring
15 16 (3.383%) JSP
15 16 (3.383%) Servlets
15 16 (3.383%) Ajax
16 15 (3.171%) Oracle Fusion
17 14 (2.960%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 28 (5.920%) Oracle Workflow
1 28 (5.920%) WebLogic
2 18 (3.805%) Apache
2 18 (3.805%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.171%) NetWeaver
4 11 (2.326%) IIS
5 10 (2.114%) PowerExchange
6 8 (1.691%) ESB
7 7 (1.480%) MS Exchange
7 7 (1.480%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.268%) CICS
9 5 (1.057%) Oracle Spatial
9 5 (1.057%) CMS
9 5 (1.057%) WebSphere MQ
9 5 (1.057%) Umbraco
9 5 (1.057%) WordPress
10 4 (0.846%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.846%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (0.846%) WebSphere Application Server
11 3 (0.634%) JCAPS
Applications
1 13 (2.748%) MS Excel
2 11 (2.326%) MS Office
3 10 (2.114%) MS Project
4 8 (1.691%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.480%) Windchill
6 1 (0.211%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 59 (12.47%) Oracle EBS
2 56 (11.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 28 (5.920%) Oracle Applications
4 21 (4.440%) Oracle Financials
5 20 (4.228%) Oracle Payroll
6 7 (1.480%) ENOVIA
6 7 (1.480%) Teamcenter
6 7 (1.480%) Oracle 11i
6 7 (1.480%) SAP BPC
7 5 (1.057%) JDE OneWorld
7 5 (1.057%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (0.846%) Oracle HRMS
8 4 (0.846%) HFM
8 4 (0.846%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.634%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.634%) Maximo
9 3 (0.634%) SAP R/3
9 3 (0.634%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.423%) Oracle Retail
10 2 (0.423%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.863%) Internet
2 16 (3.383%) SAN
3 13 (2.748%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.114%) LDAP
4 10 (2.114%) HTTP
5 9 (1.903%) LAN
6 8 (1.691%) Unified Communications
6 8 (1.691%) SNMP
6 8 (1.691%) WAN
7 7 (1.480%) Firewall
7 7 (1.480%) FTP
8 6 (1.268%) RFID
9 5 (1.057%) Intranet
10 4 (0.846%) DNS
10 4 (0.846%) Extranet
11 3 (0.634%) TELNET
11 3 (0.634%) SNA
12 1 (0.211%) Wireless
12 1 (0.211%) SMTP
12 1 (0.211%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (22.20%) Oracle 11g
2 69 (14.59%) SQL Server
3 57 (12.05%) DB2
4 51 (10.78%) Oracle BI EE
5 50 (10.57%) Oracle 10g
6 49 (10.36%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
8 34 (7.188%) Oracle Reports
9 29 (6.131%) RDBMS
10 17 (3.594%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (3.383%) MySQL
12 13 (2.748%) TOAD
13 12 (2.537%) SQL Server 2008
14 9 (1.903%) SAP BW
14 9 (1.903%) PowerCenter
14 9 (1.903%) Oracle Discoverer
15 6 (1.268%) SAP Data Services
15 6 (1.268%) SQL Server 2005
16 5 (1.057%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.846%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 14 (2.960%) Visual Studio
2 12 (2.537%) JUnit
3 11 (2.326%) JDeveloper
4 10 (2.114%) Git (software)
4 10 (2.114%) Eclipse
4 10 (2.114%) Subversion
5 9 (1.903%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (1.691%) NetBeans
7 7 (1.480%) ClearCase
7 7 (1.480%) Oracle APEX
7 7 (1.480%) Gradle
8 6 (1.268%) JIRA
9 5 (1.057%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.846%) TestNG
11 3 (0.634%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 3 (0.634%) Selenium
11 3 (0.634%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.423%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.423%) MyEclipse
12 2 (0.423%) ProC
General
1 108 (22.83%) Finance
2 32 (6.765%) Banking
3 19 (4.017%) Retail
4 7 (1.480%) Local Government
4 7 (1.480%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.057%) Billing
5 5 (1.057%) Publishing
6 4 (0.846%) Retail Banking
7 3 (0.634%) General Ledger
7 3 (0.634%) Military
7 3 (0.634%) Financial Institution
7 3 (0.634%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.423%) German Language
9 1 (0.211%) Back Office
9 1 (0.211%) Law
9 1 (0.211%) Legal
9 1 (0.211%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.211%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.211%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.211%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 153 (32.35%) Developer
2 114 (24.10%) Consultant
3 56 (11.84%) Oracle Consultant
4 55 (11.63%) Oracle Developer
5 42 (8.879%) Architect
6 35 (7.400%) DBA
7 29 (6.131%) Java Developer
8 28 (5.920%) Analyst
9 27 (5.708%) Oracle DBA
10 24 (5.074%) Project Manager
11 23 (4.863%) Functional Consultant
12 20 (4.228%) SAP Consultant
12 20 (4.228%) Oracle Functional Consultant
13 18 (3.805%) Administrator
14 16 (3.383%) Payroll Consultant
15 15 (3.171%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
15 15 (3.171%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.960%) Technical Architect
16 14 (2.960%) Test Analyst
17 12 (2.537%) OBIEE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.594%) Mainframe
2 16 (3.383%) Management Information System
3 9 (1.903%) Client/Server
3 9 (1.903%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.691%) Data Integration
4 8 (1.691%) PMI
5 6 (1.268%) PKI
6 5 (1.057%) VSAM
6 5 (1.057%) Computer Science
7 4 (0.846%) CMDB
7 4 (0.846%) NHS
7 4 (0.846%) Replication
7 4 (0.846%) Web 2.0
8 3 (0.634%) Online Banking
8 3 (0.634%) Clustering
8 3 (0.634%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (0.634%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (0.423%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.423%) Oracle Exalogic
9 2 (0.423%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 97 (20.51%) UNIX
2 62 (13.11%) Windows
3 61 (12.90%) Linux
4 41 (8.668%) AIX
5 18 (3.805%) Solaris
6 13 (2.748%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (2.537%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.480%) HPUX
9 5 (1.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.846%) Android
10 4 (0.846%) zOS
11 3 (0.634%) Tru64
11 3 (0.634%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.634%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.634%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.634%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.211%) Fedora
12 1 (0.211%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (12.47%) Migration
3 36 (7.611%) Project Management
3 36 (7.611%) ETL
4 31 (6.554%) Workflow
5 30 (6.342%) ITIL
6 27 (5.708%) OO
6 27 (5.708%) Data Migration
7 24 (5.074%) CRM
7 24 (5.074%) Agile Software Development
8 20 (4.228%) Change Management
9 19 (4.017%) PRINCE2
10 18 (3.805%) ERP
10 18 (3.805%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (3.594%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (3.383%) Data Modelling
12 16 (3.383%) Business Analysis
13 15 (3.171%) MVC
13 15 (3.171%) SOA
14 13 (2.748%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 178 (37.63%) SQL
2 91 (19.24%) Java
3 70 (14.80%) PL/SQL
4 44 (9.302%) JavaScript
5 35 (7.400%) Shell Script
6 19 (4.017%) C++
7 17 (3.594%) C#
8 10 (2.114%) VB
8 10 (2.114%) PHP
9 9 (1.903%) XPath
10 7 (1.480%) C
10 7 (1.480%) ABAP
11 6 (1.268%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.268%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.057%) JCL
13 4 (0.846%) Perl
14 3 (0.634%) COBOL
14 3 (0.634%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.634%) Groovy
15 1 (0.211%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 71 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.594%) Degree
4 8 (1.691%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (1.691%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.268%) ISEB
5 6 (1.268%) SAP Certification
6 4 (0.846%) BC Cleared
6 4 (0.846%) CISSP
7 3 (0.634%) GIAC
7 3 (0.634%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (0.634%) CISA
7 3 (0.634%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.423%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.211%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.211%) CIMA
9 1 (0.211%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.211%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.211%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.211%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.846%) QA
2 3 (0.634%) HL7
2 3 (0.634%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.211%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.211%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (0.211%) SLA
3 1 (0.211%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (7.400%) Oracle RAC
2 14 (2.960%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.748%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 7 (1.480%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.057%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (1.057%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.634%) Postfix
7 2 (0.423%) PowerHA
7 2 (0.423%) XenApp
8 1 (0.211%) RACF
8 1 (0.211%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.211%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.211%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (0.211%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.594%) Tivoli
1 17 (3.594%) Data Guard
2 8 (1.691%) Oracle Identity Management
2 8 (1.691%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 7 (1.480%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (1.480%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 4 (0.846%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.634%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 3 (0.634%) SCCM
5 3 (0.634%) SCOM
6 2 (0.423%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.211%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.211%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.211%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 61 (12.90%) SAP
2 38 (8.034%) Microsoft
3 34 (7.188%) IBM
4 24 (5.074%) Informatica
4 24 (5.074%) VMware
5 16 (3.383%) HP
6 14 (2.960%) JBoss
7 12 (2.537%) Siebel
7 12 (2.537%) Citrix
8 11 (2.326%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.114%) JD Edwards
10 9 (1.903%) Curam
11 8 (1.691%) Brocade
12 7 (1.480%) BMC
12 7 (1.480%) Hyperion
12 7 (1.480%) Siemens
12 7 (1.480%) Cognos
13 6 (1.268%) NetApp
13 6 (1.268%) CA
13 6 (1.268%) Sun
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