The first table below looks at the demand for TOAD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TOAD over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quest TOAD
Rank 417 423 402
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -21
Contract jobs citing TOAD 124 161 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.263% 0.275% 0.304%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.264% 1.449% 1.495%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 99 84
Average daily rate £400 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
Average hourly rate - £33.00 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.96%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9812 11109 12243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.78% 19.00% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5905 6380 6804
Average daily rate £388 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £260 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 262 395
Average hourly rate £25.70 £26.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.01% -17.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%

TOAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TOAD Jobs Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TOAD within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

TOAD Daily Rate Histogram

TOAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TOAD Hourly Rate Trend

TOAD
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 TOAD within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +1 105 £425 +16.43%
London +3 69 £444 +18.33%
City of London +7 17 £400 -
Scotland -5 14 £363 +35.51%
South West +10 12 £375 +2.73%
South East +16 11 £428 +55.45%
Canary Wharf -4 8 £588 -2.08%
Stirling -6 8 £363 +20.83%
North West +16 7 £400 +33.33%
Gloucestershire +30 6 £375 +0.67%
Berkshire +12 5 £313 -3.84%
Devon -7 5 £369 +9.25%
Glasgow -17 5 £294 +9.90%
Exeter -4 4 £388 -16.21%
Slough - 4 £325 -
Manchester +15 3 £419 -
Hertfordshire +11 3 - -
East of England +9 3 - -
Letchworth - 3 - -
Lancashire - 3 £415 -
Surrey +16 2 £430 -
West Sussex +15 2 £475 +61.70%
Wales +10 2 £325 -
Yorkshire +3 2 £175 -35.18%
Worthing +1 2 £475 +52.00%
Hampshire -16 2 £425 +54.54%
Havant - 2 £425 -
Guildford - 2 £430 -
South Wales - 2 £325 -
Gloucester +26 1 £375 +2.73%

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TOAD 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 TOAD.

1 240 (92.31%) SQL
2 220 (84.62%) Oracle
3 137 (52.69%) PL/SQL
4 102 (39.23%) Finance
5 73 (28.08%) Data Warehouse
6 66 (25.38%) Oracle 10g
7 65 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
8 58 (22.31%) XML
9 53 (20.38%) Banking
10 51 (19.62%) Oracle 11g
11 47 (18.08%) Business Objects
12 46 (17.69%) SQLPlus
13 42 (16.15%) Oracle Reports
14 41 (15.77%) UNIX
14 41 (15.77%) Data Modelling
15 38 (14.62%) .NET
16 37 (14.23%) ETL
17 35 (13.46%) HP
18 34 (13.08%) Investment Banking
19 32 (12.31%) SQL Server
19 32 (12.31%) C#
20 30 (11.54%) Oracle Forms
20 30 (11.54%) QlikView
20 30 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
20 30 (11.54%) Waterfall
21 28 (10.77%) Java
22 27 (10.38%) UML
22 27 (10.38%) OOP
23 26 (10.00%) MS Excel
23 26 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TOAD 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 TOAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 58 (22.31%) XML
2 38 (14.62%) .NET
3 13 (5.000%) WCF
4 12 (4.615%) Silverlight
4 12 (4.615%) MDX
4 12 (4.615%) HTML
5 11 (4.231%) Web Services
5 11 (4.231%) Middleware
5 11 (4.231%) WPF
6 10 (3.846%) WebSphere
6 10 (3.846%) J2EE
7 9 (3.462%) SOAP
7 9 (3.462%) Spring
8 8 (3.077%) Ajax
8 8 (3.077%) Hibernate
8 8 (3.077%) Servlets
9 7 (2.692%) ASP.NET
9 7 (2.692%) CSS
10 6 (2.308%) JPA
10 6 (2.308%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.923%) WebLogic
2 11 (4.231%) Apache
3 9 (3.462%) Oracle Application Server
4 7 (2.692%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (2.308%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (1.538%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (0.769%) Captiva
7 2 (0.769%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.769%) AquaLogic
7 2 (0.769%) Documentum
7 2 (0.769%) IIS
8 1 (0.385%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.385%) CICS
8 1 (0.385%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.385%) SAS
8 1 (0.385%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.385%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.385%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 26 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 21 (8.077%) MS Office
3 16 (6.154%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.769%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.385%) MS Project
5 1 (0.385%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.385%) DOC1
5 1 (0.385%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.385%) Oracle Applications
2 13 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (5.000%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (2.308%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 5 (1.923%) Oracle 11i
4 5 (1.923%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (1.154%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.769%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.769%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.769%) Summit
7 1 (0.385%) Oracle iStore
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.077%) HTTP
2 7 (2.692%) Internet
3 5 (1.923%) FTP
4 4 (1.538%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.154%) 3G
6 2 (0.769%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.385%) Firewall
7 1 (0.385%) RTP
7 1 (0.385%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (28.08%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (25.38%) Oracle 10g
3 51 (19.62%) Oracle 11g
4 46 (17.69%) SQLPlus
5 42 (16.15%) Oracle Reports
6 32 (12.31%) SQL Server
7 30 (11.54%) QlikView
8 26 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
9 25 (9.615%) Oracle OLAP
9 25 (9.615%) OLAP
9 25 (9.615%) RDBMS
10 21 (8.077%) Oracle Discoverer
10 21 (8.077%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 13 (5.000%) Star Schema
12 10 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (3.462%) Oracle OWB
14 7 (2.692%) DecisionStream
14 7 (2.692%) DB2
14 7 (2.692%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 30 (11.54%) Oracle Forms
2 18 (6.923%) ERwin
2 18 (6.923%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.462%) Oracle APEX
4 8 (3.077%) Subversion
5 7 (2.692%) LoadRunner
5 7 (2.692%) ProC
5 7 (2.692%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (2.692%) Maven
6 6 (2.308%) JUnit
7 5 (1.923%) Rational Rose
8 4 (1.538%) JIRA
8 4 (1.538%) jMock
8 4 (1.538%) EasyMock
8 4 (1.538%) PVCS
9 3 (1.154%) QuickTest Pro
9 3 (1.154%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.154%) ClearQuest
10 2 (0.769%) NUnit
10 2 (0.769%) CruiseControl
General
1 102 (39.23%) Finance
2 53 (20.38%) Banking
3 34 (13.08%) Investment Banking
4 16 (6.154%) Retail
5 13 (5.000%) Back Office
6 7 (2.692%) Publishing
7 6 (2.308%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.538%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.154%) Legal
9 3 (1.154%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.769%) German Language
10 2 (0.769%) Music
10 2 (0.769%) Front Office
10 2 (0.769%) Games
11 1 (0.385%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.385%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.385%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.385%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.385%) Marketing
11 1 (0.385%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 144 (55.38%) Developer
2 61 (23.46%) Analyst
3 49 (18.85%) Oracle Developer
4 28 (10.77%) Business Analyst
5 26 (10.00%) Consultant
6 18 (6.923%) Oracle Consultant
7 17 (6.538%) DBA
8 16 (6.154%) Oracle DBA
9 15 (5.769%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 12 (4.615%) Market Risk Developer
10 12 (4.615%) Test Analyst
11 11 (4.231%) PL/SQL Developer
11 11 (4.231%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (4.231%) Data Warehouse Developer
11 11 (4.231%) Technical Business Analyst
12 10 (3.846%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
13 9 (3.462%) SQL Developer
13 9 (3.462%) Java Developer
14 8 (3.077%) Oracle Analyst
14 8 (3.077%) Cognos Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.077%) Derivative
2 20 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (7.308%) Credit Derivative
3 19 (7.308%) Market Risk
4 13 (5.000%) Credit Risk
4 13 (5.000%) Reference Data
5 12 (4.615%) Replication
6 7 (2.692%) Computer Science
7 5 (1.923%) Data Integration
8 4 (1.538%) Economics
8 4 (1.538%) Visualisation
9 3 (1.154%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.154%) iSeries
9 3 (1.154%) SWIFT
9 3 (1.154%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.769%) Data Extraction
10 2 (0.769%) Equities
10 2 (0.769%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.385%) IVR
11 1 (0.385%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.77%) UNIX
2 23 (8.846%) Windows
3 18 (6.923%) Linux
4 8 (3.077%) Solaris
5 7 (2.692%) Windows XP
6 6 (2.308%) HPUX
7 3 (1.154%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (1.154%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.769%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.385%) zOS
9 1 (0.385%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (15.77%) Data Modelling
3 37 (14.23%) ETL
4 30 (11.54%) Waterfall
5 27 (10.38%) UML
5 27 (10.38%) OOP
6 25 (9.615%) OO
7 21 (8.077%) Workflow
7 21 (8.077%) Business Analysis
8 20 (7.692%) Data Analysis
9 19 (7.308%) Risk Management
9 19 (7.308%) Use Case
10 18 (6.923%) Dimensional Modelling
11 15 (5.769%) Project Management
11 15 (5.769%) Agile Software Development
11 15 (5.769%) Test Scripting
12 14 (5.385%) Configuration Management
12 14 (5.385%) Process Management
13 13 (5.000%) SOA
13 13 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 240 (92.31%) SQL
2 137 (52.69%) PL/SQL
3 32 (12.31%) C#
4 28 (10.77%) Java
5 22 (8.462%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.923%) VB.NET
7 17 (6.538%) T-SQL
7 17 (6.538%) Shell Script
8 14 (5.385%) Perl
9 12 (4.615%) Korn
10 8 (3.077%) VB
11 6 (2.308%) C
12 5 (1.923%) VBA
13 3 (1.154%) RPG
13 3 (1.154%) RPG IV
14 2 (0.769%) VB6
14 2 (0.769%) R
14 2 (0.769%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.769%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.385%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (6.538%) Degree
2 14 (5.385%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.615%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.077%) ISEB
5 6 (2.308%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.538%) BC Cleared
6 4 (1.538%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.154%) OCP
7 3 (1.154%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.385%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.385%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.000%) QA
2 9 (3.462%) Basel II
3 8 (3.077%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (4.615%) Oracle RAC
1 12 (4.615%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.385%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.385%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
2 12 (4.615%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.769%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (0.385%) Control-M
4 1 (0.385%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 220 (84.62%) Oracle
2 47 (18.08%) Business Objects
3 35 (13.46%) HP
4 20 (7.692%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.308%) Cognos
6 16 (6.154%) IBM
7 14 (5.385%) Pega
8 6 (2.308%) VMware
8 6 (2.308%) SAP
9 4 (1.538%) Northgate
9 4 (1.538%) Remedy
9 4 (1.538%) MicroStrategy
9 4 (1.538%) Citrix
10 3 (1.154%) Hyperion
10 3 (1.154%) Informatica
11 2 (0.769%) Lombardi
11 2 (0.769%) Omniture
11 2 (0.769%) Google
11 2 (0.769%) iRise
11 2 (0.769%) Red Hat
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