The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Solihull 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 17 9 10
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 1.370% 11.11% 5.797%
As % of the Vendors category 4.348% 24.32% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £125 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+14.51% -11.42%
All Vendors
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
23 37 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 31.51% 45.68% 53.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 6
Average daily rate £160 £280 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £125 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -14.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Oracle
West Midlands

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) SAS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft