Oracle Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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 Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 16 10 14
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 119 196 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 7.287% 8.742% 7.822%
As % of the Vendors category 14.08% 17.72% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 92 57
Average daily rate £340 £375 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% -8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £251 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £37.00 £33.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.12% +37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
England

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

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 Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Oracle Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -6 26 £345 -17.85%
Warwickshire 0 18 £325 +0.77%
Shropshire -3 17 £360 +6.66%
Worcestershire -3 11 £325 -
Coventry -15 8 £350 -15.66%
Staffordshire +17 6 £373 +24.16%
Walsall -3 1 £450 +38.46%
Solihull -7 1 £276 -38.77%
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Oracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 114 (41.16%) SQL
2 74 (26.71%) UNIX
3 55 (19.86%) SQL Server
4 54 (19.49%) Finance
5 43 (15.52%) .NET
6 42 (15.16%) Java
6 42 (15.16%) IBM
6 42 (15.16%) Shell Script
7 39 (14.08%) Linux
8 38 (13.72%) PL/SQL
9 36 (13.00%) Windows
9 36 (13.00%) Microsoft
10 35 (12.64%) Migration
11 29 (10.47%) RDBMS
11 29 (10.47%) SAP
12 28 (10.11%) AIX
13 27 (9.747%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (9.386%) J2EE
15 25 (9.025%) Web Services
15 25 (9.025%) Security Cleared
16 24 (8.664%) SOA
17 22 (7.942%) Middleware
17 22 (7.942%) HTTP
17 22 (7.942%) MS Excel
17 22 (7.942%) Oracle 11g
18 21 (7.581%) ITIL
18 21 (7.581%) Oracle Reports
18 21 (7.581%) DB2
19 20 (7.220%) XML
19 20 (7.220%) C#

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 43 (15.52%) .NET
2 26 (9.386%) J2EE
3 25 (9.025%) Web Services
4 22 (7.942%) Middleware
5 20 (7.220%) XML
6 19 (6.859%) WebSphere
7 16 (5.776%) HTML
8 14 (5.054%) JMS
9 11 (3.971%) CSS
10 8 (2.888%) SAP Basis
10 8 (2.888%) jQuery
10 8 (2.888%) ASP.NET
11 6 (2.166%) XHTML
11 6 (2.166%) XSLT
12 5 (1.805%) CGI
12 5 (1.805%) Ajax
12 5 (1.805%) .NET Framework
13 4 (1.444%) WCF
13 4 (1.444%) Flash
13 4 (1.444%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.498%) WebLogic
2 14 (5.054%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 14 (5.054%) IBM HTTP Server
2 14 (5.054%) WebSphere Process Server
3 10 (3.610%) Oracle BPEL
4 9 (3.249%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (3.249%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.166%) IIS
5 6 (2.166%) NetWeaver
5 6 (2.166%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (1.805%) ESB
7 4 (1.444%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 4 (1.444%) Apache
7 4 (1.444%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (1.083%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.722%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.722%) SAS
9 2 (0.722%) Documentum
10 1 (0.361%) CMS
10 1 (0.361%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 22 (7.942%) MS Excel
2 14 (5.054%) MS Office
3 4 (1.444%) MS Project
3 4 (1.444%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.444%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.083%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.722%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.361%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.361%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.361%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 18 (6.498%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (3.249%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (3.249%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (2.888%) Hyperion Planning
3 8 (2.888%) Oracle HRMS
4 7 (2.527%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (1.444%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (1.444%) Oracle 11i
5 4 (1.444%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (1.083%) Agresso
6 3 (1.083%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.722%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.722%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.722%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.722%) CA Clarity
8 1 (0.361%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.361%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.361%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.361%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.361%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.942%) HTTP
2 19 (6.859%) TCP/IP
3 16 (5.776%) LDAP
4 14 (5.054%) DNS
5 13 (4.693%) LAN
5 13 (4.693%) SAN
6 12 (4.332%) Firewall
7 10 (3.610%) WAN
8 6 (2.166%) NAS
9 3 (1.083%) Internet
9 3 (1.083%) 3G
10 2 (0.722%) FTP
10 2 (0.722%) WLAN
11 1 (0.361%) RIP
11 1 (0.361%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.361%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (19.86%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.47%) RDBMS
3 22 (7.942%) Oracle 11g
4 21 (7.581%) Oracle Reports
4 21 (7.581%) DB2
5 19 (6.859%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (6.137%) Oracle 8/8i
7 14 (5.054%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (4.693%) Oracle BI EE
8 13 (4.693%) Oracle 10g
9 9 (3.249%) BusinessObjects XI
10 8 (2.888%) Essbase
11 7 (2.527%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (2.166%) MySQL
13 5 (1.805%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (1.805%) SQL Server 2005
13 5 (1.805%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (1.444%) TOAD
14 4 (1.444%) MS Access
14 4 (1.444%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.332%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.166%) ClearCase
2 6 (2.166%) ProC
3 5 (1.805%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.805%) QuickTest Pro
4 4 (1.444%) Subversion
5 3 (1.083%) COOL:Gen
5 3 (1.083%) TortoiseSVN
5 3 (1.083%) NWDI
6 2 (0.722%) LSMW
6 2 (0.722%) Selenium
6 2 (0.722%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.722%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.722%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.361%) ERwin
7 1 (0.361%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.361%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.361%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.361%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.361%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (19.49%) Finance
2 16 (5.776%) Retail
3 10 (3.610%) Manufacturing
4 7 (2.527%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.527%) Banking
5 6 (2.166%) Back Office
6 5 (1.805%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.444%) Marketing
7 4 (1.444%) Local Government
7 4 (1.444%) German Language
8 3 (1.083%) Automotive
8 3 (1.083%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.361%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.361%) Legal
9 1 (0.361%) Hindi Language
9 1 (0.361%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.361%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 77 (27.80%) Developer
2 51 (18.41%) Analyst
3 27 (9.747%) DBA
4 24 (8.664%) Architect
5 22 (7.942%) Consultant
6 20 (7.220%) Oracle DBA
6 20 (7.220%) SQL Developer
7 18 (6.498%) Business Analyst
8 17 (6.137%) Administrator
9 12 (4.332%) Systems Analyst
10 11 (3.971%) Test Analyst
10 11 (3.971%) Business Developer
11 10 (3.610%) Business Objects Developer
11 10 (3.610%) .NET Developer
11 10 (3.610%) Systems Support
12 9 (3.249%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.249%) Team Leader
13 8 (2.888%) Infrastructure Architect
13 8 (2.888%) Oracle Consultant
13 8 (2.888%) WebSphere Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.083%) Smart Meter
1 3 (1.083%) Symmetrix DMX
2 2 (0.722%) HP Superdome
2 2 (0.722%) PMI
2 2 (0.722%) NHS
2 2 (0.722%) W3C
2 2 (0.722%) N-Tier
2 2 (0.722%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.361%) E-Learning
3 1 (0.361%) Clustering
3 1 (0.361%) Replication
3 1 (0.361%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.361%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (0.361%) Open Source
3 1 (0.361%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.361%) Digital Media
3 1 (0.361%) Web 2.0
3 1 (0.361%) Statistics
3 1 (0.361%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 74 (26.71%) UNIX
2 39 (14.08%) Linux
3 36 (13.00%) Windows
4 28 (10.11%) AIX
5 19 (6.859%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (6.498%) Solaris
7 9 (3.249%) HPUX
8 5 (1.805%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.083%) zOS
9 3 (1.083%) SUSE
9 3 (1.083%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.083%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (0.722%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.722%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.361%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (12.64%) Migration
2 27 (9.747%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (8.664%) SOA
4 21 (7.581%) ITIL
5 17 (6.137%) Project Management
5 17 (6.137%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (5.776%) Test Scripting
7 14 (5.054%) ERP
8 11 (3.971%) Workflow
8 11 (3.971%) Waterfall
8 11 (3.971%) BPEL
9 10 (3.610%) Change Management
10 9 (3.249%) Service Management
10 9 (3.249%) Change Control
10 9 (3.249%) Data Analysis
11 8 (2.888%) System Testing
11 8 (2.888%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (2.527%) ETL
12 7 (2.527%) CRM
12 7 (2.527%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (41.16%) SQL
2 42 (15.16%) Java
2 42 (15.16%) Shell Script
3 38 (13.72%) PL/SQL
4 20 (7.220%) C#
5 14 (5.054%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.054%) T-SQL
6 12 (4.332%) VB
7 10 (3.610%) VB.NET
7 10 (3.610%) C
8 8 (2.888%) C++
9 7 (2.527%) COBOL
10 3 (1.083%) Korn
11 2 (0.722%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.722%) Perl
12 1 (0.361%) PHP
12 1 (0.361%) VBA
12 1 (0.361%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (9.025%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.137%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.610%) ISEB
4 5 (1.805%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.444%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.083%) OCP
6 3 (1.083%) IBM Certification
7 2 (0.722%) Degree
7 2 (0.722%) APMP
7 2 (0.722%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.722%) PgMP
7 2 (0.722%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.722%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.722%) PMP
7 2 (0.722%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.722%) CIMA
7 2 (0.722%) ACCA
8 1 (0.361%) MCP
8 1 (0.361%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.361%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.693%) SLA
2 10 (3.610%) QA
3 2 (0.722%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (6.137%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.054%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (2.166%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (1.083%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 3 (1.083%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.722%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.361%) vSphere
6 1 (0.361%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (2.166%) Data Guard
2 5 (1.805%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.722%) SCCM
3 2 (0.722%) SCOM
3 2 (0.722%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.722%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.722%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.722%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.361%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.361%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.361%) Nagios
4 1 (0.361%) OpenView
4 1 (0.361%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 42 (15.16%) IBM
2 36 (13.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (10.47%) SAP
4 17 (6.137%) Red Hat
5 15 (5.415%) HP
5 15 (5.415%) EMC
6 14 (5.054%) Business Objects
7 13 (4.693%) Sun
8 9 (3.249%) JD Edwards
8 9 (3.249%) Dell
9 8 (2.888%) Hyperion
10 7 (2.527%) Cisco
11 6 (2.166%) webMethods
12 5 (1.805%) VMware
12 5 (1.805%) Adobe
13 4 (1.444%) Pega
13 4 (1.444%) StorageTek
13 4 (1.444%) JBoss
14 3 (1.083%) Stellent
14 3 (1.083%) Sybase
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