The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Shropshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 15 7 16
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +9
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 7 27 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 6.195% 21.60% 5.556%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.33% 44.26% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 0
Average daily rate £565 £415 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
30 61 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 26.55% 48.80% 49.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 26
Average daily rate £475 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.74% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
West Midlands

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the Shropshire 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
Telford -5 7 £565 +36.06%
PL/SQL
West Midlands

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (70.59%) Oracle
3 11 (64.71%) Java
4 9 (52.94%) UNIX
5 8 (47.06%) Pega
6 7 (41.18%) Shell Script
7 6 (35.29%) UML
7 6 (35.29%) XML
7 6 (35.29%) J2EE
7 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
8 5 (29.41%) Web Services
8 5 (29.41%) OO
8 5 (29.41%) SOA
9 4 (23.53%) RUP
9 4 (23.53%) OOA/OOD
10 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
10 3 (17.65%) C#
10 3 (17.65%) COBOL
10 3 (17.65%) .NET
11 2 (11.76%) webMethods
11 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
11 2 (11.76%) BEA
11 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
11 2 (11.76%) VB
11 2 (11.76%) Perl
11 2 (11.76%) COOL:Gen
11 2 (11.76%) Oracle OWB
11 2 (11.76%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (11.76%) Build Automation
12 1 (5.882%) Data Guard

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 6 (35.29%) J2EE
1 6 (35.29%) XML
2 5 (29.41%) Web Services
3 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 1 (5.882%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle OWB
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) COOL:Gen
2 1 (5.882%) ClearCase
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Architect
1 6 (35.29%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Lead Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Lead Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Analyst Programmer
4 2 (11.76%) DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (11.76%) Programmer
4 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Development Team Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Developer Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Programmer
5 1 (5.882%) COBOL Developer
5 1 (5.882%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) UML
1 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
2 5 (29.41%) SOA
2 5 (29.41%) OO
3 4 (23.53%) RUP
3 4 (23.53%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.76%) Build Automation
5 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.882%) Memory Management
5 1 (5.882%) Validation
5 1 (5.882%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (64.71%) Java
3 7 (41.18%) Shell Script
4 3 (17.65%) C#
4 3 (17.65%) COBOL
5 2 (11.76%) Perl
5 2 (11.76%) VB
6 1 (5.882%) C
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 8 (47.06%) Pega
3 2 (11.76%) BEA
3 2 (11.76%) webMethods
4 1 (5.882%) Business Objects
4 1 (5.882%) Microsoft