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This section looks at the demand for Oracle TopLink skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited TopLink over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle TopLink
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank586626
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching contract IT job ads223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.011 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£438
Average daily rate-£484
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£531
UK excluding London average daily rate-£504
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.88
Average hourly rate-£25.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£26.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£25.13
% change on same period last year-
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1775121916
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.41 %23.25 %
Daily rates quoted58496599
Average minimum daily rate£353£375
Average daily rate£380£401
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted10051382
Average minimum hourly rate£30.09£30.91
Average hourly rate£32.48£33.30
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.88£35.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

TopLink
Demand Trend

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

TopLink Demand Trend

TopLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

TopLink Daily Rate Trend

TopLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TopLink Hourly Rate Trend

TopLink
Top 2 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing TopLink within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+702--
EnglandUp+372--

TopLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TopLink 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 TopLink.

18 (88.89 %)Java
27 (77.78 %)Oracle
36 (66.67 %)J2EE
45 (55.56 %)Spring
45 (55.56 %)Hibernate
45 (55.56 %)Java RMI
45 (55.56 %)WebServices
45 (55.56 %)Unix
45 (55.56 %)SQL
54 (44.44 %)UML
54 (44.44 %)OOD
54 (44.44 %)Finance
54 (44.44 %)Derivative
54 (44.44 %)Interest Rate Derivative
63 (33.33 %)Web Development
63 (33.33 %)Use Case
63 (33.33 %)Workflow
63 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
63 (33.33 %)BEA
63 (33.33 %)Sybase
63 (33.33 %)WebLogic
72 (22.22 %)MQSeries
72 (22.22 %)JMS
72 (22.22 %)Middleware
72 (22.22 %)SOA
72 (22.22 %)Eclipse
72 (22.22 %)SWT
72 (22.22 %)Workflow Management
72 (22.22 %)AquaLogic
81 (11.11 %)Investment Banking

TopLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TopLink 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 TopLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16 (66.67 %)J2EE
25 (55.56 %)WebServices
25 (55.56 %)Java RMI
25 (55.56 %)Spring
25 (55.56 %)Hibernate
32 (22.22 %)SWT
32 (22.22 %)Middleware
32 (22.22 %)JMS
41 (11.11 %)JAAS
41 (11.11 %)EJB
41 (11.11 %)JSP
41 (11.11 %)Struts
41 (11.11 %)Apache FOP
41 (11.11 %)Taglibs
41 (11.11 %)DAO
Application Platforms
13 (33.33 %)WebLogic
22 (22.22 %)MQSeries
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Workflow
Development Applications
12 (22.22 %)Eclipse
21 (11.11 %)XDoclet
21 (11.11 %)Ant
General
14 (44.44 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Banking
21 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
Job Titles
16 (66.67 %)Developer
16 (66.67 %)Java Developer
22 (22.22 %)Consultant
31 (11.11 %)DBA
31 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
31 (11.11 %)Oracle DBA
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Java Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
14 (44.44 %)Derivative
14 (44.44 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
15 (55.56 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)UML
14 (44.44 %)OOD
23 (33.33 %)Web Development
23 (33.33 %)Use Case
23 (33.33 %)Workflow
23 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
32 (22.22 %)Workflow Management
32 (22.22 %)SOA
41 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
41 (11.11 %)OO
41 (11.11 %)Performance Testing
41 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
41 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
Programming Languages
18 (88.89 %)Java
25 (55.56 %)SQL
31 (11.11 %)DHTML
31 (11.11 %)JavaScript
31 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
System Software
12 (22.22 %)AquaLogic
Vendors
17 (77.78 %)Oracle
23 (33.33 %)Sybase
23 (33.33 %)BEA
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