The first table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Swindon 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Rank 31 31 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 7 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.545% 2.762% 2.532%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.974% 9.259% 8.421%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 6
Average daily rate £425 £431 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.44% +11.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £334
% change year-on-year
- +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -2.40%
All Programming Languages
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
78 108 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 28.36% 29.83% 30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 75 47
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £216 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £502 £450 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
Average hourly rate £13.00 £32.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% -2.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £32.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £32.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PL/SQL
Wiltshire

PL/SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Swindon PL/SQL Jobs Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the Swindon region.

Swindon PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the Swindon region.

Swindon PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1 22 (100.00%) SQL
2 21 (95.45%) Oracle
3 17 (77.27%) Finance
4 16 (72.73%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (54.55%) Workflow
5 12 (54.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 11 (50.00%) SOA
6 11 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (45.45%) ETL
7 10 (45.45%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (40.91%) Migration
8 9 (40.91%) Linux
8 9 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (40.91%) Data Migration
9 8 (36.36%) Oracle BI EE
9 8 (36.36%) BPEL
9 8 (36.36%) ESB
9 8 (36.36%) CRM
9 8 (36.36%) JDeveloper
9 8 (36.36%) XQuery
9 8 (36.36%) Shell Script
9 8 (36.36%) XSLT
9 8 (36.36%) E-business
10 6 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (22.73%) Data Conversion
11 5 (22.73%) Informatica
11 5 (22.73%) Siebel
12 4 (18.18%) Middleware
12 4 (18.18%) WebLogic
12 4 (18.18%) Content Management

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (36.36%) XSLT
2 4 (18.18%) Middleware
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (18.18%) WebCenter
3 3 (13.64%) J2EE
3 3 (13.64%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (54.55%) Oracle Workflow
2 8 (36.36%) ESB
3 4 (18.18%) WebLogic
4 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle HRMS
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (4.545%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (45.45%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (36.36%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (9.091%) MS Access
5 1 (4.545%) Star Schema
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) JDeveloper
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (77.27%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Consultant
3 7 (31.82%) Oracle Consultant
4 5 (22.73%) OBIEE Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Oracle Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Database Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (9.091%) Data Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Data Migration Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 2 (9.091%) Oracle Applications Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Technical Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Oracle BI Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 1 (4.545%) E-Business Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Oracle Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) MicroStrategy Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Data Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Data Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Data Conversion
2 1 (4.545%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Workflow
2 11 (50.00%) SOA
3 10 (45.45%) ETL
4 9 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (40.91%) Migration
4 9 (40.91%) Data Migration
5 8 (36.36%) E-business
5 8 (36.36%) BPEL
5 8 (36.36%) CRM
6 6 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Scrum
7 4 (18.18%) Content Management
8 3 (13.64%) ERP
9 2 (9.091%) ITIL
9 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
9 2 (9.091%) Change Management
9 2 (9.091%) Release Management
9 2 (9.091%) Performance Testing
9 2 (9.091%) Performance Management
10 1 (4.545%) ETRM
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) XQuery
2 8 (36.36%) Shell Script
3 3 (13.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (9.091%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Oracle
2 5 (22.73%) Siebel
2 5 (22.73%) Informatica
3 4 (18.18%) Kofax
4 2 (9.091%) Stellent
4 2 (9.091%) Hyperion
5 1 (4.545%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (4.545%) Trayport
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