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The table below looks at the demand for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OLTP over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank200-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.541 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£367-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£383-
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£520
% change on same period last year-28.91 %
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-£36.33
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads14801382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.093 %1.399 %
Daily rates quoted838615
Average minimum daily rate£386£418
Average daily rate£416£446
% change on same period last year-6.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£350
% change on same period last year-2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted4625
Average minimum hourly rate£27.51£24.50
Average hourly rate£29.95£25.81
% change on same period last year+16.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.39£27.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.90£31.89
% change on same period last year-6.24 %
OLTP LondonOLTP
London

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.

OLTP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OLTP across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

City of London OLTP Demand Trend

OLTP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OLTP across the City of London region.

City of London OLTP Daily Rate Trend

OLTP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OLTP across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London OLTP Daily Rate Histogram

OLTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OLTP 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 OLTP.

19 (75.00 %)SQL
28 (66.67 %)Oracle
28 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
28 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
28 (66.67 %)Finance
37 (58.33 %)Oracle 10g
46 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
54 (33.33 %)Replication
54 (33.33 %)Oracle RMAN
54 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (33.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (33.33 %)Degree
54 (33.33 %)Oracle RAC
54 (33.33 %)Oracle OLAP
54 (33.33 %)C#
54 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
54 (33.33 %).NET
54 (33.33 %)SQL Server
54 (33.33 %)OLAP
54 (33.33 %)Business Objects
54 (33.33 %)HND
54 (33.33 %)BusinessObjects
54 (33.33 %)Informatica
54 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
63 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
72 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
72 (16.67 %)Shell Script
72 (16.67 %)ERwin
72 (16.67 %)UNIX

OLTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OLTP 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 OLTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
27 (58.33 %)Oracle 10g
34 (33.33 %)BusinessObjects
34 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (33.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (33.33 %)Oracle OLAP
34 (33.33 %)SQL Server
34 (33.33 %)OLAP
34 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
34 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
43 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)ERwin
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (66.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Developer
25 (41.67 %)Architect
32 (16.67 %)Oracle Developer
32 (16.67 %)Senior Oracle Developer
32 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence Developer
32 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
41 (8.333 %)Oracle DBA
41 (8.333 %)DBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Replication
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
22 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (75.00 %)SQL
26 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
34 (33.33 %)C#
34 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
42 (16.67 %)Shell Script
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (33.33 %)HND
14 (33.33 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (33.33 %)Oracle RMAN
14 (33.33 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (66.67 %)Oracle
24 (33.33 %)Business Objects
24 (33.33 %)Informatica