The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 21 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 Northern Ireland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 11 19 14
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing Oracle 27 12 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 10.63% 6.091% 9.014%
As % of the Vendors category 32.53% 11.11% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 15
Average daily rate £375 £306 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £270 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £413 £380
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 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -14.39%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
83 108 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.68% 54.82% 53.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 24 67
Average daily rate £375 £275 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £15.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 21 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
County Antrim +3 19 £375 +28.20%
County Armagh - 6 - -
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 37 (66.07%) SQL
2 22 (39.29%) Sybase
3 19 (33.93%) SQL Server
4 18 (32.14%) .NET
5 17 (30.36%) C#
5 17 (30.36%) WinForms
6 16 (28.57%) UNIX
6 16 (28.57%) UML
6 16 (28.57%) WCF
6 16 (28.57%) WPF
6 16 (28.57%) WF
7 15 (26.79%) Java
7 15 (26.79%) VB
8 13 (23.21%) J2EE
9 10 (17.86%) Linux
9 10 (17.86%) Finance
9 10 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (14.29%) PL/SQL
11 7 (12.50%) WebLogic
11 7 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
11 7 (12.50%) Web Services
11 7 (12.50%) Oracle 11i
11 7 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (12.50%) WebSphere
12 6 (10.71%) Oracle APEX
12 6 (10.71%) JSF
12 6 (10.71%) General Ledger
12 6 (10.71%) Data Guard
12 6 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (10.71%) Oracle RMAN

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 18 (32.14%) .NET
2 17 (30.36%) WinForms
3 16 (28.57%) WCF
3 16 (28.57%) WPF
3 16 (28.57%) WF
4 13 (23.21%) J2EE
5 7 (12.50%) Web Services
5 7 (12.50%) WebSphere
6 6 (10.71%) JSF
7 2 (3.571%) STL
7 2 (3.571%) XML
8 1 (1.786%) Hibernate
8 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.786%) EJB
8 1 (1.786%) Spring
8 1 (1.786%) Oracle Streams
8 1 (1.786%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 2 (3.571%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Oracle 11i
1 7 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (8.929%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.786%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.571%) SSH
1 2 (3.571%) FTP
2 1 (1.786%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (33.93%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (5.357%) MySQL
3 3 (5.357%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.786%) DB2
5 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Oracle APEX
1 6 (10.71%) JDeveloper
2 3 (5.357%) JUnit
3 2 (3.571%) Subversion
General
1 10 (17.86%) Finance
2 6 (10.71%) General Ledger
2 6 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (58.93%) Developer
2 17 (30.36%) C# Developer
3 10 (17.86%) Java Developer
3 10 (17.86%) DBA
4 9 (16.07%) Oracle DBA
5 5 (8.929%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (8.929%) Linux Specialist
6 4 (7.143%) Consultant
7 3 (5.357%) Oracle Applications DBA
7 3 (5.357%) Applications Developer
7 3 (5.357%) Analyst
7 3 (5.357%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (5.357%) Java Applications Developer
8 2 (3.571%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.571%) Developer Analyst
8 2 (3.571%) Administrator
8 2 (3.571%) C++ Developer
8 2 (3.571%) Oracle Developer
9 1 (1.786%) .NET Developer
9 1 (1.786%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.357%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.571%) Data Conversion
3 1 (1.786%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.57%) UNIX
2 10 (17.86%) Linux
3 3 (5.357%) Windows
3 3 (5.357%) AIX
4 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) UML
2 10 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (8.929%) OO
4 4 (7.143%) Integration Testing
4 4 (7.143%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.571%) Performance Testing
5 2 (3.571%) Unit Testing
5 2 (3.571%) Automated Testing
5 2 (3.571%) Demand Management
5 2 (3.571%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (1.786%) Workflow
6 1 (1.786%) SOA
6 1 (1.786%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 37 (66.07%) SQL
2 17 (30.36%) C#
3 15 (26.79%) Java
3 15 (26.79%) VB
4 8 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 4 (7.143%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.571%) C++
7 1 (1.786%) Delphi
7 1 (1.786%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (1.786%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.571%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.786%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Data Guard
2 5 (8.929%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 22 (39.29%) Sybase
2 2 (3.571%) HP
3 1 (1.786%) VMware
3 1 (1.786%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.786%) Business Objects
3 1 (1.786%) 3PAR