The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford 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 12 17 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 13 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 8.228% 6.918% 4.065%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.66% 18.33% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
Average daily rate £300 £397 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.33% +58.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £372 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.91% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-13.24% +13.84%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
47 60 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 29.75% 37.74% 26.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 10
Average daily rate £300 £365 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% +69.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £397 £339
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +58.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Oracle 8/8i
West Yorkshire

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Bradford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bradford Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 35 (100.00%) Oracle
2 27 (77.14%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (74.29%) Oracle 11g
4 25 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (68.57%) ETL
6 22 (62.86%) Informatica
6 22 (62.86%) Data Modelling
7 20 (57.14%) Oracle BI EE
8 19 (54.29%) SQL
9 18 (51.43%) Oracle OWB
9 18 (51.43%) Data Integration
10 14 (40.00%) Retail
11 12 (34.29%) Performance Testing
12 10 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
13 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
13 8 (22.86%) Oracle 9i
13 8 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
14 7 (20.00%) Banking
14 7 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2005
15 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
15 6 (17.14%) UNIX
15 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
16 5 (14.29%) Linux
16 5 (14.29%) Oracle Retail
17 4 (11.43%) Oracle Reports
17 4 (11.43%) OLTP
17 4 (11.43%) HP
18 3 (8.571%) RDF

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 1 (2.857%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (74.29%) Oracle 11g
2 25 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (57.14%) Oracle BI EE
4 18 (51.43%) Oracle OWB
5 10 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
6 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
6 8 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (22.86%) Oracle 9i
7 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (11.43%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (11.43%) OLTP
9 3 (8.571%) RDBMS
10 1 (2.857%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Oracle APEX
General
1 14 (40.00%) Retail
2 7 (20.00%) Banking
3 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.571%) Finance
5 1 (2.857%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Architect
2 8 (22.86%) Developer
3 7 (20.00%) DBA
4 6 (17.14%) Technical Architect
5 5 (14.29%) OBIEE Architect
5 5 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
6 3 (8.571%) Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Data Warehouse Architect
6 3 (8.571%) OBIEE Developer
7 2 (5.714%) ETL Architect
7 2 (5.714%) Oracle Architect
7 2 (5.714%) Oracle Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Analyst Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Oracle Applications DBA
8 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Access Developer
8 1 (2.857%) ETL Developer
8 1 (2.857%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
8 1 (2.857%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (51.43%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.857%) FMCG
2 1 (2.857%) PMI
2 1 (2.857%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) UNIX
2 5 (14.29%) Linux
3 2 (5.714%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (68.57%) ETL
3 22 (62.86%) Data Modelling
4 12 (34.29%) Performance Testing
5 3 (8.571%) Load Balancing
5 3 (8.571%) RDF
6 2 (5.714%) SOA
6 2 (5.714%) ITIL
6 2 (5.714%) Database Security
7 1 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (2.857%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.857%) CMMI
7 1 (2.857%) Change Management
7 1 (2.857%) Programme Management
7 1 (2.857%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (54.29%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
3 3 (8.571%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (2.857%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (8.571%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (5.714%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (5.714%) OpenView
1 2 (5.714%) OVSD
1 2 (5.714%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.857%) MOM
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Oracle
2 22 (62.86%) Informatica
3 4 (11.43%) HP
4 2 (5.714%) Perforce
5 1 (2.857%) Retek
5 1 (2.857%) Microsoft
Bradford, Yorkshire
Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert The client is offering an attractive 8 month contract to an Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert who will be part of...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
In addition assisting in the support of our remaining database estate consisting of Oracle 10 and 11g technologies. Skills Required: E-Business Suite administration including:o Application of...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £420 - £460 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013