Oracle Spatial Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Oracle Spatial 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 Spatial over the 3 months to 19 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 Platforms category.

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Location Crawley East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire South Coast South East South West Southampton UK West Sussex	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	485	421	549
Rank change year-on-year	-64 +128
Matching contract IT job ads	8	20	51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.017 %	0.051 %	0.062 %
As % of the Application Platforms category	0.118 %	0.354 %	0.464 %
Daily rates quoted	0	5	9
Average daily rate	-	£365	£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	- -8.750 %
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£351	£275
% change year-on-year	- +27.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0	1
Average hourly rate	£29.50	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.50	-	£45.00
All Application Platforms UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Application Platforms category	6802	5644	11000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	14.08 %	14.31 %	13.38 %
Daily rates quoted	2933	1788	3170
Average daily rate	£357	£350	£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.920 % -12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£215	£210	£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£500	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£340	£375
% change year-on-year	-4.410 % -9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted	465	449	989
Average hourly rate	£19.00	£22.50	£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-15.55 % +10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.00	£12.00	£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£37.50	£40.50	£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.50	£22.50	£20.00
% change year-on-year	-22.22 % +12.50 %

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 Spatial
Demand Trend

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

Oracle Spatial
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Spatial within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Spatial within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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.

Location	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	-49	8	-	-
South East	-	3	-	-
West Sussex	-	2	-	-
Hertfordshire	-	2	-	-
South West	-	2	-	-
Gloucestershire	-	2	-	-
East of England	-	2	-	-
Crawley	-	2	-	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-
Southampton	-	1	-	-
Hampshire	-	1	-	-

Oracle Spatial
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle Spatial 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 Spatial.

1 22 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 18 (81.82 %) GIS 3 15 (68.18 %) Oracle 10g 4 14 (63.64 %) XML 4 14 (63.64 %) SQL 5 13 (59.09 %) Internet 5 13 (59.09 %) ESRI 5 13 (59.09 %) Python 6 12 (54.55 %) Oracle 9i 6 12 (54.55 %) CSS 6 12 (54.55 %) Web Services 7 11 (50.00 %) J2EE 7 11 (50.00 %) JavaScript 7 11 (50.00 %) HTML 8 10 (45.45 %) ArcIMS

8 10 (45.45 %) ArcSDE 9 8 (36.36 %) Government 9 8 (36.36 %) Java 9 8 (36.36 %) C# 9 8 (36.36 %) OO 10 7 (31.82 %) .NET 10 7 (31.82 %) E-business 10 7 (31.82 %) .NET Framework 10 7 (31.82 %) ArcObjects 11 6 (27.27 %) WebLogic 12 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 12 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 13 3 (13.64 %) Oracle 11g 13 3 (13.64 %) Agile Software Development 13 3 (13.64 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle Spatial 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 Spatial. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (63.64 %) XML 2 12 (54.55 %) CSS 2 12 (54.55 %) Web Services 3 11 (50.00 %) J2EE 3 11 (50.00 %) HTML 4 7 (31.82 %) .NET 4 7 (31.82 %) .NET Framework 4 7 (31.82 %) ArcObjects 5 2 (9.091 %) Middleware 5 2 (9.091 %) WebSphere 5 2 (9.091 %) Hibernate 5 2 (9.091 %) Spring 5 2 (9.091 %) J2SE 5 2 (9.091 %) JMS 5 2 (9.091 %) JSP 5 2 (9.091 %) Servlets 5 2 (9.091 %) Dojo 5 2 (9.091 %) Django 6 1 (4.545 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 10 (45.45 %) ArcIMS 1 10 (45.45 %) ArcSDE 2 6 (27.27 %) WebLogic 3 3 (13.64 %) ArcGIS 4 2 (9.091 %) WebLogic Portal 4 2 (9.091 %) Apache 4 2 (9.091 %) GlassFish
Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 13 (59.09 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (81.82 %) GIS 2 15 (68.18 %) Oracle 10g 3 12 (54.55 %) Oracle 9i 4 3 (13.64 %) Oracle 11g 4 3 (13.64 %) SQL Server 5 2 (9.091 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2008	Development Applications 1 2 (9.091 %) JUnit
General 1 8 (36.36 %) Government	Job Titles 1 15 (68.18 %) Developer 2 14 (63.64 %) GIS Developer 3 2 (9.091 %) Software Engineer 3 2 (9.091 %) DBA 3 2 (9.091 %) Oracle DBA 4 1 (4.545 %) GIS Technician 4 1 (4.545 %) Web Developer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (9.091 %) Clustering 1 2 (9.091 %) Open Source	Operating Systems 1 2 (9.091 %) Linux 1 2 (9.091 %) Red Hat Linux 2 1 (4.545 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (36.36 %) OO 2 7 (31.82 %) E-business 3 3 (13.64 %) Agile Software Development 3 3 (13.64 %) UML 4 2 (9.091 %) AOP 4 2 (9.091 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (4.545 %) Data Migration 5 1 (4.545 %) RAD 5 1 (4.545 %) OOP 5 1 (4.545 %) ITIL 5 1 (4.545 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (4.545 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (4.545 %) Web Development 5 1 (4.545 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 14 (63.64 %) SQL 2 13 (59.09 %) Python 3 11 (50.00 %) JavaScript 4 8 (36.36 %) Java 4 8 (36.36 %) C# 5 2 (9.091 %) C++ 6 1 (4.545 %) PL/SQL 6 1 (4.545 %) C 6 1 (4.545 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 1 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (9.091 %) Sun Certification 2 2 (9.091 %) SCJA 2 2 (9.091 %) SCDJWS 2 2 (9.091 %) SCJP 2 2 (9.091 %) SCJD 3 1 (4.545 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Vendors 1 22 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 13 (59.09 %) ESRI 3 2 (9.091 %) Red Hat 3 2 (9.091 %) JBoss 3 2 (9.091 %) Sun 4 1 (4.545 %) Autodesk 4 1 (4.545 %) Mapinfo