Wales Oracle 10g Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Database 10g skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle 10g over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Database 10g
Location Aberdeen Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gateshead Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swansea Swindon Teesside Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford Wells West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	51	51
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	13	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	7.927 %	7.246 %
Daily rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum daily rate	£364	£200
Average daily rate	£364	£275
% change on same period last year	+32.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£347
% change on same period last year	+5.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£23.00
Average hourly rate	-	£28.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.49	£36.56
% change on same period last year	+5.28 %
Database & Business Intelligence Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	164	138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.234 %	0.143 %
Daily rates quoted	44	29
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£343
Average daily rate	£351	£372
% change on same period last year	-5.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£402
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.39	£21.00
Average hourly rate	£36.46	£26.00
% change on same period last year	+40.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.54	£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.61	£31.85
% change on same period last year	-7.02 %
Oracle 10g UK

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.

Oracle 10g
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 10g across the Wales region.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g across the Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the Wales region.

Oracle 10g
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
South Wales	-2	9	£333	+21.21 %
West Wales	-	2	£455	-

Oracle 10g UK

Oracle 10g
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g.

1 27 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 16 (59.26 %) SQL 3 9 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 4 7 (25.93 %) SC Cleared 4 7 (25.93 %) Government 4 7 (25.93 %) Java 4 7 (25.93 %) WebLogic 4 7 (25.93 %) J2EE 4 7 (25.93 %) Oracle Reports 5 6 (22.22 %) UNIX 5 6 (22.22 %) HTML 5 6 (22.22 %) PL/SQL 6 5 (18.52 %) Oracle 9i 6 5 (18.52 %) ClearCase 6 5 (18.52 %) Oracle Discoverer

6 5 (18.52 %) TestDirector 7 4 (14.81 %) Business Intelligence 7 4 (14.81 %) JSP 7 4 (14.81 %) .NET 8 3 (11.11 %) VB.NET 8 3 (11.11 %) Crystal Reports 8 3 (11.11 %) XML 8 3 (11.11 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 3 (11.11 %) RUP 8 3 (11.11 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 3 (11.11 %) UML 8 3 (11.11 %) Oracle Forms 8 3 (11.11 %) TOAD 8 3 (11.11 %) ETL 8 3 (11.11 %) Rational Rose

Oracle 10g
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (25.93 %) J2EE 2 6 (22.22 %) HTML 3 4 (14.81 %) .NET 3 4 (14.81 %) JSP 4 3 (11.11 %) XML 4 3 (11.11 %) WebSphere 4 3 (11.11 %) OC4J	Application Platforms 1 7 (25.93 %) WebLogic 2 3 (11.11 %) Oracle Application Server 2 3 (11.11 %) Oracle 10gAS 3 2 (7.407 %) IIS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (11.11 %) Internet 2 2 (7.407 %) HTTP 3 1 (3.704 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (25.93 %) Oracle Reports 2 5 (18.52 %) Oracle Discoverer 2 5 (18.52 %) Oracle 9i 3 3 (11.11 %) ETL 3 3 (11.11 %) TOAD 3 3 (11.11 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (11.11 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (7.407 %) BusinessObjects 4 2 (7.407 %) PowerCenter 4 2 (7.407 %) DataStage 4 2 (7.407 %) Oracle 11g 4 2 (7.407 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 1 (3.704 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (3.704 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 5 (18.52 %) ClearCase 1 5 (18.52 %) TestDirector 2 3 (11.11 %) Rational Rose 2 3 (11.11 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 3 (11.11 %) Oracle Forms 3 2 (7.407 %) LoadRunner 3 2 (7.407 %) Visual Studio	General 1 7 (25.93 %) Government 2 3 (11.11 %) Publishing 2 3 (11.11 %) Construction 3 2 (7.407 %) Telecoms 3 2 (7.407 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 17 (62.96 %) Developer 2 5 (18.52 %) Java Developer 3 4 (14.81 %) Oracle DBA 3 4 (14.81 %) Analyst 3 4 (14.81 %) DBA 4 3 (11.11 %) Applications Developer 4 3 (11.11 %) Support Engineer 4 3 (11.11 %) Administrator 4 3 (11.11 %) J2EE Developer 4 3 (11.11 %) Crystal Reports Developer 4 3 (11.11 %) Report Developer 4 3 (11.11 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 2 (7.407 %) VB Analyst Programmer 5 2 (7.407 %) VB Developer 5 2 (7.407 %) Analyst Developer 5 2 (7.407 %) Applications Support Engineer 5 2 (7.407 %) Oracle Consultant 5 2 (7.407 %) ETL Developer 5 2 (7.407 %) Consultant 5 2 (7.407 %) Applications Support	Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.704 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 6 (22.22 %) UNIX 2 2 (7.407 %) Windows 2 2 (7.407 %) AIX 2 2 (7.407 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 7 (25.93 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (14.81 %) Business Intelligence 4 3 (11.11 %) Unified Process 4 3 (11.11 %) Agile Software Development 4 3 (11.11 %) UML 4 3 (11.11 %) RUP 4 3 (11.11 %) Use Case 5 2 (7.407 %) Volume Testing 5 2 (7.407 %) Test Scripting 5 2 (7.407 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (3.704 %) SOA 6 1 (3.704 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (3.704 %) E-business 6 1 (3.704 %) CTC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 16 (59.26 %) SQL 2 7 (25.93 %) Java 3 6 (22.22 %) PL/SQL 4 3 (11.11 %) VB.NET 5 2 (7.407 %) VB 5 2 (7.407 %) VB6 6 1 (3.704 %) Shell Script 6 1 (3.704 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (3.704 %) C 6 1 (3.704 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 2 (7.407 %) Degree 2 1 (3.704 %) OCA 2 1 (3.704 %) Oracle Certification
System Software 1 1 (3.704 %) Oracle RAC	Vendors 1 27 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 2 (7.407 %) Business Objects 2 2 (7.407 %) Microsoft 2 2 (7.407 %) HP 2 2 (7.407 %) Informatica 3 1 (3.704 %) Sybase