Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Yorkshire region.

 PL/SQL (PLSQL)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank584562
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads111531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire1.045 %1.728 %1.697 %
As % of the Programming Languages category3.188 %6.383 %6.175 %
Daily rates quoted3413
Average daily rate£365£288£435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.95 %-33.90 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£315£350
% change year-on-year
+3.170 %-10.00 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.00£24.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+65.65 %-29.28 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
345235502
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire32.76 %27.07 %27.48 %
Daily rates quoted13753119
Average daily rate£238£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£365£400£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted292659
Average hourly rate£20.00£26.75£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.23 %+7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£11.88£20.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£34.25£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
PL/SQL YorkshirePL/SQL
Yorkshire

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.

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend

PL/SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LeedsUp+29£365+26.95 %
BradfordDown-12--
PL/SQL YorkshirePL/SQL
Yorkshire

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

127 (100.00 %)SQL
224 (88.89 %)Oracle
313 (48.15 %)Datawarehouse
410 (37.04 %)Business Intelligence
58 (29.63 %)ETL
67 (25.93 %)Oracle BI EE
76 (22.22 %)MS Access
85 (18.52 %)TOAD
85 (18.52 %)SQL Server
85 (18.52 %)XML
85 (18.52 %)NHS
85 (18.52 %)Software Testing
85 (18.52 %)Sunopsis
94 (14.81 %)VB6
94 (14.81 %)Data Analysis
94 (14.81 %)Oracle 10g
94 (14.81 %).NET
94 (14.81 %)VB
94 (14.81 %)VB.NET
94 (14.81 %)MS Excel
103 (11.11 %)Web Services
103 (11.11 %)Oracle Forms
103 (11.11 %)Microsoft
103 (11.11 %)Java
103 (11.11 %)Health
103 (11.11 %)Retail
103 (11.11 %)Supplier Management
103 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
103 (11.11 %)Time Management
112 (7.407 %)Red Hat Linux

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (18.52 %)XML
24 (14.81 %).NET
33 (11.11 %)Web Services
42 (7.407 %)ebXML
42 (7.407 %)SOAP
51 (3.704 %)CSS
51 (3.704 %)DHTML
51 (3.704 %)HTML
51 (3.704 %)Spring
51 (3.704 %)JSF
51 (3.704 %)AJAX
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (7.407 %)Tomcat
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (14.81 %)MS Excel
22 (7.407 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (48.15 %)Datawarehouse
28 (29.63 %)ETL
37 (25.93 %)Oracle BI EE
46 (22.22 %)MS Access
55 (18.52 %)TOAD
55 (18.52 %)SQL Server
64 (14.81 %)Oracle 10g
72 (7.407 %)Oracle 11g
72 (7.407 %)Oracle OWB
72 (7.407 %)BusinessObjects
72 (7.407 %)PowerCenter
72 (7.407 %)RDBMS
81 (3.704 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (3.704 %)Oracle 9i
81 (3.704 %)Oracle Reports
81 (3.704 %)SQLPlus
81 (3.704 %)BusinessObjects XI
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (11.11 %)Oracle Forms
22 (7.407 %)TestDirector
22 (7.407 %)LoadRunner
31 (3.704 %)NetAdvantage
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (11.11 %)Health
13 (11.11 %)Retail
22 (7.407 %)Telecoms
31 (3.704 %)Finance
31 (3.704 %)Government
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
122 (81.48 %)Developer
27 (25.93 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
34 (14.81 %)Analyst
43 (11.11 %)VB Developer
43 (11.11 %)ETL Developer
52 (7.407 %)Senior Programmer
52 (7.407 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
52 (7.407 %)PL/SQL Developer
52 (7.407 %)Oracle Consultant
52 (7.407 %)Senior Analyst
52 (7.407 %)Consultant
52 (7.407 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (7.407 %)Programmer
61 (3.704 %)Test Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Systems Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Business Developer
61 (3.704 %)Java Developer
61 (3.704 %)Oracle Developer
61 (3.704 %).NET Developer
61 (3.704 %)VB.NET Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (18.52 %)NHS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (7.407 %)Red Hat Linux
12 (7.407 %)UNIX
12 (7.407 %)Linux
21 (3.704 %)Windows
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (37.04 %)Business Intelligence
25 (18.52 %)Software Testing
34 (14.81 %)Data Analysis
43 (11.11 %)Supplier Management
43 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
43 (11.11 %)Time Management
52 (7.407 %)Requirements Analysis
52 (7.407 %)Automated Testing
52 (7.407 %)Data Modelling
61 (3.704 %)UML
61 (3.704 %)Quality Management
61 (3.704 %)Change Management
61 (3.704 %)Risk Management
61 (3.704 %)Workflow
61 (3.704 %)Validation
61 (3.704 %)Test Management
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (100.00 %)SQL
24 (14.81 %)VB6
24 (14.81 %)VB
24 (14.81 %)VB.NET
33 (11.11 %)Java
42 (7.407 %)C
51 (3.704 %)JavaScript
51 (3.704 %)VBA
51 (3.704 %)T-SQL
51 (3.704 %)Shell Script
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (3.704 %)Sun Certification
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.407 %)HL7
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
124 (88.89 %)Oracle
25 (18.52 %)Sunopsis
33 (11.11 %)Microsoft
42 (7.407 %)Informatica
42 (7.407 %)Red Hat
42 (7.407 %)Business Objects
51 (3.704 %)Infragistics
51 (3.704 %)Sun