Suffolk Oracle Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Driffield Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Johnstone Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Queensferry Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochester Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	6
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	21	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	22.58 %	20.00 %
Daily rates quoted	3	11
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£373
Average daily rate	£287	£385
% change on same period last year	-25.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£295	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£368
% change on same period last year	+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.08	-
Average hourly rate	£28.39	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.70	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.43	£31.74
% change on same period last year	+5.34 %
Vendors Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads	93	145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.123 %	0.144 %
Daily rates quoted	18	30
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£321
Average daily rate	£303	£335
% change on same period last year	-9.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.41	£23.76
Average hourly rate	£26.84	£24.28
% change on same period last year	+10.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.27	£24.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
Oracle East of 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Ipswich	-3	13	£218	-44.93 %
Bury St Edmunds	-1	4	£425	-

Oracle East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 21 (40.38 %) SQL Server 2 15 (28.85 %) SQL 3 12 (23.08 %) PL/SQL 3 12 (23.08 %) .NET 3 12 (23.08 %) UNIX 3 12 (23.08 %) Linux 4 11 (21.15 %) WebServices 4 11 (21.15 %) C# 4 11 (21.15 %) Solaris 5 10 (19.23 %) ITIL 5 10 (19.23 %) Finance 6 9 (17.31 %) HP 6 9 (17.31 %) SAN 6 9 (17.31 %) HPUX 6 9 (17.31 %) C++

7 8 (15.38 %) Java 7 8 (15.38 %) VB.NET 7 8 (15.38 %) MS Excel 7 8 (15.38 %) Cisco 7 8 (15.38 %) AJAX 8 7 (13.46 %) SNIA Certification 8 7 (13.46 %) Brocade 8 7 (13.46 %) HP Data Protector 8 7 (13.46 %) Sun 8 7 (13.46 %) OpenView 8 7 (13.46 %) MS Exchange 8 7 (13.46 %) Lotus Notes 8 7 (13.46 %) Lotus Domino 8 7 (13.46 %) Informix 8 7 (13.46 %) AIX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 12 (23.08 %) .NET 2 11 (21.15 %) WebServices 3 8 (15.38 %) AJAX 4 6 (11.54 %) ASP.NET 4 6 (11.54 %) J2EE 5 5 (9.615 %) .NET Framework 6 4 (7.692 %) HTML 7 3 (5.769 %) SOAP 7 3 (5.769 %) Spring 7 3 (5.769 %) Spring MVC 8 2 (3.846 %) WinForms 8 2 (3.846 %) WebSphere 8 2 (3.846 %) MVC 8 2 (3.846 %) CSS 9 1 (1.923 %) XHTML 9 1 (1.923 %) JSP 9 1 (1.923 %) Servlets 9 1 (1.923 %) EJB 9 1 (1.923 %) Struts 9 1 (1.923 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 7 (13.46 %) MS Exchange 1 7 (13.46 %) Lotus Notes 1 7 (13.46 %) Lotus Domino 2 6 (11.54 %) Apache 3 5 (9.615 %) WebLogic 4 4 (7.692 %) Oracle Workflow 4 4 (7.692 %) Tomcat 5 3 (5.769 %) JBoss 5 3 (5.769 %) IIS 5 3 (5.769 %) Office Project Server 6 2 (3.846 %) SharePoint 7 1 (1.923 %) JRun 7 1 (1.923 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (1.923 %) Jetty 7 1 (1.923 %) Resin
Applications 1 8 (15.38 %) MS Excel 2 3 (5.769 %) MS Project 3 1 (1.923 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 5 (9.615 %) Oracle Financials 2 4 (7.692 %) Oracle EBS 3 3 (5.769 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (1.923 %) Oracle 11i 4 1 (1.923 %) MFGPRO 4 1 (1.923 %) Oracle BRM 4 1 (1.923 %) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking 1 9 (17.31 %) SAN 2 6 (11.54 %) CTI 3 5 (9.615 %) TETRA 4 2 (3.846 %) Internet 4 2 (3.846 %) LDAP 4 2 (3.846 %) FTP 5 1 (1.923 %) VoIP 5 1 (1.923 %) SSL 5 1 (1.923 %) BSS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 21 (40.38 %) SQL Server 2 7 (13.46 %) Informix 3 6 (11.54 %) Oracle 10g 4 4 (7.692 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (5.769 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 3 (5.769 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 2 (3.846 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (1.923 %) ETL 7 1 (1.923 %) RDBMS 7 1 (1.923 %) Oracle 9i 7 1 (1.923 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 2 (3.846 %) Subversion 1 2 (3.846 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (3.846 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 2 (3.846 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.923 %) Ant 2 1 (1.923 %) StarTeam	General 1 10 (19.23 %) Finance 2 4 (7.692 %) Government 2 4 (7.692 %) Telecoms 3 3 (5.769 %) Local Government 4 1 (1.923 %) Games 4 1 (1.923 %) Banking 4 1 (1.923 %) Billing 4 1 (1.923 %) Insurance 4 1 (1.923 %) FMCG
Job Titles 1 16 (30.77 %) Developer 2 7 (13.46 %) Storage Analyst 2 7 (13.46 %) Analyst 2 7 (13.46 %) Support Analyst 3 5 (9.615 %) DBA 3 5 (9.615 %) Java Developer 4 4 (7.692 %) Oracle Trainer 4 4 (7.692 %) Oracle DBA 4 4 (7.692 %) Consultant 4 4 (7.692 %) Administrator 4 4 (7.692 %) Trainer 5 3 (5.769 %) Software Developer 5 3 (5.769 %) Oracle Developer 6 2 (3.846 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 2 (3.846 %) Oracle Financials Consultant 6 2 (3.846 %) Oracle Applications DBA 6 2 (3.846 %) UNIX Administrator 6 2 (3.846 %) Oracle Consultant 6 2 (3.846 %) .NET Developer 6 2 (3.846 %) UNIX Systems Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 6 (11.54 %) Client/Server 2 1 (1.923 %) N-Tier 2 1 (1.923 %) Replication 2 1 (1.923 %) e-Health
Operating Systems 1 12 (23.08 %) UNIX 1 12 (23.08 %) Linux 2 11 (21.15 %) Solaris 3 9 (17.31 %) HPUX 4 7 (13.46 %) AIX 5 4 (7.692 %) Red Hat Linux 5 4 (7.692 %) Windows 6 2 (3.846 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 2 (3.846 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (19.23 %) ITIL 2 4 (7.692 %) QMS 2 4 (7.692 %) Workflow 2 4 (7.692 %) Project Management 2 4 (7.692 %) SOA 3 3 (5.769 %) SC Cleared 3 3 (5.769 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (3.846 %) Programme Management 4 2 (3.846 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (3.846 %) OOP 5 1 (1.923 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (1.923 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (1.923 %) UML 5 1 (1.923 %) Business Continuity 5 1 (1.923 %) Scrum 5 1 (1.923 %) Document Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Supply Chain Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Supplier Management
Programming Languages 1 15 (28.85 %) SQL 2 12 (23.08 %) PL/SQL 3 11 (21.15 %) C# 4 9 (17.31 %) C++ 5 8 (15.38 %) Java 5 8 (15.38 %) VB.NET 6 2 (3.846 %) Shell Script 6 2 (3.846 %) DHTML 7 1 (1.923 %) C	Qualifications 1 7 (13.46 %) SNIA Certification 1 7 (13.46 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (1.923 %) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software 1 7 (13.46 %) NetBackup 2 2 (3.846 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 7 (13.46 %) HP Data Protector 1 7 (13.46 %) OpenView 1 7 (13.46 %) Legato 2 1 (1.923 %) Netcool 2 1 (1.923 %) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors 1 9 (17.31 %) HP 2 8 (15.38 %) Cisco 3 7 (13.46 %) Brocade 3 7 (13.46 %) Sun 3 7 (13.46 %) EMC 3 7 (13.46 %) VERITAS 3 7 (13.46 %) Lotus 4 4 (7.692 %) Red Hat 5 3 (5.769 %) Microsoft 6 2 (3.846 %) Peregrine 6 2 (3.846 %) BEA 7 1 (1.923 %) CA 7 1 (1.923 %) Hyperion 7 1 (1.923 %) Citrix 7 1 (1.923 %) TIBCO