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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT jobs within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank713
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads181185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.077 %
As % of the category below29.10 %30.68 %
Salaries quoted179163
Average minimum salary£32,415£29,164
Average salary£35,851£32,820
% change on same period last year+9.23 %
Average maximum salary£39,287£36,476
UK excluding London average salary£41,572£42,009
% change on same period last year-1.03 %
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads622603
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.335 %0.251 %
Salaries quoted599534
Average minimum salary£32,466£28,601
Average salary£35,682£32,089
% change on same period last year+11.19 %
Average maximum salary£38,898£35,577
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Oracle WalesOracle
Wales

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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South Wales Oracle Salary Histogram

Oracle
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffUp+13103£35,507+6.47 %
NewportDown-244£37,640+26.53 %
BridgendDown-711£41,136+37.12 %
TorfaenDown-23£42,500+102.38 %
GwentNew entry-2£33,250-
Neath Port TalbotNew entry-1£30,000-
Merthyr TydfilNo change01£25,000+11.11 %
Oracle WalesOracle
Wales

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1222 (49.33 %)SQL
1222 (49.33 %)UNIX
2146 (32.44 %)Linux
3111 (24.67 %)PL/SQL
4108 (24.00 %)Oracle 10g
5102 (22.67 %)Security Cleared
689 (19.78 %)SQL Server
788 (19.56 %)Shell Script
881 (18.00 %)Oracle Reports
973 (16.22 %)Oracle 9i
973 (16.22 %)Windows
973 (16.22 %)Perl
1068 (15.11 %)XML
1163 (14.00 %)Solaris
1262 (13.78 %)Java
1361 (13.56 %)Oracle Applications
1458 (12.89 %)Apache
1556 (12.44 %)SUSE
1655 (12.22 %)Oracle Forms
1754 (12.00 %)Migration
1853 (11.78 %)SC Cleared
1952 (11.56 %)Red Hat Linux
1952 (11.56 %)Red Hat
2051 (11.33 %)Oracle EBS
2150 (11.11 %)Samba
2248 (10.67 %)Finance
2346 (10.22 %)C++
2445 (10.00 %)Oracle 11i
2542 (9.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
2640 (8.889 %)Data Migration

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
168 (15.11 %)XML
236 (8.000 %)J2EE
329 (6.444 %)HTML
427 (6.000 %)JSP
523 (5.111 %)JavaBeans
612 (2.667 %).NET
711 (2.444 %)XSLT
711 (2.444 %)WebServices
89 (2.000 %)Middleware
89 (2.000 %)SOAP
89 (2.000 %)EJB
97 (1.556 %)DirectX
106 (1.333 %)CSS
106 (1.333 %).NET Framework
114 (0.889 %)JDBC
123 (0.667 %)ODBC
132 (0.444 %)Swing
132 (0.444 %)ASP.NET
132 (0.444 %)Hibernate
141 (0.222 %)Spring
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (12.89 %)Apache
223 (5.111 %)Oracle Application Server
312 (2.667 %)Oracle Workflow
410 (2.222 %)Tomcat
58 (1.778 %)JBoss
66 (1.333 %)SharePoint
66 (1.333 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.333 %)Oracle 10gAS
74 (0.889 %)WebLogic
83 (0.667 %)Oracle 9iAS
92 (0.444 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.222 %)SAS
South Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (1.556 %)MS Office
17 (1.556 %)MS Excel
22 (0.444 %)FrameMaker
22 (0.444 %)CorelDRAW
22 (0.444 %)Adobe Illustrator
South Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
161 (13.56 %)Oracle Applications
251 (11.33 %)Oracle EBS
345 (10.00 %)Oracle 11i
46 (1.333 %)Oracle Financials
54 (0.889 %)Microsoft CRM
54 (0.889 %)Oracle CRM
54 (0.889 %)Oracle ERP
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (7.778 %)Firewall
211 (2.444 %)LAN
310 (2.222 %)VoIP
48 (1.778 %)WAN
57 (1.556 %)Internet
66 (1.333 %)Broadband
75 (1.111 %)ISDN
75 (1.111 %)TCP/IP
75 (1.111 %)Nortel Meridian
75 (1.111 %)QSIG
83 (0.667 %)DHCP
92 (0.444 %)DNS
92 (0.444 %)BSS
92 (0.444 %)NetScreen
101 (0.222 %)ISUP
101 (0.222 %)INAP
101 (0.222 %)VLAN
101 (0.222 %)HTTP
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1108 (24.00 %)Oracle 10g
289 (19.78 %)SQL Server
381 (18.00 %)Oracle Reports
473 (16.22 %)Oracle 9i
542 (9.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
630 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
728 (6.222 %)Oracle Discoverer
823 (5.111 %)SQL Server 2005
922 (4.889 %)SQL Server 2000
1021 (4.667 %)RDBMS
1115 (3.333 %)Crystal Reports
1213 (2.889 %)Datawarehouse
1312 (2.667 %)Oracle 11g
1410 (2.222 %)Data Cleansing
155 (1.111 %)TOAD
164 (0.889 %)MS Access
164 (0.889 %)OLAP
164 (0.889 %)Oracle OLAP
173 (0.667 %)BusinessObjects XI
173 (0.667 %)MySQL
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
155 (12.22 %)Oracle Forms
226 (5.778 %)Visual Studio
319 (4.222 %)Eclipse
415 (3.333 %)TestDirector
514 (3.111 %)Ant
612 (2.667 %)JUnit
612 (2.667 %)ClearCase
711 (2.444 %)XDoclet
87 (1.556 %)Subversion
87 (1.556 %)PowerBuilder
95 (1.111 %)WebSpeed
102 (0.444 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.444 %)WinRunner
111 (0.222 %)Flash
111 (0.222 %)SilkPerformer
111 (0.222 %)QuickTest Pro
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (10.67 %)Finance
236 (8.000 %)Government
315 (3.333 %)Insurance
414 (3.111 %)Pensions
59 (2.000 %)Telecoms
66 (1.333 %)Marketing
75 (1.111 %)Manufacturing
75 (1.111 %)Advertising
75 (1.111 %)Education
84 (0.889 %)Health
84 (0.889 %)Financial Institution
93 (0.667 %)Mobile Games
93 (0.667 %)Games
102 (0.444 %)Retail
102 (0.444 %)Electric
111 (0.222 %)Aerospace
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1151 (33.56 %)Developer
274 (16.44 %)Analyst
362 (13.78 %)DBA
457 (12.67 %)Oracle DBA
550 (11.11 %)Administrator
638 (8.444 %)Java Developer
737 (8.222 %)C++ Developer
836 (8.000 %)Oracle Developer
933 (7.333 %)Support Analyst
1032 (7.111 %)Perl Developer
1131 (6.889 %)Software Engineer
1230 (6.667 %)Software Developer
1230 (6.667 %)Systems Administrator
1230 (6.667 %)Linux Support
1325 (5.556 %)C++ Software Developer
1325 (5.556 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1325 (5.556 %)Linux Administrator
1325 (5.556 %)C++ Software Engineer
1419 (4.222 %)Consultant
1419 (4.222 %)Technical Support
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (2.444 %)Management Information System
210 (2.222 %)Data Conversion
37 (1.556 %)DTV
37 (1.556 %)Streaming Video
37 (1.556 %)Client/Server
45 (1.111 %)Clustering
45 (1.111 %)Statistics
52 (0.444 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.444 %)N-Tier
52 (0.444 %)NHS
61 (0.222 %)W3C
61 (0.222 %)IPTV
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1222 (49.33 %)UNIX
2146 (32.44 %)Linux
373 (16.22 %)Windows
463 (14.00 %)Solaris
556 (12.44 %)SUSE
652 (11.56 %)Red Hat Linux
713 (2.889 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
85 (1.111 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (1.111 %)AIX
94 (0.889 %)CentOS
94 (0.889 %)Fedora
103 (0.667 %)Ubuntu
103 (0.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (0.667 %)Debian
112 (0.444 %)Windows XP
112 (0.444 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.444 %)Windows Vista
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1102 (22.67 %)Security Cleared
254 (12.00 %)Migration
353 (11.78 %)SC Cleared
440 (8.889 %)Data Migration
537 (8.222 %)OO
622 (4.889 %)Service Delivery
717 (3.778 %)Load Balancing
814 (3.111 %)ERP
912 (2.667 %)Disaster Recovery
912 (2.667 %)Workflow
1011 (2.444 %)CRM
1011 (2.444 %)Test Scripting
119 (2.000 %)Data Analysis
128 (1.778 %)Validation
128 (1.778 %)OOD
128 (1.778 %)Business Intelligence
137 (1.556 %)UML
137 (1.556 %)E-business
146 (1.333 %)DSDM
146 (1.333 %)PRINCE
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1222 (49.33 %)SQL
2111 (24.67 %)PL/SQL
388 (19.56 %)Shell Script
473 (16.22 %)Perl
562 (13.78 %)Java
646 (10.22 %)C++
729 (6.444 %)JavaScript
827 (6.000 %)C
925 (5.556 %)Korn
1022 (4.889 %)VBScript
1118 (4.000 %)XPath
1211 (2.444 %)VB
136 (1.333 %)Delphi
145 (1.111 %)C#
153 (0.667 %)PHP
153 (0.667 %)VBA
153 (0.667 %)VB6
161 (0.222 %)Transact-SQL
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (3.111 %)Degree
213 (2.889 %)Cisco Certification
36 (1.333 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (0.889 %)MCSE
44 (0.889 %)ISEB
53 (0.667 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.222 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.667 %)SLA
23 (0.667 %)QA
South Wales IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
150 (11.11 %)Samba
216 (3.556 %)Oracle RAC
314 (3.111 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (0.667 %)Active Directory
43 (0.667 %)Terminal Services
South Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (2.889 %)AutoSys
211 (2.444 %)Nagios
35 (1.111 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
43 (0.667 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.444 %)Oracle Statspack
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (11.56 %)Red Hat
230 (6.667 %)Business Objects
326 (5.778 %)Microsoft
421 (4.667 %)Cisco
511 (2.444 %)IBM
66 (1.333 %)Sybase
66 (1.333 %)Onyx
75 (1.111 %)PolarLake
75 (1.111 %)Progress
75 (1.111 %)Nortel
75 (1.111 %)Sun
84 (0.889 %)Novell
84 (0.889 %)Siebel
93 (0.667 %)VERITAS
93 (0.667 %)HP
93 (0.667 %)Symantec
93 (0.667 %)McAfee Security
93 (0.667 %)Sony
93 (0.667 %)Toshiba
102 (0.444 %)Sage