Oracle Contracts in the Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle England > Midlands
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	12	9	17
Rank change year-on-year	-3	+8
Contract jobs citing Oracle	316	483	312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands	8.60%	10.28%	7.62%
As % of the Vendors category	19.04%	22.44%	16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted	176	275	164
Midlands median daily rate	£425	£425	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+13.33%
10th Percentile	£306	£313	£156
90th Percentile	£560	£538	£550
England median daily rate	£450	£425	£425
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	5	5	1
Midlands median hourly rate	£29.00	£22.50	£45.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+28.88%	-50.00%
England median hourly rate	£37.50	£28.00	£27.95
% change year-on-year	+33.92%	+0.16%

Oracle is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands.

Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills Midlands
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	1660	2152	1852
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands	45.19%	45.81%	45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	1682	2086	1840
Midlands median daily rate	£400	£400	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+14.28%
10th Percentile	£213	£225	£163
90th Percentile	£558	£550	£526
England median daily rate	£430	£405	£400
% change year-on-year	+6.17%	+1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	135	123	199
Midlands median hourly rate	£14.22	£13.00	£17.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+9.34%	-23.52%
10th Percentile	£10.25	£10.05	£11.00
90th Percentile	£51.50	£22.75	£37.80
England median hourly rate	£17.50	£19.00	£19.00
% change year-on-year	-7.89%	-

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Oracle as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate trend for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
East Midlands	0	153	£425	-	21
West Midlands	-7	153	£450	+12.50%	40
Oracle England

Oracle
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Oracle also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Oracle.

1	214 (34.91%)	SQL
2	129 (21.04%)	Oracle Database
3	126 (20.55%)	Unix
4	106 (17.29%)	SQL Server
4	106 (17.29%)	Finance
5	101 (16.48%)	Agile Software Development
5	101 (16.48%)	Linux
6	99 (16.15%)	PL/SQL
6	99 (16.15%)	Java
7	94 (15.33%)	ERP
8	84 (13.70%)	Migration
9	83 (13.54%)	SAP
10	71 (11.58%)	Security Cleared
11	68 (11.09%)	Oracle Reports
11	68 (11.09%)	Windows

12	64 (10.44%)	Relational Database
13	63 (10.28%)	Business Intelligence
14	60 (9.79%)	SC Cleared
15	58 (9.46%)	Analytical Skills
16	55 (8.97%)	Oracle EBS
17	50 (8.16%)	Manufacturing
18	49 (7.99%)	Oracle EBS R12
19	48 (7.83%)	Microsoft
19	48 (7.83%)	Solaris
20	46 (7.50%)	.NET
21	45 (7.34%)	Sun
21	45 (7.34%)	ETL
22	44 (7.18%)	Veritas
23	43 (7.01%)	Oracle Database 10g
23	43 (7.01%)	IBM

Oracle
Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	37 (6.04%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	30 (4.89%)	JBoss
3	23 (3.75%)	WebLogic
4	15 (2.45%)	Oracle Workflow
5	14 (2.28%)	Liferay
6	13 (2.12%)	IIS
6	13 (2.12%)	Oracle Application Server
7	12 (1.96%)	WebSphere
8	11 (1.79%)	CMS
8	11 (1.79%)	SAS
9	10 (1.63%)	Confluence
10	9 (1.47%)	Apache
10	9 (1.47%)	Drupal
11	8 (1.31%)	Apache Spark
11	8 (1.31%)	Tomcat
12	7 (1.14%)	Apache Solr
13	6 (0.98%)	GlassFish
14	5 (0.82%)	SharePoint
14	5 (0.82%)	Umbraco
14	5 (0.82%)	WildFly

Applications
1	18 (2.94%)	Microsoft Excel
2	8 (1.31%)	Microsoft Office
3	7 (1.14%)	Spreadsheet
4	5 (0.82%)	MS Visio
5	3 (0.49%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
6	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft Project
6	1 (0.16%)	Siemens NX
6	1 (0.16%)	Simulink

Business Applications
1	55 (8.97%)	Oracle EBS
2	49 (7.99%)	Oracle EBS R12
3	41 (6.69%)	SAP ERP
4	23 (3.75%)	Oracle Applications
5	16 (2.61%)	Oracle 11i
5	16 (2.61%)	Oracle ERP
6	15 (2.45%)	Oracle Financials
6	15 (2.45%)	Oracle Receivables
7	12 (1.96%)	Oracle Utilities
8	10 (1.63%)	Oracle BPM
9	9 (1.47%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10	8 (1.31%)	Oracle Payables
11	6 (0.98%)	Maximo
11	6 (0.98%)	Oracle General Ledger
11	6 (0.98%)	Oracle Retail
12	5 (0.82%)	Oracle Cash Management
13	4 (0.65%)	Dynamics CRM
13	4 (0.65%)	SAP CO
13	4 (0.65%)	SAP FI
13	4 (0.65%)	SAP FI/CO

Cloud Services
1	31 (5.06%)	Amazon AWS
2	24 (3.92%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (1.14%)	SaaS
4	6 (0.98%)	IaaS
4	6 (0.98%)	PaaS
5	5 (0.82%)	Cloud Computing
5	5 (0.82%)	Oracle Service Cloud
6	4 (0.65%)	Boomi
6	4 (0.65%)	IBM SmartCloud
7	3 (0.49%)	GitHub
7	3 (0.49%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	3 (0.49%)	Taleo
8	2 (0.33%)	Office 365
9	1 (0.16%)	Oracle CX

Communications & Networking
1	22 (3.59%)	TCP/IP
2	19 (3.10%)	Firewall
3	11 (1.79%)	DHCP
3	11 (1.79%)	DNS
3	11 (1.79%)	WAN
4	10 (1.63%)	LDAP
5	9 (1.47%)	HTTP
6	6 (0.98%)	Cisco ASA
7	4 (0.65%)	Internet
7	4 (0.65%)	VPN
8	3 (0.49%)	BGP
8	3 (0.49%)	FTP
8	3 (0.49%)	OSPF
8	3 (0.49%)	Wireless
9	2 (0.33%)	Intranet
9	2 (0.33%)	LAN
9	2 (0.33%)	Network Security
9	2 (0.33%)	PuTTY
9	2 (0.33%)	SMS
9	2 (0.33%)	SSH

Database & Business Intelligence
1	129 (21.04%)	Oracle Database
2	106 (17.29%)	SQL Server
3	68 (11.09%)	Oracle Reports
4	64 (10.44%)	Relational Database
5	43 (7.01%)	Oracle Database 10g
6	40 (6.53%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	37 (6.04%)	Data Warehouse
8	33 (5.38%)	RDBMS
9	30 (4.89%)	Oracle BI EE
10	28 (4.57%)	MongoDB
11	26 (4.24%)	MySQL
12	22 (3.59%)	PostgreSQL
13	21 (3.43%)	BusinessObjects
13	21 (3.43%)	SQL Server 2005
14	15 (2.45%)	SQL Server Integration Services
15	14 (2.28%)	Hadoop
15	14 (2.28%)	SQL Server 2012
16	12 (1.96%)	NoSQL
16	12 (1.96%)	Pentaho
17	11 (1.79%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	37 (6.04%)	Git (software)
2	36 (5.87%)	Jenkins
3	25 (4.08%)	JIRA
4	21 (3.43%)	Oracle Forms
4	21 (3.43%)	Subversion
5	18 (2.94%)	JUnit
6	16 (2.61%)	Eclipse
7	15 (2.45%)	Maven
8	11 (1.79%)	AppScan
8	11 (1.79%)	Hudson
8	11 (1.79%)	Sonatype Nexus
9	10 (1.63%)	Visual Studio
10	8 (1.31%)	Gradle
11	7 (1.14%)	IntelliJ
11	7 (1.14%)	JProfiler
12	6 (0.98%)	ClearCase
13	5 (0.82%)	Mockito
13	5 (0.82%)	MyEclipse
13	5 (0.82%)	ProC
13	5 (0.82%)	TeamCity

General
1	106 (17.29%)	Finance
2	50 (8.16%)	Manufacturing
3	38 (6.20%)	Retail
4	22 (3.59%)	Banking
5	14 (2.28%)	Billing
6	7 (1.14%)	Publishing
7	6 (0.98%)	Back Office
8	5 (0.82%)	Automotive
8	5 (0.82%)	Legal
8	5 (0.82%)	Marketing
8	5 (0.82%)	Telecoms
9	3 (0.49%)	Advertising
9	3 (0.49%)	Electronics
9	3 (0.49%)	General Ledger
9	3 (0.49%)	Local Government
10	2 (0.33%)	Investment Banking
11	1 (0.16%)	Aerospace
11	1 (0.16%)	Law
11	1 (0.16%)	Multimedia
11	1 (0.16%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	129 (21.04%)	Developer
2	123 (20.07%)	Analyst
3	77 (12.56%)	Consultant
4	44 (7.18%)	Oracle Analyst
5	43 (7.01%)	Architect
6	35 (5.71%)	Oracle Developer
7	32 (5.22%)	Applications Support
7	32 (5.22%)	Project Manager
8	30 (4.89%)	DBA
9	28 (4.57%)	Java Developer
9	28 (4.57%)	Test Analyst
10	25 (4.08%)	Support Analyst
11	21 (3.43%)	Solaris Consultant
12	20 (3.26%)	Design Engineer
13	19 (3.10%)	Business Analyst
13	19 (3.10%)	Oracle Consultant
14	17 (2.77%)	Administrator
14	17 (2.77%)	Unix Engineer
15	16 (2.61%)	Applications Support Analyst
15	16 (2.61%)	Senior Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	46 (7.50%)	.NET
2	39 (6.36%)	J2EE
3	37 (6.04%)	Web Services
4	36 (5.87%)	Spring
5	30 (4.89%)	XML
6	28 (4.57%)	HTML
7	26 (4.24%)	Hibernate
8	25 (4.08%)	Middleware
8	25 (4.08%)	Oracle Fusion
9	19 (3.10%)	JPA
9	19 (3.10%)	SOAP
10	18 (2.94%)	WCF
11	16 (2.61%)	Ajax
12	15 (2.45%)	jQuery
12	15 (2.45%)	XSLT
13	14 (2.28%)	CSS
14	12 (1.96%)	.NET Framework
14	12 (1.96%)	REST
15	11 (1.79%)	Java EE
15	11 (1.79%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	58 (9.46%)	Analytical Skills
2	24 (3.92%)	Data Centre
3	15 (2.45%)	Management Information System
4	13 (2.12%)	Data Structures
5	12 (1.96%)	Computer Science
6	10 (1.63%)	Clustering
6	10 (1.63%)	Smart Meter
7	9 (1.47%)	Greenfield Project
8	7 (1.14%)	Enterprise Software
9	6 (0.98%)	Mainframe
9	6 (0.98%)	Mobile App
10	5 (0.82%)	NHS
11	3 (0.49%)	DataPower
11	3 (0.49%)	Driving Licence
11	3 (0.49%)	Public Cloud
12	2 (0.33%)	Client/Server
12	2 (0.33%)	e-Learning
12	2 (0.33%)	iSeries
12	2 (0.33%)	User Experience
12	2 (0.33%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	126 (20.55%)	Unix
2	101 (16.48%)	Linux
3	68 (11.09%)	Windows
4	48 (7.83%)	Solaris
5	23 (3.75%)	AIX
6	15 (2.45%)	HPUX
7	10 (1.63%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	10 (1.63%)	Windows Server
8	9 (1.47%)	Windows Server 2003
8	9 (1.47%)	Windows Server 2008
9	8 (1.31%)	Android
9	8 (1.31%)	Windows Server 2012
10	7 (1.14%)	Apple iOS
10	7 (1.14%)	Windows 7
11	3 (0.49%)	SUSE
12	1 (0.16%)	Mac OS X
12	1 (0.16%)	Oracle Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	101 (16.48%)	Agile Software Development
2	94 (15.33%)	ERP
3	84 (13.70%)	Migration
4	63 (10.28%)	Business Intelligence
5	45 (7.34%)	ETL
6	41 (6.69%)	Data Modelling
6	41 (6.69%)	SOA
7	39 (6.36%)	ITIL
8	37 (6.04%)	Data Migration
9	36 (5.87%)	Project Management
10	34 (5.55%)	Scrum
10	34 (5.55%)	SDLC
11	33 (5.38%)	Change Management
12	32 (5.22%)	TDD
13	30 (4.89%)	Unit Testing
14	29 (4.73%)	Test Automation
15	28 (4.57%)	Configuration Management
15	28 (4.57%)	Performance Tuning
16	25 (4.08%)	Stakeholder Management
16	25 (4.08%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	214 (34.91%)	SQL
2	99 (16.15%)	Java
2	99 (16.15%)	PL/SQL
3	43 (7.01%)	JavaScript
4	37 (6.04%)	Perl
4	37 (6.04%)	Python
5	31 (5.06%)	C#
6	29 (4.73%)	Shell Script
7	17 (2.77%)	Korn
8	11 (1.79%)	VB.NET
9	8 (1.31%)	C
10	5 (0.82%)	ActionScript
10	5 (0.82%)	Scala
11	4 (0.65%)	ABAP
11	4 (0.65%)	COBOL
11	4 (0.65%)	PowerShell
11	4 (0.65%)	VB
11	4 (0.65%)	VBA
12	3 (0.49%)	F#
12	3 (0.49%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	71 (11.58%)	Security Cleared
2	60 (9.79%)	SC Cleared
3	35 (5.71%)	Degree
4	7 (1.14%)	ISEB
5	4 (0.65%)	ISTQB
5	4 (0.65%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	4 (0.65%)	Microsoft Certification
5	4 (0.65%)	Sun Certification
6	3 (0.49%)	BPSS Clearance
6	3 (0.49%)	Oracle Certification
7	2 (0.33%)	Computer Science Degree
7	2 (0.33%)	DV Cleared
7	2 (0.33%)	MBA
7	2 (0.33%)	OCP
7	2 (0.33%)	PMI Certification
8	1 (0.16%)	APMP
8	1 (0.16%)	Cisco Certification
8	1 (0.16%)	DBS Check
8	1 (0.16%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
8	1 (0.16%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (2.45%)	QA
2	14 (2.28%)	ISO 9001
3	10 (1.63%)	Data Quality
4	9 (1.47%)	PMO
5	6 (0.98%)	SLA
6	4 (0.65%)	TickIT
7	2 (0.33%)	Basel II
8	1 (0.16%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	1 (0.16%)	GCP
8	1 (0.16%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.16%)	HL7
8	1 (0.16%)	ISO/IEC 20000
8	1 (0.16%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
8	1 (0.16%)	SEPA
8	1 (0.16%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	41 (6.69%)	Veritas Cluster Server
2	24 (3.92%)	Virtual Machines
3	14 (2.28%)	Active Directory
4	8 (1.31%)	Docker
5	7 (1.14%)	Hyper-V
6	6 (0.98%)	VMware Infrastructure
7	5 (0.82%)	Oracle RAC
8	4 (0.65%)	NFS
9	3 (0.49%)	ISA Server
9	3 (0.49%)	KVM
9	3 (0.49%)	Veritas Volume Manager
10	2 (0.33%)	VMware ESXi
11	1 (0.16%)	RACF
11	1 (0.16%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	14 (2.28%)	HP Quality Center
2	12 (1.96%)	Puppet
3	7 (1.14%)	Ganglia
3	7 (1.14%)	nmon
3	7 (1.14%)	ZABBIX
4	6 (0.98%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4	6 (0.98%)	Tivoli
4	6 (0.98%)	Tivoli Monitoring
5	5 (0.82%)	Netcool
5	5 (0.82%)	Oracle Identity Management
5	5 (0.82%)	Oracle Identity Manager
6	4 (0.65%)	Data Guard
6	4 (0.65%)	Oracle RMAN
7	3 (0.49%)	FortiGate
7	3 (0.49%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	2 (0.33%)	vCenter Server
9	1 (0.16%)	QRadar
9	1 (0.16%)	Terraform
9	1 (0.16%)	Tivoli Storage Manager

Vendors
1	83 (13.54%)	SAP
2	48 (7.83%)	Microsoft
3	45 (7.34%)	Sun
4	44 (7.18%)	Veritas
5	43 (7.01%)	IBM
6	26 (4.24%)	Informatica
7	25 (4.08%)	HP
8	13 (2.12%)	Red Hat
9	12 (1.96%)	Cisco
10	10 (1.63%)	Teradata
11	9 (1.47%)	Black Duck
11	9 (1.47%)	VMware
12	8 (1.31%)	CheckPoint
12	8 (1.31%)	Fortinet
13	7 (1.14%)	AppDynamics
13	7 (1.14%)	Cognos
13	7 (1.14%)	Perforce
14	6 (0.98%)	BEA
14	6 (0.98%)	Sitecore
14	6 (0.98%)	webMethods