The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Telford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors for the Telford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 5 2 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing Oracle 14 28 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 14.43% 31.82% 13.79%
As % of the Vendors category 20.29% 49.12% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 2
Average daily rate £473 £338 £473
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £268 £371
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £575
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 £35.00 £28.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -14.39%
All Vendors
Telford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
69 57 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 71.13% 64.77% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 45 10
Average daily rate £500 £350 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% +10.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £268 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £500 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Oracle
Shropshire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford 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 Telford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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 20 (60.61%) SQL
1 20 (60.61%) UNIX
2 14 (42.42%) Java
3 9 (27.27%) Shell Script
4 8 (24.24%) PL/SQL
5 7 (21.21%) Windows
5 7 (21.21%) IBM
5 7 (21.21%) HP
6 6 (18.18%) J2EE
6 6 (18.18%) WebLogic
6 6 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 4 (12.12%) Dell
7 4 (12.12%) Sun
7 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
7 4 (12.12%) RUP
7 4 (12.12%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (12.12%) Firewall
7 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (12.12%) Pega
8 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
8 3 (9.091%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (9.091%) Retail
8 3 (9.091%) Tomcat
8 3 (9.091%) OO
8 3 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
8 3 (9.091%) ClearCase
8 3 (9.091%) AIX
8 3 (9.091%) HPUX
8 3 (9.091%) .NET
8 3 (9.091%) C#

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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 (18.18%) J2EE
2 3 (9.091%) .NET
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Streams
3 1 (3.030%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.18%) WebLogic
2 3 (9.091%) Tomcat
3 2 (6.061%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.030%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (3.030%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 3 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Firewall
2 3 (9.091%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (3.030%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.091%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.061%) ClearQuest
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (9.091%) Retail
2 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.061%) Finance
2 2 (6.061%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Oracle DBA
3 5 (15.15%) DBA
4 4 (12.12%) Lead Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Administrator
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Technical Architect
5 3 (9.091%) Team Leader
5 3 (9.091%) UNIX Administrator
5 3 (9.091%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Server Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Computer Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Consultant
5 3 (9.091%) Software Architect
6 2 (6.061%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (6.061%) Developer Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) HP Superdome
Operating Systems
1 20 (60.61%) UNIX
2 7 (21.21%) Windows
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (9.091%) AIX
4 3 (9.091%) HPUX
5 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Waterfall
2 4 (12.12%) RUP
3 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
3 3 (9.091%) OO
4 2 (6.061%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.061%) ITIL
4 2 (6.061%) Software Architecture
4 2 (6.061%) ITIL V3
4 2 (6.061%) Build Automation
5 1 (3.030%) Database Security
5 1 (3.030%) Automation Testing
5 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
5 1 (3.030%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.030%) Memory Management
5 1 (3.030%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.030%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.030%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.030%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.030%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) SQL
2 14 (42.42%) Java
3 9 (27.27%) Shell Script
4 8 (24.24%) PL/SQL
5 3 (9.091%) C#
6 2 (6.061%) Perl
6 2 (6.061%) VB
7 1 (3.030%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (6.061%) ISEB
1 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.030%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.091%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (6.061%) Data Guard
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) IBM
1 7 (21.21%) HP
2 4 (12.12%) Dell
2 4 (12.12%) Sun
2 4 (12.12%) Pega
3 3 (9.091%) webMethods
3 3 (9.091%) StorageTek
4 2 (6.061%) BEA
5 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.030%) Progress
5 1 (3.030%) Informatica