The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 169 181 222
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +41
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 32 32 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.508% 0.411% 0.244%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.549% 0.449% 0.265%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 17
Average daily rate £425 £438 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £385 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £478 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £378
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5827 7127 9041
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.57% 91.61% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4285 5101 6595
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 180 188
Average hourly rate £19.44 £19.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.31% -2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.50 £40.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Oracle DBA
London

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Oracle DBA Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 47 (100.00%) Oracle
2 28 (59.57%) Oracle 11g
3 23 (48.94%) Oracle 10g
3 23 (48.94%) SQL
4 21 (44.68%) Linux
5 18 (38.30%) Oracle RAC
6 17 (36.17%) Shell Script
7 16 (34.04%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (29.79%) Oracle RMAN
9 13 (27.66%) Banking
10 12 (25.53%) Data Guard
11 10 (21.28%) Oracle EBS R12
11 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
11 10 (21.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (21.28%) Java
11 10 (21.28%) PL/SQL
12 9 (19.15%) UNIX
12 9 (19.15%) Red Hat
13 8 (17.02%) Oracle 9i
13 8 (17.02%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (17.02%) DV Cleared
13 8 (17.02%) Finance
13 8 (17.02%) Migration
14 7 (14.89%) Oracle Application Server
14 7 (14.89%) High Availability
14 7 (14.89%) Oracle 8/8i
14 7 (14.89%) ITIL
14 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
14 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
15 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 4 (8.511%) Middleware
2 3 (6.383%) XML
2 3 (6.383%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.128%) JSP
3 1 (2.128%) JMS
3 1 (2.128%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.89%) Oracle Application Server
2 6 (12.77%) WebLogic
3 3 (6.383%) Oracle 10gAS
3 3 (6.383%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (4.255%) SAS
5 1 (2.128%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (2.128%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Office
2 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (34.04%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (21.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (10.64%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (8.511%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (4.255%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (2.128%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (2.128%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (2.128%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) HTTP
1 1 (2.128%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (59.57%) Oracle 11g
2 23 (48.94%) Oracle 10g
3 8 (17.02%) Oracle 9i
3 8 (17.02%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
4 7 (14.89%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (12.77%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (6.383%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (6.383%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (4.255%) RDBMS
7 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (4.255%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.128%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (2.128%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.128%) PowerCenter
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (2.128%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.128%) ERwin
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle APEX
General
1 13 (27.66%) Banking
2 8 (17.02%) Finance
3 3 (6.383%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Music
4 1 (2.128%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Replication
2 2 (4.255%) Statistics
3 1 (2.128%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle Exalytics
3 1 (2.128%) Clustering
3 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (44.68%) Linux
2 10 (21.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (19.15%) UNIX
4 4 (8.511%) Solaris
5 2 (4.255%) Windows
5 2 (4.255%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Migration
2 7 (14.89%) ITIL
2 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
2 7 (14.89%) High Availability
3 6 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (10.64%) Data Modelling
5 4 (8.511%) Service Management
5 4 (8.511%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.383%) ETL
6 3 (6.383%) Workflow
7 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.255%) BCP
7 2 (4.255%) Business Continuity
7 2 (4.255%) Data Analysis
8 1 (2.128%) Fund Management
8 1 (2.128%) Wealth Management
8 1 (2.128%) Release Management
8 1 (2.128%) Load Testing
8 1 (2.128%) System Testing
8 1 (2.128%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) SQL
2 17 (36.17%) Shell Script
3 10 (21.28%) Java
3 10 (21.28%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.128%) VB
4 1 (2.128%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.383%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.255%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.255%) IBM Certification
4 2 (4.255%) MCITP
5 1 (2.128%) Degree
5 1 (2.128%) OCP
5 1 (2.128%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (38.30%) Oracle RAC
2 14 (29.79%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) Data Guard
2 6 (12.77%) Nagios
3 5 (10.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (4.255%) Legato
4 2 (4.255%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.128%) Foglight
5 1 (2.128%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (2.128%) Control-M
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) Oracle
2 9 (19.15%) Red Hat
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.255%) Sybase
4 2 (4.255%) IBM
4 2 (4.255%) Symantec
4 2 (4.255%) Remedy
4 2 (4.255%) Informatica
5 1 (2.128%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (2.128%) Charles River
5 1 (2.128%) DataFlux
5 1 (2.128%) EMC
5 1 (2.128%) Hyperion
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