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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) in IT contracts within the Cardiff region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OCA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Certified Associate (OCA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£338
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£33.30
% change on same period last year-
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads2518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£363£295
Average daily rate£381£305
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£24.84-
Average hourly rate£25.46-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
OCA South WalesOCA
South Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OCA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OCA across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cardiff OCA Demand Trend

OCA
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing OCA 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 OCA.

11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Sybase
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Certification
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script

OCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing OCA 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 OCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)DBA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Certification
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Sybase