The first table below looks at the demand for SQLPlus skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQLPlus 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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 SQL*Plus
Rank 461 521 545
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +24
Contract jobs citing SQLPlus 68 63 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.147% 0.108% 0.064%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.709% 0.568% 0.313%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 35 14
Average daily rate £488 £350 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.48% +22.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £250 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £525 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £305 £250
% change year-on-year
+38.52% +22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £47.50
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9589 11093 12450
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.67% 19.02% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5784 6372 6932
Average daily rate £388 £375 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -4.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £258 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 268 387
Average hourly rate £25.60 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.34 £12.67 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £44.70 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%

SQLPlus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQLPlus within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQLPlus Jobs Demand Trend

SQLPlus
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQLPlus Daily Rate Trend

SQLPlus
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SQLPlus Daily Rate Histogram

SQLPlus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQLPlus Hourly Rate Trend

SQLPlus
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQLPlus 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 +43 59 £494 +41.27%
London +61 57 £500 +17.64%
City of London +26 21 £494 +9.72%
Canary Wharf +6 8 £588 -
West Wales - 6 £420 -
Swansea - 6 £420 -
Wales - 6 £420 -
South East +3 2 £425 +23.18%
Hampshire -12 2 £425 +54.54%
Havant - 2 £425 -
Scotland - 1 £401 -
Stirling - 1 £401 -

SQLPlus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQLPlus 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 SQLPlus.

1 121 (96.80%) SQL
2 102 (81.60%) Oracle
3 55 (44.00%) PL/SQL
4 50 (40.00%) UNIX
5 47 (37.60%) C#
6 45 (36.00%) TOAD
7 43 (34.40%) SQL Server
8 41 (32.80%) Finance
9 37 (29.60%) XML
10 35 (28.00%) Java
11 33 (26.40%) Oracle 10g
12 31 (24.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 30 (24.00%) Business Objects
14 28 (22.40%) Shell Script
15 27 (21.60%) ITIL
16 26 (20.80%) OLAP
16 26 (20.80%) Oracle OLAP
17 25 (20.00%) Security Cleared
18 24 (19.20%) Waterfall
18 24 (19.20%) Microsoft
19 23 (18.40%) Oracle RAC
20 22 (17.60%) QlikView
20 22 (17.60%) Oracle RMAN
21 21 (16.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 21 (16.80%) .NET
21 21 (16.80%) Oracle Reports
22 20 (16.00%) JavaScript
22 20 (16.00%) HTML
22 20 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
22 20 (16.00%) Risk Management

SQLPlus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQLPlus 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 SQLPlus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (29.60%) XML
2 21 (16.80%) .NET
3 20 (16.00%) HTML
4 16 (12.80%) ASP.NET
5 15 (12.00%) .NET Framework
6 14 (11.20%) ASP
7 13 (10.40%) MDX
7 13 (10.40%) WCF
8 11 (8.800%) WPF
9 9 (7.200%) Middleware
10 4 (3.200%) CSS
10 4 (3.200%) Ajax
11 3 (2.400%) jQuery
12 2 (1.600%) JDBC
12 2 (1.600%) Oracle Fusion
13 1 (0.800%) Hibernate
13 1 (0.800%) Spring
13 1 (0.800%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.800%) ASP.NET MVC
13 1 (0.800%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 18 (14.40%) WebLogic
2 16 (12.80%) IIS
2 16 (12.80%) SharePoint
3 13 (10.40%) OpenROAD
4 11 (8.800%) Oracle Workflow
5 10 (8.000%) Apache
6 9 (7.200%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.800%) Confluence
7 1 (0.800%) Oracle UPK
7 1 (0.800%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.800%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.800%) Oracle 9iAS
Applications
1 15 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.200%) MS Project
2 4 (3.200%) MS Office
2 4 (3.200%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.800%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (13.60%) Oracle Applications
3 15 (12.00%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (6.400%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (4.000%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.800%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.200%) LDAP
2 8 (6.400%) DNS
2 8 (6.400%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.600%) Internet
4 1 (0.800%) HTTP
4 1 (0.800%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (36.00%) TOAD
2 43 (34.40%) SQL Server
3 33 (26.40%) Oracle 10g
4 31 (24.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 26 (20.80%) OLAP
5 26 (20.80%) Oracle OLAP
6 22 (17.60%) QlikView
7 21 (16.80%) Oracle Reports
8 18 (14.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (14.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (10.40%) Ingres
10 11 (8.800%) Oracle 11g
10 11 (8.800%) Oracle 9i
11 10 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (8.000%) Oracle Discoverer
11 10 (8.000%) RDBMS
12 8 (6.400%) SQL Server 2012
13 7 (5.600%) Oracle 8/8i
14 6 (4.800%) SQL Server 2005
14 6 (4.800%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 19 (15.20%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (4.800%) LoadRunner
3 5 (4.000%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (4.000%) JDeveloper
4 4 (3.200%) TestDirector
5 3 (2.400%) Subversion
6 1 (0.800%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.800%) NUnit
6 1 (0.800%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.800%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.800%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (0.800%) Moq
6 1 (0.800%) Hudson
6 1 (0.800%) Rational Application Developer
6 1 (0.800%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.800%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.800%) ProC
General
1 41 (32.80%) Finance
2 20 (16.00%) Banking
3 6 (4.800%) Investment Banking
4 5 (4.000%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.600%) Games
6 1 (0.800%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.800%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 54 (43.20%) Developer
2 29 (23.20%) Analyst
3 28 (22.40%) DBA
4 18 (14.40%) Oracle DBA
5 17 (13.60%) Support Analyst
6 16 (12.80%) Analyst Developer
7 15 (12.00%) Senior Developer
8 14 (11.20%) SQL DBA
9 12 (9.600%) Market Risk Developer
10 10 (8.000%) Oracle Analyst
10 10 (8.000%) Oracle Support Analyst
11 9 (7.200%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (7.200%) Oracle Developer
12 8 (6.400%) Oracle Applications DBA
12 8 (6.400%) Senior Analyst Developer
13 6 (4.800%) Tester
13 6 (4.800%) Transition Manager
13 6 (4.800%) C# Developer
13 6 (4.800%) Performance Tester
14 5 (4.000%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 20 (16.00%) Credit Derivative
2 20 (16.00%) Derivative
3 17 (13.60%) Market Risk
4 11 (8.800%) Replication
5 5 (4.000%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.600%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.600%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.800%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.800%) Clustering
7 1 (0.800%) Open Source
7 1 (0.800%) SaaS
7 1 (0.800%) Online Games
7 1 (0.800%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 50 (40.00%) UNIX
2 14 (11.20%) Linux
3 12 (9.600%) Solaris
4 10 (8.000%) Windows
5 2 (1.600%) Tru64
5 2 (1.600%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.600%) AIX
6 1 (0.800%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.800%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.800%) HPUX
6 1 (0.800%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.60%) ITIL
2 24 (19.20%) Waterfall
3 20 (16.00%) Risk Management
4 19 (15.20%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (12.80%) UML
6 14 (11.20%) SOA
7 13 (10.40%) Software Engineering
7 13 (10.40%) OOP
7 13 (10.40%) OO
7 13 (10.40%) Data Modelling
7 13 (10.40%) E-business
8 12 (9.600%) PRINCE2
8 12 (9.600%) Multithreading
9 11 (8.800%) Workflow
10 10 (8.000%) Unit Testing
11 9 (7.200%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (7.200%) High Availability
11 9 (7.200%) BCP
12 8 (6.400%) Continuous Integration
13 6 (4.800%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 121 (96.80%) SQL
2 55 (44.00%) PL/SQL
3 47 (37.60%) C#
4 35 (28.00%) Java
5 28 (22.40%) Shell Script
6 20 (16.00%) JavaScript
7 15 (12.00%) VB
8 14 (11.20%) VB.NET
8 14 (11.20%) C++
9 13 (10.40%) Perl
10 12 (9.600%) T-SQL
11 11 (8.800%) Korn
12 7 (5.600%) C
13 1 (0.800%) Jython
13 1 (0.800%) VBA
13 1 (0.800%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.40%) ISEB
3 10 (8.000%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (3.200%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.200%) MCP
5 4 (3.200%) MCTS
5 4 (3.200%) MCPD
6 2 (1.600%) OCP
6 2 (1.600%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.600%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.600%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.400%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (18.40%) Oracle RAC
2 22 (17.60%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (4.000%) SRDF
4 1 (0.800%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 20 (16.00%) Data Guard
2 6 (4.800%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.800%) Oracle Statspack
3 1 (0.800%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.800%) Control-M
Vendors
1 102 (81.60%) Oracle
2 30 (24.00%) Business Objects
3 24 (19.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.600%) HP
4 2 (1.600%) IBM
5 1 (0.800%) Serena
5 1 (0.800%) VMware
5 1 (0.800%) Cognos
5 1 (0.800%) MKS
5 1 (0.800%) Citrix
5 1 (0.800%) Red Hat