The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Oracle Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle Application Server over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 Application Platforms category.

Oracle Application Server (OAS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank775715652
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Down-63
Matching permanent IT job ads100150100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.083 %0.122 %0.105 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.406 %0.643 %0.606 %
Number of salaries quoted8310684
Average salary£43,000£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.44 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,550£30,000£36,900
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£66,500£65,000£61,900
UK excluding London average salary£42,750£42,750£49,000
% change year-on-year
--12.75 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246122331416502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.41 %19.01 %17.28 %
Number of salaries quoted213852008713741
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
% change year-on-year
-+4.16 %

Oracle Application Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oracle Application Server Demand Trend

Oracle Application Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server within the UK.

Oracle Application Server Salary Trend

Oracle Application Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Oracle Application Server Salary Histogram

Oracle Application Server
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Application Server within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-5690£43,000-3.91 %
South EastDown-4926£47,500+3.26 %
LondonDown-2220£43,000-14.00 %
East of EnglandDown-912£39,750-6.47 %
BerkshireDown-1512£52,500+10.52 %
South WestUp+110£47,500+23.37 %
SurreyDown-2810£43,250-7.48 %
DorsetNew entry-10£47,500-
BournemouthNew entry-9£47,500-
SloughNew entry-7£52,500-
Northern IrelandDown-46£32,500-
North WestDown-96£39,750+1.27 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-6£39,500-
CheshireDown-95£40,000-15.78 %
KnutsfordNew entry-5£40,000-
BirminghamNew entry-5£42,500-
West MidlandsNew entry-5£42,500-
BelfastDown-54--
County AntrimDown-54--
ReadingDown-94£50,000+5.26 %
City of LondonUp+53£50,000-35.48 %
HertfordshireDown-43£43,750+2.94 %
CambridgeNew entry-3£39,500-
HampshireDown-152£41,375+10.33 %
EghamNew entry-2£42,500-
NorwichNew entry-2£42,500-
PeterboroughNew entry-2£37,250-
NorfolkNew entry-2£42,500-
NottinghamshireUp+31£55,000+83.33 %
NottinghamDown-21£55,000+83.33 %

Oracle Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server.

1230 (100.00 %)Oracle
2134 (58.26 %)SQL
3132 (57.39 %)UNIX
4117 (50.87 %)Oracle 11g
5114 (49.57 %)PL/SQL
694 (40.87 %)Oracle 10g
789 (38.70 %)WebLogic
887 (37.83 %)Linux
984 (36.52 %)Java
1069 (30.00 %)Oracle RAC
1155 (23.91 %)Data Guard
1249 (21.30 %)Oracle EBS
1249 (21.30 %)Finance
1348 (20.87 %)J2EE
1447 (20.43 %)JavaScript
1546 (20.00 %)HTML
1645 (19.57 %)SQL Server
1645 (19.57 %)Apache
1744 (19.13 %)Oracle Reports
1842 (18.26 %)Tomcat
1941 (17.83 %)Oracle Applications
2040 (17.39 %)Windows
2040 (17.39 %)Shell Script
2139 (16.96 %)Oracle Forms
2139 (16.96 %)Oracle RMAN
2238 (16.52 %)XML
2238 (16.52 %)Oracle Exadata
2336 (15.65 %)SOA
2435 (15.22 %)JDeveloper
2534 (14.78 %)Oracle 9i

Oracle Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Oracle Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
148 (20.87 %)J2EE
246 (20.00 %)HTML
338 (16.52 %)XML
426 (11.30 %)Middleware
525 (10.87 %)Oracle ADF
617 (7.391 %)WebSphere
716 (6.957 %)Java EE
716 (6.957 %)JSP
815 (6.522 %).NET
815 (6.522 %)Web Services
914 (6.087 %)Spring
914 (6.087 %)Servlets
1013 (5.652 %)CSS
1013 (5.652 %)Oracle Streams
1110 (4.348 %)Hibernate
129 (3.913 %)JSF
129 (3.913 %)Ajax
129 (3.913 %)SOAP
129 (3.913 %)Struts
129 (3.913 %)Oracle Fusion
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
189 (38.70 %)WebLogic
245 (19.57 %)Apache
342 (18.26 %)Tomcat
426 (11.30 %)Oracle 10gAS
513 (5.652 %)WebSphere Application Server
65 (2.174 %)Oracle Spatial
74 (1.739 %)ESB
74 (1.739 %)Oracle SOA Suite
83 (1.304 %)SAS
92 (0.870 %)GlassFish
101 (0.435 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.435 %)WebLogic Portal
101 (0.435 %)SharePoint
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (5.217 %)MS Excel
27 (3.043 %)MS Visio
36 (2.609 %)MS Office
41 (0.435 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
149 (21.30 %)Oracle EBS
241 (17.83 %)Oracle Applications
333 (14.35 %)Oracle EBS R12
414 (6.087 %)Oracle ERP
511 (4.783 %)Oracle BPM
69 (3.913 %)Oracle 11i
73 (1.304 %)Summit
73 (1.304 %)Bankmaster
73 (1.304 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (1.304 %)Finacle
73 (1.304 %)Temenos T24
82 (0.870 %)Oracle Financials
82 (0.870 %)Oracle HRMS
91 (0.435 %)Siebel Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (5.217 %)LDAP
28 (3.478 %)SAN
34 (1.739 %)NAS
43 (1.304 %)Wireless
52 (0.870 %)SSL
61 (0.435 %)Extranet
61 (0.435 %)LAN
61 (0.435 %)WAN
61 (0.435 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.435 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1117 (50.87 %)Oracle 11g
294 (40.87 %)Oracle 10g
345 (19.57 %)SQL Server
444 (19.13 %)Oracle Reports
538 (16.52 %)Oracle Exadata
634 (14.78 %)Oracle 9i
732 (13.91 %)Oracle BI EE
822 (9.565 %)MySQL
917 (7.391 %)Oracle 8/8i
917 (7.391 %)Data Warehouse
1012 (5.217 %)SQL Server 2005
1111 (4.783 %)OLTP
1210 (4.348 %)ETL
1210 (4.348 %)TOAD
1210 (4.348 %)RDBMS
139 (3.913 %)Oracle OWB
147 (3.043 %)SQL Server 2008
153 (1.304 %)Oracle OLAP
153 (1.304 %)SQLPlus
153 (1.304 %)Oracle Discoverer
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (16.96 %)Oracle Forms
235 (15.22 %)JDeveloper
327 (11.74 %)Subversion
413 (5.652 %)Oracle APEX
58 (3.478 %)Ant
67 (3.043 %)JUnit
67 (3.043 %)Eclipse
76 (2.609 %)Visual Studio
83 (1.304 %)Dreamweaver
83 (1.304 %)Maven
92 (0.870 %)JIRA
92 (0.870 %)Selenium
92 (0.870 %)Hudson
92 (0.870 %)ClearCase
101 (0.435 %)PVCS
101 (0.435 %)XDE
101 (0.435 %)PowerBuilder
101 (0.435 %)Bugzilla
101 (0.435 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
149 (21.30 %)Finance
222 (9.565 %)Publishing
317 (7.391 %)Banking
411 (4.783 %)Back Office
56 (2.609 %)Telecoms
65 (2.174 %)Manufacturing
74 (1.739 %)Retail
83 (1.304 %)Retail Banking
92 (0.870 %)Local Government
101 (0.435 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.435 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
196 (41.74 %)DBA
287 (37.83 %)Oracle DBA
370 (30.43 %)Developer
436 (15.65 %)Oracle Developer
534 (14.78 %)Administrator
632 (13.91 %)Oracle Applications DBA
719 (8.261 %)Consultant
818 (7.826 %)SQL DBA
917 (7.391 %)Java Developer
1014 (6.087 %)Team Leader
1113 (5.652 %)Oracle Consultant
1113 (5.652 %)Applications Developer
1113 (5.652 %)Architect
1212 (5.217 %)Solutions Designer
1212 (5.217 %)Designer
1310 (4.348 %)Oracle Team Leader
1310 (4.348 %)Java/J2EE Developer
149 (3.913 %)SQL Server DBA
158 (3.478 %)Analyst
158 (3.478 %)Applications Specialist
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (14.35 %)Oracle Exalogic
222 (9.565 %)Clustering
312 (5.217 %)N-Tier
312 (5.217 %)Computer Science
48 (3.478 %)Replication
55 (2.174 %)Tandem
55 (2.174 %)Mainframe
63 (1.304 %)Management Information System
63 (1.304 %)Blackberry
72 (0.870 %)HACMP
72 (0.870 %)LPAR
72 (0.870 %)Open Source
81 (0.435 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1132 (57.39 %)UNIX
287 (37.83 %)Linux
340 (17.39 %)Windows
421 (9.130 %)Solaris
515 (6.522 %)Oracle Linux
613 (5.652 %)AIX
79 (3.913 %)HPUX
83 (1.304 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (15.65 %)SOA
227 (11.74 %)OO
326 (11.30 %)ERP
415 (6.522 %)Risk Management
514 (6.087 %)Business Intelligence
612 (5.217 %)Migration
612 (5.217 %)Security Architecture
710 (4.348 %)Unit Testing
710 (4.348 %)ITIL
710 (4.348 %)UML
89 (3.913 %)Agile Software Development
98 (3.478 %)BPEL
98 (3.478 %)Project Management
98 (3.478 %)Disaster Recovery
98 (3.478 %)Data Migration
107 (3.043 %)Business Continuity
107 (3.043 %)Capacity Planning
107 (3.043 %)Waterfall
116 (2.609 %)Stress Testing
116 (2.609 %)E-Commerce
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1134 (58.26 %)SQL
2114 (49.57 %)PL/SQL
384 (36.52 %)Java
447 (20.43 %)JavaScript
540 (17.39 %)Shell Script
619 (8.261 %)PHP
710 (4.348 %)C#
89 (3.913 %)Perl
96 (2.609 %)C++
96 (2.609 %)Korn
105 (2.174 %)PowerShell
105 (2.174 %)AWK
105 (2.174 %)MapBasic
105 (2.174 %)VB.NET
105 (2.174 %)COBOL
105 (2.174 %)T-SQL
114 (1.739 %)C
123 (1.304 %)VB
131 (0.435 %)Bourne shell
131 (0.435 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
130 (13.04 %)Degree
130 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
225 (10.87 %)SC Cleared
310 (4.348 %)Oracle Certification
47 (3.043 %)OCP
56 (2.609 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.870 %)MCP
62 (0.870 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.870 %)BC Cleared
62 (0.870 %)CTC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.174 %)QA
21 (0.435 %)HL7
21 (0.435 %)ISO 9000
21 (0.435 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
169 (30.00 %)Oracle RAC
239 (16.96 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (1.304 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.435 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
155 (23.91 %)Data Guard
216 (6.957 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
35 (2.174 %)Foglight
42 (0.870 %)NetBackup
42 (0.870 %)YUM
42 (0.870 %)Oracle Identity Management
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1230 (100.00 %)Oracle
225 (10.87 %)Microsoft
316 (6.957 %)BEA
414 (6.087 %)JBoss
513 (5.652 %)Mercator
69 (3.913 %)IBM
77 (3.043 %)Sun
85 (2.174 %)Red Hat
94 (1.739 %)Cognos
103 (1.304 %)Siebel
103 (1.304 %)Fiserv
103 (1.304 %)BancTec
103 (1.304 %)VMware
112 (0.870 %)Northgate
112 (0.870 %)PeopleSoft
112 (0.870 %)JD Edwards
112 (0.870 %)BT
112 (0.870 %)Informatica
112 (0.870 %)Veritas
121 (0.435 %)Mapinfo