Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 18 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 Vendors for the Cheshire region.

 Oracle
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank152316
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Down-7
Matching permanent IT job ads125131292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire8.556 %9.154 %9.004 %
As % of the Vendors category18.49 %21.65 %24.07 %
Salaries quoted118118268
Average salary£42,500£40,000£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+19.40 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,550£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£38,430
% change year-on-year
-+4.080 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
6766051213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire46.27 %42.28 %37.40 %
Salaries quoted6105591081
Average salary£40,000£34,125£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.21 %+3.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,850£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Oracle North WestOracle
North West

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Cheshire Oracle Salary Histogram

Oracle
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KnutsfordUp+920£55,750+39.37 %
WarringtonDown-312£30,260-39.48 %
ChesterUp+78£45,000+87.50 %
MacclesfieldDown-23£42,500-29.16 %
RuncornDown-43£45,000-18.18 %
NorthwichNew entry-2£25,000-
Oracle North WestOracle
North West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle.

188 (38.94 %)SQL Server
286 (38.05 %)SQL
371 (31.42 %)Finance
457 (25.22 %)Java
552 (23.01 %)UNIX
645 (19.91 %).NET
736 (15.93 %)Datawarehouse
834 (15.04 %)PL/SQL
834 (15.04 %)Service Management
932 (14.16 %)Microsoft
1031 (13.72 %)Middleware
1130 (13.27 %)XML
1229 (12.83 %)Sybase
1328 (12.39 %)Web Services
1427 (11.95 %)Oracle 8/8i
1427 (11.95 %)J2EE
1526 (11.50 %)Windows
1625 (11.06 %)Oracle Applications
1625 (11.06 %)Degree
1723 (10.18 %)C#
1723 (10.18 %)Ingres
1723 (10.18 %)Business Intelligence
1822 (9.735 %)Oracle Reports
1822 (9.735 %)Internet
1921 (9.292 %)Linux
2020 (8.850 %)MySQL
2119 (8.407 %)RDBMS
2119 (8.407 %)WebSphere
2218 (7.965 %)Data Architecture
2218 (7.965 %)Oracle EBS

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (19.91 %).NET
231 (13.72 %)Middleware
330 (13.27 %)XML
428 (12.39 %)Web Services
527 (11.95 %)J2EE
619 (8.407 %)WebSphere
716 (7.080 %)HTML
813 (5.752 %)Spring
912 (5.310 %)EJB
1011 (4.867 %)JSP
1011 (4.867 %)Hibernate
1110 (4.425 %)AJAX
1110 (4.425 %)Oracle Fusion
129 (3.982 %)CSS
138 (3.540 %)EDI
147 (3.097 %)Struts
156 (2.655 %)Java EE
156 (2.655 %)Servlets
165 (2.212 %)JavaBeans
165 (2.212 %)JMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
116 (7.080 %)IIS
215 (6.637 %)Tomcat
312 (5.310 %)WebLogic
411 (4.867 %)WebSphere Application Server
510 (4.425 %)Apache
68 (3.540 %)Oracle Application Server
68 (3.540 %)MS Exchange
76 (2.655 %)Tuxedo
84 (1.770 %)SharePoint
92 (0.885 %)Moodle
92 (0.885 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.442 %)Oracle BPEL
101 (0.442 %)Oracle 10gAS
101 (0.442 %)ESB
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (7.080 %)MS Visio
214 (6.195 %)MS Excel
34 (1.770 %)MS Office
42 (0.885 %)CA Clarity
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (11.06 %)Oracle Applications
218 (7.965 %)Oracle EBS
313 (5.752 %)Oracle 11i
44 (1.770 %)WebTrends
52 (0.885 %)Oracle iStore
52 (0.885 %)Oracle EBS R12
52 (0.885 %)Oracle BPM
52 (0.885 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
52 (0.885 %)Oracle HRMS
52 (0.885 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.885 %)Great Plains
61 (0.442 %)Line 100
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (9.735 %)Internet
213 (5.752 %)TCP/IP
37 (3.097 %)VoIP
46 (2.655 %)WAN
46 (2.655 %)LAN
55 (2.212 %)LDAP
64 (1.770 %)Firewall
64 (1.770 %)DNS
64 (1.770 %)FTP
64 (1.770 %)SSL
64 (1.770 %)DMZ
72 (0.885 %)SAN
81 (0.442 %)Ethernet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
188 (38.94 %)SQL Server
236 (15.93 %)Datawarehouse
327 (11.95 %)Oracle 8/8i
423 (10.18 %)Ingres
522 (9.735 %)Oracle Reports
620 (8.850 %)MySQL
719 (8.407 %)RDBMS
817 (7.522 %)BusinessObjects
911 (4.867 %)Oracle 10g
1010 (4.425 %)OLTP
119 (3.982 %)DB2
128 (3.540 %)ETL
137 (3.097 %)Oracle 11g
146 (2.655 %)SQL Server 2005
155 (2.212 %)TOAD
155 (2.212 %)Crystal Reports
155 (2.212 %)InterBase
155 (2.212 %)SQL Server 2000
155 (2.212 %)Firebird
164 (1.770 %)Oracle BI EE
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (4.867 %)Visual Studio
27 (3.097 %)Ant
36 (2.655 %)Oracle APEX
45 (2.212 %)JUnit
45 (2.212 %)Maven
54 (1.770 %)Subversion
54 (1.770 %)Oracle Forms
63 (1.327 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (1.327 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.442 %)Eclipse
71 (0.442 %)NUnit
71 (0.442 %)Selenium
71 (0.442 %)MSTest
71 (0.442 %)WebDriver
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
171 (31.42 %)Finance
212 (5.310 %)Education
311 (4.867 %)Pensions
49 (3.982 %)Retail
58 (3.540 %)Health
67 (3.097 %)Telecoms
76 (2.655 %)Banking
76 (2.655 %)Insurance
85 (2.212 %)Back Office
94 (1.770 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.442 %)Construction
101 (0.442 %)Marketing
101 (0.442 %)Billing
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
162 (27.43 %)Developer
242 (18.58 %)DBA
323 (10.18 %)Analyst
422 (9.735 %)Architect
422 (9.735 %)Java Developer
517 (7.522 %)Oracle DBA
615 (6.637 %)Senior Developer
615 (6.637 %)Data Architect
713 (5.752 %)Oracle Developer
713 (5.752 %)Java/J2EE Developer
812 (5.310 %)SQL DBA
812 (5.310 %)Support Engineer
812 (5.310 %)Administrator
911 (4.867 %).NET Developer
1010 (4.425 %)Oracle Applications DBA
119 (3.982 %)Team Leader
119 (3.982 %)Senior Java Developer
128 (3.540 %)Oracle Team Leader
137 (3.097 %)Applications Support
137 (3.097 %)Programmer
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (3.982 %)Data Integration
26 (2.655 %)Computer Science
35 (2.212 %)Mainframe
35 (2.212 %)IBM Mainframe
44 (1.770 %)Life Science
44 (1.770 %)Blackberry
53 (1.327 %)Management Information System
53 (1.327 %)HACMP
62 (0.885 %)VLE
71 (0.442 %)N-Tier
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (23.01 %)UNIX
226 (11.50 %)Windows
321 (9.292 %)Linux
415 (6.637 %)Solaris
510 (4.425 %)AIX
68 (3.540 %)Windows 2000 Server
77 (3.097 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.885 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.885 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.885 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (0.885 %)SUSE
82 (0.885 %)Windows XP
91 (0.442 %)Windows CE
91 (0.442 %)HPUX
91 (0.442 %)Windows Mobile
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (15.04 %)Service Management
223 (10.18 %)Business Intelligence
318 (7.965 %)Data Architecture
318 (7.965 %)Risk Management
416 (7.080 %)Data Modelling
416 (7.080 %)Data Management
515 (6.637 %)ITIL
612 (5.310 %)Data Analysis
612 (5.310 %)SOA
79 (3.982 %)UML
79 (3.982 %)E-Commerce
79 (3.982 %)Enterprise Architecture
88 (3.540 %)Disaster Recovery
97 (3.097 %)OO
97 (3.097 %)Capacity Planning
97 (3.097 %)BPEL
106 (2.655 %)Agile Software Development
106 (2.655 %)SEO
115 (2.212 %)Service Delivery
115 (2.212 %)Project Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
186 (38.05 %)SQL
257 (25.22 %)Java
334 (15.04 %)PL/SQL
423 (10.18 %)C#
517 (7.522 %)C++
517 (7.522 %)JavaScript
615 (6.637 %)Shell Script
615 (6.637 %)C
712 (5.310 %)VB.NET
811 (4.867 %)VB
910 (4.425 %)PHP
109 (3.982 %)Perl
117 (3.097 %)T-SQL
125 (2.212 %)Delphi
133 (1.327 %)Python
142 (0.885 %)XPath
142 (0.885 %)VBScript
151 (0.442 %)COBOL
151 (0.442 %)Korn
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (11.06 %)Degree
210 (4.425 %)HND
38 (3.540 %)Microsoft Certification
47 (3.097 %)MCSE
56 (2.655 %)ISEB
63 (1.327 %)IBM Certification
63 (1.327 %)Security Cleared
71 (0.442 %)CCNA
71 (0.442 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.442 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.442 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.442 %)CCA
71 (0.442 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.442 %)MCSA
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (3.097 %)QA
24 (1.770 %)ISO9000
33 (1.327 %)ISO27001
41 (0.442 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (5.310 %)Active Directory
28 (3.540 %)MetaFrame
37 (3.097 %)XenServer
45 (2.212 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (1.770 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
63 (1.327 %)Oracle RMAN
63 (1.327 %)Oracle RAC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (4.867 %)Tivoli
24 (1.770 %)SCOM
33 (1.327 %)Data Guard
42 (0.885 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.442 %)MSI
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (14.16 %)Microsoft
229 (12.83 %)Sybase
317 (7.522 %)Business Objects
416 (7.080 %)VMware
511 (4.867 %)JBoss
610 (4.425 %)Citrix
610 (4.425 %)BEA
79 (3.982 %)IBM
85 (2.212 %)Siebel
94 (1.770 %)Google
94 (1.770 %)Foundry
94 (1.770 %)Teradata
94 (1.770 %)Sun
103 (1.327 %)NetApp
112 (0.885 %)Netezza
112 (0.885 %)Ab Initio
112 (0.885 %)SAP
112 (0.885 %)Veritas
112 (0.885 %)Red Hat
112 (0.885 %)Informatica