West Midlands Oracle 10g Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle Database 10g skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle 10g over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Database 10g
Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Henley-on-Thames Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Huntingdon Ipswich Johnstone Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Staines Stirling Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	89	78
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching contract IT job ads	33	50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	4.708 %	6.897 %
Daily rates quoted	4	23
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£336
Average daily rate	£369	£348
% change on same period last year	+6.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	7
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£45.00
Average hourly rate	-	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.11	£36.97
% change on same period last year	+16.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	701	725
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.933 %	0.735 %
Daily rates quoted	158	151
Average minimum daily rate	£301	£322
Average daily rate	£324	£339
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£348	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.69	£26.29
Average hourly rate	£32.31	£28.88
% change on same period last year	+11.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.93	£31.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.81	£31.09
% change on same period last year	+5.51 %
Oracle 10g England

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.

Oracle 10g
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 10g across the West Midlands region.

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g across the West Midlands region.

Oracle 10g
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham	+6	4	-	-
Shropshire	-10	4	£300	-
Staffordshire	-4	3	£400	+4.06 %
Warwickshire	+5	3	£375	-
Coventry	-19	1	-	-
Worcestershire	-2	1	-	-

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Oracle 10g
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g.

1 86 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 51 (59.30 %) PL/SQL 3 49 (56.98 %) SQL 4 25 (29.07 %) Oracle 9i 5 23 (26.74 %) J2EE 5 23 (26.74 %) Pensions 6 22 (25.58 %) Migration 7 17 (19.77 %) Java 8 16 (18.60 %) Oracle Reports 9 15 (17.44 %) Oracle Forms 10 14 (16.28 %) XML 11 13 (15.12 %) Data Migration 12 12 (13.95 %) Finance 12 12 (13.95 %) UNIX 12 12 (13.95 %) .NET

13 11 (12.79 %) SQLPlus 13 11 (12.79 %) RDBMS 14 10 (11.63 %) SQL Server 14 10 (11.63 %) Oracle 8/8i 15 9 (10.47 %) HTML 16 7 (8.140 %) JSP 16 7 (8.140 %) Solaris 16 7 (8.140 %) Datawarehouse 17 6 (6.977 %) E-Commerce 17 6 (6.977 %) Identity Management 17 6 (6.977 %) Microsoft 17 6 (6.977 %) Intranet 17 6 (6.977 %) AJAX 17 6 (6.977 %) Web Development 17 6 (6.977 %) Content Management

Oracle 10g
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Oracle 10g 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 10g. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (26.74 %) J2EE 2 14 (16.28 %) XML 3 12 (13.95 %) .NET 4 9 (10.47 %) HTML 5 7 (8.140 %) JSP 6 6 (6.977 %) Spring 6 6 (6.977 %) AJAX 7 5 (5.814 %) WebServices 8 4 (4.651 %) WebSphere 8 4 (4.651 %) Servlets 8 4 (4.651 %) ASP.NET 8 4 (4.651 %) EJB 9 3 (3.488 %) XSD 9 3 (3.488 %) .NET Framework 9 3 (3.488 %) Struts 10 2 (2.326 %) Hibernate 10 2 (2.326 %) SAP XI 10 2 (2.326 %) WCF 10 2 (2.326 %) XSL 10 2 (2.326 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 5 (5.814 %) WebLogic 2 4 (4.651 %) Oracle Workflow 2 4 (4.651 %) Oracle Application Server 3 3 (3.488 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (2.326 %) Apache 4 2 (2.326 %) Tomcat 4 2 (2.326 %) Oracle HTTP Server 4 2 (2.326 %) ESB 4 2 (2.326 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 2 (2.326 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 1 (1.163 %) NetWeaver 5 1 (1.163 %) CMS 5 1 (1.163 %) JBoss
Applications 1 2 (2.326 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 4 (4.651 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (1.163 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 6 (6.977 %) Intranet 2 4 (4.651 %) SSL 3 3 (3.488 %) Internet 4 2 (2.326 %) FTP 4 2 (2.326 %) HTTP 4 2 (2.326 %) HTTPS 5 1 (1.163 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (29.07 %) Oracle 9i 2 16 (18.60 %) Oracle Reports 3 11 (12.79 %) RDBMS 3 11 (12.79 %) SQLPlus 4 10 (11.63 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 10 (11.63 %) SQL Server 5 7 (8.140 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (4.651 %) SQL Server 2005 7 3 (3.488 %) BusinessObjects 7 3 (3.488 %) MS Access 8 2 (2.326 %) Crystal Reports 8 2 (2.326 %) ETL 8 2 (2.326 %) Oracle 11g 9 1 (1.163 %) Oracle OWB 9 1 (1.163 %) InterSystems Cache 9 1 (1.163 %) TOAD 9 1 (1.163 %) Data Mining 9 1 (1.163 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 15 (17.44 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (4.651 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (3.488 %) JDeveloper 4 2 (2.326 %) XMLSpy 4 2 (2.326 %) Ant 4 2 (2.326 %) JUnit 4 2 (2.326 %) Oracle APEX 4 2 (2.326 %) Visual Studio Team System 5 1 (1.163 %) PVCS 5 1 (1.163 %) ProC 5 1 (1.163 %) NUnit 5 1 (1.163 %) WinRunner	General 1 23 (26.74 %) Pensions 2 12 (13.95 %) Finance 3 5 (5.814 %) Government 3 5 (5.814 %) Insurance 4 2 (2.326 %) Health 5 1 (1.163 %) Automotive 5 1 (1.163 %) Education
Job Titles 1 46 (53.49 %) Developer 2 32 (37.21 %) Oracle Developer 3 13 (15.12 %) Analyst 4 10 (11.63 %) Java Developer 5 9 (10.47 %) Programmer 6 8 (9.302 %) Analyst Programmer 6 8 (9.302 %) PL/SQL Developer 6 8 (9.302 %) Oracle Analyst Programmer 6 8 (9.302 %) Oracle Analyst 7 7 (8.140 %) DBA 8 6 (6.977 %) Oracle DBA 8 6 (6.977 %) SQL Developer 9 5 (5.814 %) Architect 10 4 (4.651 %) Solutions Architect 10 4 (4.651 %) Consultant 10 4 (4.651 %) Applications Support 11 3 (3.488 %) Java Architect 11 3 (3.488 %) J2EE Solutions Architect 11 3 (3.488 %) J2EE Architect 12 2 (2.326 %) Developer Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.326 %) Neural Network 2 1 (1.163 %) N-Tier 2 1 (1.163 %) W3C 2 1 (1.163 %) Management Information System 2 1 (1.163 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 12 (13.95 %) UNIX 2 7 (8.140 %) Solaris 3 3 (3.488 %) Windows 4 1 (1.163 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 22 (25.58 %) Migration 2 13 (15.12 %) Data Migration 3 6 (6.977 %) Web Development 3 6 (6.977 %) Identity Management 3 6 (6.977 %) Content Management 3 6 (6.977 %) E-Commerce 4 5 (5.814 %) UML 4 5 (5.814 %) SOA 5 4 (4.651 %) OOA/OOD 5 4 (4.651 %) Workflow 6 3 (3.488 %) RUP 7 2 (2.326 %) Data Modelling 7 2 (2.326 %) Business Intelligence 7 2 (2.326 %) Project Management 7 2 (2.326 %) Disaster Recovery 7 2 (2.326 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (2.326 %) Data Mapping 7 2 (2.326 %) Load Balancing 7 2 (2.326 %) Release Management 8 1 (1.163 %) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages 1 51 (59.30 %) PL/SQL 2 49 (56.98 %) SQL 3 17 (19.77 %) Java 4 4 (4.651 %) VB 5 3 (3.488 %) Shell Script 5 3 (3.488 %) C# 6 2 (2.326 %) JavaScript 6 2 (2.326 %) C 7 1 (1.163 %) C++ 7 1 (1.163 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 2 (2.326 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.163 %) WAI	System Software 1 2 (2.326 %) Oracle RMAN 1 2 (2.326 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 86 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 6 (6.977 %) Microsoft 3 5 (5.814 %) HP 4 4 (4.651 %) Sun 4 4 (4.651 %) Anite 4 4 (4.651 %) Northgate 4 4 (4.651 %) Civica 4 4 (4.651 %) Capita 5 3 (3.488 %) IBM 5 3 (3.488 %) CA 5 3 (3.488 %) Intel 5 3 (3.488 %) Business Objects 5 3 (3.488 %) SAP 6 1 (1.163 %) Cognos 6 1 (1.163 %) Cisco 6 1 (1.163 %) BEA 6 1 (1.163 %) FatWire 6 1 (1.163 %) GUPTA