The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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 8 7 8
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 4 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 10.53% 9.434% 6.849%
As % of the Vendors category 18.18% 18.52% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £445 £275 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.81% -45.00%
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
West Lothian
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22 27 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 57.89% 50.94% 54.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 19
Average daily rate £398 £368 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.16% -8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £275 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £375 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
Scotland

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 17 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
Linlithgow 0 4 £445 +61.81%
Oracle
Scotland

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 8 (33.33%) SAS
2 6 (25.00%) Informatica
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) ETL
4 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (16.67%) ERP
4 4 (16.67%) UNIX
4 4 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 4 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (16.67%) Release Management
4 4 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) jQuery
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
5 3 (12.50%) Windows
5 3 (12.50%) .NET
5 3 (12.50%) ASP
5 3 (12.50%) CSS
5 3 (12.50%) ITIL
5 3 (12.50%) C#
5 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 3 (12.50%) PHP
5 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (12.50%) Ab Initio
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) ASP
1 3 (12.50%) CSS
1 3 (12.50%) jQuery
2 1 (4.167%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (4.167%) Data Mining
5 1 (4.167%) GIS
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Informatica Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Applications Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Change Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Administrator
4 2 (8.333%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Release Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Incident Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) DBA
5 1 (4.167%) Programmer
5 1 (4.167%) Database Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.167%) Security Administrator
5 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) UNIX
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (8.333%) Solaris
3 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) ETL
1 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (16.67%) ERP
2 4 (16.67%) Resource Management
2 4 (16.67%) Release Management
3 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (8.333%) Demand Management
4 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.333%) Service Management
4 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.333%) Asset Management
4 2 (8.333%) Data Management
5 1 (4.167%) Information Management
5 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
5 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.167%) Business Development
5 1 (4.167%) Operations Management
5 1 (4.167%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) C#
2 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) PHP
2 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) MOS
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Informatica
2 3 (12.50%) Ab Initio
3 2 (8.333%) CA
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft