The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 23 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 Watford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 12 13 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 1.429% 8.654% 4.938%
As % of the Vendors category 4.167% 17.31% 7.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £450 £300 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -33.33%
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 £37.00 £28.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+30.97% -13.07%
All Vendors
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
24 52 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 34.29% 50.00% 62.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 24
Average daily rate £375 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Oracle
Hertfordshire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (33.33%) ERP

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DBA
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP