The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 23 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 Stirling 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 10 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 -4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 15 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 13.27% 10.81% 19.05%
As % of the Vendors category 21.74% 30.77% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 9
Average daily rate £413 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.92% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £605
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+30.97% -13.07%
All Vendors
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
69 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 61.06% 35.14% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 6 10
Average daily rate £400 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £135 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £350 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Oracle
Scotland

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling 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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stirling Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 11 (57.89%) Java
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 9 (47.37%) UNIX
2 9 (47.37%) Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Spring
3 6 (31.58%) XML
4 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
4 5 (26.32%) Investment Banking
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (21.05%) J2EE
5 4 (21.05%) JSP
5 4 (21.05%) WebSphere
5 4 (21.05%) Hibernate
6 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
6 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (15.79%) Web Development
6 3 (15.79%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
6 3 (15.79%) Java SE
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Test Management
6 3 (15.79%) System Testing
6 3 (15.79%) JDBC
6 3 (15.79%) Struts
6 3 (15.79%) Sybase

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 6 (31.58%) Spring
1 6 (31.58%) XML
2 4 (21.05%) J2EE
2 4 (21.05%) JSP
2 4 (21.05%) WebSphere
2 4 (21.05%) Hibernate
3 3 (15.79%) Java SE
3 3 (15.79%) JDBC
3 3 (15.79%) Struts
3 3 (15.79%) JMS
4 2 (10.53%) Ajax
4 2 (10.53%) XSLT
4 2 (10.53%) HTML
4 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 2 (10.53%) Java EE
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.263%) jQuery
5 1 (5.263%) JSTL
5 1 (5.263%) Spring MVC
5 1 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.263%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Photoshop
1 1 (5.263%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (5.263%) TOAD
3 1 (5.263%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.263%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.263%) Firebug
2 1 (5.263%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (5.263%) JUnit
2 1 (5.263%) ClearCase
General
1 9 (47.37%) Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Investment Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Developer
2 9 (47.37%) Java Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Tester
3 3 (15.79%) Systems Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.263%) RAD Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Database Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.263%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
1 3 (15.79%) Web Development
1 3 (15.79%) Software Testing
1 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Test Management
1 3 (15.79%) System Testing
1 3 (15.79%) RAD
2 1 (5.263%) Business Development
2 1 (5.263%) UML
2 1 (5.263%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (5.263%) OO
2 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.263%) OOD
2 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (5.263%) TDD
2 1 (5.263%) MVC
2 1 (5.263%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Java
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) Perl
3 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) ISEB
1 3 (15.79%) ISEB Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.263%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Sybase
2 1 (5.263%) JBoss
2 1 (5.263%) IBM
2 1 (5.263%) TIBCO
2 1 (5.263%) Citrix
2 1 (5.263%) MKS