The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank789
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+1
Matching contract IT job ads634367116126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK10.72 %10.94 %11.13 %
As % of the Vendors category23.13 %23.54 %25.28 %
Number of daily rates quoted337937292979
Average daily rate£425£450£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55 %+9.09 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£300£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£375£325
% change year-on-year
-+15.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted120121107
Average hourly rate£29.16£35.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.68 %+40.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£17.50£13.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£46.00£47.50£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£32.50£24.50
% change year-on-year
-15.38 %+32.65 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274282850924236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK46.34 %46.46 %44.02 %
Number of daily rates quoted140221424810950
Average daily rate£400£405£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23 %+1.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted129815981456
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£11.38£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+2.56 %

Oracle
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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+25682£425-5.55 %
LondonDown-22713£450-10.00 %
South EastUp+21199£396+5.66 %
City of LondonNo change0748£460-8.00 %
North WestUp+8406£375+7.14 %
South WestDown-1363£400+6.66 %
YorkshireUp+1314£325-
ScotlandDown-4297£311-17.20 %
HampshireUp+1279£385-2.53 %
SurreyUp+5255£373+0.67 %
West YorkshireUp+2230£350+7.69 %
East of EnglandUp+1229£350+7.69 %
BerkshireDown-4198£383+2.13 %
West MidlandsUp+5190£375-7.06 %
OxfordshireUp+5176£463+37.03 %
ManchesterUp+10131£350-7.28 %
East MidlandsUp+2125£335+3.07 %
GlasgowNo change0121£275-21.42 %
BuckinghamshireUp+12111£325-5.79 %
OxfordUp+17106£450+63.63 %
LeedsUp+398£325-
CheshireUp+1196£365+4.13 %
Milton KeynesUp+1891£315-5.26 %
EdinburghUp+190£323-19.37 %
GloucestershireUp+288£475-5.00 %
WiltshireUp+986£425+2.96 %
CambridgeshireUp+1277£350+16.66 %
ReadingUp+874£360-20.00 %
WalesUp+574£425+6.25 %
LancashireDown-172£423+30.00 %

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 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.

14855 (39.01 %)SQL
23481 (27.97 %)Finance
32800 (22.50 %)Java
42494 (20.04 %)UNIX
52137 (17.17 %)PL/SQL
61812 (14.56 %)SQL Server
71703 (13.68 %)Linux
81512 (12.15 %)Banking
91497 (12.03 %).NET
101460 (11.73 %)Oracle 11g
111428 (11.47 %)Windows
121312 (10.54 %)XML
131246 (10.01 %)Security Cleared
141231 (9.890 %)Oracle EBS R12
151114 (8.950 %)Oracle 10g
161059 (8.508 %)Business Intelligence
171046 (8.404 %)C#
181022 (8.211 %)J2EE
181022 (8.211 %)Microsoft
19990 (7.954 %)Data Warehouse
20965 (7.753 %)Oracle EBS
21920 (7.391 %)Oracle 8/8i
22911 (7.319 %)Migration
23895 (7.190 %)ETL
24876 (7.038 %)Web Services
25842 (6.765 %)SC Cleared
26802 (6.443 %)WebLogic
27774 (6.218 %)Oracle Reports
28741 (5.953 %)SOA
29723 (5.809 %)Spring

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11497 (12.03 %).NET
21312 (10.54 %)XML
31022 (8.211 %)J2EE
4876 (7.038 %)Web Services
5723 (5.809 %)Spring
6653 (5.246 %)HTML
7618 (4.965 %)Middleware
8582 (4.676 %)WebSphere
9469 (3.768 %)Hibernate
10431 (3.463 %)ASP.NET
11391 (3.141 %)CSS
12380 (3.053 %)JSP
13346 (2.780 %)JMS
14284 (2.282 %)WCF
15279 (2.242 %)Ajax
16267 (2.145 %)jQuery
17241 (1.936 %)XSLT
18236 (1.896 %)SOAP
19235 (1.888 %)Oracle Fusion
20220 (1.767 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1802 (6.443 %)WebLogic
2479 (3.848 %)Tomcat
3459 (3.688 %)Apache
4337 (2.707 %)IIS
5239 (1.920 %)Oracle Workflow
6228 (1.832 %)SharePoint
7206 (1.655 %)Oracle SOA Suite
8203 (1.631 %)Oracle Application Server
9202 (1.623 %)WebSphere Application Server
10197 (1.583 %)SAS
11162 (1.302 %)ESB
12161 (1.293 %)CMS
13150 (1.205 %)Oracle Service Bus
14134 (1.077 %)WebSphere MQ
15112 (0.900 %)Documentum
1691 (0.731 %)MS Exchange
1789 (0.715 %)Oracle Coherence
1886 (0.691 %)BizTalk Server
1981 (0.651 %)Oracle 10gAS
2071 (0.570 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1511 (4.105 %)MS Excel
2266 (2.137 %)MS Office
3154 (1.237 %)MS Visio
482 (0.659 %)MS Project
551 (0.410 %)MS PowerPoint
626 (0.209 %)Spreadsheet
713 (0.104 %)MATLAB
811 (0.088 %)SPSS
96 (0.048 %)Stata
96 (0.048 %)Photoshop
96 (0.048 %)Google Apps
105 (0.040 %)S-PLUS
113 (0.024 %)Office 365
113 (0.024 %)Fireworks
113 (0.024 %)CATIA
122 (0.016 %)Adobe Captivate
122 (0.016 %)Windchill
122 (0.016 %)AutoCAD
122 (0.016 %)Acrobat
122 (0.016 %)GIMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11231 (9.890 %)Oracle EBS R12
2965 (7.753 %)Oracle EBS
3467 (3.752 %)Oracle Financials
4434 (3.487 %)Oracle Applications
5240 (1.928 %)Oracle 11i
6186 (1.494 %)Oracle BPM
7150 (1.205 %)Oracle ERP
8124 (0.996 %)HFM
9120 (0.964 %)Oracle iProcurement
10109 (0.876 %)Oracle Payroll
11103 (0.828 %)Oracle HRMS
1283 (0.667 %)Oracle Retail
1379 (0.635 %)Oracle General Ledger
1475 (0.603 %)Hyperion Planning
1562 (0.498 %)Oracle CRM
1638 (0.305 %)Teamcenter
1736 (0.289 %)Dynamics CRM
1833 (0.265 %)Demantra
1833 (0.265 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1931 (0.249 %)Oracle ASCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1354 (2.844 %)SAN
2287 (2.306 %)Internet
3241 (1.936 %)TCP/IP
4217 (1.743 %)Firewall
5121 (0.972 %)LDAP
6120 (0.964 %)HTTP
7113 (0.908 %)NAS
8101 (0.811 %)DNS
979 (0.635 %)Intranet
1074 (0.595 %)LAN
1166 (0.530 %)WAN
1166 (0.530 %)SSL
1248 (0.386 %)DHCP
1345 (0.362 %)FTP
1441 (0.329 %)BIG-IP
1540 (0.321 %)VPN
1638 (0.305 %)BSS
1732 (0.257 %)VoIP
1831 (0.249 %)iSCSI
1925 (0.201 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11812 (14.56 %)SQL Server
21460 (11.73 %)Oracle 11g
31114 (8.950 %)Oracle 10g
4990 (7.954 %)Data Warehouse
5920 (7.391 %)Oracle 8/8i
6895 (7.190 %)ETL
7774 (6.218 %)Oracle Reports
8696 (5.592 %)Oracle BI EE
9649 (5.214 %)RDBMS
10426 (3.423 %)MySQL
11417 (3.350 %)DB2
12272 (2.185 %)SQL Server 2005
13252 (2.025 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14236 (1.896 %)TOAD
15207 (1.663 %)Oracle 9i
16199 (1.599 %)Oracle OWB
17188 (1.510 %)SQL Server 2008
18183 (1.470 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19155 (1.245 %)Crystal Reports
20149 (1.197 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1437 (3.511 %)Subversion
2340 (2.732 %)Oracle Forms
3273 (2.193 %)Maven
4267 (2.145 %)JUnit
5245 (1.968 %)Ant
6244 (1.960 %)Visual Studio
7232 (1.864 %)Eclipse
8171 (1.374 %)JIRA
9141 (1.133 %)Hudson
10125 (1.004 %)Oracle APEX
11106 (0.852 %)JDeveloper
12102 (0.819 %)ClearCase
1388 (0.707 %)Selenium
1484 (0.675 %)NUnit
1581 (0.651 %)Team Foundation Server
1676 (0.611 %)LoadRunner
1764 (0.514 %)QuickTest Pro
1863 (0.506 %)TeamCity
1955 (0.442 %)TestDirector
2047 (0.378 %)Git (software)
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13481 (27.97 %)Finance
21512 (12.15 %)Banking
3699 (5.616 %)Investment Banking
4461 (3.704 %)Retail
5439 (3.527 %)Telecoms
6259 (2.081 %)Back Office
7254 (2.041 %)Front Office
8224 (1.800 %)General Ledger
9145 (1.165 %)Billing
10131 (1.052 %)Financial Institution
11122 (0.980 %)Manufacturing
12108 (0.868 %)Publishing
13104 (0.836 %)Marketing
1488 (0.707 %)Games
1561 (0.490 %)Pharmaceutical
1658 (0.466 %)French Language
1753 (0.426 %)Legal
1753 (0.426 %)Retail Banking
1837 (0.297 %)German Language
1930 (0.241 %)Spanish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13982 (31.99 %)Developer
21917 (15.40 %)Analyst
31578 (12.68 %)Consultant
41168 (9.384 %)Architect
5980 (7.873 %)Oracle Consultant
6964 (7.745 %)Oracle Developer
7924 (7.423 %)Java Developer
8759 (6.098 %)DBA
9581 (4.668 %)Business Analyst
10570 (4.579 %)Oracle DBA
11501 (4.025 %)Project Manager
12442 (3.551 %)Administrator
13398 (3.198 %)Senior Developer
14330 (2.651 %)Test Analyst
15322 (2.587 %)Support Analyst
16313 (2.515 %)Functional Consultant
17301 (2.418 %)Solutions Architect
18290 (2.330 %)Designer
19277 (2.225 %).NET Developer
20271 (2.177 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1287 (2.306 %)Derivative
2217 (1.743 %)Clustering
3209 (1.679 %)Management Information System
4204 (1.639 %)Credit Risk
5190 (1.526 %)Computer Science
6177 (1.422 %)Fixed Income
7174 (1.398 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8165 (1.326 %)Mainframe
9158 (1.269 %)Client/Server
10136 (1.093 %)Open Source
11129 (1.036 %)Market Risk
12114 (0.916 %)Replication
13100 (0.803 %)Data Integration
1497 (0.779 %)Hedge funds
1596 (0.771 %)N-Tier
1692 (0.739 %)Equities
1780 (0.643 %)Mathematics
1863 (0.506 %)NHS
1958 (0.466 %)Reference Data
2051 (0.410 %)Grid Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12494 (20.04 %)UNIX
21703 (13.68 %)Linux
31428 (11.47 %)Windows
4676 (5.431 %)Solaris
5353 (2.836 %)AIX
6321 (2.579 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7192 (1.543 %)Windows Server 2008
8189 (1.518 %)Windows Server 2003
9147 (1.181 %)HPUX
10100 (0.803 %)Oracle Linux
1192 (0.739 %)Windows 7
1277 (0.619 %)Windows XP
1346 (0.370 %)VMS
1346 (0.370 %)Windows NT
1442 (0.337 %)SUSE
1538 (0.305 %)CentOS
1538 (0.305 %)Windows 2000
1626 (0.209 %)Windows Vista
1725 (0.201 %)zOS
1824 (0.193 %)Android
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11059 (8.508 %)Business Intelligence
2911 (7.319 %)Migration
3741 (5.953 %)SOA
4695 (5.584 %)Project Management
5644 (5.174 %)Data Modelling
6619 (4.973 %)OO
7580 (4.660 %)ITIL
8563 (4.523 %)Agile Software Development
9510 (4.097 %)UML
10501 (4.025 %)CRM
11499 (4.009 %)ERP
12440 (3.535 %)TDD
13414 (3.326 %)User Acceptance Testing
14401 (3.222 %)Scrum
15374 (3.005 %)Data Migration
16342 (2.748 %)Configuration Management
17340 (2.732 %)Workflow
18337 (2.707 %)Business Analysis
19331 (2.659 %)Change Management
20290 (2.330 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14855 (39.01 %)SQL
22800 (22.50 %)Java
32137 (17.17 %)PL/SQL
41046 (8.404 %)C#
5667 (5.359 %)JavaScript
6599 (4.812 %)Shell Script
7461 (3.704 %)C++
8424 (3.406 %)Perl
9379 (3.045 %)VB
10378 (3.037 %)C
11258 (2.073 %)VB.NET
12256 (2.057 %)VBA
13233 (1.872 %)T-SQL
14203 (1.631 %)Python
15194 (1.559 %)PHP
16124 (0.996 %)VB6
17122 (0.980 %)Korn
1886 (0.691 %)Bash shell
1981 (0.651 %)PowerShell
2057 (0.458 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11246 (10.01 %)Security Cleared
2842 (6.765 %)SC Cleared
3556 (4.467 %)Degree
4291 (2.338 %)DV Cleared
5223 (1.792 %)ISEB
685 (0.683 %)Microsoft Certification
781 (0.651 %)Oracle Certification
863 (0.506 %)ISTQB
950 (0.402 %)ITIL Certification
1046 (0.370 %)RHCE
1145 (0.362 %)PMI Certification
1244 (0.353 %)OCP
1343 (0.345 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1439 (0.313 %)CISSP
1537 (0.297 %)Sun Certification
1537 (0.297 %)BC Cleared
1631 (0.249 %)MCP
1728 (0.225 %)CIMA
1728 (0.225 %)MCSE
1827 (0.217 %)PMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1442 (3.551 %)QA
2137 (1.101 %)SLA
3106 (0.852 %)Data Quality
454 (0.434 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
542 (0.337 %)ISO 9001
626 (0.209 %)Basel II
717 (0.137 %)BS7799
814 (0.112 %)PCI DSS
913 (0.104 %)COBIT
1012 (0.096 %)Solvency II
1111 (0.088 %)GAAP
129 (0.072 %)TickIT
138 (0.064 %)GxP
147 (0.056 %)HL7
156 (0.048 %)ISO 9000
156 (0.048 %)Basel III
165 (0.040 %)ISO/IEC 27001
165 (0.040 %)WCAG
165 (0.040 %)JSP 440
173 (0.024 %)GAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1353 (2.836 %)Oracle RAC
2277 (2.225 %)Active Directory
3236 (1.896 %)VMware Infrastructure
4203 (1.631 %)Oracle RMAN
578 (0.627 %)VMware ESX
672 (0.578 %)vSphere
740 (0.321 %)NFS
836 (0.289 %)Veritas Cluster Server
934 (0.273 %)XenApp
1033 (0.265 %)Hyper-V
1121 (0.169 %)Samba
1220 (0.161 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1220 (0.161 %)VMware ESXi
1316 (0.129 %)Terminal Services
1415 (0.121 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1415 (0.121 %)Xen
1514 (0.112 %)XenDesktop
1612 (0.096 %)NDS
1710 (0.080 %)OpenSSO
1710 (0.080 %)Sendmail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1208 (1.671 %)HP Quality Center
2189 (1.518 %)Data Guard
396 (0.771 %)Tivoli
490 (0.723 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
577 (0.619 %)NetBackup
656 (0.450 %)Nagios
752 (0.418 %)Oracle Identity Management
850 (0.402 %)Control-M
944 (0.353 %)OpenView
1038 (0.305 %)SCCM
1131 (0.249 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1228 (0.225 %)Puppet
1327 (0.217 %)Oracle Identity Manager
1327 (0.217 %)BMC PATROL
1424 (0.193 %)Legato
1424 (0.193 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1521 (0.169 %)HP Data Protector
1620 (0.161 %)Foglight
1620 (0.161 %)HP SIM
1718 (0.145 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11022 (8.211 %)Microsoft
2494 (3.969 %)Business Objects
3493 (3.961 %)SAP
4470 (3.776 %)Sybase
5456 (3.664 %)HP
6440 (3.535 %)IBM
7423 (3.398 %)Red Hat
8419 (3.366 %)Informatica
9414 (3.326 %)Siebel
10399 (3.206 %)VMware
11314 (2.523 %)JBoss
12294 (2.362 %)Hyperion
13286 (2.298 %)Sun
14220 (1.767 %)Citrix
15188 (1.510 %)TIBCO
16165 (1.326 %)PeopleSoft
17159 (1.277 %)Cognos
18150 (1.205 %)Remedy
19135 (1.085 %)EMC
20125 (1.004 %)Cisco