Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the South East region.

 Oracle
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1086
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads7026741494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East9.338 %8.950 %9.958 %
As % of the Vendors category19.19 %18.74 %23.26 %
Daily rates quoted255198337
Average daily rate£350£358£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.090 %-10.62 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£275£290
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£458£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£340£375
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted164097
Average hourly rate£27.50£30.25£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-13.57 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.65£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£50.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£28.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
+6.190 %-19.28 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
365835976424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East48.66 %47.76 %42.82 %
Daily rates quoted11948021364
Average daily rate£350£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£230£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£480£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£350£360
% change year-on-year
-6.420 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted299330787
Average hourly rate£20.00£22.50£21.03
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11 %+7.010 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.46£42.50£40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

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

South East Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South East Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South East Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireDown-2172£370-2.63 %
SurreyNo change0140£350+16.66 %
HampshireDown-5104£300-14.28 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2453£300-7.40 %
West SussexUp+646£363-9.37 %
MiddlesexDown-637£338-6.89 %
KentDown-1024£363+25.00 %
OxfordshireDown-1319£300-20.00 %
Home CountiesUp+116£350-9.67 %
Thames ValleyUp+38£300-25.00 %
M4 CorridorUp+15£300-22.58 %
East SussexDown-43£363-
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1546 (38.32 %)SQL
2290 (20.35 %)UNIX
3279 (19.58 %)Java
4275 (19.30 %)PL/SQL
5226 (15.86 %)Finance
6189 (13.26 %)XML
7183 (12.84 %)SQL Server
8178 (12.49 %)Oracle 10g
9170 (11.93 %)Security Cleared
10161 (11.30 %)Datawarehouse
11149 (10.46 %)Windows
12136 (9.544 %)Linux
13134 (9.404 %).NET
14127 (8.912 %)SAP
14127 (8.912 %)Business Intelligence
15126 (8.842 %)Telecoms
16117 (8.211 %)ETL
17116 (8.140 %)SC Cleared
18113 (7.930 %)Oracle 8/8i
1996 (6.737 %)WebLogic
1996 (6.737 %)Government
2094 (6.596 %)J2EE
2190 (6.316 %)Solaris
2287 (6.105 %)Business Objects
2287 (6.105 %)BusinessObjects
2379 (5.544 %)SOA
2476 (5.333 %)C#
2575 (5.263 %)PHP
2674 (5.193 %)IBM
2772 (5.053 %)DB2

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1189 (13.26 %)XML
2134 (9.404 %).NET
394 (6.596 %)J2EE
461 (4.281 %)Web Services
556 (3.930 %)HTML
644 (3.088 %)ASP.NET
742 (2.947 %)Middleware
839 (2.737 %)Hibernate
938 (2.667 %)WebSphere
938 (2.667 %)CSS
1036 (2.526 %)Spring
1135 (2.456 %)ASP
1234 (2.386 %)Oracle Fusion
1333 (2.316 %)SOAP
1427 (1.895 %)JSP
1521 (1.474 %)WinForms
1620 (1.404 %)jQuery
1719 (1.333 %)XHTML
1719 (1.333 %)JDBC
1719 (1.333 %)NHibernate
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
196 (6.737 %)WebLogic
253 (3.719 %)AquaLogic
342 (2.947 %)Apache
342 (2.947 %)SAS
342 (2.947 %)Oracle Service Bus
423 (1.614 %)Oracle Application Server
522 (1.544 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
621 (1.474 %)ESB
720 (1.404 %)Tomcat
819 (1.333 %)SharePoint
917 (1.193 %)IIS
1012 (0.842 %)NetWeaver
1111 (0.772 %)WebSphere Application Server
1111 (0.772 %)Oracle 10gAS
1210 (0.702 %)JCAPS
1210 (0.702 %)Resin
1210 (0.702 %)BizTalk Server
138 (0.561 %)Oracle Workflow
138 (0.561 %)CMS
138 (0.561 %)WebLogic Portal
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
142 (2.947 %)MS Excel
226 (1.825 %)MS Project
319 (1.333 %)MS Office
48 (0.561 %)MS Visio
57 (0.491 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (0.491 %)Spreadsheet
65 (0.351 %)SPSS
74 (0.281 %)InfoPath
82 (0.140 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.070 %)GeoMedia
91 (0.070 %)Acrobat
91 (0.070 %)Photoshop
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
150 (3.509 %)Oracle Financials
244 (3.088 %)Oracle EBS
334 (2.386 %)Oracle BPM
426 (1.825 %)Oracle EBS R12
426 (1.825 %)AquaLogic BPM
525 (1.754 %)Oracle Applications
618 (1.263 %)Singl.eView
717 (1.193 %)Oracle ERP
816 (1.123 %)Oracle HRMS
911 (0.772 %)Maximo
1010 (0.702 %)Oracle 11i
119 (0.632 %)Oracle iStore
119 (0.632 %)SAP CRM
119 (0.632 %)Oracle Payroll
128 (0.561 %)Oracle ASCP
137 (0.491 %)Oracle General Ledger
146 (0.421 %)Siebel Analytics
146 (0.421 %)SAP IS-U
155 (0.351 %)Oracle CRM
155 (0.351 %)Demantra
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
136 (2.526 %)SAN
235 (2.456 %)Firewall
325 (1.754 %)HTTP
423 (1.614 %)TCP/IP
521 (1.474 %)3G
620 (1.404 %)BSS
714 (0.982 %)SMTP
714 (0.982 %)Internet
813 (0.912 %)WAN
912 (0.842 %)LAN
1010 (0.702 %)DNS
119 (0.632 %)Nokia NetAct
128 (0.561 %)FTP
128 (0.561 %)GSM
128 (0.561 %)2G
137 (0.491 %)Intranet
137 (0.491 %)SSL
137 (0.491 %)LDAP
137 (0.491 %)Cisco PIX
146 (0.421 %)NAS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1183 (12.84 %)SQL Server
2178 (12.49 %)Oracle 10g
3161 (11.30 %)Datawarehouse
4117 (8.211 %)ETL
5113 (7.930 %)Oracle 8/8i
687 (6.105 %)BusinessObjects
772 (5.053 %)DB2
865 (4.561 %)Oracle 9i
954 (3.789 %)RDBMS
1051 (3.579 %)Oracle Reports
1144 (3.088 %)Oracle 11g
1243 (3.018 %)SQL Server 2005
1339 (2.737 %)BusinessObjects XI
1437 (2.596 %)Oracle BI EE
1534 (2.386 %)PowerCenter
1625 (1.754 %)MySQL
1723 (1.614 %)DataStage
1723 (1.614 %)Oracle Discoverer
1723 (1.614 %)BODI
1822 (1.544 %)TOAD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
148 (3.368 %)Oracle Forms
239 (2.737 %)Oracle APEX
333 (2.316 %)Visual Studio
424 (1.684 %)TestDirector
523 (1.614 %)ClearQuest
621 (1.474 %)ClearCase
621 (1.474 %)Eclipse
720 (1.404 %)RequisitePro
819 (1.333 %)Ant
916 (1.123 %)LoadRunner
1014 (0.982 %)Subversion
1113 (0.912 %)Maven
128 (0.561 %)Team Foundation Server
136 (0.421 %)JUnit
136 (0.421 %)JDeveloper
145 (0.351 %)ProC
145 (0.351 %)QuickTest Pro
145 (0.351 %)Rational Performance Tester
154 (0.281 %)XMLSpy
154 (0.281 %)WinRunner
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1226 (15.86 %)Finance
2126 (8.842 %)Telecoms
396 (6.737 %)Government
442 (2.947 %)Insurance
530 (2.105 %)Banking
625 (1.754 %)Billing
721 (1.474 %)Retail
819 (1.333 %)Back Office
916 (1.123 %)General Ledger
1015 (1.053 %)Marketing
1114 (0.982 %)Manufacturing
1212 (0.842 %)Games
1311 (0.772 %)Pharmaceutical
1410 (0.702 %)Home Office
159 (0.632 %)Financial Institution
168 (0.561 %)Construction
176 (0.421 %)Retail Banking
176 (0.421 %)Education
176 (0.421 %)Health
185 (0.351 %)Investment Banking
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1494 (34.67 %)Developer
2216 (15.16 %)Analyst
3157 (11.02 %)Consultant
4132 (9.263 %)Oracle Developer
589 (6.246 %)Architect
681 (5.684 %)Project Manager
776 (5.333 %)Oracle Consultant
859 (4.140 %)DBA
958 (4.070 %)Test Analyst
1057 (4.000 %)Java Developer
1152 (3.649 %)Administrator
1247 (3.298 %)Oracle DBA
1344 (3.088 %)Designer
1438 (2.667 %)PHP Developer
1535 (2.456 %).NET Developer
1632 (2.246 %)Business Analyst
1731 (2.175 %)Business Developer
1829 (2.035 %)Oracle Analyst
1829 (2.035 %)Tester
1928 (1.965 %)Systems Administrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (2.456 %)Management Information System
219 (1.333 %)Statistics
315 (1.053 %)Clustering
414 (0.982 %)Data Integration
414 (0.982 %)Replication
513 (0.912 %)Mainframe
513 (0.912 %)Client/Server
69 (0.632 %)Open Source
69 (0.632 %)Thin Client
69 (0.632 %)Fat Client
78 (0.561 %)W3C
78 (0.561 %)HACMP
87 (0.491 %)NHS
95 (0.351 %)IVR
95 (0.351 %)Multithreading
95 (0.351 %)Computer Science
104 (0.281 %)SCADA
104 (0.281 %)FMCG
104 (0.281 %)LPAR
104 (0.281 %)Grid Computing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1290 (20.35 %)UNIX
2149 (10.46 %)Windows
3136 (9.544 %)Linux
490 (6.316 %)Solaris
548 (3.368 %)Windows Server 2003
646 (3.228 %)AIX
733 (2.316 %)Red Hat Linux
829 (2.035 %)Windows XP
918 (1.263 %)HPUX
109 (0.632 %)Windows 2000
118 (0.561 %)Windows NT
126 (0.421 %)Windows Server 2008
135 (0.351 %)Windows 2000 Server
144 (0.281 %)Windows Mobile
144 (0.281 %)CentOS
153 (0.211 %)MVS
153 (0.211 %)Windows Vista
162 (0.140 %)Windows CE
171 (0.070 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1127 (8.912 %)Business Intelligence
279 (5.544 %)SOA
372 (5.053 %)ERP
467 (4.702 %)Migration
564 (4.491 %)CRM
653 (3.719 %)Agile Software Development
752 (3.649 %)Project Management
849 (3.439 %)UML
943 (3.018 %)Data Modelling
943 (3.018 %)OO
1040 (2.807 %)PRINCE2
1139 (2.737 %)Test Scripting
1238 (2.667 %)Data Analysis
1337 (2.596 %)User Acceptance Testing
1337 (2.596 %)Data Migration
1435 (2.456 %)Change Management
1531 (2.175 %)Configuration Management
1627 (1.895 %)BPEL
1726 (1.825 %)Unit Testing
1824 (1.684 %)Scrum
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1546 (38.32 %)SQL
2279 (19.58 %)Java
3275 (19.30 %)PL/SQL
476 (5.333 %)C#
575 (5.263 %)PHP
671 (4.982 %)Shell Script
753 (3.719 %)C
852 (3.649 %)JavaScript
944 (3.088 %)VB
1038 (2.667 %)Perl
1137 (2.596 %)PHP5
1231 (2.175 %)C++
1324 (1.684 %)VB.NET
1420 (1.404 %)Bash shell
1516 (1.123 %)PHP4
1615 (1.053 %)XQuery
1615 (1.053 %)VB6
1615 (1.053 %)XPath
1714 (0.982 %)Python
1811 (0.772 %)Korn
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1170 (11.93 %)Security Cleared
2116 (8.140 %)SC Cleared
338 (2.667 %)ISEB
437 (2.596 %)Degree
520 (1.404 %)BC Cleared
68 (0.561 %)Microsoft Certification
77 (0.491 %)Oracle Certification
77 (0.491 %)PRINCE2 Certification
86 (0.421 %)DV Cleared
94 (0.281 %)RHCT
94 (0.281 %)SCJP
94 (0.281 %)RHCE
94 (0.281 %)OCP
94 (0.281 %)ITIL Certification
94 (0.281 %)PMI Certification
103 (0.211 %)ACCA
103 (0.211 %)CISSP
103 (0.211 %)Sun Certification
103 (0.211 %)CTC Cleared
103 (0.211 %)SCJA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (0.772 %)QA
29 (0.632 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.351 %)GAMP
35 (0.351 %)GxP
43 (0.211 %)Basel II
52 (0.140 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.070 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
161 (4.281 %)Oracle RAC
218 (1.263 %)Oracle RMAN
312 (0.842 %)Active Directory
312 (0.842 %)VMware ESX
410 (0.702 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.281 %)Veritas File System
54 (0.281 %)MSMQ
54 (0.281 %)NFS
63 (0.211 %)Veritas Volume Manager
72 (0.140 %)Veritas Cluster Server
72 (0.140 %)RACF
81 (0.070 %)Samba
81 (0.070 %)Terminal Services
81 (0.070 %)SRDF
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (2.035 %)Data Guard
220 (1.404 %)Tivoli
316 (1.123 %)CONTROL-M
414 (0.982 %)NetBackup
512 (0.842 %)Nagios
66 (0.421 %)OpenView
66 (0.421 %)Netcool
75 (0.351 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
75 (0.351 %)HP Quality Center
84 (0.281 %)Cacti
84 (0.281 %)SCOM
93 (0.211 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
93 (0.211 %)EMC NetWorker
93 (0.211 %)Netcool/Proviso
102 (0.140 %)Netcool/Webtop
102 (0.140 %)OpenView Configuration Management
102 (0.140 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
111 (0.070 %)MSI
111 (0.070 %)MOM
111 (0.070 %)HP Data Protector
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1127 (8.912 %)SAP
287 (6.105 %)Business Objects
374 (5.193 %)IBM
464 (4.491 %)Microsoft
563 (4.421 %)HP
659 (4.140 %)Informatica
750 (3.509 %)Sun
848 (3.368 %)Siebel
933 (2.316 %)Red Hat
1029 (2.035 %)Cognos
1127 (1.895 %)BEA
1226 (1.825 %)Ab Initio
1323 (1.614 %)VMware
1420 (1.404 %)Cisco
1519 (1.333 %)Zend
1617 (1.193 %)Netezza
1716 (1.123 %)Remedy
1814 (0.982 %)Tripwire
1814 (0.982 %)Dell
1814 (0.982 %)CommVault