The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills 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 PL/SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Programming Languages category for the South East 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 114 85 82
Rank change year-on-year
-29 -3
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 112 198 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.433% 1.949% 2.105%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.291% 6.456% 6.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 111 77
Average daily rate £366 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.64% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £247 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £43.25 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.82% +2.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2610 3067 3552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.40% 30.19% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1281 1505 1528
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 295
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.13 £21.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the South East region.

South East PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the South East region.

South East PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire +38 34 £448 +30.65%
Hampshire -30 32 £322 -14.13%
Surrey 0 29 £320 -3.75%
Kent -1 4 £413 -
West Sussex +11 3 £475 +111.11%
Oxfordshire -10 3 - -
Middlesex +5 2 £400 -
Buckinghamshire -10 2 - -
East Sussex +10 1 £375 -
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1 255 (95.86%) SQL
2 231 (86.84%) Oracle
3 70 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
4 67 (25.19%) Java
5 61 (22.93%) UNIX
6 57 (21.43%) SQL Server
7 56 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
8 53 (19.92%) Oracle 10g
8 53 (19.92%) .NET
9 49 (18.42%) C#
10 44 (16.54%) ETL
11 41 (15.41%) Windows
11 41 (15.41%) Oracle Reports
11 41 (15.41%) Shell Script
12 40 (15.04%) Migration
12 40 (15.04%) SOA
13 38 (14.29%) XML
14 37 (13.91%) Microsoft
14 37 (13.91%) Finance
15 33 (12.41%) Oracle Forms
16 32 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
17 31 (11.65%) Data Modelling
17 31 (11.65%) Perl
17 31 (11.65%) Security Cleared
18 29 (10.90%) TOAD
19 28 (10.53%) Degree
20 27 (10.15%) HTML
20 27 (10.15%) UML
21 26 (9.774%) Oracle 8/8i
21 26 (9.774%) J2EE

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (19.92%) .NET
2 38 (14.29%) XML
3 27 (10.15%) HTML
4 26 (9.774%) J2EE
5 22 (8.271%) CSS
6 21 (7.895%) Web Services
7 16 (6.015%) jQuery
8 15 (5.639%) Spring
8 15 (5.639%) Ajax
9 13 (4.887%) JSP
9 13 (4.887%) Middleware
10 11 (4.135%) EJB
11 10 (3.759%) Hibernate
12 9 (3.383%) JSF
12 9 (3.383%) ASP.NET
12 9 (3.383%) WCF
13 8 (3.008%) Oracle Fusion
13 8 (3.008%) XSD
13 8 (3.008%) WebSphere
13 8 (3.008%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 22 (8.271%) WebLogic
2 14 (5.263%) Apache
2 14 (5.263%) Oracle Application Server
3 13 (4.887%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (2.632%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (2.256%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (1.880%) SAS
6 5 (1.880%) WebLogic Portal
6 5 (1.880%) Liferay
7 4 (1.504%) ArcGIS
7 4 (1.504%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (1.128%) CMS
8 3 (1.128%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.128%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.128%) IIS
9 2 (0.752%) Oracle 10gAS
9 2 (0.752%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.752%) Drupal
9 2 (0.752%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.752%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (7.519%) MS Excel
2 10 (3.759%) MS Office
3 1 (0.376%) MS Project
3 1 (0.376%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.376%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
2 13 (4.887%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (4.135%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (2.632%) Oracle Retail
5 5 (1.880%) SAP IS-U
5 5 (1.880%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.752%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.752%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.376%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.376%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.376%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.887%) Radio Access Network
2 12 (4.511%) 2G
2 12 (4.511%) 3G
2 12 (4.511%) TELNET
3 9 (3.383%) Internet
4 6 (2.256%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.880%) LAN
6 4 (1.504%) HTTP
6 4 (1.504%) SAN
7 3 (1.128%) Firewall
7 3 (1.128%) RNC
8 2 (0.752%) SSL
8 2 (0.752%) Intranet
8 2 (0.752%) WAN
9 1 (0.376%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.376%) DNS
9 1 (0.376%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
2 57 (21.43%) SQL Server
3 53 (19.92%) Oracle 10g
4 41 (15.41%) Oracle Reports
5 32 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (10.90%) TOAD
7 26 (9.774%) Oracle 8/8i
8 24 (9.023%) Oracle Discoverer
9 17 (6.391%) SQLPlus
10 16 (6.015%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (6.015%) Oracle BI EE
11 14 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (4.511%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (4.511%) DataStage
12 12 (4.511%) RDBMS
13 10 (3.759%) Oracle OWB
14 9 (3.383%) Oracle 9i
15 8 (3.008%) MS Access
16 7 (2.632%) MySQL
17 5 (1.880%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 33 (12.41%) Oracle Forms
2 22 (8.271%) Oracle APEX
3 10 (3.759%) ProC
4 6 (2.256%) Eclipse
4 6 (2.256%) Subversion
4 6 (2.256%) Maven
5 5 (1.880%) ClearCase
6 4 (1.504%) JUnit
6 4 (1.504%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 4 (1.504%) ClearQuest
6 4 (1.504%) jMock
6 4 (1.504%) Talend Open Studio
6 4 (1.504%) EasyMock
7 3 (1.128%) Hudson
7 3 (1.128%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.752%) Ant
8 2 (0.752%) InterDev
8 2 (0.752%) NUnit
9 1 (0.376%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.376%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 37 (13.91%) Finance
2 25 (9.398%) Telecoms
3 20 (7.519%) Retail
4 6 (2.256%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.880%) Billing
6 4 (1.504%) Back Office
7 3 (1.128%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.128%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.752%) Advertising
8 2 (0.752%) Banking
8 2 (0.752%) Marketing
9 1 (0.376%) German Language
9 1 (0.376%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.376%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.376%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.376%) Automotive
9 1 (0.376%) Front Office
9 1 (0.376%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 156 (58.65%) Developer
2 66 (24.81%) Oracle Developer
3 37 (13.91%) DBA
4 34 (12.78%) Oracle DBA
5 31 (11.65%) Analyst
6 25 (9.398%) SQL Developer
7 24 (9.023%) .NET Developer
8 22 (8.271%) PL/SQL Developer
9 16 (6.015%) Java Developer
9 16 (6.015%) C# Developer
9 16 (6.015%) Senior Developer
10 14 (5.263%) Consultant
11 13 (4.887%) C# .NET Developer
12 12 (4.511%) Architect
12 12 (4.511%) Team Leader
13 11 (4.135%) ETL Developer
14 10 (3.759%) Systems Developer
14 10 (3.759%) Programmer
15 9 (3.383%) Data Analyst
15 9 (3.383%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.263%) Replication
2 7 (2.632%) Mathematics
3 5 (1.880%) Kindle
4 4 (1.504%) Statistics
4 4 (1.504%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.128%) Pharmacovigilance
5 3 (1.128%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.128%) Derivative
5 3 (1.128%) Open Source
5 3 (1.128%) SaaS
6 2 (0.752%) Social Media
6 2 (0.752%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.752%) NHS
6 2 (0.752%) W3C
6 2 (0.752%) DTV
6 2 (0.752%) Data Integration
6 2 (0.752%) Chemistry
7 1 (0.376%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.376%) Data Conversion
7 1 (0.376%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 61 (22.93%) UNIX
2 41 (15.41%) Windows
3 23 (8.647%) Linux
4 17 (6.391%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (3.383%) AIX
5 9 (3.383%) Solaris
6 8 (3.008%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.256%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.880%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (1.128%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.376%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (16.54%) ETL
3 40 (15.04%) SOA
3 40 (15.04%) Migration
4 31 (11.65%) Data Modelling
5 27 (10.15%) UML
6 23 (8.647%) Validation
7 22 (8.271%) Web Development
8 20 (7.519%) Data Migration
9 16 (6.015%) Workflow
10 13 (4.887%) CRM
10 13 (4.887%) E-business
11 12 (4.511%) ITIL
12 11 (4.135%) Software Architecture
13 10 (3.759%) Data Cleansing
14 9 (3.383%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (3.383%) OO
14 9 (3.383%) Performance Improvement
14 9 (3.383%) Root Cause Analysis
15 8 (3.008%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 255 (95.86%) SQL
2 67 (25.19%) Java
3 49 (18.42%) C#
4 41 (15.41%) Shell Script
5 31 (11.65%) Perl
6 23 (8.647%) JavaScript
7 19 (7.143%) T-SQL
8 13 (4.887%) C++
8 13 (4.887%) Korn
9 12 (4.511%) C
10 11 (4.135%) VB
11 7 (2.632%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.880%) Python
12 5 (1.880%) PHP
12 5 (1.880%) XPath
12 5 (1.880%) VB6
13 3 (1.128%) PHP5
14 2 (0.752%) PHP4
14 2 (0.752%) Delphi
14 2 (0.752%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.53%) Degree
3 26 (9.774%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.008%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (1.504%) OCP
5 4 (1.504%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.752%) ISEB
6 2 (0.752%) Sun Certification
6 2 (0.752%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.376%) SCJP
7 1 (0.376%) MCPD
7 1 (0.376%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.376%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.135%) QA
2 7 (2.632%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.880%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.376%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (9.774%) Oracle RAC
2 11 (4.135%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (1.880%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.128%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.376%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (7.143%) Data Guard
2 4 (1.504%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.504%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.752%) CA SiteMinder
4 1 (0.376%) Oracle Statspack
4 1 (0.376%) MOM
4 1 (0.376%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 231 (86.84%) Oracle
2 37 (13.91%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.639%) Cognos
4 12 (4.511%) Nortel
4 12 (4.511%) Ericsson
4 12 (4.511%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 11 (4.135%) IBM
6 10 (3.759%) SAP
7 9 (3.383%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.632%) TIBCO
8 7 (2.632%) Serena
9 6 (2.256%) Informatica
9 6 (2.256%) Business Objects
9 6 (2.256%) Siebel
10 5 (1.880%) VMware
11 4 (1.504%) Talend
11 4 (1.504%) ESRI
12 3 (1.128%) Ab Initio
13 2 (0.752%) Sun
13 2 (0.752%) HP
Crawley, West Sussex
My client is looking for a PL/SQL Developer to join them on an initial 3 month contract basis... Skills, Qualification, Expertise and Experience * 3 - 5 years experience...
Clearwater People Solutions
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gatwick, West Sussex
Our client has a new Oracle PL/SQL Analyst Developer 3 Month Contract role working as part of the IT Delivery Development Team. The Oracle PL/SQL Analyst...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £290 - 300 Per Day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
PL/SQL Analyst Developer ideally with Oracle skills and a knowledge of Data Warehousing currently required by my extremely well known West Sussex based client... PL/SQL (PL /...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £275 - £300 per annum + Excellent chance of extension.
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
C#.Net & Oracle PL/SQL Developer required. Our client is looking for a C#.Net & Oracle PL/SQL Developer to start immediately. You must have the following essential...
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified Market Rate
Posted: 17 May 2013
South East England
The Analyst developer will be responsible analysing user requirements, design and build technical solutions and support systems using the full development life cycle and agile methodologies.Ket Skills: -...
Montash Associates
Rate: £450 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 10 May 2013
Kent
Contract role - Oracle DBA - Financial Services. A global financial services provider is currently seeking to recruit an Oracle DBA to join a small team of highly talented DBA'...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Surrey
Our client, a well known company within the educational sector are looking for someone to join their friendly professional team As a MIS Report Developer your responsibilities would...
Pertemps IT
Rate: Negotiable (Depends on experience)
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Minimum Requirements Technical, Language and other Specialised Skills: Good knowledge of Oracle 10g & 11g. Good knowledge of Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and DBA experience... (ASM) Knowledge of scripting...
Experis IT
Posted: 15 May 2013
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Experience in Data Migration, Roll outs. Should have hands on experience in the development / customization of the following Oracle store applications ORPOS,ORBO,ORCO Expertise in Java, JSP,...
Posted: 8 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Successful Oracle DBAs must have experience with : ** Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) ** Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart) ** PL/SQL or SQL...
e-Recruiter
Rate: £2000 - £2400 per week
Posted: 16 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
Required Skills: - ORACLE Production : SQL *plus; PL/SQL; OEM; Data Pump; Exp / IMP; Flashback; Replication; Backup / Recovery; RAC; Streams; Application Server; Application Express; Weblogic; ASM; RMAN; AWR Reports;...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
Skills/Requirements of the role will include - - MS SQL Server - T-SQL - ASP.Net - C# - XML / XSLT - CSS - Web Services (WCF) - Excellent verbal and written communication skills and...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £40 - £55 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Oracle 10g / 11 g / SQL, PL/SQL / Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Good knowledge of Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Basic knowledge...
Spring Technology
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Liferay Portal. Talend integration Suite. Linux RedHat/Git. J2EE/Java/Java Servlet technologies/JPA/JAXB. Spring/Hibernate... Search technologies: SOLR, Lucene. Restful web services: Apache CXF, JSR web...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013