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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank108
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads372514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.491 %0.545 %
As % of the category below22.41 %26.08 %
Daily rates quoted123111
Average minimum daily rate£377£356
Average daily rate£406£381
% change on same period last year+6.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£366
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Hourly rates quoted2519
Average minimum hourly rate£33.92£32.14
Average hourly rate£37.40£34.12
% change on same period last year+9.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.88£36.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.15£32.43
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Vendors South WestVendors
South West
Matching contract IT job ads16601971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.189 %2.091 %
Daily rates quoted458440
Average minimum daily rate£346£334
Average daily rate£372£357
% change on same period last year+4.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted243233
Average minimum hourly rate£22.63£21.88
Average hourly rate£24.24£23.29
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.86£24.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

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

South West Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Oracle within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
WiltshireUp+5129£385-2.58 %
SomersetUp+452£571+81.73 %
BristolDown-444£388+5.20 %
DorsetUp+140£421+5.02 %
GloucestershireDown-525--
DevonDown-224£377-0.25 %
AvonUp+62--
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1324 (37.24 %)SQL
2172 (19.77 %)Oracle 10g
3171 (19.66 %)PL/SQL
4170 (19.54 %)Security Cleared
5146 (16.78 %)Java
6140 (16.09 %)Unix
7126 (14.48 %)XML
8121 (13.91 %)SC Cleared
9113 (12.99 %)SQL Server
10109 (12.53 %)Oracle Reports
11108 (12.41 %)Finance
12104 (11.95 %)Oracle 9i
13100 (11.49 %)J2EE
13100 (11.49 %)Windows
1497 (11.15 %)Business Intelligence
1596 (11.03 %)Oracle Discoverer
1692 (10.57 %)Government
1788 (10.11 %)Datawarehouse
1876 (8.736 %).NET
1974 (8.506 %)C#
2064 (7.356 %)Solaris
2163 (7.241 %)Oracle Forms
2262 (7.126 %)Migration
2360 (6.897 %)Microsoft
2457 (6.552 %)Linux
2457 (6.552 %)JavaScript
2554 (6.207 %)ETL
2653 (6.092 %)WebLogic
2653 (6.092 %)OLAP
2653 (6.092 %)PRINCE2

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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
1126 (14.48 %)XML
2100 (11.49 %)J2EE
376 (8.736 %).NET
451 (5.862 %)WebServices
548 (5.517 %)Hibernate
646 (5.287 %)Spring
744 (5.057 %)Struts
744 (5.057 %)HTML
842 (4.828 %)EJB
925 (2.874 %)WebSphere
1024 (2.759 %)SOAP
1123 (2.644 %)ASP.NET
1123 (2.644 %)WinForms
1220 (2.299 %)JSF
1220 (2.299 %)CSS
1220 (2.299 %)XSLT
1319 (2.184 %)JSP
1412 (1.379 %)JDBC
1412 (1.379 %)WSDL
1412 (1.379 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
153 (6.092 %)WebLogic
236 (4.138 %)Oracle Application Server
324 (2.759 %)Lotus Notes
421 (2.414 %)Apache
421 (2.414 %)SAS
520 (2.299 %)SharePoint
520 (2.299 %)Oracle Spatial
615 (1.724 %)JBoss
714 (1.609 %)Oracle 10gAS
810 (1.149 %)Oracle Workflow
810 (1.149 %)WebLogic Portal
99 (1.034 %)Tomcat
108 (0.920 %)WebSphere Application Server
108 (0.920 %)SharePoint Server 2007
116 (0.690 %)ArcGIS
116 (0.690 %)IIS
116 (0.690 %)Oracle 9iAS
125 (0.575 %)NetWeaver
134 (0.460 %)ArcIMS
134 (0.460 %)ArcSDE
Applications
149 (5.632 %)MS Office
212 (1.379 %)MS Excel
35 (0.575 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.345 %)MS Visio
43 (0.345 %)Acrobat
52 (0.230 %)MS Project
61 (0.115 %)InfoPath
61 (0.115 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
137 (4.253 %)Oracle EBS
226 (2.989 %)Oracle Financials
318 (2.069 %)Oracle 11i
318 (2.069 %)Siebel Analytics
415 (1.724 %)Oracle Applications
59 (1.034 %)Oracle HRMS
59 (1.034 %)Oracle ERP
66 (0.690 %)Summit
73 (0.345 %)SAP CRM
73 (0.345 %)Oracle CRM
73 (0.345 %)SAP HR
82 (0.230 %)Oracle BRM
91 (0.115 %)Oracle Payroll
91 (0.115 %)Academy Housing
91 (0.115 %)arcHouse
91 (0.115 %)WebTrends
91 (0.115 %)Singl.eView
Communications & Networking
130 (3.448 %)WAN
229 (3.333 %)LAN
323 (2.644 %)TCP/IP
416 (1.839 %)SAN
514 (1.609 %)Internet
69 (1.034 %)Firewall
78 (0.920 %)NetScreen
86 (0.690 %)LLU
86 (0.690 %)iSCSI
94 (0.460 %)Broadband
103 (0.345 %)HTTP
103 (0.345 %)Intranet
112 (0.230 %)DSL
112 (0.230 %)TELNET
112 (0.230 %)DNS
112 (0.230 %)BIG-IP
121 (0.115 %)DAB
121 (0.115 %)Wireless
121 (0.115 %)Frame Relay
121 (0.115 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1172 (19.77 %)Oracle 10g
2113 (12.99 %)SQL Server
3109 (12.53 %)Oracle Reports
4104 (11.95 %)Oracle 9i
596 (11.03 %)Oracle Discoverer
688 (10.11 %)Datawarehouse
754 (6.207 %)ETL
853 (6.092 %)OLAP
853 (6.092 %)Oracle OLAP
947 (5.402 %)Oracle 8/8i
1044 (5.057 %)Oracle BI EE
1141 (4.713 %)Oracle OWB
1233 (3.793 %)RDBMS
1327 (3.103 %)OLTP
1424 (2.759 %)SQL Server 2005
1523 (2.644 %)InterBase
1523 (2.644 %)TOAD
1523 (2.644 %)Cognos Impromptu
1622 (2.529 %)BusinessObjects
1719 (2.184 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
163 (7.241 %)Oracle Forms
233 (3.793 %)Eclipse
332 (3.678 %)Ant
430 (3.448 %)Oracle APEX
524 (2.759 %)JUnit
69 (1.034 %)Visual Studio
78 (0.920 %)TestDirector
86 (0.690 %)WinRunner
95 (0.575 %)QuickTest Pro
95 (0.575 %)Dreamweaver
95 (0.575 %)Flash
95 (0.575 %)Subversion
104 (0.460 %)Oracle Developer 2000
104 (0.460 %)NUnit
113 (0.345 %)ClearCase
113 (0.345 %)VSS/SourceSafe
113 (0.345 %)SilkPerformer
113 (0.345 %)Oracle Designer/2000
122 (0.230 %)JDeveloper
122 (0.230 %)ClearQuest
General
1108 (12.41 %)Finance
292 (10.57 %)Government
335 (4.023 %)Insurance
428 (3.218 %)Military
518 (2.069 %)Telecoms
610 (1.149 %)Banking
79 (1.034 %)Pensions
88 (0.920 %)Construction
97 (0.805 %)Health
106 (0.690 %)Investment Banking
115 (0.575 %)Education
115 (0.575 %)Retail
115 (0.575 %)Pharmaceutical
124 (0.460 %)Billing
133 (0.345 %)Aerospace
142 (0.230 %)Legal
142 (0.230 %)General Ledger
142 (0.230 %)Retail Banking
151 (0.115 %)Marketing
151 (0.115 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
1343 (39.43 %)Developer
2139 (15.98 %)Analyst
3122 (14.02 %)Oracle Developer
4102 (11.72 %)DBA
590 (10.34 %)Oracle DBA
669 (7.931 %)Java Developer
763 (7.241 %)Consultant
846 (5.287 %)Project Manager
935 (4.023 %)C# Developer
1030 (3.448 %)Administrator
1129 (3.333 %)Business Analyst
1129 (3.333 %)Oracle Consultant
1226 (2.989 %)Programmer
1325 (2.874 %)Architect
1422 (2.529 %).NET Developer
1422 (2.529 %)Oracle Analyst
1520 (2.299 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1520 (2.299 %)Software Developer
1616 (1.839 %)Systems Analyst
1616 (1.839 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
125 (2.874 %)Management Information System
214 (1.609 %)Asset Management
313 (1.494 %)Client/Server
48 (0.920 %)NHS
57 (0.805 %)Replication
66 (0.690 %)N-Tier
75 (0.575 %)Computer Science
75 (0.575 %)Freedom of Information
84 (0.460 %)Clustering
84 (0.460 %)Data Extraction
93 (0.345 %)Mainframe
102 (0.230 %)Thin Client
102 (0.230 %)IPTV
102 (0.230 %)Fat Client
111 (0.115 %)Celerra
111 (0.115 %)Taxonomies
111 (0.115 %)French Language
111 (0.115 %)CLARiiON
111 (0.115 %)HACMP
111 (0.115 %)NPfIT
Operating Systems
1140 (16.09 %)Unix
2100 (11.49 %)Windows
364 (7.356 %)Solaris
457 (6.552 %)Linux
510 (1.149 %)Windows NT
68 (0.920 %)Windows XP
68 (0.920 %)HPUX
68 (0.920 %)SUSE
77 (0.805 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (0.690 %)Windows 2000
86 (0.690 %)AIX
91 (0.115 %)VMS
91 (0.115 %)Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1170 (19.54 %)Security Cleared
2121 (13.91 %)SC Cleared
397 (11.15 %)Business Intelligence
462 (7.126 %)Migration
553 (6.092 %)PRINCE2
645 (5.172 %)Data Modelling
744 (5.057 %)Data Migration
839 (4.483 %)DV Cleared
839 (4.483 %)OO
938 (4.368 %)UML
938 (4.368 %)Project Management
1032 (3.678 %)Data Analysis
1128 (3.218 %)ITIL
1227 (3.103 %)Unit Testing
1325 (2.874 %)DSDM
1424 (2.759 %)ERP
1424 (2.759 %)Business Analysis
1522 (2.529 %)CRM
1620 (2.299 %)Continuous Integration
1719 (2.184 %)RAD
Programming Languages
1324 (37.24 %)SQL
2171 (19.66 %)PL/SQL
3146 (16.78 %)Java
474 (8.506 %)C#
557 (6.552 %)JavaScript
634 (3.908 %)Shell Script
732 (3.678 %)C
813 (1.494 %)C++
910 (1.149 %)VB.NET
109 (1.034 %)VB
117 (0.805 %)VB6
126 (0.690 %)Transact-SQL
135 (0.575 %)DHTML
144 (0.460 %)Perl
144 (0.460 %)VBA
153 (0.345 %)Ada
162 (0.230 %)XQuery
162 (0.230 %)PHP5
162 (0.230 %)PHP4
162 (0.230 %)PHP
Qualifications
115 (1.724 %)Degree
214 (1.609 %)ISEB
312 (1.379 %)PRINCE2 Certification
48 (0.920 %)Sun Certification
56 (0.690 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (0.575 %)MCP
65 (0.575 %)MCSE
74 (0.460 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
74 (0.460 %)Oracle Certification
82 (0.230 %)CCNA
82 (0.230 %)Cisco Certification
82 (0.230 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.230 %)CIMA
91 (0.115 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.115 %)OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.264 %)QA
28 (0.920 %)BS7799
35 (0.575 %)ISO9000
44 (0.460 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.460 %)JSP 440
52 (0.230 %)BS7666
52 (0.230 %)SLA
61 (0.115 %)Basel II
System Software
130 (3.448 %)Oracle RAC
221 (2.414 %)Oracle RMAN
314 (1.609 %)Active Directory
410 (1.149 %)NetBackup
55 (0.575 %)NFS
64 (0.460 %)VMware ESX
73 (0.345 %)ISA Server
73 (0.345 %)VMware GSX
73 (0.345 %)VMware Infrastructure
73 (0.345 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
82 (0.230 %)AquaLogic
91 (0.115 %)Backup Exec
91 (0.115 %)ClearTrust
Systems Management
111 (1.264 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
29 (1.034 %)Netcool
34 (0.460 %)EMC Navisphere
34 (0.460 %)Unicenter
43 (0.345 %)Netcool/Proviso
52 (0.230 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (0.230 %)Tivoli
52 (0.230 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.115 %)OpenView
Vendors
160 (6.897 %)Microsoft
226 (2.989 %)BEA
324 (2.759 %)Lotus
324 (2.759 %)Sun
423 (2.644 %)Citrix
423 (2.644 %)IBM
522 (2.529 %)Business Objects
621 (2.414 %)HP
720 (2.299 %)Siebel
819 (2.184 %)SAP
917 (1.954 %)Cisco
1016 (1.839 %)VMware
1114 (1.609 %)VERITAS
1211 (1.264 %)Informatica
1211 (1.264 %)PeopleSoft
1211 (1.264 %)Sybase
1310 (1.149 %)Remedy
1310 (1.149 %)ESRI
147 (0.805 %)EMC
156 (0.690 %)NetApp
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