Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank109
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads1737527274
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.21 %12.21 %
As % of the category below26.15 %27.35 %
Salaries quoted1422221236
Average minimum salary£42,950£42,302
Average salary£46,671£46,213
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum salary£50,392£50,124
UK excluding London average salary£42,267£42,624
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6644099714
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.86 %44.64 %
Salaries quoted5522378383
Average minimum salary£40,935£41,684
Average salary£44,460£45,414
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Average maximum salary£47,986£49,143
UK excluding London average salary£40,856£41,956
% change on same period last year-2.62 %

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Oracle Corporation.

Oracle
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Oracle Demand Trend

Oracle
Salary Trend

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

Oracle Salary Trend

Oracle
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Oracle Salary Histogram

Oracle
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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
EnglandNo change016073£46,631+1.12 %
LondonUp+17055£53,665+3.91 %
South EastNo change03490£44,009+2.83 %
City of LondonUp+31973£58,102+7.41 %
North WestNo change01126£39,883-10.62 %
BerkshireDown-21067£45,944+9.45 %
East of EnglandDown-31026£41,223-4.68 %
South WestDown-61022£38,137-4.87 %
SurreyUp+3987£41,211-6.57 %
YorkshireNo change0863£36,419-4.49 %
West MidlandsDown-2793£39,988+2.60 %
ScotlandUp+4670£40,077+9.56 %
West YorkshireNo change0579£37,081-2.16 %
HampshireUp+1518£42,454+4.37 %
East MidlandsUp+1507£40,752+8.82 %
ManchesterDown-13393£42,762-14.60 %
CheshireUp+7375£38,508+6.91 %
ReadingUp+4329£44,263+4.22 %
BristolDown-8326£38,007+8.10 %
HertfordshireDown-6321£44,158+4.17 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0314£42,641+10.76 %
CambridgeshireUp+9278£39,051-3.13 %
BirminghamDown-2268£46,890+3.86 %
LeedsDown-8260£35,138-11.73 %
WiltshireDown-6242£34,792-8.87 %
GlasgowUp+4227£36,938-0.64 %
WalesDown-2226£37,411+13.21 %
BradfordUp+17189£42,149+21.62 %
South WalesDown-1187£37,033+10.13 %
NottinghamshireDown-1180£45,847+27.98 %

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

116854 (44.43 %)SQL
210279 (27.10 %)Finance
310121 (26.68 %)Java
410102 (26.63 %)SQL Server
59946 (26.22 %)UNIX
66481 (17.08 %)PL/SQL
76015 (15.86 %).NET
85984 (15.77 %)Windows
95489 (14.47 %)J2EE
105174 (13.64 %)Oracle 10g
114866 (12.83 %)Linux
124751 (12.52 %)XML
134504 (11.87 %)C#
143817 (10.06 %)Degree
153665 (9.661 %)Microsoft
163494 (9.210 %)Oracle 9i
173395 (8.950 %)Banking
183215 (8.475 %)Business Intelligence
193093 (8.153 %)RDBMS
203064 (8.077 %)C++
212973 (7.837 %)Solaris
222854 (7.523 %)OO
232738 (7.218 %)HTML
242714 (7.154 %)Oracle Reports
252680 (7.065 %)Oracle 8/8i
262567 (6.767 %)Datawarehouse
272449 (6.456 %)VB
282431 (6.408 %)SAP
292354 (6.205 %)JavaScript
302345 (6.182 %)ERP

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16015 (15.86 %).NET
25489 (14.47 %)J2EE
34751 (12.52 %)XML
42738 (7.218 %)HTML
52252 (5.936 %)WebServices
62155 (5.681 %)WebSphere
72054 (5.415 %)ASP.NET
81667 (4.394 %)Spring
91625 (4.284 %)JSP
101391 (3.667 %)Hibernate
111209 (3.187 %)CSS
121106 (2.916 %)ASP
131081 (2.850 %)AJAX
141072 (2.826 %)Middleware
15938 (2.473 %)Servlets
16844 (2.225 %)Struts
17786 (2.072 %)EJB
18707 (1.864 %)XSLT
19675 (1.779 %).NET Framework
20658 (1.735 %)JDBC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12197 (5.791 %)WebLogic
21647 (4.342 %)Apache
31459 (3.846 %)Tomcat
41015 (2.676 %)JBoss
5885 (2.333 %)IIS
6686 (1.808 %)SAS
7593 (1.563 %)SharePoint
8553 (1.458 %)Oracle Workflow
9551 (1.452 %)WebSphere Application Server
10546 (1.439 %)Oracle Application Server
11323 (0.851 %)MS Exchange
12291 (0.767 %)MQSeries
13290 (0.764 %)BizTalk Server
14239 (0.630 %)Lotus Notes
15238 (0.627 %)NetWeaver
16237 (0.625 %)CMS
17231 (0.609 %)Oracle 10gAS
18198 (0.522 %)ESB
19166 (0.438 %)WebSphere MQ
20160 (0.422 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12236 (5.894 %)MS Excel
2818 (2.156 %)MS Office
3443 (1.168 %)MS Visio
4205 (0.540 %)MS Project
5105 (0.277 %)MS PowerPoint
6101 (0.266 %)Spreadsheet
771 (0.187 %)SPSS
840 (0.105 %)Photoshop
922 (0.058 %)MATLAB
1019 (0.050 %)ArcInfo
1019 (0.050 %)Windchill
1118 (0.047 %)CA Clarity
1217 (0.045 %)CATIA
1312 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
1410 (0.026 %)Adobe Director
1410 (0.026 %)QuarkXPress
159 (0.024 %)Adobe Illustrator
168 (0.021 %)DOC1
176 (0.016 %)PrintSoft PReS
176 (0.016 %)Pro/ENGINEER
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12107 (5.554 %)Oracle Applications
21919 (5.059 %)Oracle EBS
31226 (3.232 %)Oracle Financials
4982 (2.589 %)Oracle 11i
5527 (1.389 %)Oracle EBS R12
6368 (0.970 %)Oracle HRMS
7344 (0.907 %)Navision
8316 (0.833 %)Movex
9305 (0.804 %)SAP Retail
10289 (0.762 %)Oracle ERP
11262 (0.691 %)Great Plains
12179 (0.472 %)Oracle Payroll
13152 (0.401 %)Axapta
14146 (0.385 %)Dynamics AX
15145 (0.382 %)Siebel Analytics
16143 (0.377 %)FLEXCUBE
17132 (0.348 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
18107 (0.282 %)SAP CRM
19104 (0.274 %)Endur
20101 (0.266 %)HFM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11317 (3.472 %)Internet
2946 (2.494 %)TCP/IP
3696 (1.835 %)SAN
4621 (1.637 %)Firewall
5479 (1.263 %)LAN
6455 (1.199 %)WAN
7421 (1.110 %)HTTP
8418 (1.102 %)DNS
9397 (1.047 %)LDAP
10247 (0.651 %)Intranet
11226 (0.596 %)VPN
12155 (0.409 %)Wireless
13142 (0.374 %)SMTP
13142 (0.374 %)DHCP
14136 (0.359 %)FTP
15126 (0.332 %)VoIP
16112 (0.295 %)SNMP
17103 (0.272 %)GSM
1897 (0.256 %)SSL
1980 (0.211 %)INAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110102 (26.63 %)SQL Server
25174 (13.64 %)Oracle 10g
33494 (9.210 %)Oracle 9i
43093 (8.153 %)RDBMS
52714 (7.154 %)Oracle Reports
62680 (7.065 %)Oracle 8/8i
72567 (6.767 %)Datawarehouse
81765 (4.653 %)BusinessObjects
91755 (4.626 %)ETL
101706 (4.497 %)MySQL
111697 (4.473 %)DB2
121235 (3.256 %)SQL Server 2005
13968 (2.552 %)SQL Server 2000
14780 (2.056 %)Oracle Discoverer
15625 (1.648 %)Crystal Reports
16605 (1.595 %)Oracle 11g
17596 (1.571 %)TOAD
18510 (1.344 %)OLAP
18510 (1.344 %)Oracle OLAP
19395 (1.041 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11817 (4.790 %)Oracle Forms
2718 (1.893 %)JUnit
3681 (1.795 %)Eclipse
4657 (1.732 %)Ant
5590 (1.555 %)Visual Studio
6378 (0.996 %)ClearCase
7280 (0.738 %)Subversion
8209 (0.551 %)TestDirector
9206 (0.543 %)Flash
10205 (0.540 %)LoadRunner
11198 (0.522 %)JDeveloper
12197 (0.519 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13166 (0.438 %)QuickTest Pro
14135 (0.356 %)ProC
15116 (0.306 %)ClearQuest
16105 (0.277 %)PVCS
1793 (0.245 %)Rational Rose
1891 (0.240 %)ERwin
1990 (0.237 %)JBuilder
2087 (0.229 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110279 (27.10 %)Finance
23395 (8.950 %)Banking
31879 (4.953 %)Retail
41776 (4.682 %)Pensions
51292 (3.406 %)Health
61250 (3.295 %)Insurance
71246 (3.285 %)Telecoms
81168 (3.079 %)Investment Banking
91036 (2.731 %)Front Office
10872 (2.299 %)Education
11861 (2.270 %)Government
12769 (2.027 %)Marketing
13747 (1.969 %)Manufacturing
14675 (1.779 %)Back Office
15425 (1.120 %)Games
16404 (1.065 %)FMCG
17378 (0.996 %)Financial Institution
18265 (0.699 %)Billing
19243 (0.641 %)Pharmaceutical
20191 (0.503 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110896 (28.72 %)Developer
26184 (16.30 %)Analyst
34249 (11.20 %)Consultant
44126 (10.88 %)DBA
53324 (8.762 %)Oracle DBA
62991 (7.885 %)Java Developer
72359 (6.219 %)Architect
82063 (5.438 %)Oracle Developer
92055 (5.417 %)Administrator
101872 (4.935 %)Support Analyst
111584 (4.176 %)Senior Developer
121507 (3.973 %)Applications Support
131298 (3.422 %)Programmer
141191 (3.140 %)Oracle Consultant
151188 (3.132 %)Project Manager
161162 (3.063 %)C# Developer
171115 (2.939 %)Business Analyst
181087 (2.865 %).NET Developer
191049 (2.765 %)Java/J2EE Developer
20993 (2.618 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1969 (2.554 %)Derivative
2702 (1.851 %)Computer Science
3585 (1.542 %)Replication
4557 (1.468 %)Client/Server
5498 (1.313 %)N-Tier
6484 (1.276 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7470 (1.239 %)Clustering
8469 (1.236 %)Fixed Income
9434 (1.144 %)Equities
10382 (1.007 %)Management Information System
11328 (0.865 %)Mainframe
12287 (0.757 %)Mathematics
13263 (0.693 %)Multithreading
14258 (0.680 %)Market Risk
15228 (0.601 %)Credit Risk
16219 (0.577 %)Web 2.0
17216 (0.569 %)French Language
18202 (0.532 %)Credit Derivative
19185 (0.488 %)German Language
20161 (0.424 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19946 (26.22 %)UNIX
25984 (15.77 %)Windows
34866 (12.83 %)Linux
42973 (7.837 %)Solaris
51190 (3.137 %)Windows Server 2003
61022 (2.694 %)AIX
7931 (2.454 %)Red Hat Linux
8656 (1.729 %)Windows 2000
9585 (1.542 %)HPUX
10520 (1.371 %)Windows XP
11288 (0.759 %)Windows 2000 Server
12247 (0.651 %)Windows NT
13176 (0.464 %)SUSE
14116 (0.306 %)Windows Vista
15104 (0.274 %)VMS
1687 (0.229 %)zOS
1782 (0.216 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1867 (0.177 %)CentOS
1961 (0.161 %)Debian
2057 (0.150 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13215 (8.475 %)Business Intelligence
22854 (7.523 %)OO
32345 (6.182 %)ERP
42233 (5.886 %)Project Management
52141 (5.644 %)UML
61522 (4.012 %)SOA
71416 (3.733 %)E-Commerce
81380 (3.638 %)CRM
91210 (3.190 %)Security Cleared
101164 (3.068 %)ITIL
111093 (2.881 %)Data Modelling
121030 (2.715 %)Migration
13972 (2.562 %)Agile Software Development
14957 (2.523 %)Business Analysis
15809 (2.133 %)PRINCE2
16757 (1.996 %)Web Development
17738 (1.945 %)Workflow
18642 (1.692 %)Asset Management
19632 (1.666 %)Change Management
20628 (1.655 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116854 (44.43 %)SQL
210121 (26.68 %)Java
36481 (17.08 %)PL/SQL
44504 (11.87 %)C#
53064 (8.077 %)C++
62449 (6.456 %)VB
72354 (6.205 %)JavaScript
81880 (4.956 %)Perl
91859 (4.900 %)C
101849 (4.874 %)Shell Script
111430 (3.770 %)VB.NET
12963 (2.539 %)VBA
13873 (2.301 %)PHP
14748 (1.972 %)Transact-SQL
15715 (1.885 %)VB6
16421 (1.110 %)Python
17351 (0.925 %)VBScript
18318 (0.838 %)COBOL
19235 (0.619 %)VC++
20232 (0.612 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13817 (10.06 %)Degree
2685 (1.806 %)Oracle Certification
3513 (1.352 %)Microsoft Certification
4504 (1.329 %)ISEB
5316 (0.833 %)OCP
6263 (0.693 %)MCSE
7210 (0.554 %)Sun Certification
8203 (0.535 %)CIMA
9165 (0.435 %)ACCA
10126 (0.332 %)ITIL Certification
11119 (0.314 %)HND
1299 (0.261 %)CISSP
1397 (0.256 %)PMI Certification
1493 (0.245 %)Cisco Certification
1592 (0.243 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1691 (0.240 %)MCP
1777 (0.203 %)PMP
1865 (0.171 %)PhD
1964 (0.169 %)ISTQB
2061 (0.161 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1767 (2.022 %)QA
2506 (1.334 %)SLA
3125 (0.330 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
458 (0.153 %)ISO27001
548 (0.127 %)Basel II
636 (0.095 %)ISO9001
735 (0.092 %)COBIT
823 (0.061 %)BS7799
920 (0.053 %)GxP
1017 (0.045 %)HL7
1115 (0.040 %)21 CFR Part 11
1213 (0.034 %)PCI DSS
139 (0.024 %)ISO9000
148 (0.021 %)GLP
157 (0.018 %)ISO17799
157 (0.018 %)ISO8583
164 (0.011 %)GAAP
164 (0.011 %)HIPAA
164 (0.011 %)CDISC
173 (0.008 %)MiFID
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11442 (3.801 %)Oracle RAC
21208 (3.184 %)Oracle RMAN
3650 (1.713 %)Active Directory
4161 (0.424 %)NetBackup
5144 (0.380 %)VMware Infrastructure
6133 (0.351 %)AquaLogic
792 (0.243 %)Samba
890 (0.237 %)ISA Server
981 (0.214 %)NFS
1076 (0.200 %)VMware ESX
1169 (0.182 %)MetaFrame
1237 (0.098 %)Terminal Services
1336 (0.095 %)MSMQ
1431 (0.082 %)Terminal Server
1527 (0.071 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1623 (0.061 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1719 (0.050 %)Backup Exec
1813 (0.034 %)Squid
1910 (0.026 %)Cronacle
209 (0.024 %)Orbix
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1284 (0.749 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
2161 (0.424 %)Tivoli
386 (0.227 %)Nagios
484 (0.221 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
575 (0.198 %)OpenView
670 (0.185 %)Oracle Statspack
768 (0.179 %)AutoSys
853 (0.140 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
948 (0.127 %)MOM
1041 (0.108 %)Unicenter
1138 (0.100 %)Legato
1228 (0.074 %)CONTROL-M
1228 (0.074 %)EMC NetWorker
1322 (0.058 %)BMC PATROL
1420 (0.053 %)CA SiteMinder
1420 (0.053 %)HP Data Protector
1519 (0.050 %)ServiceCenter
1618 (0.047 %)SCOM
1716 (0.042 %)Netcool
1812 (0.032 %)OVSD
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13665 (9.661 %)Microsoft
22431 (6.408 %)SAP
32291 (6.039 %)Sybase
41765 (4.653 %)Business Objects
51347 (3.551 %)Sun
61292 (3.406 %)IBM
71097 (2.892 %)Cognos
8992 (2.615 %)Red Hat
9812 (2.141 %)Siebel
10789 (2.080 %)Hyperion
11722 (1.903 %)PeopleSoft
12709 (1.869 %)Citrix
13704 (1.856 %)BEA
14700 (1.845 %)HP
15627 (1.653 %)Cisco
16618 (1.629 %)Informatica
17578 (1.524 %)JD Edwards
18468 (1.234 %)TIBCO
19444 (1.170 %)VMware
20371 (0.978 %)VERITAS