The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Coherence 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 Coherence over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Platforms category.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Coherence
Rank 438 525 384
Rank change year-on-year
+87 -141
Contract jobs citing Oracle Coherence 96 61 210
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.204% 0.103% 0.349%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.127% 0.631% 2.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 53 174
Average daily rate £600 £550 £585
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -5.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £500 £485
10% offered a daily rate of more than £654 £645 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £306 £250
% change year-on-year
+10.20% +22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £47.50
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8518 9671 10055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.07% 16.31% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4829 5304 5361
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 438 552
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

Oracle Coherence
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Coherence within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oracle Coherence Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Coherence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle Coherence Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Coherence
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Coherence within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oracle Coherence Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Coherence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle Coherence Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Coherence
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Coherence within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +86 90 £600 +9.09%
London +63 89 £600 +9.09%
City of London +10 17 £625 +11.11%
Canary Wharf +3 12 £650 +30.00%
Scotland -11 6 £338 -
Glasgow -12 6 £338 -
South West +28 1 £388 -
Wiltshire - 1 £388 -

Oracle Coherence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle Coherence 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 Coherence.

1 155 (87.57%) Oracle
2 96 (54.24%) Front Office
3 91 (51.41%) C#
4 82 (46.33%) Java
5 68 (38.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 61 (34.46%) Banking
7 53 (29.94%) Investment Banking
7 53 (29.94%) Multithreading
8 51 (28.81%) SQL
9 50 (28.25%) Fixed Income
10 43 (24.29%) XML
11 41 (23.16%) C++
11 41 (23.16%) Finance
12 40 (22.60%) Derivative
13 39 (22.03%) .NET
14 38 (21.47%) Spring
15 37 (20.90%) Algorithmic Trading
16 32 (18.08%) Windows
17 29 (16.38%) Python
18 28 (15.82%) Agile Software Development
19 27 (15.25%) TDD
19 27 (15.25%) DataSynapse
20 26 (14.69%) Grid Computing
21 21 (11.86%) Linux
22 20 (11.30%) Hibernate
22 20 (11.30%) Risk Management
23 19 (10.73%) SQL Server
24 18 (10.17%) Sybase
24 18 (10.17%) Visual Studio
24 18 (10.17%) JMS

Oracle Coherence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle Coherence 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 Coherence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 43 (24.29%) XML
2 39 (22.03%) .NET
3 38 (21.47%) Spring
4 20 (11.30%) Hibernate
5 18 (10.17%) JMS
6 13 (7.345%) STL
7 12 (6.780%) XSLT
8 10 (5.650%) Web Services
8 10 (5.650%) SOAP
9 9 (5.085%) WCF
9 9 (5.085%) WPF
10 8 (4.520%) Middleware
11 7 (3.955%) XML Schema
12 5 (2.825%) REST
12 5 (2.825%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 5 (2.825%) Ruby on Rails
13 4 (2.260%) ATL
13 4 (2.260%) Silverlight
13 4 (2.260%) Java SE
14 3 (1.695%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 16 (9.040%) GemFire
2 7 (3.955%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.390%) ESB
4 5 (2.825%) TIBCO EMS
4 5 (2.825%) Apache
5 4 (2.260%) Rendezvous
6 2 (1.130%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.565%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (6.215%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.565%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.955%) RMDS
2 2 (1.130%) SunGard Martini
3 1 (0.565%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.565%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.565%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.565%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.695%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.565%) BSS
2 1 (0.565%) DSL
2 1 (0.565%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.520%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (3.955%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (1.695%) Sybase ASE
4 3 (1.695%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.695%) DataStage
4 3 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (1.695%) MySQL
5 2 (1.130%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.130%) Big Data
6 1 (0.565%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.565%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.565%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.565%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (10.17%) Visual Studio
2 17 (9.605%) Maven
3 12 (6.780%) Subversion
4 6 (3.390%) Hudson
5 5 (2.825%) JIRA
5 5 (2.825%) Eclipse
5 5 (2.825%) JUnit
6 4 (2.260%) NUnit
6 4 (2.260%) Moq
6 4 (2.260%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.130%) Selenium
7 2 (1.130%) jMock
7 2 (1.130%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.565%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.565%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.565%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.565%) FitNesse
8 1 (0.565%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (0.565%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.565%) ClearCase
General
1 96 (54.24%) Front Office
2 61 (34.46%) Banking
3 53 (29.94%) Investment Banking
4 41 (23.16%) Finance
5 8 (4.520%) Back Office
6 3 (1.695%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.130%) Publishing
7 2 (1.130%) Retail
8 1 (0.565%) Games
8 1 (0.565%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.565%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 131 (74.01%) Developer
2 59 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 49 (27.68%) Java Developer
4 30 (16.95%) C++ Developer
5 20 (11.30%) C++/C# Developer
6 19 (10.73%) Front Office Developer
6 19 (10.73%) Analyst
7 9 (5.085%) Team Leader
7 9 (5.085%) Support Analyst
8 7 (3.955%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (3.955%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.390%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.390%) Analyst Developer
9 6 (3.390%) Java Team Leader
9 6 (3.390%) Production Support Analyst
10 5 (2.825%) Oracle Developer
10 5 (2.825%) Consultant
11 4 (2.260%) Design Engineer
11 4 (2.260%) Senior Java Developer
11 4 (2.260%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 68 (38.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 50 (28.25%) Fixed Income
3 40 (22.60%) Derivative
4 26 (14.69%) Grid Computing
5 17 (9.605%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 12 (6.780%) Credit Risk
7 5 (2.825%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.825%) Equities
8 3 (1.695%) Open Source
8 3 (1.695%) Replication
9 2 (1.130%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.130%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.130%) Swaptions
9 2 (1.130%) Equity Derivative
9 2 (1.130%) CUDA
10 1 (0.565%) GPGPU
10 1 (0.565%) Spread Betting
10 1 (0.565%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.565%) Physics
10 1 (0.565%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.08%) Windows
2 21 (11.86%) Linux
3 17 (9.605%) UNIX
4 11 (6.215%) Solaris
5 3 (1.695%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.94%) Multithreading
2 37 (20.90%) Algorithmic Trading
3 28 (15.82%) Agile Software Development
4 27 (15.25%) TDD
5 20 (11.30%) Risk Management
6 12 (6.780%) SOA
7 11 (6.215%) OO
8 10 (5.650%) UML
8 10 (5.650%) E-Commerce
8 10 (5.650%) Scrum
8 10 (5.650%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (4.520%) ITIL
10 5 (2.825%) Use Case
10 5 (2.825%) System Testing
10 5 (2.825%) Monte Carlo Method
11 4 (2.260%) PRINCE2
11 4 (2.260%) Data Modelling
11 4 (2.260%) Performance Testing
12 3 (1.695%) Change Control
12 3 (1.695%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 91 (51.41%) C#
2 82 (46.33%) Java
3 51 (28.81%) SQL
4 41 (23.16%) C++
5 29 (16.38%) Python
6 8 (4.520%) Bash shell
7 7 (3.955%) VBA
8 5 (2.825%) Ruby
8 5 (2.825%) Perl
8 5 (2.825%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.260%) VB
9 4 (2.260%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.695%) sed
10 3 (1.695%) AWK
11 2 (1.130%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.130%) XPath
11 2 (1.130%) C++/CLI
12 1 (0.565%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (3.390%) Degree
2 2 (1.130%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.565%) HP AIS
3 1 (0.565%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.565%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.565%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.825%) QA
2 3 (1.695%) SLA
2 3 (1.695%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.130%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (2.825%) Control-M
2 4 (2.260%) BladeLogic
3 3 (1.695%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.695%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.130%) Nagios
4 2 (1.130%) OpenView
4 2 (1.130%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 155 (87.57%) Oracle
2 27 (15.25%) DataSynapse
3 18 (10.17%) Sybase
4 12 (6.780%) Microsoft
5 11 (6.215%) TIBCO
6 7 (3.955%) 29West
7 5 (2.825%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.825%) HP
7 5 (2.825%) IBM
7 5 (2.825%) Informatica
8 4 (2.260%) BMC
8 4 (2.260%) Teradata
9 3 (1.695%) GigaSpaces
10 2 (1.130%) SunGard
11 1 (0.565%) WSO2
11 1 (0.565%) hybris
11 1 (0.565%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.565%) JBoss
11 1 (0.565%) SAP
London
Skills: C# Developer, FX, Algo-trading... My client is looking for two C# Developers with strong experience in the FX Algo business... Key Skills: Strong C# development skills...
ComputAppoint
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Equities, FX, Fixed Income, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Dodd Frank, Regulatory, Oracle, Coherence, Geneos, Monitoring Tools... This application support team has over 200 feeds going into one core...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Equities, FX, Fixed Income, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Dodd Frank, Regulatory, Oracle, Coherence, Geneos, Monitoring Tools... This application support team has over 200 feeds going into one core...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Experience of working with SQL, Sybase and Oracle Database... * Expert user and sound knowledge of Control-M, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, Windows and Unix. * Experience of work with Oracle...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013