Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Oracle APEX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle APEX over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Development Applications category.

LinkOracle Application Express (APEX)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank425456561
Rank change year-on-year
Up+31Up+105
Matching contract IT job ads452350
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.103 %0.050 %0.061 %
As % of the Development Applications category1.184 %0.709 %0.829 %
Daily rates quoted19213
Average daily rate£450£375£310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %+20.96 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£273£315£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£480£435£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£375£331
% change year-on-year
-25.33 %+13.20 %
Hourly rates quoted035
Average hourly rate-£20.50£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--39.70 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£20.50£34.00
% change year-on-year
--39.70 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
380032466030
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.681 %7.058 %7.367 %
Daily rates quoted184310701770
Average daily rate£375£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£230£255
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£325£350
% change year-on-year
-4.230 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted152298474
Average hourly rate£33.50£32.50£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.070 %-4.410 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.90£17.50£19.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.00£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.00£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %-7.140 %

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.

Oracle APEX
Demand Trend

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

Oracle APEX Demand Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle APEX Daily Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Oracle APEX Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle APEX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle APEX Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+3742£450+20.00 %
LondonDown-1721£450-
South EastUp+3215£300-
City of LondonNew entry-10£450-
Milton KeynesNew entry-4£300-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4£300-
North WestUp+83--
HampshireNew entry-3--
BerkshireNew entry-3--
South WestUp+182--
ScotlandDown-72£263-
EdinburghDown-162£263-
GuildfordNew entry-2--
SloughNew entry-2--
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
SurreyNew entry-2--
Thames ValleyUp+61--
YorkshireUp+31£275-
WalesNew entry-1--
South WalesNew entry-1--
South YorkshireNew entry-1£275-
CheshireNew entry-1--
NewportNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1--
ChesterNew entry-1--
GloucesterNew entry-1--
FarehamNew entry-1--

Oracle APEX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX.

197 (100.00 %)Oracle
268 (70.10 %)SQL
357 (58.76 %)PL/SQL
425 (25.77 %)Oracle 10g
425 (25.77 %)Security Cleared
522 (22.68 %)Datawarehouse
522 (22.68 %)Oracle Reports
621 (21.65 %)Banking
720 (20.62 %)Windows
720 (20.62 %)Business Intelligence
818 (18.56 %)Oracle OWB
917 (17.53 %)Microsoft
1016 (16.49 %)Java
1016 (16.49 %)Finance
1016 (16.49 %)Investment Banking
1115 (15.46 %)UNIX
1115 (15.46 %)SC Cleared
1214 (14.43 %)SQL Server
1214 (14.43 %)MS Access
1313 (13.40 %)Oracle 11g
1412 (12.37 %)Oracle Applications
1511 (11.34 %)MS Office
1610 (10.31 %)Oracle 9i
1610 (10.31 %)Migration
179 (9.278 %)Oracle Forms
179 (9.278 %)Oracle 8/8i
179 (9.278 %)Windows XP
179 (9.278 %)MS Excel
179 (9.278 %)VBA
179 (9.278 %)HTML

Oracle APEX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (9.278 %)HTML
27 (7.216 %).NET
34 (4.124 %)Web Services
42 (2.062 %)J2EE
42 (2.062 %)XML
42 (2.062 %)WSH
42 (2.062 %)Spring
42 (2.062 %)Middleware
51 (1.031 %)AJAX
51 (1.031 %)CSS
51 (1.031 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.062 %)WebLogic
12 (2.062 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (1.031 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (11.34 %)MS Office
29 (9.278 %)MS Excel
34 (4.124 %)MS Project
34 (4.124 %)MS Visio
43 (3.093 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (12.37 %)Oracle Applications
23 (3.093 %)LongView
32 (2.062 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
41 (1.031 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (1.031 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (1.031 %)Oracle EBS
41 (1.031 %)Khalix
41 (1.031 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (25.77 %)Oracle 10g
222 (22.68 %)Datawarehouse
222 (22.68 %)Oracle Reports
318 (18.56 %)Oracle OWB
414 (14.43 %)SQL Server
414 (14.43 %)MS Access
513 (13.40 %)Oracle 11g
610 (10.31 %)Oracle 9i
79 (9.278 %)Oracle 8/8i
88 (8.247 %)SQL Server 2000
97 (7.216 %)Oracle Discoverer
106 (6.186 %)RDBMS
106 (6.186 %)OLAP
106 (6.186 %)Oracle OLAP
114 (4.124 %)Oracle BI EE
123 (3.093 %)Crystal Reports
131 (1.031 %)Essbase
131 (1.031 %)TOAD
131 (1.031 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (9.278 %)Oracle Forms
28 (8.247 %)Visual Studio
34 (4.124 %)Subversion
34 (4.124 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (4.124 %)RequisitePro
34 (4.124 %)ClearQuest
41 (1.031 %)JBuilder
41 (1.031 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (21.65 %)Banking
216 (16.49 %)Finance
216 (16.49 %)Investment Banking
38 (8.247 %)Government
44 (4.124 %)Construction
52 (2.062 %)Retail
61 (1.031 %)Back Office
61 (1.031 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
161 (62.89 %)Developer
238 (39.18 %)Oracle Developer
313 (13.40 %)Consultant
411 (11.34 %)Oracle Consultant
59 (9.278 %)Architect
68 (8.247 %)Oracle Architect
77 (7.216 %)SQL Developer
77 (7.216 %)PL/SQL Developer
77 (7.216 %)Applications Developer
86 (6.186 %)DBA
86 (6.186 %)Access Developer
95 (5.155 %)RAD Developer
95 (5.155 %)Analyst
104 (4.124 %)Release Engineer
104 (4.124 %)Oracle DBA
113 (3.093 %)Oracle Analyst
122 (2.062 %)Applications Architect
122 (2.062 %)Oracle Technical Architect
122 (2.062 %)Systems Developer
122 (2.062 %)Technical Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (3.093 %)Client/Server
21 (1.031 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
120 (20.62 %)Windows
215 (15.46 %)UNIX
39 (9.278 %)Windows XP
43 (3.093 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (3.093 %)Windows NT
43 (3.093 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (3.093 %)AIX
43 (3.093 %)HPUX
52 (2.062 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (1.031 %)Solaris
61 (1.031 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (20.62 %)Business Intelligence
210 (10.31 %)Migration
38 (8.247 %)RAD
47 (7.216 %)Data Migration
56 (6.186 %)BPEL
65 (5.155 %)Unit Testing
74 (4.124 %)RUP
74 (4.124 %)Data Modelling
74 (4.124 %)Release Management
74 (4.124 %)Process Architecture
82 (2.062 %)ITIL
82 (2.062 %)PRINCE2
82 (2.062 %)Configuration Management
82 (2.062 %)Data Analysis
82 (2.062 %)Incident Management
82 (2.062 %)Data Architecture
91 (1.031 %)Performance Management
91 (1.031 %)Quality Management
91 (1.031 %)Service Delivery
91 (1.031 %)E-business
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
168 (70.10 %)SQL
257 (58.76 %)PL/SQL
316 (16.49 %)Java
49 (9.278 %)VBA
58 (8.247 %)VB
58 (8.247 %)VB6
66 (6.186 %)VB.NET
74 (4.124 %)JavaScript
82 (2.062 %)C
91 (1.031 %)Korn
91 (1.031 %)Shell Script
91 (1.031 %)C#
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (25.77 %)Security Cleared
215 (15.46 %)SC Cleared
35 (5.155 %)DV Cleared
41 (1.031 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.031 %)QA
11 (1.031 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.062 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.031 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (4.124 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
197 (100.00 %)Oracle
217 (17.53 %)Microsoft
36 (6.186 %)Informatica
36 (6.186 %)Ab Initio
44 (4.124 %)Cyberscience
52 (2.062 %)Sybase
52 (2.062 %)PeopleSoft
52 (2.062 %)SAP
61 (1.031 %)Cognos
61 (1.031 %)Siebel
61 (1.031 %)Red Hat
61 (1.031 %)EMC
61 (1.031 %)Business Objects