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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 10 11 8
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 210 331 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.19% 10.02% 10.83%
As % of the Vendors category 23.36% 23.73% 24.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 186 144
Average daily rate £400 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £308 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.14% -23.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -15.67%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
899 1395 1222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.62% 42.23% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 802 562
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £271 £204
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 56 101 111
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.10 £50.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 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
Wiltshire 0 51 £425 -
Bristol +13 32 £415 +38.33%
Somerset +3 30 £310 -20.25%
Dorset +4 28 £413 +13.79%
Devon +1 28 £350 +3.70%
Gloucestershire -5 21 £375 -15.49%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 225 (41.98%) SQL
2 157 (29.29%) Java
3 143 (26.68%) Security Cleared
4 131 (24.44%) Finance
5 115 (21.46%) PL/SQL
6 111 (20.71%) Linux
7 110 (20.52%) .NET
8 98 (18.28%) SQL Server
8 98 (18.28%) XML
9 92 (17.16%) ITIL
9 92 (17.16%) Oracle 11g
10 91 (16.98%) Microsoft
11 84 (15.67%) UNIX
12 83 (15.49%) JavaScript
13 81 (15.11%) C#
14 72 (13.43%) Oracle 10g
14 72 (13.43%) Data Warehouse
14 72 (13.43%) SC Cleared
15 70 (13.06%) VB.NET
16 66 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
17 64 (11.94%) UML
18 63 (11.75%) C
19 61 (11.38%) Oracle EBS R12
20 60 (11.19%) Agile Software Development
20 60 (11.19%) Middleware
21 59 (11.01%) Web Services
21 59 (11.01%) DV Cleared
22 57 (10.63%) ASP.NET
22 57 (10.63%) Oracle EBS
22 57 (10.63%) Service Management

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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
1 110 (20.52%) .NET
2 98 (18.28%) XML
3 60 (11.19%) Middleware
4 59 (11.01%) Web Services
5 57 (10.63%) ASP.NET
6 56 (10.45%) HTML
7 45 (8.396%) .NET Framework
8 34 (6.343%) ASP
9 30 (5.597%) CSS
10 28 (5.224%) jQuery
11 25 (4.664%) Spring
11 25 (4.664%) J2EE
12 22 (4.104%) JMS
12 22 (4.104%) Hibernate
13 19 (3.545%) SOAP
13 19 (3.545%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (3.358%) EJB
14 18 (3.358%) XSLT
15 17 (3.172%) Drools
16 16 (2.985%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 42 (7.836%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.343%) Oracle Application Server
3 32 (5.970%) IIS
4 26 (4.851%) WebLogic
5 25 (4.664%) OpenROAD
6 20 (3.731%) Oracle Service Bus
7 17 (3.172%) Oracle 10gAS
8 16 (2.985%) Oracle Workflow
9 14 (2.612%) GlassFish
10 13 (2.425%) Apache
11 11 (2.052%) Tomcat
12 10 (1.866%) MQSeries
13 9 (1.679%) ESB
14 7 (1.306%) Windows Azure
14 7 (1.306%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 7 (1.306%) AquaLogic
15 6 (1.119%) AquaLogic Service Bus
15 6 (1.119%) Amazon AWS
15 6 (1.119%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.933%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 29 (5.410%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.493%) MS Office
3 7 (1.306%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.933%) MS Project
5 3 (0.560%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.373%) ArcInfo
7 1 (0.187%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 61 (11.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 57 (10.63%) Oracle EBS
3 27 (5.037%) Oracle Applications
4 24 (4.478%) Oracle 11i
5 10 (1.866%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (1.679%) Oracle CRM
7 8 (1.493%) Oracle HRMS
7 8 (1.493%) Oracle Payroll
8 7 (1.306%) Lawson
9 5 (0.933%) Oracle BPM
9 5 (0.933%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.560%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.560%) Agresso
10 3 (0.560%) BusinessWorks
11 2 (0.373%) Maximo
12 1 (0.187%) Hyperion Planning
12 1 (0.187%) Cognos Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.187%) AWD
12 1 (0.187%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.836%) SAN
2 27 (5.037%) WAN
3 26 (4.851%) VPN
4 25 (4.664%) Internet
4 25 (4.664%) LAN
5 23 (4.291%) NAS
6 16 (2.985%) Firewall
7 8 (1.493%) LDAP
7 8 (1.493%) HTTP
8 7 (1.306%) MPLS
8 7 (1.306%) DHCP
8 7 (1.306%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.306%) SSL
8 7 (1.306%) DNS
9 4 (0.746%) VoIP
10 3 (0.560%) Network Security
11 2 (0.373%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.373%) IPsec
11 2 (0.373%) VLAN
12 1 (0.187%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (18.28%) SQL Server
2 92 (17.16%) Oracle 11g
3 72 (13.43%) Oracle 10g
3 72 (13.43%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (9.328%) Oracle BI EE
5 48 (8.955%) Oracle Reports
6 43 (8.022%) TOAD
7 35 (6.530%) MySQL
8 29 (5.410%) Ingres
9 24 (4.478%) RDBMS
10 21 (3.918%) QlikView
10 21 (3.918%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (3.731%) Oracle 8/8i
11 20 (3.731%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (3.172%) Star Schema
12 17 (3.172%) SQL Server 2008
13 15 (2.799%) SQLPlus
14 14 (2.612%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 12 (2.239%) Oracle Discoverer
16 11 (2.052%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 28 (5.224%) Subversion
2 26 (4.851%) Visual Studio
3 23 (4.291%) Oracle Forms
4 21 (3.918%) Git (software)
5 19 (3.545%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (3.358%) Maven
7 15 (2.799%) NUnit
7 15 (2.799%) MSTest
8 14 (2.612%) Jenkins
9 12 (2.239%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.239%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 12 (2.239%) CruiseControl
10 10 (1.866%) Eclipse
11 9 (1.679%) JDeveloper
12 8 (1.493%) JMeter
12 8 (1.493%) JIRA
13 5 (0.933%) Selenium
13 5 (0.933%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.933%) ERwin
14 4 (0.746%) Spring Roo
General
1 131 (24.44%) Finance
2 24 (4.478%) Retail
3 22 (4.104%) Banking
4 12 (2.239%) Telecoms
5 10 (1.866%) Back Office
6 4 (0.746%) Retail Banking
7 3 (0.560%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.373%) General Ledger
8 2 (0.373%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (0.373%) Law
9 1 (0.187%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.187%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 243 (45.34%) Developer
2 78 (14.55%) Analyst
3 68 (12.69%) Consultant
4 63 (11.75%) Oracle Developer
5 43 (8.022%) .NET Developer
6 41 (7.649%) Oracle Consultant
7 38 (7.090%) Java Developer
8 36 (6.716%) Architect
8 36 (6.716%) Analyst Developer
9 34 (6.343%) DBA
10 26 (4.851%) Oracle DBA
11 24 (4.478%) Senior Developer
11 24 (4.478%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 21 (3.918%) Senior Analyst
13 19 (3.545%) C# Developer
13 19 (3.545%) Team Leader
13 19 (3.545%) C# .NET Developer
14 18 (3.358%) Infrastructure Team Leader
15 17 (3.172%) Administrator
15 17 (3.172%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.358%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.799%) RIA
3 11 (2.052%) Mobile App
4 9 (1.679%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.306%) IaaS
5 7 (1.306%) iPad
5 7 (1.306%) PaaS
5 7 (1.306%) Blackberry
6 6 (1.119%) EPoS
6 6 (1.119%) Replication
6 6 (1.119%) Digital Media
6 6 (1.119%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (0.933%) Data Conversion
7 5 (0.933%) Data Integration
7 5 (0.933%) Clustering
8 3 (0.560%) Cryptography
8 3 (0.560%) NHS
9 2 (0.373%) AS400
9 2 (0.373%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.373%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 111 (20.71%) Linux
2 84 (15.67%) UNIX
3 56 (10.45%) Windows
4 21 (3.918%) Solaris
5 19 (3.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (2.612%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.425%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (1.493%) Android
9 7 (1.306%) Windows Phone
9 7 (1.306%) HPUX
10 6 (1.119%) AIX
10 6 (1.119%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.746%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.746%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.746%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.560%) CentOS
12 3 (0.560%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.373%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.373%) BlackBerry OS
13 2 (0.373%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (17.16%) ITIL
2 66 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
3 64 (11.94%) UML
4 60 (11.19%) Agile Software Development
5 57 (10.63%) Service Management
6 49 (9.142%) SOA
7 46 (8.582%) Configuration Management
8 45 (8.396%) ETL
9 41 (7.649%) OO
10 39 (7.276%) Unit Testing
11 37 (6.903%) Migration
11 37 (6.903%) PRINCE2
12 36 (6.716%) Scrum
13 32 (5.970%) Data Modelling
14 27 (5.037%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (4.851%) Workflow
16 25 (4.664%) ITSM
16 25 (4.664%) ERP
17 24 (4.478%) Service Delivery
18 23 (4.291%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 225 (41.98%) SQL
2 157 (29.29%) Java
3 115 (21.46%) PL/SQL
4 83 (15.49%) JavaScript
5 81 (15.11%) C#
6 70 (13.06%) VB.NET
7 63 (11.75%) C
8 54 (10.07%) VB
9 39 (7.276%) C++
10 21 (3.918%) Shell Script
11 18 (3.358%) Scala
12 17 (3.172%) XQuery
13 12 (2.239%) PHP
13 12 (2.239%) XPath
14 10 (1.866%) Perl
14 10 (1.866%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.679%) VB6
15 9 (1.679%) Python
16 8 (1.493%) Delphi
17 7 (1.306%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 143 (26.68%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.43%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.01%) DV Cleared
4 44 (8.209%) Degree
5 40 (7.463%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (6.716%) ISEB
7 17 (3.172%) MCP
8 13 (2.425%) Oracle Certification
9 12 (2.239%) MCPD
9 12 (2.239%) MCTS
10 11 (2.052%) MCSD
11 8 (1.493%) MCAD
12 7 (1.306%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.119%) OCP
14 4 (0.746%) MCSA
14 4 (0.746%) OCA
14 4 (0.746%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.746%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.560%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.560%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.239%) QA
2 9 (1.679%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.493%) Basel II
4 7 (1.306%) SLA
5 4 (0.746%) TickIT
6 3 (0.560%) COBIT
6 3 (0.560%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.373%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.187%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.187%) Solvency II
System Software
1 39 (7.276%) Oracle RAC
2 29 (5.410%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.918%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.493%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (1.306%) vSphere
6 2 (0.373%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.187%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.187%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.187%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.187%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (1.493%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 8 (1.493%) Data Guard
2 7 (1.306%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (0.746%) Tivoli
3 4 (0.746%) Puppet
4 2 (0.373%) Netcool
4 2 (0.373%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.187%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.187%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.187%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.716%) VMware
3 26 (4.851%) Siebel
4 23 (4.291%) JBoss
5 22 (4.104%) Informatica
6 20 (3.731%) Red Hat
7 17 (3.172%) Cisco
8 16 (2.985%) Hyperion
9 15 (2.799%) IBM
10 14 (2.612%) Sun
11 11 (2.052%) Business Objects
12 10 (1.866%) HP
13 9 (1.679%) Symantec
13 9 (1.679%) SAP
14 7 (1.306%) Fiserv
14 7 (1.306%) Kronos
15 6 (1.119%) Apple
15 6 (1.119%) ATG
16 5 (0.933%) Sencha
16 5 (0.933%) Dell
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