The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle Developer role 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Developer
Rank 85 90 99
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Developer 23 47 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.140% 1.453% 0.813%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.214% 1.560% 0.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 35 11
Average daily rate £363 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+77.77% -47.05%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Oracle Developer
England

Oracle Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Oracle Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Developer Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Oracle Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Devon +8 11 £350 +6.06%
Wiltshire +1 5 £425 -
Gloucestershire +14 4 £400 -15.78%
Somerset +4 2 £275 -41.13%
Bristol +14 1 - -
Oracle Developer
England

Oracle Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Oracle Developer in their job title 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 with Oracle Developer in their job title.

1 60 (100.00%) Oracle
2 40 (66.67%) SQL
3 39 (65.00%) PL/SQL
4 29 (48.33%) Oracle 11g
5 25 (41.67%) TOAD
6 24 (40.00%) Finance
7 23 (38.33%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (35.00%) Middleware
9 20 (33.33%) Data Modelling
10 19 (31.67%) XML
11 18 (30.00%) Oracle 10g
12 17 (28.33%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (26.67%) SOA
14 14 (23.33%) Oracle BI EE
14 14 (23.33%) Oracle Service Bus
15 13 (21.67%) Security Cleared
15 13 (21.67%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (20.00%) Star Schema
16 12 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
17 11 (18.33%) SOAP
18 10 (16.67%) SC Cleared
19 9 (15.00%) Release Management
19 9 (15.00%) UNIX
20 8 (13.33%) Configuration Management
20 8 (13.33%) Degree
21 7 (11.67%) Dimensional Modelling
21 7 (11.67%) Oracle EBS R12
21 7 (11.67%) Oracle Discoverer
21 7 (11.67%) Java
21 7 (11.67%) VB.NET

Oracle Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Oracle Developer in their job title 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 with Oracle Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (35.00%) Middleware
2 19 (31.67%) XML
3 11 (18.33%) SOAP
4 7 (11.67%) .NET
5 6 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (8.333%) Web Services
7 4 (6.667%) J2EE
8 3 (5.000%) Silverlight
8 3 (5.000%) WSDL
9 1 (1.667%) ASP
9 1 (1.667%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.667%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 14 (23.33%) Oracle Service Bus
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 6 (10.00%) AquaLogic
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (8.333%) AquaLogic Service Bus
3 5 (8.333%) MQSeries
4 4 (6.667%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.667%) ESB
5 1 (1.667%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (3.333%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (3.333%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (48.33%) Oracle 11g
2 25 (41.67%) TOAD
3 23 (38.33%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (30.00%) Oracle 10g
5 17 (28.33%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (23.33%) Oracle BI EE
7 12 (20.00%) Star Schema
8 7 (11.67%) Oracle Discoverer
9 4 (6.667%) Oracle OWB
10 3 (5.000%) Essbase
10 3 (5.000%) Data Mart
10 3 (5.000%) Oracle OLAP
10 3 (5.000%) OLAP
11 1 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (1.667%) Informix
Development Applications
1 12 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (10.00%) Git (software)
3 5 (8.333%) Visual Studio
4 3 (5.000%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (1.667%) PVCS
5 1 (1.667%) JDeveloper
General
1 24 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (5.000%) Banking
3 2 (3.333%) Back Office
4 1 (1.667%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.00%) UNIX
2 6 (10.00%) HPUX
3 5 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 16 (26.67%) SOA
3 13 (21.67%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (15.00%) Release Management
5 8 (13.33%) Configuration Management
6 7 (11.67%) Dimensional Modelling
7 6 (10.00%) ERP
7 6 (10.00%) Workflow
7 6 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 5 (8.333%) Business Analysis
8 5 (8.333%) Test Management
8 5 (8.333%) Test Scripting
8 5 (8.333%) OOP
8 5 (8.333%) ETL
9 4 (6.667%) CRM
9 4 (6.667%) OO
9 4 (6.667%) Unit Testing
10 3 (5.000%) Scrum
10 3 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (66.67%) SQL
2 39 (65.00%) PL/SQL
3 7 (11.67%) Java
3 7 (11.67%) VB.NET
4 4 (6.667%) C
5 2 (3.333%) C#
5 2 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (21.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) Degree
4 3 (5.000%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.000%) OCP
4 3 (5.000%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.333%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.000%) Basel II
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (10.00%) HP
2 6 (10.00%) Hyperion
3 3 (5.000%) Stellent
4 2 (3.333%) Informatica
5 1 (1.667%) Teradata
5 1 (1.667%) Siebel
5 1 (1.667%) Mercator