The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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 Administrator
Rank 60 58 68
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 1 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.139% 1.114% 0.503%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.152% 1.218% 0.548%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £378
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
659 739 912
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.27% 91.46% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 381 506
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Oracle DBA
North West

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) RDBMS

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
1 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) AIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle