The first table below looks at the demand for WebLogic skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle WebLogic Server
Rank 40 35 35
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Contract jobs citing WebLogic 4 19 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.939% 3.333% 4.091%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.780% 16.96% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 13
Average daily rate £324 £484 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.19% +40.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £418 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £555 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.50 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-20.90% +37.50%
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 112 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 13.85% 19.65% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 45 72
Average daily rate £350 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £130 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
WebLogic
UK

WebLogic
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales WebLogic Jobs Demand Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebLogic across the Wales region.

Wales WebLogic Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebLogic across the Wales region.

Wales WebLogic Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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 0 3 £325 -23.52%
West Wales -1 1 £322 -41.63%
WebLogic
UK

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic.

1 34 (97.14%) Oracle
2 29 (82.86%) Java
3 23 (65.71%) ClearCase
3 23 (65.71%) ClearQuest
4 22 (62.86%) Security Cleared
5 19 (54.29%) SQL
5 19 (54.29%) XML
6 18 (51.43%) PL/SQL
7 17 (48.57%) XSLT
7 17 (48.57%) Eclipse
7 17 (48.57%) Liferay
8 16 (45.71%) Spring
9 15 (42.86%) JSF
9 15 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
10 14 (40.00%) XPath
10 14 (40.00%) SAX
10 14 (40.00%) XSD
10 14 (40.00%) DOM
10 14 (40.00%) J2EE
11 13 (37.14%) UML
11 13 (37.14%) JAXP
12 12 (34.29%) CSS
13 11 (31.43%) Maven
14 10 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (28.57%) WebLogic Portal
14 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
15 9 (25.71%) Hibernate
16 8 (22.86%) IBM
16 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
16 8 (22.86%) Ant

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (54.29%) XML
2 17 (48.57%) XSLT
3 16 (45.71%) Spring
4 15 (42.86%) JSF
5 14 (40.00%) SAX
5 14 (40.00%) XSD
5 14 (40.00%) DOM
5 14 (40.00%) J2EE
6 13 (37.14%) JAXP
7 12 (34.29%) CSS
8 9 (25.71%) Hibernate
9 7 (20.00%) Web Services
10 4 (11.43%) Java EE
10 4 (11.43%) JPA
11 3 (8.571%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (8.571%) Spring Batch
11 3 (8.571%) EJB
11 3 (8.571%) Middleware
12 2 (5.714%) WebSphere
12 2 (5.714%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 17 (48.57%) Liferay
2 10 (28.57%) WebLogic Portal
3 5 (14.29%) SAS
4 2 (5.714%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
5 1 (2.857%) ESB
5 1 (2.857%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Internet
2 2 (5.714%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (17.14%) Oracle Exadata
3 4 (11.43%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.857%) TOAD
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 23 (65.71%) ClearCase
1 23 (65.71%) ClearQuest
2 17 (48.57%) Eclipse
3 11 (31.43%) Maven
4 8 (22.86%) Ant
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.857%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Developer
2 16 (45.71%) Java Developer
3 7 (20.00%) Release Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Oracle DBA
4 6 (17.14%) DBA
5 4 (11.43%) Lead Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Lead Java Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Administrator
6 2 (5.714%) WebSphere Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Designer
7 1 (2.857%) Middleware Administrator
7 1 (2.857%) Middleware Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Oracle Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Oracle Developer
7 1 (2.857%) J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.857%) SQL Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.857%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) AIX
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 1 (2.857%) UNIX
2 1 (2.857%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) UML
2 10 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 7 (20.00%) Release Management
4 3 (8.571%) Scrum
5 2 (5.714%) SOA
6 1 (2.857%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.857%) Use Case
6 1 (2.857%) Web Application Development
6 1 (2.857%) EAI
6 1 (2.857%) OOD
6 1 (2.857%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (2.857%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (82.86%) Java
2 19 (54.29%) SQL
3 18 (51.43%) PL/SQL
4 14 (40.00%) XPath
5 7 (20.00%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
6 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.857%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (62.86%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) Oracle
2 8 (22.86%) IBM
3 1 (2.857%) Mercator