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This section looks at the demand for PL/SQL (PLSQL) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPL/SQL (PLSQL)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6544
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads5996
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.097 %
As % of the category below5.784 %8.759 %
Daily rates quoted621
Average minimum daily rate£283£297
Average daily rate£306£302
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£307
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£360
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.06£32.67
% change on same period last year+4.26 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10201096
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.358 %1.111 %
Daily rates quoted208206
Average minimum daily rate£283£289
Average daily rate£306£304
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£333
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted64104
Average minimum hourly rate£28.15£25.14
Average hourly rate£30.51£27.18
% change on same period last year+12.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.87£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.36£33.06
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
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.

PL/SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands PL/SQL Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands PL/SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL 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.

LocationRank 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
ShropshireDown-2111£262-1.56 %
StaffordshireNew entry-9--
BirminghamUp+67--
WarwickshireUp+44--
SolihullDown-13--
CoventryDown-161£400+14.28 %
WorcestershireNo change01--
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing PL/SQL 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 PL/SQL.

1149 (98.03 %)Oracle
2145 (95.39 %)SQL
375 (49.34 %)Migration
470 (46.05 %)Pensions
566 (43.42 %)Data Migration
651 (33.55 %)Oracle 10g
732 (21.05 %)UNIX
825 (16.45 %)Microsoft
924 (15.79 %)Oracle Reports
1022 (14.47 %)XML
1120 (13.16 %)Oracle Forms
1120 (13.16 %)Oracle 9i
1219 (12.50 %)Java
1219 (12.50 %)J2EE
1316 (10.53 %)HTML
1316 (10.53 %)Finance
1414 (9.211 %)Spring
1513 (8.553 %)VB
1513 (8.553 %)CSS
1612 (7.895 %)SQLPlus
1612 (7.895 %)Struts
1711 (7.237 %)Northgate
1711 (7.237 %)Hibernate
1711 (7.237 %)Oracle 8/8i
1810 (6.579 %)Unit Testing
199 (5.921 %)JSP
199 (5.921 %)EJB
199 (5.921 %).NET
199 (5.921 %)JDeveloper
208 (5.263 %)JMS

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (14.47 %)XML
219 (12.50 %)J2EE
316 (10.53 %)HTML
414 (9.211 %)Spring
513 (8.553 %)CSS
612 (7.895 %)Struts
711 (7.237 %)Hibernate
89 (5.921 %)JSP
89 (5.921 %)EJB
89 (5.921 %).NET
98 (5.263 %)WebServices
98 (5.263 %)JMS
106 (3.947 %)JSF
106 (3.947 %)AJAX
106 (3.947 %)JDBC
106 (3.947 %)WebSphere
115 (3.289 %)ASP
115 (3.289 %)ASP.NET
115 (3.289 %)JAXB
124 (2.632 %)ADO.NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (4.605 %)Oracle Workflow
25 (3.289 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (2.632 %)IIS
42 (1.316 %)Tuxedo
42 (1.316 %)Oracle HTTP Server
42 (1.316 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (1.316 %)CMS
51 (0.658 %)JBoss
51 (0.658 %)Apache
51 (0.658 %)Tomcat
51 (0.658 %)WebLogic
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.974 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.289 %)Oracle Financials
22 (1.316 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.658 %)Great Plains
31 (0.658 %)Axapta
31 (0.658 %)Navision
31 (0.658 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.658 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.658 %)Dynamics AX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.316 %)FTP
12 (1.316 %)HTTP
12 (1.316 %)HTTPS
12 (1.316 %)SSL
21 (0.658 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (33.55 %)Oracle 10g
224 (15.79 %)Oracle Reports
320 (13.16 %)Oracle 9i
412 (7.895 %)SQLPlus
511 (7.237 %)Oracle 8/8i
68 (5.263 %)SQL Server
76 (3.947 %)RDBMS
85 (3.289 %)Data Cleansing
94 (2.632 %)MS Access
103 (1.974 %)Crystal Reports
112 (1.316 %)BusinessObjects
112 (1.316 %)DecisionStream
112 (1.316 %)Cognos Powerplay
112 (1.316 %)Cognos Impromptu
112 (1.316 %)Datawarehouse
112 (1.316 %)DTS
112 (1.316 %)Oracle 11g
112 (1.316 %)SQL Server 2005
112 (1.316 %)SQL Server 2000
121 (0.658 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (13.16 %)Oracle Forms
29 (5.921 %)JDeveloper
34 (2.632 %)TestDirector
34 (2.632 %)JUnit
43 (1.974 %)Ant
52 (1.316 %)Oracle APEX
52 (1.316 %)Visual Studio
52 (1.316 %)PVCS
52 (1.316 %)XMLSpy
52 (1.316 %)ProC
52 (1.316 %)Rational Robot
61 (0.658 %)ChangeMan
61 (0.658 %)StarTeam
61 (0.658 %)VSS/SourceSafe
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
170 (46.05 %)Pensions
216 (10.53 %)Finance
37 (4.605 %)Insurance
45 (3.289 %)Retail
52 (1.316 %)Government
61 (0.658 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.658 %)Automotive
61 (0.658 %)Billing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
176 (50.00 %)Developer
261 (40.13 %)Analyst
342 (27.63 %)Oracle Developer
431 (20.39 %)Data Analyst
528 (18.42 %)Data Migration Analyst
626 (17.11 %)Programmer
723 (15.13 %)Analyst Programmer
815 (9.868 %)Analyst Developer
914 (9.211 %)PL/SQL Developer
1013 (8.553 %)Consultant
1112 (7.895 %)SQL Developer
1112 (7.895 %)Oracle Analyst
1211 (7.237 %)Oracle Analyst Programmer
137 (4.605 %)J2EE Developer
146 (3.947 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
146 (3.947 %)Applications Support
146 (3.947 %)Senior Analyst
146 (3.947 %)Migration Consultant
146 (3.947 %)Data Consultant
146 (3.947 %)Senior Programmer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.632 %)Client/Server
14 (2.632 %)Data Integration
21 (0.658 %)N-Tier
21 (0.658 %)W3C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (21.05 %)UNIX
25 (3.289 %)Solaris
31 (0.658 %)Linux
31 (0.658 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
175 (49.34 %)Migration
266 (43.42 %)Data Migration
310 (6.579 %)Unit Testing
47 (4.605 %)Workflow
55 (3.289 %)EAI
55 (3.289 %)Change Management
64 (2.632 %)OO
64 (2.632 %)Web Design
64 (2.632 %)Incident Management
64 (2.632 %)Manual Testing
73 (1.974 %)Supply Chain Management
73 (1.974 %)ITIL
73 (1.974 %)RDF
82 (1.316 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (1.316 %)Data Management
82 (1.316 %)Data Analysis
82 (1.316 %)Service Delivery
82 (1.316 %)Release Management
82 (1.316 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.316 %)Data Mapping
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1145 (95.39 %)SQL
219 (12.50 %)Java
313 (8.553 %)VB
48 (5.263 %)JavaScript
57 (4.605 %)Shell Script
65 (3.289 %)VB.NET
65 (3.289 %)Transact-SQL
74 (2.632 %)VBScript
74 (2.632 %)COBOL
83 (1.974 %)C
92 (1.316 %)C++
101 (0.658 %)VBA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.974 %)ISEB
13 (1.974 %)SCJP
13 (1.974 %)SCJA
22 (1.316 %)Degree
31 (0.658 %)ISTQB
31 (0.658 %)Sun Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.316 %)WAI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.658 %)Oracle RMAN
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.974 %)Unicenter
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1149 (98.03 %)Oracle
225 (16.45 %)Microsoft
311 (7.237 %)Northgate
46 (3.947 %)Retek
54 (2.632 %)Micro Focus
54 (2.632 %)Anite
54 (2.632 %)Intel
54 (2.632 %)Civica
54 (2.632 %)Capita
63 (1.974 %)Cognos
63 (1.974 %)CA
63 (1.974 %)Sun
72 (1.316 %)HP
72 (1.316 %)Business Objects
72 (1.316 %)SAP
72 (1.316 %)FatWire
72 (1.316 %)GUPTA
81 (0.658 %)RedDot
81 (0.658 %)Serena
81 (0.658 %)Borland
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