Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OC4J skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OC4J over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkOracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank478427591
Rank change year-on-year
Down-51Up+164
Matching contract IT job ads91215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.019 %0.030 %0.018 %
As % of the Application Development category0.070 %0.137 %0.076 %
Daily rates quoted420
Average daily rate£338£375-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375-
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %-
Hourly rates quoted210
Average hourly rate£43.50£30.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.62 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.50-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12795873519862
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.65 %22.08 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted652530156461
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4244941256
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-7.690 %

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.

OC4J
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OC4J within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

OC4J Demand Trend

OC4J
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OC4J within the UK.

OC4J Daily Rate Trend

OC4J
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OC4J within the UK.

OC4J Hourly Rate Trend

OC4J
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OC4J within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-419£338-10.00 %
South EastDown-105£325-13.33 %
HampshireNew entry-5£325-
LondonDown-644£338-
FarehamNew entry-1--

OC4J
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing OC4J 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 OC4J.

117 (94.44 %)Java
213 (72.22 %)Oracle
213 (72.22 %)XML
312 (66.67 %)J2EE
410 (55.56 %)SQL
59 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
59 (50.00 %)JDBC
59 (50.00 %)Struts
59 (50.00 %)Spring
59 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
68 (44.44 %)JSP
77 (38.89 %)Servlets
77 (38.89 %)SAS
77 (38.89 %)XHTML
77 (38.89 %)JDeveloper
77 (38.89 %)Sun
77 (38.89 %)HTML
77 (38.89 %)JavaScript
77 (38.89 %)PVCS
77 (38.89 %)Subversion
77 (38.89 %)WCAG
77 (38.89 %)JSTL
77 (38.89 %)AJAX
77 (38.89 %)MyEclipse
77 (38.89 %)Government
86 (33.33 %)JAAS
86 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
86 (33.33 %)QA
95 (27.78 %)ClearQuest
95 (27.78 %)WebLogic

OC4J
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing OC4J 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 OC4J. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (72.22 %)XML
212 (66.67 %)J2EE
39 (50.00 %)JDBC
39 (50.00 %)Struts
39 (50.00 %)Spring
48 (44.44 %)JSP
57 (38.89 %)Servlets
57 (38.89 %)XHTML
57 (38.89 %)HTML
57 (38.89 %)JSTL
57 (38.89 %)AJAX
66 (33.33 %)JAAS
74 (22.22 %)CSS
83 (16.67 %)XSLT
92 (11.11 %).NET
92 (11.11 %)XSD
92 (11.11 %)Middleware
92 (11.11 %)Hibernate
92 (11.11 %)Oracle Fusion
101 (5.556 %)WebWork
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
27 (38.89 %)SAS
35 (27.78 %)WebLogic
42 (11.11 %)ESB
42 (11.11 %)GlassFish
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (5.556 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)SQLPlus
11 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (38.89 %)JDeveloper
17 (38.89 %)PVCS
17 (38.89 %)Subversion
17 (38.89 %)MyEclipse
25 (27.78 %)ClearQuest
25 (27.78 %)Ant
25 (27.78 %)ClearCase
25 (27.78 %)Rational Rose
34 (22.22 %)Eclipse
34 (22.22 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (38.89 %)Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (88.89 %)Developer
214 (77.78 %)Java Developer
34 (22.22 %)Designer
42 (11.11 %)Consultant
42 (11.11 %)Oracle Consultant
51 (5.556 %)Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)UI Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
25 (27.78 %)UML
25 (27.78 %)RUP
34 (22.22 %)Unified Process
42 (11.11 %)SOA
42 (11.11 %)Web Design
42 (11.11 %)BPEL
51 (5.556 %)MVC
51 (5.556 %)Business Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (94.44 %)Java
210 (55.56 %)SQL
39 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
47 (38.89 %)JavaScript
53 (16.67 %)XPath
53 (16.67 %)C
61 (5.556 %)C++
61 (5.556 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (38.89 %)WCAG
26 (33.33 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (72.22 %)Oracle
27 (38.89 %)Sun
32 (11.11 %)SAP
41 (5.556 %)Business Objects