The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Certification in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the South West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Certification
Rank 103 - 118
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle Certification 8 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.388% - 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.303% - 0.289%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £337 £250
% change year-on-year
+11.27% +34.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £45.00
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
614 1044 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.79% 31.61% 25.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 558 314
Average daily rate £381 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £545 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 76 53
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Oracle Certification
England

Oracle Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Oracle Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Certification Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Certification within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Somerset - 7 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £425 -
Oracle Certification
England

Oracle Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Oracle Certification 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 Certification.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (53.85%) SLA
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) OCP
4 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 5 (38.46%) PRINCE2
5 4 (30.77%) PL/SQL
5 4 (30.77%) MCSA
5 4 (30.77%) OCA
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 4 (30.77%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (23.08%) Release Management
6 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (23.08%) Workflow
6 3 (23.08%) Stellent
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (23.08%) Scrum

Oracle Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Oracle Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (23.08%) Middleware
1 3 (23.08%) J2EE
1 3 (23.08%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Workflow
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2012
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) DBA
2 7 (53.85%) Administrator
3 6 (46.15%) Oracle DBA
4 4 (30.77%) SQL DBA
4 4 (30.77%) Teradata DBA
5 3 (23.08%) Oracle Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Oracle DBA
6 2 (15.38%) Senior DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) UNIX
3 1 (7.692%) Solaris
3 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
1 5 (38.46%) PRINCE2
2 3 (23.08%) Release Management
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
2 3 (23.08%) Workflow
2 3 (23.08%) Scrum
2 3 (23.08%) Change Management
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
2 3 (23.08%) SOA
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
4 1 (7.692%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) PL/SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) OCP
2 4 (30.77%) MCSA
2 4 (30.77%) OCA
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) SLA
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Stellent
2 3 (23.08%) Hyperion