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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1110
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads2058329244
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.08 %12.19 %
As % of the category below25.90 %27.57 %
Salaries quoted1649222508
Average minimum salary£42,642£42,995
Average salary£46,650£46,872
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum salary£50,657£50,750
UK excluding London average salary£41,572£42,009
% change on same period last year-1.03 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads79475106062
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.79 %44.21 %
Salaries quoted6492081567
Average minimum salary£40,438£42,204
Average salary£44,154£46,011
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Average maximum salary£47,870£49,817
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Oracle Salary Histogram

Oracle
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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 change019212£46,625-0.34 %
LondonUp+28539£54,065+0.62 %
South EastDown-13966£42,923+0.77 %
City of LondonUp+32512£55,927-6.05 %
BerkshireDown-11454£44,250+1.07 %
North WestUp+11346£37,535-12.26 %
East of EnglandDown-11310£41,380-1.35 %
YorkshireDown-21168£39,991+8.19 %
South WestDown-41131£37,666-1.39 %
West MidlandsDown-1914£40,772+7.37 %
SurreyDown-1836£42,957-0.42 %
HampshireDown-3616£38,756+1.70 %
West YorkshireDown-5608£40,653+9.03 %
ManchesterDown-4558£38,702-15.02 %
ScotlandDown-2547£37,449+4.15 %
HertfordshireDown-7544£45,522+3.23 %
East MidlandsUp+2535£38,621-2.39 %
ReadingUp+1367£41,828-4.37 %
CheshireUp+4361£37,940+1.05 %
BuckinghamshireDown-6329£41,634+4.73 %
BristolDown-4321£36,765+2.32 %
CambridgeshireDown-1319£36,572-6.51 %
LeedsDown-9293£39,384+0.08 %
OxfordshireUp+9276£38,809+3.46 %
BirminghamUp+1244£43,703+8.40 %
North YorkshireUp+1233£35,454-4.08 %
WiltshireDown-6218£32,567-8.57 %
MiddlesexUp+2216£47,994+5.33 %
NottinghamshireUp+5208£40,613+14.95 %
WalesDown-3204£36,163+14.31 %

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

119580 (44.39 %)SQL
212368 (28.04 %)Java
312086 (27.40 %)UNIX
412023 (27.26 %)Finance
511644 (26.40 %)SQL Server
67513 (17.03 %)PL/SQL
77099 (16.10 %)Windows
86940 (15.74 %).NET
96767 (15.34 %)J2EE
106306 (14.30 %)Oracle 10g
115626 (12.76 %)XML
125611 (12.72 %)Linux
135136 (11.64 %)C#
144501 (10.21 %)Degree
154387 (9.947 %)Oracle 9i
164127 (9.357 %)Banking
174088 (9.269 %)Microsoft
183660 (8.298 %)Solaris
193637 (8.246 %)RDBMS
203620 (8.208 %)C++
213446 (7.813 %)Business Intelligence
223131 (7.099 %)Sybase
233121 (7.076 %)OO
243116 (7.065 %)Oracle 8/8i
253082 (6.988 %)HTML
263057 (6.931 %)Oracle Reports
272916 (6.611 %)Datawarehouse
282766 (6.271 %)SAP
292740 (6.212 %)VB
302680 (6.076 %)UML

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
16940 (15.74 %).NET
26767 (15.34 %)J2EE
35626 (12.76 %)XML
43082 (6.988 %)HTML
52566 (5.818 %)WebServices
62387 (5.412 %)WebSphere
72218 (5.029 %)ASP.NET
82187 (4.959 %)Spring
92122 (4.811 %)JSP
101817 (4.120 %)Hibernate
111292 (2.929 %)ASP
121273 (2.886 %)CSS
131219 (2.764 %)Struts
141214 (2.753 %)EJB
151207 (2.737 %)AJAX
161160 (2.630 %)Servlets
171136 (2.576 %)Middleware
18984 (2.231 %)JDBC
19903 (2.047 %)JMS
20745 (1.689 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12397 (5.435 %)WebLogic
21879 (4.260 %)Apache
31525 (3.458 %)Tomcat
41330 (3.016 %)JBoss
51070 (2.426 %)IIS
6870 (1.973 %)SAS
7831 (1.884 %)Oracle Application Server
8660 (1.496 %)Oracle Workflow
9594 (1.347 %)SharePoint
10565 (1.281 %)WebSphere Application Server
11454 (1.029 %)MQSeries
12393 (0.891 %)BizTalk Server
13358 (0.812 %)MS Exchange
14318 (0.721 %)Oracle 10gAS
15315 (0.714 %)Lotus Notes
16282 (0.639 %)NetWeaver
17217 (0.492 %)ESB
18207 (0.469 %)CMS
19197 (0.447 %)Oracle 9iAS
20186 (0.422 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12375 (5.385 %)MS Excel
2942 (2.136 %)MS Office
3602 (1.365 %)MS Visio
4233 (0.528 %)MS Project
5138 (0.313 %)MS PowerPoint
6124 (0.281 %)Spreadsheet
797 (0.220 %)SPSS
847 (0.107 %)Photoshop
937 (0.084 %)MATLAB
1028 (0.063 %)Adobe Illustrator
1117 (0.039 %)CA Clarity
1213 (0.029 %)Windchill
1312 (0.027 %)DOC1
1410 (0.023 %)PrintSoft PReS
1410 (0.023 %)InfoPath
159 (0.020 %)AutoCAD
168 (0.018 %)ArcInfo
168 (0.018 %)RoboHelp
168 (0.018 %)ArcView
168 (0.018 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12355 (5.340 %)Oracle Applications
22138 (4.848 %)Oracle EBS
31288 (2.920 %)Oracle Financials
41220 (2.766 %)Oracle 11i
5447 (1.013 %)Navision
6410 (0.930 %)Movex
7375 (0.850 %)SAP Retail
8354 (0.803 %)Oracle HRMS
9288 (0.653 %)Great Plains
10236 (0.535 %)Oracle ERP
11235 (0.533 %)Oracle Payroll
12179 (0.406 %)Axapta
13173 (0.392 %)Dynamics AX
14163 (0.370 %)Siebel Analytics
15129 (0.292 %)Dynamics CRM
16127 (0.288 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
17123 (0.279 %)Oracle CRM
1891 (0.206 %)SAP CRM
1982 (0.186 %)Oracle iRecruitment
1982 (0.186 %)PeopleSoft Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11747 (3.961 %)Internet
21147 (2.601 %)TCP/IP
3921 (2.088 %)SAN
4749 (1.698 %)Firewall
5621 (1.408 %)WAN
6597 (1.354 %)LAN
7516 (1.170 %)HTTP
8455 (1.032 %)DNS
9443 (1.004 %)LDAP
10306 (0.694 %)Intranet
11296 (0.671 %)VPN
12188 (0.426 %)SMTP
13174 (0.395 %)FTP
14163 (0.370 %)Wireless
15141 (0.320 %)SNMP
16137 (0.311 %)VoIP
17136 (0.308 %)SSH
18129 (0.292 %)DHCP
19113 (0.256 %)SSL
20110 (0.249 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111644 (26.40 %)SQL Server
26306 (14.30 %)Oracle 10g
34387 (9.947 %)Oracle 9i
43637 (8.246 %)RDBMS
53116 (7.065 %)Oracle 8/8i
63057 (6.931 %)Oracle Reports
72916 (6.611 %)Datawarehouse
82250 (5.101 %)DB2
92043 (4.632 %)BusinessObjects
101794 (4.068 %)MySQL
111783 (4.043 %)ETL
121299 (2.945 %)SQL Server 2005
131057 (2.397 %)SQL Server 2000
14956 (2.168 %)Oracle Discoverer
15751 (1.703 %)Crystal Reports
16681 (1.544 %)TOAD
17608 (1.379 %)OLAP
18607 (1.376 %)Oracle OLAP
19513 (1.163 %)Oracle 11g
19513 (1.163 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12131 (4.832 %)Oracle Forms
2894 (2.027 %)Ant
3883 (2.002 %)Eclipse
4694 (1.574 %)JUnit
5669 (1.517 %)Visual Studio
6376 (0.853 %)ClearCase
7343 (0.778 %)Subversion
8313 (0.710 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9308 (0.698 %)TestDirector
10288 (0.653 %)ProC
11265 (0.601 %)JDeveloper
12195 (0.442 %)Flash
13192 (0.435 %)QuickTest Pro
14145 (0.329 %)LoadRunner
15133 (0.302 %)Rational Rose
16126 (0.286 %)PVCS
17109 (0.247 %)Dreamweaver
18108 (0.245 %)ERwin
19106 (0.240 %)WinRunner
20102 (0.231 %)ClearQuest
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112023 (27.26 %)Finance
24127 (9.357 %)Banking
32419 (5.485 %)Retail
41964 (4.453 %)Pensions
51671 (3.789 %)Telecoms
61570 (3.560 %)Health
71489 (3.376 %)Investment Banking
81265 (2.868 %)Front Office
91252 (2.839 %)Insurance
101138 (2.580 %)Government
111082 (2.453 %)Education
12891 (2.020 %)Marketing
13767 (1.739 %)Back Office
14754 (1.710 %)Manufacturing
15554 (1.256 %)Financial Institution
16486 (1.102 %)Games
17405 (0.918 %)Billing
18402 (0.911 %)FMCG
19291 (0.660 %)Pharmaceutical
20241 (0.546 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113332 (30.23 %)Developer
27059 (16.00 %)Analyst
35167 (11.72 %)Consultant
45074 (11.50 %)DBA
54116 (9.332 %)Oracle DBA
63968 (8.997 %)Java Developer
72852 (6.466 %)Architect
82514 (5.700 %)Oracle Developer
92200 (4.988 %)Administrator
102103 (4.768 %)Support Analyst
111772 (4.018 %)Senior Developer
121701 (3.857 %)Applications Support
131484 (3.365 %)Programmer
141459 (3.308 %)Oracle Consultant
151416 (3.211 %)C# Developer
161397 (3.167 %).NET Developer
171394 (3.161 %)Java/J2EE Developer
181337 (3.031 %)Project Manager
191309 (2.968 %)J2EE Developer
201236 (2.802 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11460 (3.310 %)Derivative
2937 (2.124 %)Computer Science
3798 (1.809 %)Client/Server
4664 (1.505 %)Replication
5604 (1.369 %)Clustering
6602 (1.365 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7529 (1.199 %)N-Tier
8512 (1.161 %)Fixed Income
9488 (1.106 %)Management Information System
10433 (0.982 %)Equities
11383 (0.868 %)Credit Derivative
12375 (0.850 %)Mathematics
13335 (0.760 %)Mainframe
14304 (0.689 %)Multithreading
15277 (0.628 %)Credit Risk
16230 (0.521 %)AS400
17229 (0.519 %)Data Integration
17229 (0.519 %)French Language
18223 (0.506 %)Market Risk
19195 (0.442 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112086 (27.40 %)UNIX
27099 (16.10 %)Windows
35611 (12.72 %)Linux
43660 (8.298 %)Solaris
51384 (3.138 %)Windows Server 2003
61364 (3.093 %)AIX
7855 (1.939 %)Red Hat Linux
8788 (1.787 %)Windows 2000
9740 (1.678 %)HPUX
10566 (1.283 %)Windows XP
11364 (0.825 %)Windows 2000 Server
12252 (0.571 %)Windows NT
13211 (0.478 %)SUSE
14139 (0.315 %)VMS
15132 (0.299 %)Windows Vista
1684 (0.190 %)CentOS
1774 (0.168 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1867 (0.152 %)Debian
1958 (0.132 %)OpenVMS
2049 (0.111 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13446 (7.813 %)Business Intelligence
23121 (7.076 %)OO
32680 (6.076 %)UML
42423 (5.494 %)ERP
52403 (5.448 %)Project Management
61579 (3.580 %)E-Commerce
71531 (3.471 %)CRM
81456 (3.301 %)SOA
91415 (3.208 %)ITIL
101344 (3.047 %)Migration
111343 (3.045 %)Security Cleared
121301 (2.950 %)Data Modelling
131072 (2.431 %)Agile Software Development
14987 (2.238 %)Business Analysis
15900 (2.041 %)Workflow
16845 (1.916 %)Web Development
17800 (1.814 %)Disaster Recovery
18785 (1.780 %)RUP
19775 (1.757 %)Asset Management
20774 (1.755 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119580 (44.39 %)SQL
212368 (28.04 %)Java
37513 (17.03 %)PL/SQL
45136 (11.64 %)C#
53620 (8.208 %)C++
62740 (6.212 %)VB
72536 (5.750 %)JavaScript
82343 (5.312 %)Shell Script
92285 (5.181 %)C
102284 (5.179 %)Perl
111799 (4.079 %)VB.NET
121086 (2.462 %)VBA
13899 (2.038 %)VB6
14812 (1.841 %)PHP
15810 (1.837 %)Transact-SQL
16450 (1.020 %)Python
17366 (0.830 %)VBScript
18324 (0.735 %)VC++
19283 (0.642 %)Delphi
20233 (0.528 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14501 (10.21 %)Degree
2843 (1.911 %)Oracle Certification
3612 (1.388 %)ISEB
4584 (1.324 %)Microsoft Certification
5458 (1.038 %)OCP
6284 (0.644 %)MCSE
7210 (0.476 %)CIMA
8182 (0.413 %)Sun Certification
9173 (0.392 %)ACCA
10154 (0.349 %)PRINCE2 Certification
10154 (0.349 %)HND
11132 (0.299 %)ITIL Certification
12120 (0.272 %)Cisco Certification
13100 (0.227 %)MCP
1495 (0.215 %)MCSD
1586 (0.195 %)PMI Certification
1680 (0.181 %)CISSP
1779 (0.179 %)PhD
1878 (0.177 %)OCA
1973 (0.166 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1930 (2.109 %)QA
2572 (1.297 %)SLA
3163 (0.370 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
465 (0.147 %)Basel II
561 (0.138 %)ISO27001
658 (0.132 %)COBIT
749 (0.111 %)ISO9001
827 (0.061 %)HL7
917 (0.039 %)BS7799
1014 (0.032 %)ISO8583
1112 (0.027 %)GxP
129 (0.020 %)GCP
137 (0.016 %)ISO17799
146 (0.014 %)RosettaNet
155 (0.011 %)ISO9000
155 (0.011 %)PCI DSS
164 (0.009 %)MiFID
164 (0.009 %)CDISC
164 (0.009 %)21 CFR Part 11
173 (0.007 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11940 (4.399 %)Oracle RAC
21408 (3.192 %)Oracle RMAN
3720 (1.632 %)Active Directory
4210 (0.476 %)VMware Infrastructure
5187 (0.424 %)NetBackup
6134 (0.304 %)AquaLogic
7109 (0.247 %)Samba
881 (0.184 %)ISA Server
974 (0.168 %)VMware ESX
1072 (0.163 %)NFS
1163 (0.143 %)MetaFrame
1251 (0.116 %)MSMQ
1336 (0.082 %)Terminal Server
1434 (0.077 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1533 (0.075 %)Terminal Services
1626 (0.059 %)Backup Exec
1721 (0.048 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1817 (0.039 %)Squid
1915 (0.034 %)Orbix
2010 (0.023 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1294 (0.667 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
2191 (0.433 %)Tivoli
3146 (0.331 %)AutoSys
4125 (0.283 %)Nagios
5119 (0.270 %)Oracle Statspack
6105 (0.238 %)OpenView
7102 (0.231 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
892 (0.209 %)MOM
976 (0.172 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1052 (0.118 %)Legato
1151 (0.116 %)EMC NetWorker
1242 (0.095 %)Unicenter
1340 (0.091 %)Netcool
1429 (0.066 %)BMC PATROL
1527 (0.061 %)CONTROL-M
1622 (0.050 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1720 (0.045 %)Norton AntiVirus
1816 (0.036 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1816 (0.036 %)SCOM
1915 (0.034 %)Foglight
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14088 (9.269 %)Microsoft
23131 (7.099 %)Sybase
32766 (6.271 %)SAP
42043 (4.632 %)Business Objects
51585 (3.594 %)Sun
61494 (3.387 %)IBM
71199 (2.719 %)Cognos
8967 (2.192 %)Red Hat
9954 (2.163 %)Siebel
10841 (1.907 %)Citrix
11808 (1.832 %)HP
12795 (1.803 %)PeopleSoft
13734 (1.664 %)BEA
14711 (1.612 %)Hyperion
15597 (1.354 %)Cisco
16591 (1.340 %)JD Edwards
17589 (1.335 %)Informatica
18481 (1.091 %)VMware
19456 (1.034 %)VERITAS
20443 (1.004 %)TIBCO