The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 35 13 7
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Oracle 26 80 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.372% 14.11% 16.53%
As % of the Vendors category 13.33% 32.79% 31.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24 79 52
Average salary £36,250 £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.84% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +3.03%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
195 244 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 40.29% 43.03% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 180 224 172
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,950 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Preston -6 12 £39,750 +10.41%
Chorley -5 3 £35,000 +22.80%
Darwen - 2 £25,000 -
Blackburn 0 1 £22,500 -31.81%
Blackpool -9 1 £35,000 +25.00%
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 37 (50.68%) SQL Server
2 31 (42.47%) SQL
3 20 (27.40%) Windows
4 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
5 17 (23.29%) Java
5 17 (23.29%) MS Office
6 16 (21.92%) .NET
6 16 (21.92%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (20.55%) Windows XP
7 15 (20.55%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (20.55%) VPN
7 15 (20.55%) Active Directory
7 15 (20.55%) Windows 7
8 14 (19.18%) C#
9 13 (17.81%) PL/SQL
10 12 (16.44%) HTML
11 11 (15.07%) JavaScript
11 11 (15.07%) XML
12 10 (13.70%) Citrix
13 9 (12.33%) Crystal Reports
13 9 (12.33%) IIS
13 9 (12.33%) Web Services
13 9 (12.33%) Degree
13 9 (12.33%) Oracle 11g
14 8 (10.96%) WCF
14 8 (10.96%) iPhone
14 8 (10.96%) Windows 8
14 8 (10.96%) JSP
14 8 (10.96%) J2EE
14 8 (10.96%) RDBMS

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 16 (21.92%) .NET
2 12 (16.44%) HTML
3 11 (15.07%) XML
4 9 (12.33%) Web Services
5 8 (10.96%) WCF
5 8 (10.96%) JSP
5 8 (10.96%) J2EE
6 7 (9.589%) CSS
7 6 (8.219%) EJB
7 6 (8.219%) JSF
8 5 (6.849%) Java EE
8 5 (6.849%) ASP.NET
8 5 (6.849%) SOAP
9 4 (5.479%) SAML
9 4 (5.479%) JSON
9 4 (5.479%) Ajax
9 4 (5.479%) Silverlight
9 4 (5.479%) HTML5
10 3 (4.110%) REST
10 3 (4.110%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.33%) IIS
2 8 (10.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.740%) CMS
3 2 (2.740%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (2.740%) Oracle 10gAS
3 2 (2.740%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.370%) PowerExchange
4 1 (1.370%) Apache
4 1 (1.370%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (23.29%) MS Office
2 7 (9.589%) Office 365
3 6 (8.219%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.849%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (6.849%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (5.479%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.740%) Google Analytics
3 2 (2.740%) WebTrends
4 1 (1.370%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.370%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.370%) SAP xMII
4 1 (1.370%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.55%) VPN
2 8 (10.96%) Firewall
3 1 (1.370%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.370%) Intranet
3 1 (1.370%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (50.68%) SQL Server
2 16 (21.92%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (12.33%) Crystal Reports
3 9 (12.33%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (10.96%) RDBMS
5 7 (9.589%) Oracle 10g
5 7 (9.589%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (6.849%) Oracle 9i
7 4 (5.479%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (2.740%) MS Access
10 1 (1.370%) MySQL
10 1 (1.370%) DB2
10 1 (1.370%) SAP HANA
10 1 (1.370%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 15 (20.55%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (8.219%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (4.110%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (4.110%) ClearCase
3 3 (4.110%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.370%) Subversion
General
1 6 (8.219%) Finance
2 3 (4.110%) Aerospace
2 3 (4.110%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (4.110%) Military
2 3 (4.110%) Retail
3 2 (2.740%) Automotive
3 2 (2.740%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.370%) Banking
4 1 (1.370%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (36.99%) Developer
2 15 (20.55%) Support Technician
3 12 (16.44%) Oracle Developer
4 11 (15.07%) IT Support Technician
4 11 (15.07%) IT Support
5 8 (10.96%) Analyst
6 6 (8.219%) Software Developer
6 6 (8.219%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.849%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.849%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.479%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.110%) Architect
9 3 (4.110%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.110%) Technical Architect
9 3 (4.110%) .NET Developer
9 3 (4.110%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (4.110%) J2EE Developer
9 3 (4.110%) Development Engineer
9 3 (4.110%) Software Development Engineer
9 3 (4.110%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) iPhone
2 7 (9.589%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.740%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.40%) Windows
2 15 (20.55%) Windows XP
2 15 (20.55%) Windows 7
3 8 (10.96%) Windows 8
4 4 (5.479%) Linux
5 3 (4.110%) UNIX
6 1 (1.370%) AIX
6 1 (1.370%) SUSE
6 1 (1.370%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (6.849%) UML
1 5 (6.849%) Unit Testing
2 4 (5.479%) ETL
2 4 (5.479%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (5.479%) PRINCE2
2 4 (5.479%) OO
2 4 (5.479%) Project Management
2 4 (5.479%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (4.110%) Time Management
3 3 (4.110%) Waterfall
3 3 (4.110%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (4.110%) OOD
3 3 (4.110%) OOA/OOD
3 3 (4.110%) TDD
3 3 (4.110%) TOGAF
3 3 (4.110%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (4.110%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (2.740%) Web Development
4 2 (2.740%) Migration
4 2 (2.740%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (42.47%) SQL
2 17 (23.29%) Java
3 14 (19.18%) C#
4 13 (17.81%) PL/SQL
5 11 (15.07%) JavaScript
6 6 (8.219%) VB
7 4 (5.479%) VB.NET
8 3 (4.110%) C++
8 3 (4.110%) VB6
8 3 (4.110%) VC++
9 2 (2.740%) VBA
10 1 (1.370%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) Degree
2 7 (9.589%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.740%) ISEB
4 1 (1.370%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.370%) PhD
4 1 (1.370%) CCNA
4 1 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.370%) MBA
System Software
1 15 (20.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.740%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (2.740%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (2.740%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.370%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) Citrix
3 2 (2.740%) Adobe
3 2 (2.740%) Cognos
3 2 (2.740%) Ab Initio
3 2 (2.740%) Northgate
3 2 (2.740%) Google
4 1 (1.370%) Telerik
4 1 (1.370%) Cisco
4 1 (1.370%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.370%) SAP
4 1 (1.370%) Informatica
4 1 (1.370%) Red Hat
Lancashire
Skills: C#, WCF, Asp.net, SQL Server, CSS, HTML5, Oracle, Silverlight... Skills in C#, Asp.net and SQL Server are imperative. Any WCF, Silverlight or GUI experience would...
Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
Responsibilities * Ensure that live 24/7 services are monitored and kept up * Pro-actively maintain servers/services to prevent outages * Configuration of new machines/servers/networks * Provide out-...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 10 May 2013