The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors for the Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 7 9 9
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 25 27 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 14.71% 15.88% 17.34%
As % of the Vendors category 26.88% 29.03% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 18
Average daily rate £301 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.38% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £288 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £464 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
93 93 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 54.71% 62.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 49 46
Average daily rate £320 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £240 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £440 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 17
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

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 Somerset 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
Taunton +4 12 £367 +14.71%
Yeovil - 4 £290 -
Bath -3 2 - -
Bridgwater - 1 £301 -
Oracle
South West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 49 (81.67%) SQL
2 39 (65.00%) SQL Server
3 37 (61.67%) XML
4 36 (60.00%) HTML
5 35 (58.33%) .NET
6 34 (56.67%) Java
6 34 (56.67%) Microsoft
7 33 (55.00%) UML
7 33 (55.00%) C#
8 32 (53.33%) JavaScript
8 32 (53.33%) VB
8 32 (53.33%) SharePoint
9 31 (51.67%) ASP
9 31 (51.67%) ASP.NET
10 30 (50.00%) VB.NET
11 29 (48.33%) IIS
11 29 (48.33%) UNIX
11 29 (48.33%) .NET Framework
12 28 (46.67%) ITIL
12 28 (46.67%) C++
13 27 (45.00%) Ingres
14 23 (38.33%) OpenROAD
15 22 (36.67%) ISEB
15 22 (36.67%) Unit Testing
16 19 (31.67%) Continuous Integration
16 19 (31.67%) Security Cleared
17 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (25.00%) Service Delivery
18 15 (25.00%) NUnit
18 15 (25.00%) Subversion

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 37 (61.67%) XML
2 36 (60.00%) HTML
3 35 (58.33%) .NET
4 31 (51.67%) ASP
4 31 (51.67%) ASP.NET
5 29 (48.33%) .NET Framework
6 6 (10.00%) CSS
7 4 (6.667%) JSP
7 4 (6.667%) WCF
8 3 (5.000%) WPF
8 3 (5.000%) WF
8 3 (5.000%) XSL
8 3 (5.000%) JMS
8 3 (5.000%) J2EE
9 2 (3.333%) Hibernate
9 2 (3.333%) Spring
9 2 (3.333%) Java EE
9 2 (3.333%) jQuery
10 1 (1.667%) Ajax
10 1 (1.667%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 32 (53.33%) SharePoint
2 29 (48.33%) IIS
3 23 (38.33%) OpenROAD
4 3 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.000%) MS Exchange
5 2 (3.333%) Apache
5 2 (3.333%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.667%) VPN
1 4 (6.667%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (65.00%) SQL Server
2 27 (45.00%) Ingres
3 13 (21.67%) SQLPlus
4 7 (11.67%) SQL Server 2012
4 7 (11.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (5.000%) DB2
8 2 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.667%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (1.667%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (1.667%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (1.667%) PowerCenter
9 1 (1.667%) DataStage
9 1 (1.667%) Informix
9 1 (1.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (25.00%) NUnit
1 15 (25.00%) Subversion
1 15 (25.00%) MSTest
2 13 (21.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (20.00%) CruiseControl
3 12 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 12 (20.00%) TeamCity
3 12 (20.00%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.667%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.333%) Ant
5 2 (3.333%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.667%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (5.000%) Retail
2 1 (1.667%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (66.67%) Developer
2 22 (36.67%) Analyst
3 18 (30.00%) Analyst Developer
4 15 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 15 (25.00%) .NET Developer
5 13 (21.67%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (21.67%) C# Developer
5 13 (21.67%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (18.33%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 9 (15.00%) Administrator
7 9 (15.00%) Support Analyst
8 7 (11.67%) DBA
8 7 (11.67%) Senior Support Analyst
9 6 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
10 4 (6.667%) SQL DBA
10 4 (6.667%) Developer Analyst
10 4 (6.667%) Senior .NET Developer
10 4 (6.667%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.333%) Cryptography
1 2 (3.333%) AS400
2 1 (1.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (48.33%) UNIX
2 8 (13.33%) Windows
3 4 (6.667%) Windows XP
3 4 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (6.667%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.000%) Windows Vista
5 2 (3.333%) Linux
6 1 (1.667%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.667%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.00%) UML
2 28 (46.67%) ITIL
3 22 (36.67%) Unit Testing
4 19 (31.67%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 12 (20.00%) ITSM
6 12 (20.00%) Service Management
7 4 (6.667%) SOA
8 3 (5.000%) Waterfall
8 3 (5.000%) Performance Management
8 3 (5.000%) Change Management
8 3 (5.000%) TOGAF
8 3 (5.000%) Pair Programming
8 3 (5.000%) RAD
8 3 (5.000%) ETL
8 3 (5.000%) PRINCE2
9 2 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.333%) System Testing
9 2 (3.333%) Web Development
9 2 (3.333%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 49 (81.67%) SQL
2 34 (56.67%) Java
3 33 (55.00%) C#
4 32 (53.33%) JavaScript
4 32 (53.33%) VB
5 30 (50.00%) VB.NET
6 28 (46.67%) C++
7 4 (6.667%) PL/SQL
7 4 (6.667%) C
7 4 (6.667%) VB6
8 3 (5.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) ISEB
2 19 (31.67%) Security Cleared
3 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (16.67%) MCP
4 10 (16.67%) MCTS
4 10 (16.67%) MCPD
5 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (11.67%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (6.667%) MCSA
7 4 (6.667%) OCA
8 3 (5.000%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (5.000%) OCP
8 3 (5.000%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) SLA
2 3 (5.000%) COBIT
2 3 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.000%) TickIT
2 3 (5.000%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (5.000%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.000%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.333%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.667%) Cisco
3 2 (3.333%) ATG
3 2 (3.333%) Informatica
4 1 (1.667%) Fredhopper
4 1 (1.667%) Sun
4 1 (1.667%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.667%) Sybase
4 1 (1.667%) SAP
Somerset, South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013