The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South Wales 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 19 9 17
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +8
Contract jobs citing Oracle 18 48 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 5.014% 12.06% 8.000%
As % of the Vendors category 11.11% 25.95% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 13
Average daily rate £413 £433 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.62% +1.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -11.42%
All Vendors
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
162 185 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 45.13% 46.48% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 88 96
Average daily rate £375 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £200 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 7
Average hourly rate £13.25 £14.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.35% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £11.15 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £26.05 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Oracle
Wales

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Newport -2 7 £425 -10.52%
Cardiff -3 5 £269 -34.45% 1
Bridgend - - - -
Caerphilly - - - - 2
Gwent - - - -
Torfaen - - - -
Blaenau Gwent - - - -
Oracle
Wales

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 29 (50.88%) Java
2 26 (45.61%) SQL
3 24 (42.11%) WebLogic
3 24 (42.11%) Security Cleared
4 19 (33.33%) XML
5 17 (29.82%) PL/SQL
6 16 (28.07%) UML
6 16 (28.07%) ClearCase
6 16 (28.07%) ClearQuest
6 16 (28.07%) Liferay
7 14 (24.56%) IBM
8 13 (22.81%) CSS
8 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
9 12 (21.05%) Telecoms
9 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (19.30%) Spring
10 11 (19.30%) Eclipse
11 10 (17.54%) WebLogic Portal
11 10 (17.54%) JAXP
11 10 (17.54%) SAX
11 10 (17.54%) XSD
11 10 (17.54%) DOM
11 10 (17.54%) XSLT
11 10 (17.54%) J2EE
11 10 (17.54%) JSF
11 10 (17.54%) Hibernate
11 10 (17.54%) XPath
11 10 (17.54%) Oracle 11g
12 8 (14.04%) Finance
13 7 (12.28%) Web Services

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 19 (33.33%) XML
2 13 (22.81%) CSS
3 11 (19.30%) Spring
4 10 (17.54%) JAXP
4 10 (17.54%) SAX
4 10 (17.54%) XSD
4 10 (17.54%) DOM
4 10 (17.54%) XSLT
4 10 (17.54%) J2EE
4 10 (17.54%) JSF
4 10 (17.54%) Hibernate
5 7 (12.28%) Web Services
6 5 (8.772%) Middleware
7 3 (5.263%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (5.263%) HTML
8 2 (3.509%) .NET
8 2 (3.509%) JMS
8 2 (3.509%) XML Schema
8 2 (3.509%) Ajax
8 2 (3.509%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 24 (42.11%) WebLogic
2 16 (28.07%) Liferay
3 10 (17.54%) WebLogic Portal
4 6 (10.53%) IBM Notes
4 6 (10.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (7.018%) SAS
6 2 (3.509%) Apache
6 2 (3.509%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (1.754%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 1 (1.754%) Mule
7 1 (1.754%) ESB
7 1 (1.754%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (1.754%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (1.754%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.754%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.772%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (8.772%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (8.772%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (7.018%) Oracle Payroll
3 3 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (5.263%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (3.509%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (1.754%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (1.754%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) Internet
2 3 (5.263%) HTTP
3 1 (1.754%) Firewall
3 1 (1.754%) SAN
3 1 (1.754%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (7.018%) Oracle Exadata
3 3 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (5.263%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.509%) DB2
4 2 (3.509%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.754%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (1.754%) Ingres
5 1 (1.754%) Informix
5 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (28.07%) ClearCase
1 16 (28.07%) ClearQuest
2 11 (19.30%) Eclipse
3 6 (10.53%) Ant
3 6 (10.53%) Maven
4 3 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (3.509%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 12 (21.05%) Telecoms
2 8 (14.04%) Finance
3 3 (5.263%) General Ledger
4 2 (3.509%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Developer
2 11 (19.30%) Java Developer
3 9 (15.79%) Architect
4 8 (14.04%) Consultant
4 8 (14.04%) Administrator
5 7 (12.28%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (10.53%) Release Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Data Architect
7 5 (8.772%) DBA
7 5 (8.772%) Oracle DBA
7 5 (8.772%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (8.772%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 4 (7.018%) Lead Java Developer
8 4 (7.018%) Lead Developer
9 3 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
10 2 (3.509%) C++ Developer
10 2 (3.509%) Data Analyst
10 2 (3.509%) C++ Software Developer
10 2 (3.509%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.754%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.754%) Replication
1 1 (1.754%) Grid Computing
1 1 (1.754%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Linux
2 5 (8.772%) AIX
3 3 (5.263%) UNIX
3 3 (5.263%) Windows
4 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) UML
2 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
3 6 (10.53%) Migration
3 6 (10.53%) Workflow
3 6 (10.53%) Configuration Management
3 6 (10.53%) Release Management
3 6 (10.53%) Data Migration
4 5 (8.772%) Data Analysis
5 4 (7.018%) RAD
5 4 (7.018%) SOA
5 4 (7.018%) Scrum
5 4 (7.018%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (7.018%) Integration Testing
5 4 (7.018%) Test Scripting
5 4 (7.018%) Dimensional Modelling
5 4 (7.018%) Kanban
6 3 (5.263%) Data Architecture
6 3 (5.263%) Data Management
7 2 (3.509%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 29 (50.88%) Java
2 26 (45.61%) SQL
3 17 (29.82%) PL/SQL
4 10 (17.54%) XPath
5 6 (10.53%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
6 3 (5.263%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.509%) C++
8 1 (1.754%) C#
8 1 (1.754%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.754%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) SLA
1 2 (3.509%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.018%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.754%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) IBM
2 6 (10.53%) Lotus
3 2 (3.509%) JBoss
3 2 (3.509%) Talend
4 1 (1.754%) webMethods
4 1 (1.754%) Mercator
4 1 (1.754%) Informatica
4 1 (1.754%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.754%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.754%) SAP
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