The first 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 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Spatial
Rank 516 572 578
Rank change year-on-year
+56 +6
Contract jobs citing Oracle Spatial 13 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.021% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.155% 0.126% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 3
Average daily rate £320 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £303 £376
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £343 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £313 £385
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -18.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8396 9507 10206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 16.30% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4754 5212 5447
Average daily rate £359 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.64% -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 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 431 562
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 £11.85 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.75 £37.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%

Oracle Spatial
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oracle Spatial Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Spatial
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle Spatial Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Spatial
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Spatial within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oracle Spatial Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Spatial
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle Spatial Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Spatial
Top 14 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 24 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 +48 11 £320 +2.40%
Berkshire - 5 £300 -
Reading - 5 £300 -
South East - 5 £300 -
North West +15 4 £321 -3.24%
Manchester +11 4 £321 -8.42%
Stockport +2 2 £320 -8.57%
East of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
Cheadle - 1 £370 -
Castleford - 1 - -

Oracle Spatial
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 21 (100.00%) Oracle
2 16 (76.19%) SQL
3 13 (61.90%) GIS
4 9 (42.86%) PL/SQL
4 9 (42.86%) .NET
4 9 (42.86%) XML
4 9 (42.86%) Data Modelling
5 8 (38.10%) ETL
5 8 (38.10%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (28.57%) Java
6 6 (28.57%) EAM
7 5 (23.81%) Shell Script
7 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (23.81%) ESRI
7 5 (23.81%) ArcGIS
7 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
7 5 (23.81%) Degree
7 5 (23.81%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (19.05%) ArcObjects
8 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
8 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
8 4 (19.05%) Statistics
8 4 (19.05%) MS Office
8 4 (19.05%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (19.05%) Python
8 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (19.05%) Oracle 10g
8 4 (19.05%) Management Information System

Oracle Spatial
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 9 (42.86%) .NET
1 9 (42.86%) XML
2 4 (19.05%) ArcObjects
3 3 (14.29%) XHTML
3 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 3 (14.29%) HTML
4 2 (9.524%) JSON
4 2 (9.524%) Ajax
4 2 (9.524%) Web Services
4 2 (9.524%) J2EE
5 1 (4.762%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) ArcGIS
2 3 (14.29%) Apache
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (19.05%) MS Office
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (61.90%) GIS
2 8 (38.10%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (23.81%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (19.05%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (19.05%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (14.29%) MySQL
6 2 (9.524%) TOAD
7 1 (4.762%) Star Schema
7 1 (4.762%) Data Mining
7 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (4.762%) MS Access
7 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
7 1 (4.762%) OLAP
7 1 (4.762%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (4.762%) Pentaho
7 1 (4.762%) Big Data
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Publishing
1 3 (14.29%) Marketing
1 3 (14.29%) Billing
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) GIS Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Team Leader
4 2 (9.524%) Lead Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Database Developer
5 1 (4.762%) DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) GIS Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Oracle Database Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Statistics
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.762%) Data Conversion
2 1 (4.762%) Data Extraction
2 1 (4.762%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 8 (38.10%) ETL
3 6 (28.57%) EAM
4 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
5 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 3 (14.29%) SEO
6 3 (14.29%) CRM
6 3 (14.29%) UML
6 3 (14.29%) Pay per click
6 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 3 (14.29%) Data Migration
6 3 (14.29%) Data Mapping
7 2 (9.524%) System Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Data Management
8 1 (4.762%) Validation
8 1 (4.762%) Workflow
8 1 (4.762%) Change Management
8 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (4.762%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) SQL
2 9 (42.86%) PL/SQL
3 6 (28.57%) Java
4 5 (23.81%) Shell Script
4 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
5 4 (19.05%) Python
6 3 (14.29%) Perl
6 3 (14.29%) PHP
7 1 (4.762%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) HND
3 1 (4.762%) PhD
3 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (23.81%) ESRI
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (19.05%) VMware
4 3 (14.29%) NetApp