The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 20 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 Slough 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 20 12 20
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +8
Contract jobs citing Oracle 22 15 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 9.053% 7.282% 6.863%
As % of the Vendors category 18.33% 14.71% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 14
Average daily rate £298 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £283 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £363 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -13.07%
All Vendors
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
120 102 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 49.38% 49.51% 45.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 50 69
Average daily rate £373 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.61% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -4.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Berkshire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 16 (41.03%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 10 (25.64%) UNIX
2 10 (25.64%) DataStage
2 10 (25.64%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
3 9 (23.08%) Java
3 9 (23.08%) SQL
3 9 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (23.08%) Degree
4 8 (20.51%) Telecoms
4 8 (20.51%) Solaris
4 8 (20.51%) Linux
4 8 (20.51%) PRINCE2
4 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.95%) ETL
5 7 (17.95%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (15.38%) Cognos
6 6 (15.38%) Siebel
6 6 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (15.38%) HPUX
6 6 (15.38%) RPG
6 6 (15.38%) SAP
6 6 (15.38%) IBM
6 6 (15.38%) CCNA
6 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (15.38%) Matrix Management
6 6 (15.38%) iSeries
7 5 (12.82%) Analytics
7 5 (12.82%) Risk Analysis

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 5 (12.82%) .NET
2 3 (7.692%) XML
2 3 (7.692%) WebSphere
3 2 (5.128%) WAP
3 2 (5.128%) SOAP
4 1 (2.564%) Web Services
4 1 (2.564%) J2EE
4 1 (2.564%) EJB
4 1 (2.564%) Hibernate
4 1 (2.564%) JSF
4 1 (2.564%) JMS
4 1 (2.564%) SWT
4 1 (2.564%) JPA
4 1 (2.564%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (7.692%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
1 9 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (12.82%) MS Project
3 1 (2.564%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.128%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (2.564%) HFM
3 1 (2.564%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) DNS
2 1 (2.564%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
1 10 (25.64%) DataStage
2 7 (17.95%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (12.82%) TOAD
5 3 (7.692%) DB2
6 2 (5.128%) RDBMS
6 2 (5.128%) Data Mart
6 2 (5.128%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (2.564%) MySQL
7 1 (2.564%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (2.564%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (2.564%) OLAP
7 1 (2.564%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (2.564%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 3 (7.692%) ERwin
2 1 (2.564%) Subversion
2 1 (2.564%) Maven
2 1 (2.564%) Eclipse
General
1 16 (41.03%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Developer
2 7 (17.95%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Test Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) ETL Developer
5 4 (10.26%) DataStage Developer
6 3 (7.692%) Technical Leader
6 3 (7.692%) Team Leader
6 3 (7.692%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Applications Support
7 2 (5.128%) Applications Developer
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.128%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) SAP Test Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) iSeries
2 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
3 3 (7.692%) AS400
4 2 (5.128%) Mathematics
4 2 (5.128%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.128%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.564%) Data Integration
5 1 (2.564%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) UNIX
2 8 (20.51%) Solaris
2 8 (20.51%) Linux
3 6 (15.38%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Project Management
2 8 (20.51%) PRINCE2
3 7 (17.95%) ETL
4 6 (15.38%) Matrix Management
5 5 (12.82%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (12.82%) Analytics
5 5 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.82%) CRM
6 3 (7.692%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.692%) Workflow
6 3 (7.692%) ITIL
6 3 (7.692%) Logistics
6 3 (7.692%) Automated Testing
6 3 (7.692%) Web Application Development
6 3 (7.692%) Problem Management
7 2 (5.128%) Statistical Analysis
7 2 (5.128%) Numerical Analysis
7 2 (5.128%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (5.128%) Fault Management
7 2 (5.128%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) Java
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 6 (15.38%) RPG
3 4 (10.26%) PL/SQL
4 3 (7.692%) RPG IV
5 2 (5.128%) Shell Script
5 2 (5.128%) Bash shell
5 2 (5.128%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) CCNA
2 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.564%) ACCA
4 1 (2.564%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) Netcool
1 2 (5.128%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (5.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) SAP
2 6 (15.38%) Cognos
2 6 (15.38%) Siebel
2 6 (15.38%) IBM
3 3 (7.692%) HP
3 3 (7.692%) Informatica
3 3 (7.692%) Lotus
4 2 (5.128%) Ab Initio
4 2 (5.128%) Redknee
4 2 (5.128%) Sun
5 1 (2.564%) Empirix
5 1 (2.564%) JBoss
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