The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle SOA Suite skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle SOA Suite 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 Application Platforms category for the Oxfordshire 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
Oracle SOA Suite
Rank 40 48 26
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -22
Contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite 11 9 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.412% 1.454% 4.752%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.209% 6.294% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 10
Average daily rate £323 £475 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.10% +46.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £475 £312
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £475 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £325
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
134 143 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.39% 23.10% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 51
Average daily rate £335 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £210 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 15
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £11.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.55 £27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Oracle SOA Suite
South East

Oracle SOA Suite
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oxfordshire Oracle SOA Suite Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Oracle SOA Suite Daily Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Oracle SOA Suite Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle SOA Suite
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Oracle SOA Suite Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite within the Oxfordshire 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
Bicester - 8 £320 -
Oxford +2 1 £498 +4.73%
Oracle SOA Suite
South East

Oracle SOA Suite
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
1 11 (100.00%) SOA
2 10 (90.91%) HTTP
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) Internet
2 10 (90.91%) Oracle 10g
2 10 (90.91%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 10 (90.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Solaris
2 10 (90.91%) Java
2 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 10 (90.91%) Oracle Application Server
2 10 (90.91%) Java EE
3 9 (81.82%) OC4J
4 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
4 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
4 8 (72.73%) Apache
5 6 (54.55%) LDAP
5 6 (54.55%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (54.55%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (54.55%) InterSystems Cache
5 6 (54.55%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (54.55%) Oracle Discoverer
6 5 (45.45%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (18.18%) HP
8 1 (9.091%) PMI
8 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
8 1 (9.091%) Hyperion
8 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence

Oracle SOA Suite
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (90.91%) Java EE
2 9 (81.82%) OC4J
Application Platforms
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle Application Server
2 8 (72.73%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Project
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) HTTP
1 10 (90.91%) Internet
2 6 (54.55%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (54.55%) InterSystems Cache
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (9.091%) Billing
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Administrator
2 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) SOA
2 10 (90.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (45.45%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Content Management
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) CRM
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Java
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) Hyperion
3 1 (9.091%) Siebel