The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the Wales region.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 22 8 11
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 24 76 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 5.621% 13.24% 11.47%
As % of the Vendors category 13.48% 29.57% 21.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 32
Average daily rate £375 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £225 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £528 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+23.89% -15.67%
All Vendors
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
178 257 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 41.69% 44.77% 52.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 107 152
Average daily rate £350 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £200 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.10 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.25 £22.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below 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 22 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
South Wales -11 22 £400 -5.88%
North Wales -2 1 - -
West Wales -5 1 £322 -24.59%
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 42 (51.85%) Java
2 40 (49.38%) SQL
3 38 (46.91%) WebLogic
3 38 (46.91%) Security Cleared
4 31 (38.27%) XML
5 30 (37.04%) PL/SQL
5 30 (37.04%) ClearCase
5 30 (37.04%) ClearQuest
6 26 (32.10%) UML
7 22 (27.16%) Spring
8 21 (25.93%) Liferay
8 21 (25.93%) Eclipse
8 21 (25.93%) XSLT
9 20 (24.69%) Agile Software Development
9 20 (24.69%) SC Cleared
10 18 (22.22%) XPath
10 18 (22.22%) JSF
10 18 (22.22%) SAX
10 18 (22.22%) XSD
10 18 (22.22%) DOM
10 18 (22.22%) CSS
10 18 (22.22%) J2EE
11 17 (20.99%) JAXP
12 16 (19.75%) Hibernate
13 15 (18.52%) IBM
13 15 (18.52%) Oracle 11g
14 14 (17.28%) WebLogic Portal
15 13 (16.05%) Telecoms
16 12 (14.81%) Maven
17 11 (13.58%) Scrum

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 31 (38.27%) XML
2 22 (27.16%) Spring
3 21 (25.93%) XSLT
4 18 (22.22%) JSF
4 18 (22.22%) SAX
4 18 (22.22%) XSD
4 18 (22.22%) DOM
4 18 (22.22%) CSS
4 18 (22.22%) J2EE
5 17 (20.99%) JAXP
6 16 (19.75%) Hibernate
7 11 (13.58%) Web Services
8 6 (7.407%) HTML
9 5 (6.173%) Middleware
10 4 (4.938%) Java EE
10 4 (4.938%) JPA
10 4 (4.938%) .NET
11 3 (3.704%) EJB
11 3 (3.704%) JDBC
11 3 (3.704%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 38 (46.91%) WebLogic
2 21 (25.93%) Liferay
3 14 (17.28%) WebLogic Portal
4 7 (8.642%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (7.407%) Lotus Notes
6 5 (6.173%) SAS
7 2 (2.469%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (2.469%) Apache
8 1 (1.235%) Tomcat
8 1 (1.235%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (1.235%) IIS
8 1 (1.235%) NetWeaver
8 1 (1.235%) ESB
8 1 (1.235%) Mule
8 1 (1.235%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (1.235%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Applications
1 1 (1.235%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.173%) Oracle Financials
1 5 (6.173%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (4.938%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.938%) Oracle Payroll
3 3 (3.704%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (2.469%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (2.469%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (1.235%) WebTrends
5 1 (1.235%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.235%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.407%) Internet
2 3 (3.704%) HTTP
3 1 (1.235%) Firewall
3 1 (1.235%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.52%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (7.407%) Oracle Exadata
2 6 (7.407%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.938%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.938%) DB2
3 4 (4.938%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (4.938%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (3.704%) Informix
5 2 (2.469%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.469%) MySQL
6 1 (1.235%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.235%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.235%) TOAD
6 1 (1.235%) Ingres
6 1 (1.235%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.235%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 30 (37.04%) ClearCase
1 30 (37.04%) ClearQuest
2 21 (25.93%) Eclipse
3 12 (14.81%) Maven
4 9 (11.11%) Ant
5 4 (4.938%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (2.469%) Talend Open Studio
7 1 (1.235%) JUnit
7 1 (1.235%) TestNG
General
1 13 (16.05%) Telecoms
2 8 (9.877%) Finance
3 3 (3.704%) General Ledger
4 2 (2.469%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (40.74%) Developer
2 20 (24.69%) Java Developer
3 10 (12.35%) Administrator
3 10 (12.35%) Architect
3 10 (12.35%) Consultant
4 8 (9.877%) DBA
5 7 (8.642%) Oracle DBA
5 7 (8.642%) Release Engineer
5 7 (8.642%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (7.407%) Data Architect
7 5 (6.173%) Lead Developer
7 5 (6.173%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (6.173%) Analyst
7 5 (6.173%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 5 (6.173%) Lead Java Developer
8 4 (4.938%) SQL Developer
8 4 (4.938%) Oracle Developer
9 3 (3.704%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (3.704%) PL/SQL Developer
10 2 (2.469%) Junior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.469%) Replication
2 1 (1.235%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.235%) Grid Computing
2 1 (1.235%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.235%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Linux
2 8 (9.877%) AIX
3 6 (7.407%) UNIX
4 4 (4.938%) Windows
5 2 (2.469%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.469%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.235%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.10%) UML
2 20 (24.69%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (13.58%) Scrum
4 7 (8.642%) Migration
4 7 (8.642%) Workflow
4 7 (8.642%) Configuration Management
4 7 (8.642%) Release Management
5 6 (7.407%) Data Migration
5 6 (7.407%) Data Modelling
6 5 (6.173%) Kanban
6 5 (6.173%) Unit Testing
6 5 (6.173%) Data Management
6 5 (6.173%) Data Analysis
7 4 (4.938%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (4.938%) Integration Testing
7 4 (4.938%) Test Scripting
7 4 (4.938%) Dimensional Modelling
7 4 (4.938%) SOA
7 4 (4.938%) RAD
8 3 (3.704%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 42 (51.85%) Java
2 40 (49.38%) SQL
3 30 (37.04%) PL/SQL
4 18 (22.22%) XPath
5 7 (8.642%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
6 4 (4.938%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.469%) C#
8 1 (1.235%) Perl
8 1 (1.235%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.235%) Ruby
8 1 (1.235%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (46.91%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.235%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.235%) Degree
3 1 (1.235%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) QA
1 2 (2.469%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.235%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (1.235%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.407%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.235%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.235%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.235%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (18.52%) IBM
2 6 (7.407%) Lotus
3 5 (6.173%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.173%) SAP
4 3 (3.704%) JBoss
5 2 (2.469%) Talend
6 1 (1.235%) Mercator