The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Oxford 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 33 22 24
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 1 17 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.427% 5.120% 1.796%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.587% 13.49% 4.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 1
Average daily rate - £488 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.25 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+57.27% -15.38%
All Programming Languages
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
63 126 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 26.92% 37.95% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 80 43
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £220 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 3
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +37.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PL/SQL
Oxfordshire

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxford PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the Oxford region.

Oxford PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Oxford region.

Oxford PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Oracle
3 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
3 3 (50.00%) jQuery
3 3 (50.00%) Ajax
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (16.67%) German Language
5 1 (16.67%) Japanese Language
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Migration

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) jQuery
1 3 (50.00%) Ajax
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) German Language
2 1 (16.67%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Objects Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
1 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Business Objects