The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Welwyn Garden City region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 17 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 Welwyn Garden City 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank - 5 9
Contract jobs citing Oracle 0 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City - 14.63% 15.38%
As % of the Vendors category - 50.00% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £370 -
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 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
All Vendors
Welwyn Garden City
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 29.03% 29.27% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £400 £378 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.96% -11.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £367 £405
10% offered a daily rate of more than £675 £422 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +118.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Hertfordshire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 4 (100.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Informatica
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (50.00%) PowerCenter
3 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (25.00%) SAS

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 (25.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) PowerCenter
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Informatica