South East Oracle 10g Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle Database 10g skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle 10g over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Database 10g
Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Henley-on-Thames Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Huntingdon Ipswich Johnstone Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Staines Stirling Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	76	116
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	241	225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.321 %	0.228 %
As % of the category below	9.769 %	5.995 %
Daily rates quoted	54	62
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£347
Average daily rate	£390	£367
% change on same period last year	+6.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£413	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£363
% change on same period last year	+0.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.83	£35.50
Average hourly rate	£39.00	£36.75
% change on same period last year	+6.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.17	£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.11	£36.97
% change on same period last year	+16.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2467	3753
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.288 %	3.797 %
Daily rates quoted	631	974
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£332
Average daily rate	£358	£351
% change on same period last year	+1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	226	343
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.41	£32.58
Average hourly rate	£34.60	£34.53
% change on same period last year	+0.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.78	£36.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
Oracle 10g England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Oracle 10g
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 10g across the South East region.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the South East region.

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oracle 10g
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+26	53	£455	+19.61 %
Surrey	+20	45	£392	-5.42 %
Middlesex	+24	31	£342	-16.13 %
Hampshire	+21	31	£306	-34.10 %
Buckinghamshire	-15	12	£460	+53.76 %
Thames Valley	+26	11	£345	+11.29 %
Kent	+3	9	£350	-17.64 %
Oxfordshire	+1	7	£310	-31.11 %
M4 Corridor	+10	6	-	-
Home Counties	-2	3	-	-
West Sussex	+1	2	£435	+3.57 %

Oracle 10g England

Oracle 10g
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g.

1 509 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 247 (48.53 %) SQL 3 215 (42.24 %) PL/SQL 4 198 (38.90 %) Oracle 9i 5 128 (25.15 %) Security Cleared 6 110 (21.61 %) UNIX 7 97 (19.06 %) Datawarehouse 8 81 (15.91 %) Oracle Reports 9 75 (14.73 %) Windows 10 73 (14.34 %) Java 11 71 (13.95 %) Oracle Forms 12 66 (12.97 %) Oracle RAC 13 61 (11.98 %) SC Cleared 14 60 (11.79 %) XML 15 59 (11.59 %) Oracle 8/8i

16 53 (10.41 %) J2EE 16 53 (10.41 %) Government 17 51 (10.02 %) Linux 18 50 (9.823 %) Business Objects 18 50 (9.823 %) BusinessObjects 19 41 (8.055 %) Microsoft 19 41 (8.055 %) ETL 19 41 (8.055 %) Solaris 20 40 (7.859 %) SQL Server 21 38 (7.466 %) Telecoms 21 38 (7.466 %) Business Intelligence 21 38 (7.466 %) DV Cleared 22 33 (6.483 %) Oracle RMAN 22 33 (6.483 %) Crystal Reports 22 33 (6.483 %) UML

Oracle 10g
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 60 (11.79 %) XML 2 53 (10.41 %) J2EE 3 28 (5.501 %) .NET 3 28 (5.501 %) JSP 4 24 (4.715 %) HTML 5 21 (4.126 %) Hibernate 6 20 (3.929 %) Spring 6 20 (3.929 %) EJB 7 15 (2.947 %) WebSphere 8 8 (1.572 %) Java EE 8 8 (1.572 %) Struts 8 8 (1.572 %) XSL 8 8 (1.572 %) ODBC 9 7 (1.375 %) XSD 9 7 (1.375 %) AJAX 10 6 (1.179 %) WebServices 10 6 (1.179 %) ASP.NET 11 5 (0.982 %) ASP 11 5 (0.982 %) XSLT 11 5 (0.982 %) Oracle Streams	Application Platforms 1 21 (4.126 %) Oracle Application Server 2 18 (3.536 %) Oracle Spatial 2 18 (3.536 %) ArcGIS 2 18 (3.536 %) ArcSDE 3 17 (3.340 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 16 (3.143 %) WebLogic 5 13 (2.554 %) SAS 6 5 (0.982 %) Apache 6 5 (0.982 %) Tomcat 6 5 (0.982 %) TIBCO EMS 7 4 (0.786 %) Oracle 9iAS 7 4 (0.786 %) Oracle Workflow 8 3 (0.589 %) Oracle HTTP Server 8 3 (0.589 %) NetWeaver 8 3 (0.589 %) BizTalk Server 8 3 (0.589 %) Oracle BPEL 8 3 (0.589 %) IIS 8 3 (0.589 %) WebLogic Portal 9 2 (0.393 %) JBoss 10 1 (0.196 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 12 (2.358 %) MS Excel 2 5 (0.982 %) MS Visio 3 3 (0.589 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 15 (2.947 %) Oracle 11i 1 15 (2.947 %) Oracle EBS 2 13 (2.554 %) Remedy ITSM 3 9 (1.768 %) Oracle Applications 4 5 (0.982 %) BusinessWorks 5 2 (0.393 %) Oracle HRMS 5 2 (0.393 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.196 %) SAP R/3 6 1 (0.196 %) MAXIMO 6 1 (0.196 %) Oracle Clinical 6 1 (0.196 %) Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 10 (1.965 %) SAN 2 6 (1.179 %) HTTP 2 6 (1.179 %) Internet 3 5 (0.982 %) iSCSI 4 2 (0.393 %) DHCP 4 2 (0.393 %) BSS 4 2 (0.393 %) NGN 4 2 (0.393 %) 3G 4 2 (0.393 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.196 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (0.196 %) NetScreen 5 1 (0.196 %) Kerberos 5 1 (0.196 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.196 %) Intranet 5 1 (0.196 %) LDAP 5 1 (0.196 %) Broadband 5 1 (0.196 %) VoIP 5 1 (0.196 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 198 (38.90 %) Oracle 9i 2 97 (19.06 %) Datawarehouse 3 81 (15.91 %) Oracle Reports 4 59 (11.59 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 50 (9.823 %) BusinessObjects 6 41 (8.055 %) ETL 7 40 (7.859 %) SQL Server 8 33 (6.483 %) Crystal Reports 9 28 (5.501 %) TOAD 10 25 (4.912 %) OLAP 10 25 (4.912 %) Oracle OLAP 11 24 (4.715 %) RDBMS 12 18 (3.536 %) GIS 13 16 (3.143 %) SQL Server 2000 14 15 (2.947 %) Data Mart 15 13 (2.554 %) DataStage 15 13 (2.554 %) MySQL 16 12 (2.358 %) Data Mining 17 11 (2.161 %) Star Schema 18 10 (1.965 %) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications 1 71 (13.95 %) Oracle Forms 2 23 (4.519 %) Eclipse 3 20 (3.929 %) Ant 3 20 (3.929 %) Rational Rose 4 18 (3.536 %) JUnit 5 9 (1.768 %) JDeveloper 6 6 (1.179 %) ClearCase 7 4 (0.786 %) Visual Studio 7 4 (0.786 %) Oracle Designer 10g 8 3 (0.589 %) JBuilder 8 3 (0.589 %) Oracle APEX 9 2 (0.393 %) ERwin 9 2 (0.393 %) QuickTest Pro 10 1 (0.196 %) LoadRunner 10 1 (0.196 %) RequisitePro 10 1 (0.196 %) PowerBuilder 10 1 (0.196 %) Flash 10 1 (0.196 %) ClearQuest 10 1 (0.196 %) InstallShield 10 1 (0.196 %) C++Builder	General 1 53 (10.41 %) Government 2 38 (7.466 %) Telecoms 3 31 (6.090 %) Finance 4 13 (2.554 %) Insurance 5 9 (1.768 %) Banking 6 6 (1.179 %) Construction 6 6 (1.179 %) Pharmaceutical 7 5 (0.982 %) Health 8 4 (0.786 %) Investment Banking 9 3 (0.589 %) Retail 9 3 (0.589 %) Electric 9 3 (0.589 %) Automotive 9 3 (0.589 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.393 %) Home Office 10 2 (0.393 %) Manufacturing 11 1 (0.196 %) Police 11 1 (0.196 %) General Ledger 11 1 (0.196 %) Financial Institution 11 1 (0.196 %) Front Office 11 1 (0.196 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 202 (39.69 %) Developer 2 124 (24.36 %) Oracle Developer 3 114 (22.40 %) DBA 4 111 (21.81 %) Oracle DBA 5 61 (11.98 %) Consultant 6 39 (7.662 %) Analyst 7 25 (4.912 %) Java Developer 8 22 (4.322 %) Architect 9 20 (3.929 %) Java/J2EE Developer 10 16 (3.143 %) Administrator 10 16 (3.143 %) Oracle Consultant 11 14 (2.750 %) GIS Consultant 12 12 (2.358 %) Datawarehouse Developer 13 11 (2.161 %) SQL Developer 13 11 (2.161 %) Analyst Programmer 13 11 (2.161 %) Programmer 13 11 (2.161 %) Oracle Datawarehouse Developer 13 11 (2.161 %) Oracle Analyst 13 11 (2.161 %) Report Developer 13 11 (2.161 %) Datawarehouse Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 13 (2.554 %) Replication 2 7 (1.375 %) N-Tier 3 5 (0.982 %) Mainframe 4 3 (0.589 %) Management Information System 4 3 (0.589 %) Clustering 5 2 (0.393 %) PKI 6 1 (0.196 %) IPTV 6 1 (0.196 %) Derivative 6 1 (0.196 %) Photography 6 1 (0.196 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.196 %) Fat Client 6 1 (0.196 %) Video Conferencing 6 1 (0.196 %) Thin Client 6 1 (0.196 %) Credit Derivative 6 1 (0.196 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 110 (21.61 %) UNIX 2 75 (14.73 %) Windows 3 51 (10.02 %) Linux 4 41 (8.055 %) Solaris 5 9 (1.768 %) Windows 2000 6 8 (1.572 %) Windows Server 2003 7 6 (1.179 %) Tru64 7 6 (1.179 %) HPUX 8 5 (0.982 %) AIX 9 2 (0.393 %) Windows XP 10 1 (0.196 %) VMS 10 1 (0.196 %) MVS 10 1 (0.196 %) SUSE	Processes & Methodologies 1 128 (25.15 %) Security Cleared 2 61 (11.98 %) SC Cleared 3 38 (7.466 %) DV Cleared 3 38 (7.466 %) Business Intelligence 4 33 (6.483 %) UML 4 33 (6.483 %) Migration 5 21 (4.126 %) RUP 6 20 (3.929 %) Data Modelling 7 13 (2.554 %) OO 7 13 (2.554 %) ITSM 8 10 (1.965 %) Project Management 8 10 (1.965 %) BC Cleared 8 10 (1.965 %) Dimensional Modelling 9 9 (1.768 %) Data Architecture 9 9 (1.768 %) Data Analysis 9 9 (1.768 %) Service Management 9 9 (1.768 %) ITIL 9 9 (1.768 %) Data Management 10 8 (1.572 %) Configuration Management 10 8 (1.572 %) OOD
Programming Languages 1 247 (48.53 %) SQL 2 215 (42.24 %) PL/SQL 3 73 (14.34 %) Java 4 28 (5.501 %) Shell Script 5 22 (4.322 %) C 6 20 (3.929 %) C++ 7 16 (3.143 %) C# 8 12 (2.358 %) PHP 9 9 (1.768 %) Perl 10 5 (0.982 %) Korn 10 5 (0.982 %) PHP5 10 5 (0.982 %) PHP4 11 3 (0.589 %) XPath 11 3 (0.589 %) XQuery 11 3 (0.589 %) JavaScript 12 2 (0.393 %) ABAP 12 2 (0.393 %) Transact-SQL 13 1 (0.196 %) VBScript 13 1 (0.196 %) VB 13 1 (0.196 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 8 (1.572 %) Oracle Certification 2 7 (1.375 %) OCP 3 5 (0.982 %) ISEB 4 3 (0.589 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (0.589 %) Sun Certification 4 3 (0.589 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.196 %) Degree 5 1 (0.196 %) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (1.179 %) QA 2 3 (0.589 %) SLA 3 1 (0.196 %) HL7	System Software 1 66 (12.97 %) Oracle RAC 2 33 (6.483 %) Oracle RMAN 3 4 (0.786 %) NetBackup 4 3 (0.589 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 2 (0.393 %) NFS 6 1 (0.196 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 11 (2.161 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 3 (0.589 %) Netcool 3 2 (0.393 %) Netcool/Proviso 4 1 (0.196 %) EMC NetWorker 4 1 (0.196 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 1 (0.196 %) Legato 4 1 (0.196 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 509 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 50 (9.823 %) Business Objects 3 41 (8.055 %) Microsoft 4 19 (3.733 %) HP 4 19 (3.733 %) BEA 5 18 (3.536 %) ESRI 6 16 (3.143 %) Remedy 7 13 (2.554 %) BMC 7 13 (2.554 %) Cognos 8 11 (2.161 %) Sun 9 10 (1.965 %) IBM 9 10 (1.965 %) Sunopsis 10 8 (1.572 %) Siebel 11 7 (1.375 %) Citrix 11 7 (1.375 %) VERITAS 12 5 (0.982 %) Red Hat 12 5 (0.982 %) TIBCO 12 5 (0.982 %) Ab Initio 12 5 (0.982 %) SAP 13 4 (0.786 %) Informatica