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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 West Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank129
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads9221093
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.487 %0.448 %
As % of the category below24.01 %26.82 %
Salaries quoted804910
Average minimum salary£37,497£35,736
Average salary£40,884£38,946
% change on same period last year+4.97 %
Average maximum salary£44,271£42,156
UK excluding London average salary£41,344£42,042
% change on same period last year-1.65 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads38404076
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.027 %1.669 %
Salaries quoted33383474
Average minimum salary£34,062£33,907
Average salary£37,026£36,857
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Average maximum salary£39,989£39,806
UK excluding London average salary£39,792£42,049
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BirminghamDown-1271£43,923+1.52 %
WarwickshireUp+3191£45,372+29.09 %
CoventryDown-1087£34,013+5.34 %
HerefordshireDown-1282£42,084+7.53 %
StaffordshireDown-1476£39,246-17.13 %
ShropshireUp+959£32,233+15.50 %
WorcestershireDown-956£34,746+9.29 %
SolihullDown-1229£45,357+35.11 %
WalsallDown-79£29,375-20.76 %
WolverhamptonDown-47£35,357-14.94 %
KingswinfordUp+14£32,000-4.06 %
DudleyDown-54£38,500+20.31 %
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-1£25,000-
Oracle EnglandOracle
England

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1902 (48.06 %)SQL
2505 (26.90 %)SQL Server
3447 (23.81 %)Java
4427 (22.75 %)UNIX
5369 (19.66 %)PL/SQL
6357 (19.02 %)Windows
7345 (18.38 %)Finance
8330 (17.58 %).NET
9265 (14.12 %)XML
10242 (12.89 %)Oracle 10g
11231 (12.31 %)Linux
12225 (11.99 %)Microsoft
13222 (11.83 %)VB
14217 (11.56 %)HTML
15203 (10.82 %)Business Intelligence
16190 (10.12 %)Oracle 9i
17185 (9.856 %)SAP
18182 (9.696 %)J2EE
19171 (9.110 %)JavaScript
20167 (8.897 %)DB2
21159 (8.471 %)Retail
22155 (8.258 %)Oracle Reports
23153 (8.151 %)C#
23153 (8.151 %)Pensions
24149 (7.938 %)Oracle 8/8i
25143 (7.619 %)VB.NET
25143 (7.619 %)Business Objects
25143 (7.619 %)BusinessObjects
26141 (7.512 %)Oracle Forms
26141 (7.512 %)Datawarehouse

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1330 (17.58 %).NET
2265 (14.12 %)XML
3217 (11.56 %)HTML
4182 (9.696 %)J2EE
5127 (6.766 %)ASP.NET
6114 (6.074 %)WebSphere
793 (4.955 %)JSP
884 (4.475 %)WebServices
973 (3.889 %)Struts
1061 (3.250 %)ASP
1155 (2.930 %)Spring
1254 (2.877 %)CSS
1342 (2.238 %)JMS
1342 (2.238 %)SAP Basis
1441 (2.184 %)Servlets
1537 (1.971 %).NET Framework
1635 (1.865 %)Hibernate
1734 (1.811 %)SAP XI
1734 (1.811 %)EJB
1828 (1.492 %)JDBC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
166 (3.516 %)NetWeaver
255 (2.930 %)Oracle Workflow
349 (2.611 %)Apache
446 (2.451 %)WebLogic
534 (1.811 %)IIS
630 (1.598 %)Tomcat
727 (1.438 %)Oracle 10gAS
823 (1.225 %)WebSphere Application Server
823 (1.225 %)Oracle Application Server
920 (1.066 %)JBoss
1018 (0.959 %)SAS
1018 (0.959 %)WebLogic Portal
1116 (0.852 %)CMS
1215 (0.799 %)ArcSDE
1215 (0.799 %)MQSeries
1312 (0.639 %)Lotus Domino
1312 (0.639 %)MS Exchange
1411 (0.586 %)SharePoint
1411 (0.586 %)Oracle Spatial
1510 (0.533 %)ESB
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1107 (5.701 %)MS Excel
259 (3.143 %)MS Office
335 (1.865 %)MS Visio
48 (0.426 %)MS Project
52 (0.107 %)Photoshop
52 (0.107 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.053 %)SPSS
61 (0.053 %)Fireworks
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1111 (5.914 %)Oracle EBS
280 (4.262 %)Oracle Financials
366 (3.516 %)Oracle 11i
461 (3.250 %)Oracle Applications
559 (3.143 %)Oracle HRMS
633 (1.758 %)SAP CRM
720 (1.066 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
814 (0.746 %)SAP R/3
912 (0.639 %)PeopleSoft Financials
912 (0.639 %)Navision
912 (0.639 %)Siebel Analytics
108 (0.426 %)Oracle ERP
108 (0.426 %)SAP FI
117 (0.373 %)Oracle Payroll
117 (0.373 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
126 (0.320 %)Dynamics NAV
126 (0.320 %)SAP FI/CO
126 (0.320 %)SAP CO
126 (0.320 %)Oracle CRM
135 (0.266 %)Axapta
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (2.930 %)LDAP
250 (2.664 %)TCP/IP
344 (2.344 %)Internet
435 (1.865 %)SAN
534 (1.811 %)LAN
534 (1.811 %)WAN
626 (1.385 %)SSH
724 (1.279 %)HTTP
821 (1.119 %)Firewall
913 (0.693 %)IPX
913 (0.693 %)IPX/SPX
1011 (0.586 %)VPN
1011 (0.586 %)SSL
1110 (0.533 %)VoIP
129 (0.479 %)BIG-IP
129 (0.479 %)Cisco PIX
138 (0.426 %)FTP
146 (0.320 %)3G
146 (0.320 %)TETRA
146 (0.320 %)GPRS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1505 (26.90 %)SQL Server
2242 (12.89 %)Oracle 10g
3190 (10.12 %)Oracle 9i
4167 (8.897 %)DB2
5155 (8.258 %)Oracle Reports
6149 (7.938 %)Oracle 8/8i
7143 (7.619 %)BusinessObjects
8141 (7.512 %)Datawarehouse
994 (5.008 %)RDBMS
1084 (4.475 %)ETL
1179 (4.209 %)SQL Server 2000
1269 (3.676 %)SQL Server 2005
1357 (3.037 %)Oracle OLAP
1357 (3.037 %)OLAP
1453 (2.824 %)Oracle Discoverer
1549 (2.611 %)GIS
1645 (2.397 %)TOAD
1739 (2.078 %)MySQL
1831 (1.652 %)Crystal Reports
1927 (1.438 %)Informix
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1141 (7.512 %)Oracle Forms
229 (1.545 %)TestDirector
324 (1.279 %)JDeveloper
422 (1.172 %)Visual Studio
512 (0.639 %)Ant
610 (0.533 %)ERwin
79 (0.479 %)LoadRunner
79 (0.479 %)VSS/SourceSafe
88 (0.426 %)JUnit
97 (0.373 %)Flash
106 (0.320 %)Eclipse
106 (0.320 %)PVCS
114 (0.213 %)ProC
123 (0.160 %)Log4j
123 (0.160 %)Oracle APEX
132 (0.107 %)Oracle Designer 10g
132 (0.107 %)RequisitePro
132 (0.107 %)ClearCase
141 (0.053 %)Dreamweaver
141 (0.053 %)InterDev
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1345 (18.38 %)Finance
2159 (8.471 %)Retail
3153 (8.151 %)Pensions
4106 (5.647 %)Government
5104 (5.541 %)Health
651 (2.717 %)Manufacturing
736 (1.918 %)Local Government
833 (1.758 %)Education
925 (1.332 %)Insurance
1024 (1.279 %)Telecoms
1122 (1.172 %)Construction
1122 (1.172 %)Back Office
1219 (1.012 %)Marketing
1317 (0.906 %)Automotive
1415 (0.799 %)Games
1510 (0.533 %)Billing
1510 (0.533 %)Banking
165 (0.266 %)Pharmaceutical
165 (0.266 %)Financial Institution
165 (0.266 %)Electric
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1576 (30.69 %)Developer
2364 (19.39 %)Analyst
3353 (18.81 %)Consultant
4169 (9.004 %)Oracle Developer
5124 (6.606 %)Support Analyst
6120 (6.393 %)Java Developer
7115 (6.127 %)Applications Support
894 (5.008 %)Architect
993 (4.955 %)Technical Consultant
1092 (4.901 %)DBA
1184 (4.475 %)Oracle Consultant
1275 (3.996 %)Administrator
1373 (3.889 %).NET Developer
1472 (3.836 %)Programmer
1571 (3.783 %)Senior Developer
1664 (3.410 %)Analyst Programmer
1762 (3.303 %)Business Analyst
1854 (2.877 %)Oracle DBA
1952 (2.770 %)Systems Analyst
2051 (2.717 %)J2EE Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
181 (4.315 %)NHS
225 (1.332 %)Client/Server
320 (1.066 %)AS400
414 (0.746 %)Computer Science
513 (0.693 %)Data Conversion
513 (0.693 %)Chip and PIN
611 (0.586 %)EPoS
611 (0.586 %)Replication
611 (0.586 %)Informatics
710 (0.533 %)N-Tier
89 (0.479 %)Thin Client
89 (0.479 %)Mainframe
89 (0.479 %)Fat Client
98 (0.426 %)Web 2.0
98 (0.426 %)Clustering
107 (0.373 %)Mathematics
107 (0.373 %)Management Information System
115 (0.266 %)French Language
115 (0.266 %)German Language
124 (0.213 %)HACMP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1427 (22.75 %)UNIX
2357 (19.02 %)Windows
3231 (12.31 %)Linux
4124 (6.606 %)Solaris
568 (3.623 %)Windows 2000
665 (3.463 %)AIX
727 (1.438 %)HPUX
820 (1.066 %)Windows XP
916 (0.852 %)Tru64
1014 (0.746 %)Windows Server 2003
116 (0.320 %)Windows Mobile
116 (0.320 %)Windows NT
124 (0.213 %)OS/400
133 (0.160 %)zOS
133 (0.160 %)SUSE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1203 (10.82 %)Business Intelligence
2116 (6.180 %)ITIL
3109 (5.807 %)UML
4105 (5.594 %)OO
595 (5.061 %)Project Management
689 (4.742 %)CRM
775 (3.996 %)Security Cleared
857 (3.037 %)ERP
955 (2.930 %)Workflow
1054 (2.877 %)Migration
1054 (2.877 %)SOA
1152 (2.770 %)Web Development
1247 (2.504 %)Business Analysis
1346 (2.451 %)Data Migration
1441 (2.184 %)Strategic Planning
1534 (1.811 %)Data Analysis
1633 (1.758 %)Disaster Recovery
1731 (1.652 %)PRINCE2
1830 (1.598 %)Data Modelling
1830 (1.598 %)OOD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1902 (48.06 %)SQL
2447 (23.81 %)Java
3369 (19.66 %)PL/SQL
4222 (11.83 %)VB
5171 (9.110 %)JavaScript
6153 (8.151 %)C#
7143 (7.619 %)VB.NET
898 (5.221 %)C
995 (5.061 %)Perl
1085 (4.529 %)C++
1164 (3.410 %)Shell Script
1262 (3.303 %)VB6
1340 (2.131 %)Transact-SQL
1438 (2.025 %)COBOL
1520 (1.066 %)VBA
1613 (0.693 %)DHTML
1711 (0.586 %)PHP
1711 (0.586 %)XQuery
1711 (0.586 %)XPath
1810 (0.533 %)ABAP
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
176 (4.049 %)Degree
242 (2.238 %)ISEB
333 (1.758 %)Microsoft Certification
416 (0.852 %)Oracle Certification
416 (0.852 %)MCSE
512 (0.639 %)SAP Certification
611 (0.586 %)MCAD
611 (0.586 %)MCSD
611 (0.586 %)Cisco Certification
79 (0.479 %)OCP
87 (0.373 %)Sun Certification
87 (0.373 %)CCNA
96 (0.320 %)CISA
105 (0.266 %)ITIL Certification
114 (0.213 %)SCJD
114 (0.213 %)MCITP
114 (0.213 %)MCP
114 (0.213 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (0.213 %)HNC
114 (0.213 %)MCDBA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
143 (2.291 %)QA
233 (1.758 %)SLA
316 (0.852 %)ISO27001
49 (0.479 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
57 (0.373 %)ISO9001
64 (0.213 %)WAI
64 (0.213 %)COBIT
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (2.131 %)Oracle RAC
234 (1.811 %)NetBackup
314 (0.746 %)Oracle RMAN
413 (0.693 %)VMware Infrastructure
512 (0.639 %)AquaLogic
512 (0.639 %)Active Directory
67 (0.373 %)Terminal Services
76 (0.320 %)Samba
76 (0.320 %)Terminal Server
85 (0.266 %)ISA Server
85 (0.266 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.107 %)NFS
92 (0.107 %)MetaFrame
101 (0.053 %)VMware ESX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (0.639 %)Tivoli
211 (0.586 %)Unicenter
211 (0.586 %)Legato
36 (0.320 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
36 (0.320 %)AutoSys
45 (0.266 %)CONTROL-M
45 (0.266 %)OpenView
54 (0.213 %)MOM
54 (0.213 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (0.213 %)EMC NetWorker
63 (0.160 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
63 (0.160 %)WSUS
63 (0.160 %)ARCserve
63 (0.160 %)Norton AntiVirus
63 (0.160 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.107 %)NNM
72 (0.107 %)OVOW
81 (0.053 %)HP Data Protector
81 (0.053 %)OpenView Configuration Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1225 (11.99 %)Microsoft
2185 (9.856 %)SAP
3143 (7.619 %)Business Objects
475 (3.996 %)IBM
570 (3.729 %)Sun
663 (3.356 %)Cognos
760 (3.197 %)Retek
856 (2.983 %)HP
947 (2.504 %)Siebel
1045 (2.397 %)Red Hat
1141 (2.184 %)FatWire
1239 (2.078 %)Remedy
1330 (1.598 %)PeopleSoft
1423 (1.225 %)Citrix
1521 (1.119 %)VERITAS
1521 (1.119 %)JD Edwards
1619 (1.012 %)ESRI
1718 (0.959 %)CA
1718 (0.959 %)Hyperion
1817 (0.906 %)VMware
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