The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle SOA Suite skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle SOA Suite over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Southampton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle SOA Suite
Rank 32 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite 3 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.003% - 1.657%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.000% - 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £325
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
60 33 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 20.07% 14.22% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 16 14
Average daily rate £375 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.57% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £265 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £495 £551
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 8
Average hourly rate £17.63 £37.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.00% +60.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.72 £21.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £96.25 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Oracle SOA Suite
Hampshire

Oracle SOA Suite
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Southampton Oracle SOA Suite Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite across the Southampton region.

Southampton Oracle SOA Suite Daily Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Suite
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite.

1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
1 8 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) JMS
1 8 (100.00%) SOA
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 8 (100.00%) Apache CXF
1 8 (100.00%) Digital Media

Oracle SOA Suite
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Oracle SOA Suite 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 SOA Suite. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) JMS
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 8 (100.00%) Apache CXF
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle