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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads498392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.657 %0.416 %
As % of the category below27.53 %23.79 %
Daily rates quoted133114
Average minimum daily rate£351£371
Average daily rate£370£389
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£366
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Hourly rates quoted2913
Average minimum hourly rate£26.63£28.64
Average hourly rate£28.59£31.32
% change on same period last year-8.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.56£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.15£32.43
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Vendors North WestVendors
North West
Matching contract IT job ads18091648
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.385 %1.748 %
Daily rates quoted396341
Average minimum daily rate£358£334
Average daily rate£378£349
% change on same period last year+8.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted190139
Average minimum hourly rate£20.16£21.78
Average hourly rate£22.19£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£25.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

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.

Oracle
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

North West Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

North West Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Oracle within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
CheshireDown-2131£344-17.14 %
ManchesterDown-5118£345-15.66 %
LancashireUp+696£437+42.00 %
MerseysideUp+1067£426+56.70 %
CumbriaNew entry-8--
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1366 (40.35 %)SQL
2242 (26.68 %)PL/SQL
3220 (24.26 %)Java
4177 (19.51 %)Finance
5169 (18.63 %)Unix
6142 (15.66 %)Oracle Reports
7131 (14.44 %)Government
8127 (14.00 %)Oracle 10g
9120 (13.23 %)XML
10113 (12.46 %)J2EE
1193 (10.25 %)Security Cleared
1289 (9.813 %)HTML
1383 (9.151 %)Oracle EBS
1480 (8.820 %)Oracle 9i
1579 (8.710 %)Oracle Forms
1677 (8.490 %).NET
1769 (7.607 %)CRM
1868 (7.497 %)WebServices
1868 (7.497 %)JSP
1967 (7.387 %)SQL Server
2059 (6.505 %)JavaScript
2155 (6.064 %)Oracle Applications
2254 (5.954 %)WebSphere
2353 (5.843 %)CSS
2353 (5.843 %)UML
2353 (5.843 %)Oracle 11i
2353 (5.843 %)Datawarehouse
2452 (5.733 %)Oracle Discoverer
2452 (5.733 %)Microsoft
2452 (5.733 %)Hibernate

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
1120 (13.23 %)XML
2113 (12.46 %)J2EE
389 (9.813 %)HTML
477 (8.490 %).NET
568 (7.497 %)WebServices
568 (7.497 %)JSP
654 (5.954 %)WebSphere
753 (5.843 %)CSS
852 (5.733 %)Hibernate
943 (4.741 %)Spring
1042 (4.631 %)Struts
1133 (3.638 %)AJAX
1225 (2.756 %)Servlets
1324 (2.646 %)ASP
1324 (2.646 %)ASP.NET
1422 (2.426 %)SAP Basis
1519 (2.095 %)SOAP
1519 (2.095 %)Middleware
1618 (1.985 %)EJB
1717 (1.874 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
140 (4.410 %)Oracle Workflow
234 (3.749 %)Oracle Application Server
322 (2.426 %)WebLogic
420 (2.205 %)JBoss
516 (1.764 %)Oracle 10gAS
613 (1.433 %)SharePoint
712 (1.323 %)BizTalk Server
712 (1.323 %)WebLogic Portal
811 (1.213 %)SharePoint Server 2007
99 (0.992 %)Apache
99 (0.992 %)Tomcat
108 (0.882 %)WebSphere Application Server
117 (0.772 %)CMS
117 (0.772 %)NetWeaver
126 (0.662 %)MS Exchange
135 (0.551 %)IIS
144 (0.441 %)Lotus Notes
153 (0.331 %)WebSphere MQ
162 (0.221 %)ArcIMS
162 (0.221 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
123 (2.536 %)MS Excel
222 (2.426 %)MS Office
310 (1.103 %)InfoPath
47 (0.772 %)MS Visio
53 (0.331 %)MS Project
62 (0.221 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.110 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
183 (9.151 %)Oracle EBS
255 (6.064 %)Oracle Applications
353 (5.843 %)Oracle 11i
424 (2.646 %)Oracle Financials
520 (2.205 %)Oracle iRecruitment
617 (1.874 %)Oracle HRMS
712 (1.323 %)Oracle CRM
811 (1.213 %)Microsoft CRM
910 (1.103 %)Dynamics CRM
109 (0.992 %)Oracle Payroll
118 (0.882 %)Oracle ERP
123 (0.331 %)Oracle ASCP
123 (0.331 %)Siebel Analytics
132 (0.221 %)Hyperion Enterprise
132 (0.221 %)SAP R/3
132 (0.221 %)PeopleSoft Financials
132 (0.221 %)Summit
132 (0.221 %)Dynamics AX
132 (0.221 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
141 (0.110 %)SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
119 (2.095 %)Internet
215 (1.654 %)LDAP
312 (1.323 %)SAN
48 (0.882 %)WAN
57 (0.772 %)Intranet
66 (0.662 %)Firewall
66 (0.662 %)TCP/IP
66 (0.662 %)LAN
75 (0.551 %)BIG-IP
84 (0.441 %)UMTS
84 (0.441 %)GSM
93 (0.331 %)ATM
93 (0.331 %)VPN
93 (0.331 %)SSL
93 (0.331 %)HTTP
93 (0.331 %)VLAN
102 (0.221 %)Kerberos
102 (0.221 %)DMZ
102 (0.221 %)CTI
102 (0.221 %)TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1142 (15.66 %)Oracle Reports
2127 (14.00 %)Oracle 10g
380 (8.820 %)Oracle 9i
467 (7.387 %)SQL Server
553 (5.843 %)Datawarehouse
652 (5.733 %)Oracle Discoverer
749 (5.402 %)Oracle 8/8i
839 (4.300 %)BusinessObjects
936 (3.969 %)ETL
1035 (3.859 %)RDBMS
1128 (3.087 %)Crystal Reports
1221 (2.315 %)TOAD
1317 (1.874 %)SQL Server 2005
1415 (1.654 %)DataStage
159 (0.992 %)SQL Server 2000
167 (0.772 %)SAP BW
167 (0.772 %)Oracle OWB
167 (0.772 %)BusinessObjects XI
176 (0.662 %)DB2
185 (0.551 %)MS Access
Development Applications
179 (8.710 %)Oracle Forms
237 (4.079 %)Ant
329 (3.197 %)Eclipse
427 (2.977 %)JUnit
516 (1.764 %)Visual Studio
610 (1.103 %)LoadRunner
79 (0.992 %)VSS/SourceSafe
88 (0.882 %)InterDev
97 (0.772 %)Subversion
106 (0.662 %)ERwin
114 (0.441 %)JDeveloper
114 (0.441 %)PVCS
114 (0.441 %)ClearCase
114 (0.441 %)Oracle APEX
123 (0.331 %)TestDirector
123 (0.331 %)ProC
132 (0.221 %)JMeter
132 (0.221 %)QuickTest Pro
132 (0.221 %)JIRA
141 (0.110 %)HttpUnit
General
1177 (19.51 %)Finance
2131 (14.44 %)Government
336 (3.969 %)Banking
427 (2.977 %)Retail
522 (2.426 %)Telecoms
620 (2.205 %)Local Government
718 (1.985 %)Pensions
813 (1.433 %)General Ledger
910 (1.103 %)Insurance
109 (0.992 %)Billing
117 (0.772 %)Retail Banking
117 (0.772 %)Marketing
117 (0.772 %)Back Office
126 (0.662 %)Pharmaceutical
126 (0.662 %)Financial Institution
126 (0.662 %)Health
126 (0.662 %)Manufacturing
126 (0.662 %)Online Banking
134 (0.441 %)Military
134 (0.441 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1342 (37.71 %)Developer
2144 (15.88 %)Analyst
3115 (12.68 %)Java Developer
4111 (12.24 %)Oracle Developer
573 (8.049 %)Consultant
664 (7.056 %)DBA
754 (5.954 %)Architect
852 (5.733 %)Oracle DBA
948 (5.292 %)Business Analyst
1044 (4.851 %)Oracle Consultant
1143 (4.741 %)Project Manager
1239 (4.300 %)Administrator
1335 (3.859 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1432 (3.528 %)J2EE Developer
1529 (3.197 %)Solutions Architect
1529 (3.197 %)Web Developer
1625 (2.756 %)Technical Analyst
1724 (2.646 %)Applications Developer
1724 (2.646 %)Oracle Analyst
1822 (2.426 %)Software Designer
Miscellaneous
121 (2.315 %)Data Integration
212 (1.323 %)NHS
311 (1.213 %)Management Information System
49 (0.992 %)N-Tier
58 (0.882 %)Replication
66 (0.662 %)Client/Server
66 (0.662 %)Asset Management
66 (0.662 %)Mainframe
74 (0.441 %)Statistics
83 (0.331 %)HACMP
83 (0.331 %)Data Extraction
83 (0.331 %)RIA
83 (0.331 %)Multithreading
92 (0.221 %)CMDB
92 (0.221 %)Clustering
92 (0.221 %)Tandem
92 (0.221 %)Mathematics
92 (0.221 %)Chemistry
92 (0.221 %)Biology
101 (0.110 %)Dutch Language
Operating Systems
1169 (18.63 %)Unix
250 (5.513 %)Windows
250 (5.513 %)AIX
339 (4.300 %)Solaris
426 (2.867 %)Linux
512 (1.323 %)Windows NT
67 (0.772 %)HPUX
73 (0.331 %)Windows XP
73 (0.331 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.221 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.110 %)SUSE
91 (0.110 %)VMS
91 (0.110 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
193 (10.25 %)Security Cleared
269 (7.607 %)CRM
353 (5.843 %)UML
448 (5.292 %)Migration
544 (4.851 %)Workflow
641 (4.520 %)SC Cleared
740 (4.410 %)Data Modelling
836 (3.969 %)Business Intelligence
932 (3.528 %)Project Management
1030 (3.308 %)ERP
1129 (3.197 %)BC Cleared
1226 (2.867 %)SOA
1226 (2.867 %)PRINCE2
1323 (2.536 %)E-Commerce
1422 (2.426 %)OO
1422 (2.426 %)Integration Testing
1518 (1.985 %)User Acceptance Testing
1617 (1.874 %)Data Migration
1617 (1.874 %)Data Analysis
1716 (1.764 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1366 (40.35 %)SQL
2242 (26.68 %)PL/SQL
3220 (24.26 %)Java
459 (6.505 %)JavaScript
546 (5.072 %)C#
622 (2.426 %)Perl
622 (2.426 %)VB
720 (2.205 %)VB.NET
720 (2.205 %)C++
817 (1.874 %)C
817 (1.874 %)VBScript
817 (1.874 %)Shell Script
911 (1.213 %)Korn
1010 (1.103 %)VB6
117 (0.772 %)COBOL
125 (0.551 %)ABAP
134 (0.441 %)VBA
134 (0.441 %)Transact-SQL
143 (0.331 %)Uniface
152 (0.221 %)PeopleCode
Qualifications
114 (1.544 %)Degree
210 (1.103 %)Oracle Certification
210 (1.103 %)ISEB
210 (1.103 %)PRINCE2 Certification
36 (0.662 %)ISTQB
45 (0.551 %)SAP Certification
45 (0.551 %)Sun Certification
54 (0.441 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.221 %)CIMA
62 (0.221 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.221 %)OCP
62 (0.221 %)HND
62 (0.221 %)MCDBA
71 (0.110 %)MCTS
71 (0.110 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (2.756 %)QA
24 (0.441 %)SLA
32 (0.221 %)HL7
41 (0.110 %)WCAG
41 (0.110 %)WAI
System Software
126 (2.867 %)Oracle RMAN
219 (2.095 %)Oracle RAC
36 (0.662 %)Active Directory
43 (0.331 %)NetBackup
51 (0.110 %)ClearTrust
Systems Management
114 (1.544 %)AutoSys
213 (1.433 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
38 (0.882 %)ServiceCenter
47 (0.772 %)Tivoli
55 (0.551 %)Legato
63 (0.331 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
72 (0.221 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.110 %)OpenView
81 (0.110 %)MOM
81 (0.110 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.110 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.110 %)AssetCenter
Vendors
152 (5.733 %)Microsoft
239 (4.300 %)Business Objects
337 (4.079 %)Sun
434 (3.749 %)SAP
518 (1.985 %)IBM
518 (1.985 %)Informatica
615 (1.654 %)HP
714 (1.544 %)Siebel
714 (1.544 %)Ab Initio
813 (1.433 %)BEA
813 (1.433 %)BMC
813 (1.433 %)Hyperion
912 (1.323 %)JD Edwards
912 (1.323 %)Cognos
912 (1.323 %)Vignette
912 (1.323 %)Citrix
1011 (1.213 %)Intel
117 (0.772 %)Brio
126 (0.662 %)ILOG
135 (0.551 %)VMware
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