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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Application Server (OAS) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle Application Server over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Application Server (OAS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5652
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.833 %3.226 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£419£357
% change on same period last year+17.62 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£22.83
% change on same period last year+86.13 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads12093
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.162 %0.092 %
Daily rates quoted3314
Average minimum daily rate£345£279
Average daily rate£375£307
% change on same period last year+22.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.97
Average hourly rate£22.13£17.25
% change on same period last year+28.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.25£18.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£24.38
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
Oracle Application Server WalesOracle Application Server
Wales

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 Application Server
Demand Trend

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

South Wales Oracle Application Server Demand Trend

Oracle Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Oracle Application Server Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Application Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
CardiffNew entry-1--
Oracle Application Server WalesOracle Application Server
Wales

Oracle Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server.

14 (100.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Oracle Applications
23 (75.00 %)PL/SQL
23 (75.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)Web Development
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server
32 (50.00 %)Sybase
32 (50.00 %)CSS
32 (50.00 %)HTML
32 (50.00 %)Java
32 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (50.00 %)Perl
32 (50.00 %)UNIX
32 (50.00 %)AIX
32 (50.00 %)Oracle Forms
32 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
32 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
32 (50.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)BPEL
41 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
41 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
41 (25.00 %)CRM
41 (25.00 %)WebServices
41 (25.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)XSLT
41 (25.00 %)ESB
41 (25.00 %)Oracle 10gAS

Oracle Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)WebServices
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)XSLT
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)ESB
11 (25.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (75.00 %)Oracle Applications
21 (25.00 %)Oracle EBS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
12 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Forms
21 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Consultant
14 (100.00 %)Oracle Consultant
22 (50.00 %)Senior Oracle Developer
22 (50.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)Senior Consultant
22 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
22 (50.00 %)Senior Developer
22 (50.00 %)Senior Applications Developer
22 (50.00 %)Senior Oracle Consultant
22 (50.00 %)Oracle Developer
31 (25.00 %)Applications Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Oracle Applications Consultant
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)UNIX
12 (50.00 %)AIX
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Web Development
21 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)BPEL
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)PL/SQL
13 (75.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)VB
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)Perl
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)Sybase
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft