Warwickshire Oracle Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts within the Warwickshire 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Driffield Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochester Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	11	13
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	29	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.039 %	0.039 %
As % of the category below	19.08 %	17.92 %
Daily rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£269
Average daily rate	£373	£288
% change on same period last year	+29.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£308
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.17	£36.77
Average hourly rate	£39.83	£40.38
% change on same period last year	-1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.50	£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.17	£31.51
% change on same period last year	+8.43 %
Vendors Warwickshire
Matching contract IT job ads	152	212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.202 %	0.215 %
Daily rates quoted	30	26
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£288
Average daily rate	£376	£308
% change on same period last year	+22.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£358
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	£36.24
Average hourly rate	£24.82	£40.22
% change on same period last year	-38.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.13	£44.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.26	£24.93
% change on same period last year	-6.69 %
Oracle West Midlands

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
Rugby	-	6	£375	-
Warwick	+6	5	-	-
Leamington Spa	-7	1	£375	-
Nuneaton	-	1	£368	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 30 (52.63 %) UNIX 2 25 (43.86 %) Linux 3 23 (40.35 %) Solaris 3 23 (40.35 %) WebSphere 4 22 (38.60 %) Windows 4 22 (38.60 %) AIX 5 18 (31.58 %) Tomcat 5 18 (31.58 %) RDBMS 5 18 (31.58 %) Red Hat 6 17 (29.82 %) Firewall 6 17 (29.82 %) Apache 7 16 (28.07 %) TCP/IP 7 16 (28.07 %) DNS 8 13 (22.81 %) SQL 9 12 (21.05 %) J2EE

9 12 (21.05 %) SQL Server 10 11 (19.30 %) HTML 10 11 (19.30 %) UML 11 9 (15.79 %) Web Development 11 9 (15.79 %) Java 11 9 (15.79 %) RUP 11 9 (15.79 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 8 (14.04 %) OOA/OOD 13 7 (12.28 %) PL/SQL 13 7 (12.28 %) IBM 14 6 (10.53 %) Logistics 15 5 (8.772 %) Shell Script 15 5 (8.772 %) Sun 16 4 (7.018 %) Oracle 10g 16 4 (7.018 %) Change Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 23 (40.35 %) WebSphere 2 12 (21.05 %) J2EE 3 11 (19.30 %) HTML 4 3 (5.263 %) EJB 5 2 (3.509 %) XML 6 1 (1.754 %) Swing 6 1 (1.754 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (1.754 %) .NET 6 1 (1.754 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 18 (31.58 %) Tomcat 2 17 (29.82 %) Apache 3 3 (5.263 %) WebLogic 4 2 (3.509 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (1.754 %) NetWeaver 5 1 (1.754 %) WebLogic Portal 5 1 (1.754 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (1.754 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 1 (1.754 %) MS Office 1 1 (1.754 %) MS Excel 1 1 (1.754 %) MS Visio 1 1 (1.754 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (3.509 %) Oracle HRMS 2 1 (1.754 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (1.754 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (1.754 %) SAP R/3 2 1 (1.754 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 17 (29.82 %) Firewall 2 16 (28.07 %) TCP/IP 2 16 (28.07 %) DNS 3 3 (5.263 %) LDAP 4 2 (3.509 %) SSH 4 2 (3.509 %) iSCSI 4 2 (3.509 %) SAN 5 1 (1.754 %) Intranet 5 1 (1.754 %) LAN 5 1 (1.754 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (31.58 %) RDBMS 2 12 (21.05 %) SQL Server 3 9 (15.79 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 4 (7.018 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (5.263 %) TOAD 5 3 (5.263 %) Oracle 9i 5 3 (5.263 %) Oracle Reports 6 2 (3.509 %) Informix 6 2 (3.509 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 2 (3.509 %) Cognos Impromptu 6 2 (3.509 %) DecisionStream 7 1 (1.754 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (1.754 %) SQLPlus 7 1 (1.754 %) PostgreSQL 7 1 (1.754 %) Oracle OLAP 7 1 (1.754 %) DB2 7 1 (1.754 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 3 (5.263 %) PVCS 1 3 (5.263 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.754 %) TestDirector 2 1 (1.754 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (1.754 %) Subversion 2 1 (1.754 %) Ant	General 1 3 (5.263 %) Retail 2 1 (1.754 %) Billing 2 1 (1.754 %) Insurance 2 1 (1.754 %) Pensions 2 1 (1.754 %) Finance 2 1 (1.754 %) Automotive 2 1 (1.754 %) Government 2 1 (1.754 %) Criminal Justice 2 1 (1.754 %) Games
Job Titles 1 15 (26.32 %) Administrator 2 13 (22.81 %) UNIX Administrator 3 10 (17.54 %) Architect 3 10 (17.54 %) Web Administrator 4 8 (14.04 %) Technical Architect 5 6 (10.53 %) Developer 6 5 (8.772 %) Consultant 6 5 (8.772 %) Technical Designer 6 5 (8.772 %) UNIX Support 7 4 (7.018 %) Technical Administrator 7 4 (7.018 %) Analyst 7 4 (7.018 %) DBA 8 3 (5.263 %) Applications Support 8 3 (5.263 %) Business Analyst 8 3 (5.263 %) Java Developer 8 3 (5.263 %) Oracle DBA 9 2 (3.509 %) Data Modeller 9 2 (3.509 %) Systems Administrator 9 2 (3.509 %) 3rd Line Support 9 2 (3.509 %) Solutions Architect	Miscellaneous 1 3 (5.263 %) Replication 2 2 (3.509 %) E-Learning 3 1 (1.754 %) SCORM 3 1 (1.754 %) Wiki 3 1 (1.754 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 30 (52.63 %) UNIX 2 25 (43.86 %) Linux 3 23 (40.35 %) Solaris 4 22 (38.60 %) Windows 4 22 (38.60 %) AIX 5 3 (5.263 %) HPUX 6 2 (3.509 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (1.754 %) Windows NT 7 1 (1.754 %) SUSE	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (19.30 %) UML 2 9 (15.79 %) RUP 2 9 (15.79 %) Web Development 3 8 (14.04 %) OOA/OOD 4 6 (10.53 %) Logistics 5 4 (7.018 %) Change Management 6 3 (5.263 %) Supply Chain Management 6 3 (5.263 %) Incident Management 6 3 (5.263 %) RDF 7 2 (3.509 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (3.509 %) Service Delivery 7 2 (3.509 %) Data Modelling 7 2 (3.509 %) SOA 7 2 (3.509 %) Disaster Recovery 7 2 (3.509 %) Business Continuity 7 2 (3.509 %) Problem Management 7 2 (3.509 %) Security Cleared 8 1 (1.754 %) Load Balancing 8 1 (1.754 %) Use Case 8 1 (1.754 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 13 (22.81 %) SQL 2 9 (15.79 %) Java 3 7 (12.28 %) PL/SQL 4 5 (8.772 %) Shell Script 5 4 (7.018 %) Korn 6 3 (5.263 %) JavaScript 7 2 (3.509 %) Perl 8 1 (1.754 %) C 8 1 (1.754 %) LotusScript 8 1 (1.754 %) VB 8 1 (1.754 %) VBA 8 1 (1.754 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 1 (1.754 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (1.754 %) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software 1 3 (5.263 %) NetBackup 2 2 (3.509 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (1.754 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (1.754 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (1.754 %) Samba	Systems Management 1 3 (5.263 %) Unicenter 2 1 (1.754 %) Oracle Statspack
Vendors 1 18 (31.58 %) Red Hat 2 7 (12.28 %) IBM 3 5 (8.772 %) Sun 4 3 (5.263 %) CA 4 3 (5.263 %) Retek 4 3 (5.263 %) Microsoft 4 3 (5.263 %) Cognos 5 2 (3.509 %) Cisco 5 2 (3.509 %) HP 5 2 (3.509 %) SAP 6 1 (1.754 %) Remedy 6 1 (1.754 %) Cramer 6 1 (1.754 %) VMware 6 1 (1.754 %) Lotus