The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 8/8i over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 87 128 105
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -23
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 36 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.488% 0.361% 0.673%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.451% 3.642% 3.454%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 10
Average daily rate £450 £425 £433
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -1.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £380 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £465 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £372 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.91% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £72.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-13.24% +13.84%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
426 302 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.60% 9.905% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 132 264
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 52
Average hourly rate £34.00 £45.00 £42.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +5.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £16.75 £32.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Oracle 8/8i
South East

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire Oracle 8/8i Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell +6 16 - -
Slough -5 6 - -
Reading +11 3 £450 -
Newbury - 1 - -
Oracle 8/8i
South East

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle 8/8i.

1 51 (100.00%) Oracle
2 30 (58.82%) SQL
3 24 (47.06%) SQL Server
4 22 (43.14%) Windows
5 18 (35.29%) Migration
6 17 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (29.41%) VMware
7 15 (29.41%) PL/SQL
8 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
9 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
9 13 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (21.57%) Test Scripting
11 11 (21.57%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (21.57%) ETL
12 10 (19.61%) Cognos
12 10 (19.61%) LAN
12 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
12 10 (19.61%) DataStage
12 10 (19.61%) Data Migration
13 9 (17.65%) HP Quality Center
13 9 (17.65%) Active Directory
13 9 (17.65%) HP
13 9 (17.65%) Finance
13 9 (17.65%) Regression Testing
14 8 (15.69%) VMware ESX
14 8 (15.69%) Tomcat
14 8 (15.69%) Windows XP
14 8 (15.69%) IIS
15 7 (13.73%) WAN

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Oracle 8/8i also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle 8/8i. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (11.76%) .NET
2 3 (5.882%) Web Services
3 2 (3.922%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.922%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (3.922%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (1.961%) SOAP
4 1 (1.961%) WAP
4 1 (1.961%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 8 (15.69%) Tomcat
1 8 (15.69%) IIS
2 3 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.961%) Apache
3 1 (1.961%) SAS
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (1.961%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.61%) LAN
2 7 (13.73%) WAN
3 5 (9.804%) Firewall
4 3 (5.882%) SAN
5 2 (3.922%) HTTP
6 1 (1.961%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.961%) DNS
6 1 (1.961%) SSL
6 1 (1.961%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 10 (19.61%) DataStage
3 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.882%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (5.882%) Data Mart
4 3 (5.882%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.922%) MySQL
5 2 (3.922%) IBM InfoSphere
5 2 (3.922%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.961%) PowerCenter
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.961%) SAP BI
6 1 (1.961%) PowerMart
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (17.65%) Finance
2 6 (11.76%) Retail
3 4 (7.843%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.961%) German Language
4 1 (1.961%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Developer
2 7 (13.73%) Analyst
2 7 (13.73%) Architect
2 7 (13.73%) Tester
2 7 (13.73%) Consultant
3 5 (9.804%) DBA
3 5 (9.804%) Test Analyst
3 5 (9.804%) Team Leader
3 5 (9.804%) DataStage Developer
4 4 (7.843%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (5.882%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (5.882%) Oracle Team Leader
6 2 (3.922%) SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Junior Software Developer
6 2 (3.922%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Administrator
6 2 (3.922%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) AS400
1 3 (5.882%) Mathematics
1 3 (5.882%) iSeries
2 1 (1.961%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.961%) Data Integration
2 1 (1.961%) Clustering
2 1 (1.961%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 22 (43.14%) Windows
2 17 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (15.69%) Windows XP
5 7 (13.73%) Windows 7
6 6 (11.76%) Linux
6 6 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (9.804%) UNIX
7 5 (9.804%) Solaris
8 3 (5.882%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (3.922%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Migration
2 11 (21.57%) ETL
2 11 (21.57%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (21.57%) Test Scripting
3 10 (19.61%) Data Migration
4 9 (17.65%) Regression Testing
5 7 (13.73%) Non-Functional Testing
6 5 (9.804%) Test Automation
6 5 (9.804%) Integration Testing
6 5 (9.804%) Project Management
7 4 (7.843%) Data Modelling
7 4 (7.843%) Validation
8 3 (5.882%) Analytics
8 3 (5.882%) Numerical Analysis
8 3 (5.882%) Business Continuity
8 3 (5.882%) Statistical Analysis
8 3 (5.882%) ITIL
8 3 (5.882%) ERP
9 2 (3.922%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.922%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (58.82%) SQL
2 15 (29.41%) PL/SQL
3 3 (5.882%) RPG
4 2 (3.922%) VB
4 2 (3.922%) PHP
5 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.961%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.961%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.961%) Java
5 1 (1.961%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.804%) Degree
4 2 (3.922%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.961%) MCSE
5 1 (1.961%) CCNA
5 1 (1.961%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.961%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.882%) QA
2 2 (3.922%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (17.65%) Active Directory
3 8 (15.69%) VMware ESX
4 4 (7.843%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (7.843%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (5.882%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.961%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.961%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.961%) MOM
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) Oracle
2 15 (29.41%) VMware
3 10 (19.61%) Cognos
3 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
4 9 (17.65%) HP
5 6 (11.76%) SAP
6 5 (9.804%) Red Hat
7 4 (7.843%) IBM
8 3 (5.882%) Ab Initio
8 3 (5.882%) Informatica
8 3 (5.882%) NetApp
8 3 (5.882%) Lotus
9 2 (3.922%) Ariba
10 1 (1.961%) Empirix
10 1 (1.961%) Sun
10 1 (1.961%) Veritas
10 1 (1.961%) Teradata
10 1 (1.961%) Redknee
10 1 (1.961%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.961%) hybris
Reading, Berkshire
Minimum Requirements Technical, Language and other Specialised Skills: Good knowledge of Oracle 10g & 11g. Good knowledge of Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and DBA experience... (ASM) Knowledge of scripting...
Experis IT
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Oracle 10g / 11 g / SQL, PL/SQL / Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Good knowledge of Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Basic knowledge...
Spring Technology
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013