The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 22 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 Preston 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 18 10 9
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Oracle 12 25 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 10.00% 19.69% 12.77%
As % of the Vendors category 18.46% 45.45% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 2
Average salary £39,750 £36,000 £27,232
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.41% +32.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,084 £34,500 £23,817
10% offered a salary of more than £56,750 £63,500 £30,646
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +2.40%
All Vendors
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
65 55 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 54.17% 43.31% 57.45%
Number of salaries quoted 58 53 22
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +23.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,963 £26,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Oracle
Lancashire

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle across the Preston region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Preston Oracle Salary Histogram

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 14 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (35.71%) XML
3 9 (32.14%) Java
4 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (25.00%) SQL
4 7 (25.00%) J2EE
4 7 (25.00%) JSP
4 7 (25.00%) Degree
5 6 (21.43%) JSF
5 6 (21.43%) EJB
5 6 (21.43%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (21.43%) HTML
5 6 (21.43%) .NET
5 6 (21.43%) C#
5 6 (21.43%) RDBMS
5 6 (21.43%) Citrix
6 5 (17.86%) Web Services
6 5 (17.86%) UML
7 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 4 (14.29%) Windows
7 4 (14.29%) SOAP
7 4 (14.29%) IIS
7 4 (14.29%) MS Office
7 4 (14.29%) OO
7 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
7 4 (14.29%) VPN
7 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 4 (14.29%) Firewall
7 4 (14.29%) Finance

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 10 (35.71%) XML
2 7 (25.00%) J2EE
2 7 (25.00%) JSP
3 6 (21.43%) JSF
3 6 (21.43%) EJB
3 6 (21.43%) HTML
3 6 (21.43%) .NET
4 5 (17.86%) Web Services
5 4 (14.29%) SOAP
6 3 (10.71%) REST
6 3 (10.71%) WCF
6 3 (10.71%) COM
7 2 (7.143%) Struts
7 2 (7.143%) Spring
7 2 (7.143%) Hibernate
8 1 (3.571%) Struts2
8 1 (3.571%) Ajax
8 1 (3.571%) Java EE
8 1 (3.571%) JSTL
8 1 (3.571%) SVG
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (3.571%) PowerExchange
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Office
2 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) VPN
1 4 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (3.571%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.571%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) RDBMS
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (10.71%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (10.71%) ClearCase
2 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (3.571%) Subversion
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
2 3 (10.71%) Military
2 3 (10.71%) Retail
2 3 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Java Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Support Technician
4 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Development Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Technical Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Java Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.71%) J2EE Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Software Development Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Web Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Java Web Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Informatica Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
1 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 4 (14.29%) Windows 7
1 4 (14.29%) Windows 8
2 1 (3.571%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) UML
2 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) OO
3 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
3 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
3 3 (10.71%) OOD
3 3 (10.71%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.143%) Change Control
5 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Use Case
5 1 (3.571%) Migration
5 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) Java
2 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (25.00%) SQL
3 6 (21.43%) C#
4 3 (10.71%) VB6
4 3 (10.71%) C++
4 3 (10.71%) VB
4 3 (10.71%) VC++
5 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.571%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) ISEB
3 1 (3.571%) MBA
3 1 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.571%) PhD
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (21.43%) Citrix
3 1 (3.571%) Northgate
3 1 (3.571%) Informatica
3 1 (3.571%) Business Objects