Oracle Developer Contracts

The median contractor rate for an Oracle Developer was £425 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to 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.

Oracle Developer UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	343	267	233
Rank change year-on-year	-76	-34
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Developer	276	484	562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.59%	0.90%	1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.62%	0.95%	1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted	185	305	316
Median daily rate	£425	£375	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+13.33%	-6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£338	£300	£295
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£511	£530
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£363	£350
% change year-on-year	+10.34%	+3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	5	1	5
Median hourly rate	£43.39	£35.50	£30.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+22.22%	+18.33%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.39	£35.50	£52.38
% change year-on-year	+22.22%	-32.21%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles UK
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	44357	51050	53273
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	94.75%	94.87%	94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	28704	33277	33414
Median daily rate	£438	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.94%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£260	£248
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£570
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1368	1510	2064
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£44.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.14
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+8.11%

Oracle Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Oracle Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Developer in the UK

Oracle Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Oracle Developer in the UK

Oracle Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Oracle Developer over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Oracle Developer in the UK

Oracle Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Oracle Developer in the UK

Oracle Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England	-95	247	£425	+13.33%	36
London	-50	117	£449	+12.18%	17
South East	-17	48	£438	+25.00%	8
South West	-1	27	£400	+14.28%	1
Surrey	+30	26	£438	+9.37%	3
Scotland	+47	18	£363	+3.57%	1
North West	-13	16	£363	+7.40%	1
Edinburgh	+23	14	£363	-6.45%
Redhill	-	13	£438	-	1
Bristol	0	12	£413	-4.06%
City of London	-23	12	£438	+2.94%	3
Wiltshire	+14	11	£438	-2.77%	1
West Midlands	-15	11	£420	+5.00%
Oxfordshire	-14	9	£450	+28.57%	2
East Midlands	-18	8	£425	+16.43%	2
Heathrow	+2	7	£370	+5.71%
Wales	-	7	£375	-	1
South Wales	-	7	£375	-	1
Cheshire	+15	6	£363	+7.40%
Nottingham	0	6	£425	+11.11%
Oxford	-7	6	£450	+28.57%	1
Nottinghamshire	-11	6	£425	+11.11%	1
East of England	-16	6	£475	+7.04%	2
Cardiff	-	6	£368	-	1
Manchester	+5	5	£284	-13.93%	1
Yorkshire	+2	5	£388	+10.71%	4
Berkshire	+17	4	£338	+3.84%
Chester	+11	4	£369	+9.25%
Warwickshire	+1	4	£340	+4.61%
Bedfordshire	-4	4	£475	-

Oracle Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, Oracle Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads featuring Oracle Developer in the job title.

1	566 (100.00%)	Oracle
2	388 (68.55%)	SQL
3	313 (55.30%)	PL/SQL
4	222 (39.22%)	Oracle Database
5	169 (29.86%)	Finance
6	166 (29.33%)	Java
7	154 (27.21%)	Agile Software Development
8	119 (21.02%)	Unix
9	106 (18.73%)	Linux
10	103 (18.20%)	Oracle Database 11g
11	84 (14.84%)	Data Warehouse
12	82 (14.49%)	JavaScript
13	81 (14.31%)	Oracle Database 12c
14	78 (13.78%)	Business Intelligence
14	78 (13.78%)	Shell Script

15	71 (12.54%)	C#
16	69 (12.19%)	Oracle Forms
17	65 (11.48%)	HTML
18	63 (11.13%)	ETL
18	63 (11.13%)	SDLC
19	59 (10.42%)	Performance Tuning
20	58 (10.25%)	Oracle Reports
20	58 (10.25%)	Unit Testing
21	57 (10.07%)	jQuery
21	57 (10.07%)	Relational Database
22	55 (9.72%)	Security Cleared
22	55 (9.72%)	Oracle SOA Suite
22	55 (9.72%)	SOA
23	53 (9.36%)	Web Services
23	53 (9.36%)	Banking

Oracle Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	55 (9.72%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	28 (4.95%)	WebLogic
3	19 (3.36%)	Oracle Coherence
4	17 (3.00%)	CMS
5	15 (2.65%)	Confluence
5	15 (2.65%)	Drupal
6	13 (2.30%)	Oracle Workflow
6	13 (2.30%)	Umbraco
7	11 (1.94%)	Oracle Service Bus
8	10 (1.77%)	WebSphere
9	8 (1.41%)	ATG Dynamo
10	6 (1.06%)	Apache Qpid
10	6 (1.06%)	ColdFusion
11	4 (0.71%)	Elasticsearch
11	4 (0.71%)	JBoss
11	4 (0.71%)	Oracle Application Server
11	4 (0.71%)	WebSphere Application Server
12	3 (0.53%)	Tuxedo
12	3 (0.53%)	WebLogic Portal
13	2 (0.35%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	6 (1.06%)	Microsoft Excel
2	4 (0.71%)	LaTeX
3	3 (0.53%)	Microsoft Office
4	1 (0.18%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	33 (5.83%)	Oracle EBS
2	29 (5.12%)	Oracle Applications
3	20 (3.53%)	Oracle BPM
4	10 (1.77%)	Oracle EBS R12
5	8 (1.41%)	Oracle iStore
6	7 (1.24%)	SAP Oil and Gas
7	6 (1.06%)	Oracle 11i
8	5 (0.88%)	Payment Gateway
9	4 (0.71%)	Oracle Payables
9	4 (0.71%)	Oracle Utilities
9	4 (0.71%)	Temenos T24
10	3 (0.53%)	Oracle Assets
10	3 (0.53%)	Oracle ERP
10	3 (0.53%)	Oracle Financials
10	3 (0.53%)	Oracle iProcurement
10	3 (0.53%)	Oracle Receivables
11	2 (0.35%)	Dynamics CRM
11	2 (0.35%)	Oracle General Ledger
11	2 (0.35%)	Oracle iSupplier
11	2 (0.35%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay

Cloud Services
1	20 (3.53%)	PaaS
2	13 (2.30%)	Oracle Service Cloud
3	9 (1.59%)	IaaS
4	8 (1.41%)	Amazon AWS
5	5 (0.88%)	Microsoft Azure
6	1 (0.18%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (1.06%)	AMQP
1	6 (1.06%)	VoIP
1	6 (1.06%)	Wireshark
2	2 (0.35%)	SSH
2	2 (0.35%)	SSL
2	2 (0.35%)	TCP/IP
3	1 (0.18%)	DNS
3	1 (0.18%)	Firewall
3	1 (0.18%)	Intranet
3	1 (0.18%)	LDAP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	222 (39.22%)	Oracle Database
2	103 (18.20%)	Oracle Database 11g
3	84 (14.84%)	Data Warehouse
4	81 (14.31%)	Oracle Database 12c
5	58 (10.25%)	Oracle Reports
6	57 (10.07%)	Relational Database
7	51 (9.01%)	SQL Server
8	45 (7.95%)	SQLPlus
9	44 (7.77%)	Oracle Database 10g
9	44 (7.77%)	RDBMS
10	33 (5.83%)	Oracle BI EE
11	24 (4.24%)	Oracle BI Publisher
12	19 (3.36%)	Oracle ODI
13	15 (2.65%)	Oracle9i Database
14	9 (1.59%)	BusinessObjects
14	9 (1.59%)	Endeca
14	9 (1.59%)	SQL Server 2008
15	8 (1.41%)	Pentaho
15	8 (1.41%)	SQL Server Integration Services
16	7 (1.24%)	Apache Cassandra

Development Applications
1	69 (12.19%)	Oracle Forms
2	48 (8.48%)	Oracle APEX
3	35 (6.18%)	JIRA
4	26 (4.59%)	Team Foundation Server
5	24 (4.24%)	Git (software)
6	21 (3.71%)	Toad
7	20 (3.53%)	ProC
8	17 (3.00%)	Jenkins
9	16 (2.83%)	JDeveloper
9	16 (2.83%)	NUnit
10	14 (2.47%)	MSBuild
11	13 (2.30%)	Moq
11	13 (2.30%)	ReSharper
11	13 (2.30%)	Subversion
12	11 (1.94%)	Visual Studio
13	10 (1.77%)	Talend Open Studio
14	9 (1.59%)	JUnit
15	7 (1.24%)	Bitbucket
15	7 (1.24%)	Eclipse
15	7 (1.24%)	Spock

General
1	169 (29.86%)	Finance
2	53 (9.36%)	Banking
3	21 (3.71%)	Investment Banking
4	16 (2.83%)	Front Office
4	16 (2.83%)	Manufacturing
5	13 (2.30%)	Marketing
6	10 (1.77%)	Telecoms
7	7 (1.24%)	Electronics
7	7 (1.24%)	Financial Institution
8	6 (1.06%)	Music Industry
9	4 (0.71%)	German Language
9	4 (0.71%)	Italian Language
9	4 (0.71%)	Retail
10	3 (0.53%)	General Ledger
10	3 (0.53%)	Law
10	3 (0.53%)	Publishing
10	3 (0.53%)	Spanish Language
11	2 (0.35%)	Back Office
12	1 (0.18%)	Advertising
12	1 (0.18%)	Legal

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	65 (11.48%)	HTML
2	57 (10.07%)	jQuery
3	53 (9.36%)	Web Services
4	50 (8.83%)	.NET
5	45 (7.95%)	XML
6	37 (6.54%)	Oracle Fusion
7	34 (6.01%)	J2EE
8	30 (5.30%)	Spring
9	29 (5.12%)	CSS
9	29 (5.12%)	WinForms
10	28 (4.95%)	Middleware
11	27 (4.77%)	HTML5
11	27 (4.77%)	WPF
12	23 (4.06%)	Oracle ADF
13	19 (3.36%)	LINQ
14	18 (3.18%)	ASP.NET
14	18 (3.18%)	RESTful
14	18 (3.18%)	SOAP
14	18 (3.18%)	WCF
15	17 (3.00%)	STL

Miscellaneous
1	40 (7.07%)	Analytical Skills
2	16 (2.83%)	Derivative
2	16 (2.83%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	15 (2.65%)	Computer Science
3	15 (2.65%)	Enterprise Software
4	13 (2.30%)	Client/Server
4	13 (2.30%)	Fintech
5	10 (1.77%)	e-Learning
6	7 (1.24%)	Data Centre
6	7 (1.24%)	iPad
7	6 (1.06%)	Driving Licence
7	6 (1.06%)	Equities
7	6 (1.06%)	Greenfield Project
8	5 (0.88%)	Data Structures
8	5 (0.88%)	Management Information System
8	5 (0.88%)	NHS
8	5 (0.88%)	Social Media
8	5 (0.88%)	TWAP
8	5 (0.88%)	VWAP
9	4 (0.71%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	119 (21.02%)	Unix
2	106 (18.73%)	Linux
3	19 (3.36%)	Windows
4	12 (2.12%)	AIX
5	9 (1.59%)	Solaris
6	7 (1.24%)	Oracle Linux
6	7 (1.24%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	1 (0.18%)	HPUX
7	1 (0.18%)	SUSE

Processes & Methodologies
1	154 (27.21%)	Agile Software Development
2	78 (13.78%)	Business Intelligence
3	63 (11.13%)	ETL
3	63 (11.13%)	SDLC
4	59 (10.42%)	Performance Tuning
5	58 (10.25%)	Unit Testing
6	55 (9.72%)	SOA
7	47 (8.30%)	Waterfall
8	42 (7.42%)	Continuous Integration
9	39 (6.89%)	Data Modelling
10	31 (5.48%)	Configuration Management
10	31 (5.48%)	Requirements Analysis
11	26 (4.59%)	Migration
11	26 (4.59%)	Multithreading
12	25 (4.42%)	Mathematics
13	23 (4.06%)	Software Engineering
14	22 (3.89%)	Scrum
15	21 (3.71%)	Analytics
15	21 (3.71%)	TDD
16	19 (3.36%)	E-Commerce

Programming Languages
1	388 (68.55%)	SQL
2	313 (55.30%)	PL/SQL
3	166 (29.33%)	Java
4	82 (14.49%)	JavaScript
5	78 (13.78%)	Shell Script
6	71 (12.54%)	C#
7	40 (7.07%)	Python
8	39 (6.89%)	C
9	28 (4.95%)	C++
10	27 (4.77%)	Perl
11	22 (3.89%)	VB.NET
12	7 (1.24%)	Bash Shell
12	7 (1.24%)	Korn
13	6 (1.06%)	Ruby
14	5 (0.88%)	T-SQL
15	4 (0.71%)	Tcl
15	4 (0.71%)	VBA
16	3 (0.53%)	PowerShell
17	2 (0.35%)	Lisp
17	2 (0.35%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	55 (9.72%)	Security Cleared
2	46 (8.13%)	Degree
3	41 (7.24%)	SC Cleared
4	12 (2.12%)	DV Cleared
5	9 (1.59%)	Oracle Certification
6	6 (1.06%)	Computer Science Degree
7	4 (0.71%)	BC Cleared
8	2 (0.35%)	Sun Certification
9	1 (0.18%)	IBM Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (2.30%)	QA
2	7 (1.24%)	EMIR
3	5 (0.88%)	SLA
4	4 (0.71%)	Data Quality
5	1 (0.18%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	1 (0.18%)	HL7
5	1 (0.18%)	MiFID

System Software
1	11 (1.94%)	Docker
2	2 (0.35%)	Oracle RAC
2	2 (0.35%)	Virtual Machines
2	2 (0.35%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.18%)	Active Directory
3	1 (0.18%)	Firmware
3	1 (0.18%)	Platform Symphony

Systems Management
1	9 (1.59%)	Oracle Identity Management
2	6 (1.06%)	Oracle RMAN
3	5 (0.88%)	Ansible
3	5 (0.88%)	Control-M
4	4 (0.71%)	Oracle Identity Manager
5	3 (0.53%)	Data Guard
5	3 (0.53%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
6	2 (0.35%)	vRealize
7	1 (0.18%)	Oracle EDQ

Vendors
1	566 (100.00%)	Oracle
2	32 (5.65%)	Microsoft
3	21 (3.71%)	ATG
4	15 (2.65%)	Informatica
5	10 (1.77%)	Talend
6	9 (1.59%)	SAP
7	8 (1.41%)	Red Hat
8	7 (1.24%)	Cognos
9	6 (1.06%)	Google
10	5 (0.88%)	Microgen
11	4 (0.71%)	IBM
11	4 (0.71%)	Netezza
12	3 (0.53%)	BEA
12	3 (0.53%)	Temenos
13	2 (0.35%)	Bloomberg
13	2 (0.35%)	DevExpress
13	2 (0.35%)	HP
13	2 (0.35%)	Hyperion
13	2 (0.35%)	Teradata
13	2 (0.35%)	VMware