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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the Wales region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank145
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads79110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.111 %
As % of the category below19.55 %24.18 %
Daily rates quoted2722
Average minimum daily rate£351£379
Average daily rate£369£401
% change on same period last year-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£371
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£25.25£24.67
Average hourly rate£25.25£26.50
% change on same period last year-4.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.25£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.07£31.53
% change on same period last year+8.06 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads404455
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.539 %0.460 %
Daily rates quoted108101
Average minimum daily rate£346£362
Average daily rate£369£388
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted3535
Average minimum hourly rate£21.55£20.74
Average hourly rate£22.66£21.69
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.77£22.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Oracle UKOracle
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Wales Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 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
South WalesDown-1049£344-8.57 %
West WalesUp+120£388-10.18 %
Oracle UKOracle
UK

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

196 (50.79 %)SQL
258 (30.69 %)UNIX
350 (26.46 %)Java
443 (22.75 %)Oracle Reports
541 (21.69 %)Finance
638 (20.11 %)J2EE
638 (20.11 %)WebLogic
732 (16.93 %)ERP
732 (16.93 %)Oracle 10g
732 (16.93 %)Security Cleared
830 (15.87 %)XML
830 (15.87 %)Government
928 (14.81 %)UML
928 (14.81 %)SQL Server
928 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
1026 (13.76 %)Oracle 9i
1123 (12.17 %)SOA
1222 (11.64 %)WebServices
1321 (11.11 %)Migration
1321 (11.11 %)Business Objects
1321 (11.11 %)SAP
1321 (11.11 %)Oracle Discoverer
1321 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
1420 (10.58 %)AIX
1517 (8.995 %)Windows
1517 (8.995 %)OO
1615 (7.937 %)Ant
1615 (7.937 %)Oracle EBS
1615 (7.937 %)Workflow
1714 (7.407 %)HTML

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138 (20.11 %)J2EE
230 (15.87 %)XML
322 (11.64 %)WebServices
414 (7.407 %)SOAP
414 (7.407 %)HTML
414 (7.407 %)WebSphere
512 (6.349 %).NET
611 (5.820 %)EJB
710 (5.291 %)JDBC
89 (4.762 %)SAP Basis
98 (4.233 %)JMS
107 (3.704 %)WSDL
116 (3.175 %)JSP
125 (2.646 %)Struts
134 (2.116 %)XSD
134 (2.116 %)CORBA
134 (2.116 %)CSS
134 (2.116 %)SAML
143 (1.587 %)NetBeans
143 (1.587 %)JNDI
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (20.11 %)WebLogic
213 (6.878 %)Oracle Workflow
39 (4.762 %)NetWeaver
48 (4.233 %)WebLogic Portal
57 (3.704 %)WebSphere MQ
66 (3.175 %)Apache
66 (3.175 %)Oracle Application Server
75 (2.646 %)WebSphere Message Broker
75 (2.646 %)Tomcat
75 (2.646 %)MS Exchange
84 (2.116 %)IIS
84 (2.116 %)WebSphere Application Server
93 (1.587 %)ESB
102 (1.058 %)CMS
111 (0.529 %)Exchange Server 2003
111 (0.529 %)Oracle 10gAS
111 (0.529 %)Lotus Notes
111 (0.529 %)SharePoint
111 (0.529 %)SAS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.529 %)MS Project
11 (0.529 %)MS Office
11 (0.529 %)MS Visio
11 (0.529 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (7.937 %)Oracle EBS
210 (5.291 %)Oracle Financials
33 (1.587 %)Oracle ERP
33 (1.587 %)Oracle Applications
42 (1.058 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.529 %)Oracle HRMS
51 (0.529 %)Oracle Payroll
51 (0.529 %)Teamcenter
51 (0.529 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.529 %)Staffware
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (7.407 %)Internet
25 (2.646 %)VLAN
25 (2.646 %)LAN
25 (2.646 %)WAN
34 (2.116 %)TCP/IP
34 (2.116 %)IIOP
42 (1.058 %)ISDN
42 (1.058 %)Firewall
51 (0.529 %)LDAP
51 (0.529 %)DHCP
51 (0.529 %)SAN
51 (0.529 %)DNS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (22.75 %)Oracle Reports
232 (16.93 %)Oracle 10g
328 (14.81 %)SQL Server
426 (13.76 %)Oracle 9i
521 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
521 (11.11 %)Oracle Discoverer
613 (6.878 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (5.291 %)Crystal Reports
89 (4.762 %)BusinessObjects XI
97 (3.704 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
97 (3.704 %)Data Cleansing
106 (3.175 %)SQL Server 2005
106 (3.175 %)Datawarehouse
115 (2.646 %)ETL
115 (2.646 %)RDBMS
124 (2.116 %)SQL Server 2000
124 (2.116 %)EDRMS
133 (1.587 %)PowerCenter
142 (1.058 %)MS Access
142 (1.058 %)DB2
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (7.937 %)Ant
214 (7.407 %)Oracle Forms
312 (6.349 %)ClearCase
312 (6.349 %)Rational Rose
411 (5.820 %)Eclipse
59 (4.762 %)TestDirector
68 (4.233 %)JUnit
77 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
86 (3.175 %)VSS/SourceSafe
94 (2.116 %)JDeveloper
94 (2.116 %)Cactus
103 (1.587 %)CruiseControl
103 (1.587 %)CheckStyle
103 (1.587 %)RequisitePro
111 (0.529 %)ClearQuest
111 (0.529 %)Log4j
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
141 (21.69 %)Finance
230 (15.87 %)Government
37 (3.704 %)Construction
46 (3.175 %)Manufacturing
46 (3.175 %)Telecoms
55 (2.646 %)Health
64 (2.116 %)Publishing
73 (1.587 %)Banking
73 (1.587 %)Insurance
73 (1.587 %)Local Government
82 (1.058 %)Billing
82 (1.058 %)Education
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
165 (34.39 %)Developer
228 (14.81 %)Analyst
322 (11.64 %)Consultant
415 (7.937 %)Oracle Developer
513 (6.878 %)Architect
612 (6.349 %)Database Designer
612 (6.349 %)Java Developer
710 (5.291 %)DBA
710 (5.291 %)Applications Developer
89 (4.762 %)Oracle Consultant
98 (4.233 %)J2EE Developer
107 (3.704 %)Crystal Reports Developer
107 (3.704 %)Senior Developer
107 (3.704 %)Report Developer
116 (3.175 %)Java/J2EE Developer
116 (3.175 %)Business Consultant
116 (3.175 %)Business Objects Consultant
125 (2.646 %)Support Analyst
125 (2.646 %)Test Analyst
125 (2.646 %)Oracle Analyst
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.058 %)NHS
12 (1.058 %)HACMP
12 (1.058 %)Management Information System
12 (1.058 %)Data Extraction
21 (0.529 %)Replication
21 (0.529 %)Data Conversion
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
158 (30.69 %)UNIX
220 (10.58 %)AIX
317 (8.995 %)Windows
45 (2.646 %)Solaris
45 (2.646 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (2.116 %)Windows XP
54 (2.116 %)HPUX
63 (1.587 %)Windows NT
72 (1.058 %)Linux
81 (0.529 %)VMS
81 (0.529 %)SUSE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (16.93 %)ERP
132 (16.93 %)Security Cleared
228 (14.81 %)UML
323 (12.17 %)SOA
421 (11.11 %)Migration
517 (8.995 %)OO
615 (7.937 %)Workflow
714 (7.407 %)SC Cleared
812 (6.349 %)Test Scripting
812 (6.349 %)Data Migration
911 (5.820 %)RUP
1010 (5.291 %)Web Development
119 (4.762 %)Use Case
128 (4.233 %)Performance Testing
128 (4.233 %)BPEL
137 (3.704 %)Unified Process
137 (3.704 %)Change Management
137 (3.704 %)Agile Software Development
146 (3.175 %)Business Analysis
146 (3.175 %)CRM
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
196 (50.79 %)SQL
250 (26.46 %)Java
328 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
49 (4.762 %)C
49 (4.762 %)C#
49 (4.762 %)C++
58 (4.233 %)Perl
58 (4.233 %)Shell Script
66 (3.175 %)VB.NET
66 (3.175 %)JavaScript
73 (1.587 %)Transact-SQL
73 (1.587 %)VB
82 (1.058 %)ABAP
91 (0.529 %)VBA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.587 %)Oracle Certification
13 (1.587 %)Degree
22 (1.058 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (1.058 %)OCA
31 (0.529 %)MCSE
31 (0.529 %)MCDBA
31 (0.529 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.529 %)ACCA
31 (0.529 %)CIMA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (5.820 %)QA
23 (1.587 %)SLA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (4.233 %)Active Directory
25 (2.646 %)Squid
31 (0.529 %)Samba
31 (0.529 %)AquaLogic
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.058 %)Legato
12 (1.058 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.529 %)Tivoli
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (11.11 %)Business Objects
121 (11.11 %)SAP
214 (7.407 %)Microsoft
214 (7.407 %)BEA
310 (5.291 %)JD Edwards
49 (4.762 %)Sybase
55 (2.646 %)PeopleSoft
55 (2.646 %)Sage
64 (2.116 %)IBM
64 (2.116 %)HP
73 (1.587 %)Citrix
73 (1.587 %)Informatica
73 (1.587 %)Siebel
82 (1.058 %)Remedy
91 (0.529 %)Sun
91 (0.529 %)Cognos
91 (0.529 %)VERITAS
91 (0.529 %)Lotus
91 (0.529 %)Baan
91 (0.529 %)Agresso
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