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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1010
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1288023641
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.92 %11.97 %
As % of the category below25.56 %26.64 %
Salaries quoted1048918459
Average minimum salary£42,757£42,267
Average salary£46,468£46,155
% change on same period last year+0.67 %
Average maximum salary£50,179£50,044
UK excluding London average salary£42,236£42,826
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5039588726
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.73 %44.93 %
Salaries quoted4181170077
Average minimum salary£40,668£41,472
Average salary£44,166£45,253
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Average maximum salary£47,663£49,033
UK excluding London average salary£40,847£41,903
% change on same period last year-2.52 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 January 2009. 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
EnglandUp+111889£46,105+0.43 %
LondonNo change05078£53,810+4.96 %
South EastNo change02600£43,513+1.89 %
City of LondonUp+41475£58,982+9.61 %
North WestDown-1940£41,134-5.34 %
SurreyUp+3869£42,583-3.68 %
South WestDown-8799£38,020-6.90 %
BerkshireDown-8701£45,529+7.52 %
East of EnglandDown-1683£39,680-4.81 %
West MidlandsNo change0668£38,647-4.04 %
YorkshireNo change0595£35,996-4.12 %
ScotlandUp+1432£41,459+8.42 %
HampshireUp+3388£39,779-4.56 %
West YorkshireNo change0372£36,351-0.10 %
East MidlandsDown-1371£41,163+5.52 %
ManchesterDown-8359£43,015-10.82 %
CheshireUp+3288£39,947+12.56 %
HertfordshireDown-3250£41,262+0.75 %
BirminghamDown-4245£44,108-9.10 %
BristolDown-11236£37,649+3.90 %
BuckinghamshireDown-3219£41,951+12.95 %
ReadingDown-3207£43,609+6.26 %
WalesUp+1201£35,190+6.37 %
CambridgeshireUp+8191£37,672-2.77 %
WiltshireDown-4180£35,715-11.93 %
MerseysideUp+5158£39,150+3.02 %
GlasgowUp+4158£38,389-1.44 %
South WalesUp+2153£35,554+5.12 %
LeedsDown-13151£35,088-9.04 %
North YorkshireDown-1143£35,170-5.60 %

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

114316 (44.35 %)SQL
28705 (26.97 %)Finance
38511 (26.37 %)SQL Server
48442 (26.15 %)Java
58278 (25.64 %)UNIX
65619 (17.41 %)PL/SQL
75246 (16.25 %).NET
85011 (15.52 %)Windows
94571 (14.16 %)J2EE
104308 (13.35 %)Oracle 10g
114077 (12.63 %)Linux
124066 (12.60 %)XML
133901 (12.08 %)C#
143312 (10.26 %)Degree
153228 (10.00 %)Microsoft
162851 (8.832 %)Banking
172800 (8.674 %)Oracle 9i
182748 (8.513 %)Business Intelligence
192596 (8.042 %)C++
202504 (7.757 %)RDBMS
212460 (7.621 %)OO
222422 (7.503 %)Solaris
232362 (7.317 %)Oracle Reports
242324 (7.200 %)HTML
252311 (7.159 %)Oracle 8/8i
262218 (6.871 %)Datawarehouse
272055 (6.366 %)VB
282033 (6.298 %)Project Management
292013 (6.236 %)SAP
292013 (6.236 %)ERP

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
15246 (16.25 %).NET
24571 (14.16 %)J2EE
34066 (12.60 %)XML
42324 (7.200 %)HTML
51993 (6.174 %)WebServices
61927 (5.970 %)ASP.NET
71768 (5.477 %)WebSphere
81357 (4.204 %)Spring
91312 (4.064 %)JSP
101124 (3.482 %)Hibernate
111046 (3.240 %)CSS
12956 (2.962 %)ASP
13909 (2.816 %)Middleware
14894 (2.770 %)AJAX
15777 (2.407 %)Servlets
16657 (2.035 %)XSLT
17649 (2.011 %)Struts
18624 (1.933 %).NET Framework
19599 (1.856 %)EJB
20489 (1.515 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11806 (5.595 %)WebLogic
21351 (4.185 %)Apache
31222 (3.786 %)Tomcat
4786 (2.435 %)JBoss
5682 (2.113 %)IIS
6566 (1.753 %)Oracle Workflow
7534 (1.654 %)SharePoint
8520 (1.611 %)SAS
9462 (1.431 %)Oracle Application Server
10420 (1.301 %)WebSphere Application Server
11248 (0.768 %)MS Exchange
12227 (0.703 %)CMS
13220 (0.682 %)MQSeries
14208 (0.644 %)BizTalk Server
15207 (0.641 %)ESB
16200 (0.620 %)Lotus Notes
17181 (0.561 %)Oracle 10gAS
18167 (0.517 %)NetWeaver
19140 (0.434 %)WebSphere MQ
20132 (0.409 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11890 (5.855 %)MS Excel
2610 (1.890 %)MS Office
3343 (1.063 %)MS Visio
4167 (0.517 %)MS Project
577 (0.239 %)Spreadsheet
673 (0.226 %)MS PowerPoint
756 (0.173 %)SPSS
843 (0.133 %)Photoshop
929 (0.090 %)MATLAB
1024 (0.074 %)Windchill
1121 (0.065 %)CA Clarity
1121 (0.065 %)ArcInfo
1217 (0.053 %)CATIA
1310 (0.031 %)Adobe Director
1310 (0.031 %)QuarkXPress
1310 (0.031 %)AutoCAD
146 (0.019 %)Pro/ENGINEER
146 (0.019 %)RoboHelp
155 (0.015 %)Fireworks
164 (0.012 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11882 (5.830 %)Oracle Applications
21771 (5.486 %)Oracle EBS
31144 (3.544 %)Oracle Financials
4921 (2.853 %)Oracle 11i
5517 (1.602 %)Oracle EBS R12
6352 (1.090 %)Oracle ERP
7339 (1.050 %)Oracle HRMS
8236 (0.731 %)Navision
9191 (0.592 %)SAP Retail
10190 (0.589 %)Great Plains
10190 (0.589 %)Movex
11164 (0.508 %)FLEXCUBE
12153 (0.474 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
13139 (0.431 %)Dynamics AX
13139 (0.431 %)Axapta
14137 (0.424 %)Oracle Payroll
15122 (0.378 %)Siebel Analytics
1691 (0.282 %)Endur
1787 (0.270 %)HFM
1884 (0.260 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11076 (3.333 %)Internet
2721 (2.234 %)TCP/IP
3588 (1.822 %)SAN
4525 (1.626 %)Firewall
5395 (1.224 %)DNS
6356 (1.103 %)LAN
7351 (1.087 %)HTTP
8340 (1.053 %)WAN
9319 (0.988 %)LDAP
10231 (0.716 %)Intranet
11159 (0.493 %)VPN
12158 (0.489 %)Wireless
13133 (0.412 %)DHCP
14124 (0.384 %)SMTP
15120 (0.372 %)FTP
16110 (0.341 %)VoIP
17105 (0.325 %)SNMP
1898 (0.304 %)GSM
1992 (0.285 %)SSL
2060 (0.186 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18511 (26.37 %)SQL Server
24308 (13.35 %)Oracle 10g
32800 (8.674 %)Oracle 9i
42504 (7.757 %)RDBMS
52362 (7.317 %)Oracle Reports
62311 (7.159 %)Oracle 8/8i
72218 (6.871 %)Datawarehouse
81556 (4.820 %)ETL
91497 (4.638 %)BusinessObjects
101472 (4.560 %)MySQL
111250 (3.872 %)DB2
121129 (3.498 %)SQL Server 2005
13897 (2.779 %)SQL Server 2000
14661 (2.048 %)Oracle Discoverer
15536 (1.660 %)Oracle 11g
16529 (1.639 %)Crystal Reports
17495 (1.533 %)TOAD
18431 (1.335 %)OLAP
18431 (1.335 %)Oracle OLAP
19356 (1.103 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11508 (4.672 %)Oracle Forms
2607 (1.880 %)JUnit
3539 (1.670 %)Eclipse
4518 (1.605 %)Visual Studio
5486 (1.506 %)Ant
6340 (1.053 %)ClearCase
7233 (0.722 %)Subversion
8184 (0.570 %)LoadRunner
9165 (0.511 %)JDeveloper
10157 (0.486 %)TestDirector
11130 (0.403 %)QuickTest Pro
11130 (0.403 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12127 (0.393 %)ProC
13108 (0.335 %)ClearQuest
1493 (0.288 %)Oracle APEX
1584 (0.260 %)PVCS
1680 (0.248 %)ERwin
1771 (0.220 %)NUnit
1866 (0.204 %)Log4j
1962 (0.192 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18705 (26.97 %)Finance
22851 (8.832 %)Banking
31552 (4.808 %)Pensions
41382 (4.281 %)Retail
51122 (3.476 %)Health
61107 (3.429 %)Insurance
71051 (3.256 %)Telecoms
81035 (3.206 %)Investment Banking
9912 (2.825 %)Front Office
10755 (2.339 %)Government
11705 (2.184 %)Education
12638 (1.976 %)Manufacturing
13631 (1.955 %)Marketing
14607 (1.880 %)Back Office
15350 (1.084 %)Financial Institution
16336 (1.041 %)Games
17278 (0.861 %)FMCG
18243 (0.753 %)Billing
19189 (0.586 %)Pharmaceutical
20141 (0.437 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19266 (28.71 %)Developer
25288 (16.38 %)Analyst
33601 (11.16 %)Consultant
43447 (10.68 %)DBA
52727 (8.448 %)Oracle DBA
62421 (7.500 %)Java Developer
72051 (6.354 %)Architect
81785 (5.530 %)Oracle Developer
91777 (5.505 %)Administrator
101585 (4.910 %)Support Analyst
111303 (4.037 %)Senior Developer
121237 (3.832 %)Applications Support
131111 (3.442 %)Programmer
141060 (3.284 %)Oracle Consultant
151047 (3.243 %)C# Developer
161011 (3.132 %)Project Manager
171007 (3.120 %)Business Analyst
18960 (2.974 %).NET Developer
19870 (2.695 %)Team Leader
20842 (2.608 %)Java/J2EE Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1835 (2.587 %)Derivative
2576 (1.784 %)Computer Science
3484 (1.499 %)Replication
4468 (1.450 %)N-Tier
5442 (1.369 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6422 (1.307 %)Fixed Income
7415 (1.286 %)Clustering
8410 (1.270 %)Client/Server
9404 (1.252 %)Equities
10331 (1.025 %)Management Information System
11299 (0.926 %)Mainframe
12231 (0.716 %)Mathematics
13205 (0.635 %)Multithreading
14189 (0.586 %)Credit Risk
15188 (0.582 %)Market Risk
16182 (0.564 %)Web 2.0
17177 (0.548 %)French Language
18153 (0.474 %)Credit Derivative
19146 (0.452 %)German Language
20128 (0.397 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18278 (25.64 %)UNIX
25011 (15.52 %)Windows
34077 (12.63 %)Linux
42422 (7.503 %)Solaris
5979 (3.033 %)Windows Server 2003
6844 (2.615 %)Red Hat Linux
7794 (2.460 %)AIX
8535 (1.657 %)Windows 2000
9496 (1.537 %)HPUX
10442 (1.369 %)Windows XP
11240 (0.743 %)Windows NT
12235 (0.728 %)Windows 2000 Server
13150 (0.465 %)SUSE
1499 (0.307 %)Windows Vista
1499 (0.307 %)VMS
1576 (0.235 %)zOS
1669 (0.214 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1765 (0.201 %)Windows Server 2008
1860 (0.186 %)OpenVMS
1952 (0.161 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12748 (8.513 %)Business Intelligence
22460 (7.621 %)OO
32033 (6.298 %)Project Management
42013 (6.236 %)ERP
51693 (5.245 %)UML
61444 (4.473 %)SOA
71292 (4.002 %)CRM
81115 (3.454 %)E-Commerce
9968 (2.999 %)ITIL
10956 (2.962 %)Agile Software Development
11952 (2.949 %)Data Modelling
12872 (2.701 %)Migration
13853 (2.643 %)Business Analysis
14762 (2.361 %)PRINCE2
15734 (2.274 %)Workflow
16630 (1.952 %)Web Development
17573 (1.775 %)Disaster Recovery
18561 (1.738 %)Scrum
19558 (1.729 %)Unit Testing
20557 (1.726 %)E-business
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114316 (44.35 %)SQL
28442 (26.15 %)Java
35619 (17.41 %)PL/SQL
43901 (12.08 %)C#
52596 (8.042 %)C++
62055 (6.366 %)VB
71963 (6.081 %)JavaScript
81623 (5.028 %)Shell Script
91532 (4.746 %)Perl
101488 (4.610 %)C
111173 (3.634 %)VB.NET
12768 (2.379 %)PHP
13763 (2.364 %)VBA
14653 (2.023 %)Transact-SQL
15637 (1.973 %)VB6
16347 (1.075 %)Python
17310 (0.960 %)COBOL
18302 (0.936 %)VBScript
19250 (0.774 %)Delphi
20186 (0.576 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13312 (10.26 %)Degree
21110 (3.439 %)Security Cleared
3600 (1.859 %)Oracle Certification
4459 (1.422 %)Microsoft Certification
5407 (1.261 %)SC Cleared
6391 (1.211 %)ISEB
7260 (0.805 %)OCP
8232 (0.719 %)MCSE
9186 (0.576 %)Sun Certification
10176 (0.545 %)CIMA
11153 (0.474 %)ACCA
12120 (0.372 %)ITIL Certification
1395 (0.294 %)CISSP
1395 (0.294 %)DV Cleared
1494 (0.291 %)HND
1593 (0.288 %)MCP
1690 (0.279 %)Cisco Certification
1690 (0.279 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1777 (0.239 %)PMI Certification
1870 (0.217 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1650 (2.014 %)QA
2404 (1.252 %)SLA
399 (0.307 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
466 (0.204 %)ISO27001
533 (0.102 %)ISO9001
632 (0.099 %)Basel II
727 (0.084 %)COBIT
824 (0.074 %)BS7799
915 (0.046 %)PCI DSS
1013 (0.040 %)GxP
1111 (0.034 %)21 CFR Part 11
1210 (0.031 %)ISO9000
138 (0.025 %)ISO17799
138 (0.025 %)HL7
147 (0.022 %)GCP
147 (0.022 %)GLP
154 (0.012 %)GAAP
154 (0.012 %)HIPAA
162 (0.006 %)ISO8583
162 (0.006 %)MiFID
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11237 (3.832 %)Oracle RAC
21009 (3.126 %)Oracle RMAN
3523 (1.620 %)Active Directory
4149 (0.462 %)NetBackup
5126 (0.390 %)VMware Infrastructure
6108 (0.335 %)AquaLogic
787 (0.270 %)ISA Server
883 (0.257 %)NFS
977 (0.239 %)VMware ESX
1070 (0.217 %)Samba
1161 (0.189 %)MetaFrame
1231 (0.096 %)MSMQ
1329 (0.090 %)Terminal Server
1426 (0.081 %)Terminal Services
1520 (0.062 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1619 (0.059 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1716 (0.050 %)Backup Exec
1811 (0.034 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1811 (0.034 %)Squid
1910 (0.031 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1766 (2.373 %)Data Guard
2243 (0.753 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
3163 (0.505 %)Tivoli
494 (0.291 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
574 (0.229 %)Nagios
662 (0.192 %)OpenView
753 (0.164 %)AutoSys
842 (0.130 %)Oracle Statspack
941 (0.127 %)Legato
1038 (0.118 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1134 (0.105 %)Unicenter
1230 (0.093 %)MOM
1230 (0.093 %)EMC NetWorker
1325 (0.077 %)CONTROL-M
1423 (0.071 %)HP Data Protector
1521 (0.065 %)BMC PATROL
1620 (0.062 %)CA SiteMinder
1719 (0.059 %)SCOM
1817 (0.053 %)ServiceCenter
1916 (0.050 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13228 (10.00 %)Microsoft
22013 (6.236 %)SAP
31980 (6.134 %)Sybase
41497 (4.638 %)Business Objects
51085 (3.361 %)IBM
61081 (3.349 %)Sun
7933 (2.890 %)Cognos
8889 (2.754 %)Red Hat
9659 (2.042 %)Siebel
10621 (1.924 %)HP
11617 (1.911 %)Hyperion
12602 (1.865 %)Citrix
13590 (1.828 %)Informatica
14587 (1.818 %)BEA
14587 (1.818 %)PeopleSoft
15532 (1.648 %)Cisco
16476 (1.475 %)JD Edwards
17406 (1.258 %)VMware
18405 (1.255 %)TIBCO
19298 (0.923 %)VERITAS