The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 9 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 262 295 335
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.74% 11.14% 11.94%
As % of the Vendors category 23.65% 28.70% 27.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 132 165
Average daily rate £344 £311 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.70% -17.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £225 £292
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 10
Average hourly rate £43.25 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.51% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.75 £10.75 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.20 £32.50 £53.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1108 1028 1215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.43% 38.81% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 464 525
Average daily rate £363 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 52 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -4 130 £319 +16.00%
Edinburgh 0 74 £425 +31.78%
Aberdeen +2 17 £350 +47.36%
Stirling -2 14 £401 -5.76%
West Lothian -1 4 £445 +61.81%
Renfrewshire -9 3 £463 -
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Tayside +1 1 £250 -7.40%
Angus 0 1 £250 +6.38%
Fife -3 1 - -
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 265 (46.33%) SQL
2 195 (34.09%) Java
3 174 (30.42%) Finance
4 134 (23.43%) PL/SQL
5 126 (22.03%) UNIX
6 96 (16.78%) RDBMS
7 94 (16.43%) Windows
8 92 (16.08%) SQL Server
9 91 (15.91%) Spring
10 87 (15.21%) XML
11 82 (14.34%) Banking
12 78 (13.64%) JavaScript
13 74 (12.94%) J2EE
14 67 (11.71%) HTML
15 63 (11.01%) Hibernate
16 62 (10.84%) Linux
17 60 (10.49%) Agile Software Development
18 57 (9.965%) Data Warehouse
19 54 (9.441%) Unit Testing
20 53 (9.266%) CSS
21 46 (8.042%) Sybase
21 46 (8.042%) Microsoft
21 46 (8.042%) Oracle EBS
22 45 (7.867%) .NET
22 45 (7.867%) JSP
23 44 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
24 43 (7.517%) Web Services
25 41 (7.168%) Oracle 8/8i
26 40 (6.993%) Oracle 10g
26 40 (6.993%) WebSphere

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 91 (15.91%) Spring
2 87 (15.21%) XML
3 74 (12.94%) J2EE
4 67 (11.71%) HTML
5 63 (11.01%) Hibernate
6 53 (9.266%) CSS
7 45 (7.867%) .NET
7 45 (7.867%) JSP
8 43 (7.517%) Web Services
9 40 (6.993%) WebSphere
10 36 (6.294%) JSF
11 35 (6.119%) Struts
11 35 (6.119%) JDBC
12 29 (5.070%) Servlets
12 29 (5.070%) XSLT
12 29 (5.070%) JMS
13 25 (4.371%) Ajax
13 25 (4.371%) Spring MVC
14 22 (3.846%) jQuery
15 20 (3.497%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 32 (5.594%) Tomcat
2 18 (3.147%) Apache
2 18 (3.147%) SAS
3 15 (2.622%) WebLogic
3 15 (2.622%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.923%) IIS
4 11 (1.923%) Oracle Application Server
5 8 (1.399%) MQSeries
6 7 (1.224%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.049%) WebSphere MQ
8 5 (0.874%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.874%) ESB
8 5 (0.874%) Oracle Coherence
9 4 (0.699%) LiveLink
9 4 (0.699%) Documentum
10 3 (0.524%) CMS
10 3 (0.524%) PowerExchange
10 3 (0.524%) ArcSDE
11 2 (0.350%) Captiva
11 2 (0.350%) Mule
Applications
1 16 (2.797%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.399%) MS Office
3 4 (0.699%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.524%) Fireworks
4 3 (0.524%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.524%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.524%) MS Project
5 2 (0.350%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 46 (8.042%) Oracle EBS
2 32 (5.594%) Oracle EBS R12
3 18 (3.147%) Oracle Applications
4 16 (2.797%) Oracle 11i
5 11 (1.923%) Oracle HRMS
5 11 (1.923%) Oracle Payroll
6 9 (1.573%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (1.049%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.524%) Oracle CRM
9 2 (0.350%) Oracle SCM
9 2 (0.350%) Agresso
9 2 (0.350%) Taleo
9 2 (0.350%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.350%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.175%) Advent Geneva
10 1 (0.175%) Dynamics CRM
10 1 (0.175%) Maximo
10 1 (0.175%) Oracle iRecruitment
10 1 (0.175%) PeopleSoft HRMS
10 1 (0.175%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.448%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.923%) SAN
3 10 (1.748%) LDAP
4 9 (1.573%) Internet
4 9 (1.573%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.399%) DNS
6 6 (1.049%) Intranet
7 3 (0.524%) SSL
7 3 (0.524%) HTTP
8 2 (0.350%) MPLS
8 2 (0.350%) Firewall
8 2 (0.350%) SMS
9 1 (0.175%) VPN
9 1 (0.175%) Network Security
9 1 (0.175%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (16.78%) RDBMS
2 92 (16.08%) SQL Server
3 57 (9.965%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (7.168%) Oracle 8/8i
5 40 (6.993%) Oracle 10g
6 37 (6.469%) Oracle 11g
7 35 (6.119%) Oracle Reports
8 25 (4.371%) SQL Server 2005
9 24 (4.196%) Oracle BI EE
10 20 (3.497%) DB2
11 17 (2.972%) Oracle 9i
12 15 (2.622%) MySQL
13 14 (2.448%) TOAD
14 13 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
15 12 (2.098%) SQLPlus
16 11 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (1.923%) Oracle Discoverer
17 8 (1.399%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
17 8 (1.399%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (4.545%) Eclipse
1 26 (4.545%) Maven
2 23 (4.021%) CruiseControl
3 22 (3.846%) Subversion
4 18 (3.147%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (2.797%) Selenium
6 15 (2.622%) JUnit
6 15 (2.622%) JDeveloper
7 14 (2.448%) Ant
8 11 (1.923%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.573%) ProC
10 7 (1.224%) ClearCase
11 6 (1.049%) Oracle APEX
11 6 (1.049%) MbUnit
12 5 (0.874%) StyleCop
12 5 (0.874%) PVCS
12 5 (0.874%) TestDirector
13 4 (0.699%) Jenkins
14 3 (0.524%) Eclipse RCP
14 3 (0.524%) Firebug
General
1 174 (30.42%) Finance
2 82 (14.34%) Banking
3 15 (2.622%) Retail
4 9 (1.573%) Investment Banking
5 5 (0.874%) Retail Banking
5 5 (0.874%) Front Office
6 3 (0.524%) Back Office
6 3 (0.524%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.524%) Advertising
6 3 (0.524%) Marketing
7 2 (0.350%) Legal
7 2 (0.350%) Publishing
7 2 (0.350%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.175%) Electronics
8 1 (0.175%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.175%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.175%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 198 (34.62%) Developer
2 142 (24.83%) Analyst
3 99 (17.31%) Java Developer
4 57 (9.965%) Consultant
5 42 (7.343%) Programmer
6 40 (6.993%) Oracle Developer
7 37 (6.469%) Business Analyst
8 35 (6.119%) DBA
8 35 (6.119%) Analyst Programmer
9 31 (5.420%) Project Manager
10 28 (4.895%) Support Analyst
10 28 (4.895%) Oracle Consultant
10 28 (4.895%) Oracle Analyst
11 26 (4.545%) Applications Support
12 23 (4.021%) Oracle DBA
13 21 (3.671%) Java Programmer
14 20 (3.497%) Java Analyst Programmer
14 20 (3.497%) Applications Support Analyst
14 20 (3.497%) Architect
15 18 (3.147%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.622%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.273%) N-Tier
3 12 (2.098%) Fixed Income
4 11 (1.923%) Computer Science
4 11 (1.923%) Thin Client
4 11 (1.923%) Fat Client
5 8 (1.399%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.224%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.049%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.049%) Data Integration
8 5 (0.874%) Clustering
8 5 (0.874%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.524%) W3C
9 3 (0.524%) Mathematics
9 3 (0.524%) Open Source
9 3 (0.524%) Data Conversion
10 2 (0.350%) Inversion of Control
10 2 (0.350%) SWIFT
10 2 (0.350%) iSeries
10 2 (0.350%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 126 (22.03%) UNIX
2 94 (16.43%) Windows
3 62 (10.84%) Linux
4 28 (4.895%) Solaris
5 19 (3.322%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (3.322%) AIX
6 11 (1.923%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (1.573%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.399%) HPUX
9 6 (1.049%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.049%) Android
10 4 (0.699%) zOS
10 4 (0.699%) Windows NT
11 3 (0.524%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.524%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.175%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.175%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.175%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (10.49%) Agile Software Development
2 54 (9.441%) Unit Testing
3 44 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (6.818%) ITIL
5 37 (6.469%) MVC
6 36 (6.294%) Change Management
7 32 (5.594%) Project Management
8 31 (5.420%) ETL
8 31 (5.420%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (5.245%) UML
9 30 (5.245%) Data Modelling
10 28 (4.895%) OO
11 25 (4.371%) Scrum
12 24 (4.196%) Migration
13 23 (4.021%) ERP
14 22 (3.846%) SOA
15 20 (3.497%) Business Analysis
16 19 (3.322%) PRINCE2
17 15 (2.622%) Analytics
18 14 (2.448%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 265 (46.33%) SQL
2 195 (34.09%) Java
3 134 (23.43%) PL/SQL
4 78 (13.64%) JavaScript
5 38 (6.643%) C#
6 37 (6.469%) Perl
7 34 (5.944%) Shell Script
8 17 (2.972%) C++
9 11 (1.923%) C++/CLI
10 10 (1.748%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.224%) VB
11 7 (1.224%) VBA
11 7 (1.224%) C
11 7 (1.224%) Ruby
12 5 (0.874%) PHP
13 4 (0.699%) XPath
14 2 (0.350%) VB6
14 2 (0.350%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.175%) ABAP
15 1 (0.175%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 29 (5.070%) Degree
2 13 (2.273%) Security Cleared
3 11 (1.923%) Sun Certification
4 10 (1.748%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.224%) ISEB
6 5 (0.874%) PMP
6 5 (0.874%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.699%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.524%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.350%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.350%) MOS
10 1 (0.175%) HND
10 1 (0.175%) CISSP
10 1 (0.175%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.175%) CISA
10 1 (0.175%) CCAB
10 1 (0.175%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.769%) QA
2 15 (2.622%) SLA
3 7 (1.224%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.350%) WCAG
5 1 (0.175%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 20 (3.497%) Oracle RAC
2 17 (2.972%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (1.573%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.224%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.874%) MetaFrame
6 3 (0.524%) SRDF
7 2 (0.350%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.350%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.350%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.175%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.175%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.622%) Data Guard
2 13 (2.273%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (0.699%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 4 (0.699%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (0.699%) Tivoli
4 3 (0.524%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (0.350%) Oracle Statspack
5 2 (0.350%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 2 (0.350%) MOM
5 2 (0.350%) Netcool
5 2 (0.350%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.175%) Control-M
6 1 (0.175%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 46 (8.042%) Sybase
1 46 (8.042%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.545%) Informatica
3 25 (4.371%) IBM
4 21 (3.671%) JBoss
4 21 (3.671%) HP
5 20 (3.497%) Business Objects
6 17 (2.972%) Sun
7 14 (2.448%) SAP
8 13 (2.273%) Citrix
9 9 (1.573%) PeopleSoft
9 9 (1.573%) VMware
10 8 (1.399%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.049%) EMC
12 5 (0.874%) NetApp
12 5 (0.874%) Ab Initio
12 5 (0.874%) Symantec
12 5 (0.874%) Avaloq
13 4 (0.699%) Kofax
13 4 (0.699%) Perforce
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