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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank175148
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads3145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.045 %
As % of the category below6.366 %13.51 %
Daily rates quoted1814
Average minimum daily rate£423£506
Average daily rate£433£516
% change on same period last year-16.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£444£527
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£387
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
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£36.30£31.75
% change on same period last year+14.33 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads487333
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.686 %0.337 %
Daily rates quoted235101
Average minimum daily rate£338£380
Average daily rate£357£399
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£322
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted5956
Average minimum hourly rate£19.04£21.60
Average hourly rate£20.44£22.70
% change on same period last year-9.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.84£23.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.28£21.36
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Oracle RAC LondonOracle RAC
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.

Oracle RAC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Oracle RAC Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region.

City of London Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC.

154 (100.00 %)Oracle
243 (79.63 %)Oracle 10g
329 (53.70 %)Oracle 9i
424 (44.44 %)Banking
522 (40.74 %)SQL
619 (35.19 %)PL/SQL
619 (35.19 %)Oracle RMAN
718 (33.33 %)SQL Server
814 (25.93 %)UNIX
814 (25.93 %)Finance
814 (25.93 %)Investment Banking
912 (22.22 %)Linux
1011 (20.37 %)Shell Script
1110 (18.52 %)Sybase
128 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
128 (14.81 %)Solaris
128 (14.81 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (12.96 %)Business Intelligence
137 (12.96 %)Oracle Application Server
137 (12.96 %)Replication
137 (12.96 %)VMware
146 (11.11 %)Clustering
146 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
146 (11.11 %)DTS
146 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
146 (11.11 %)Oracle 10gAS
146 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
155 (9.259 %)Oracle OLAP
155 (9.259 %)Red Hat Linux

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (3.704 %).NET
12 (3.704 %)ASP.NET
21 (1.852 %)JDBC
21 (1.852 %)XML
21 (1.852 %)WebSphere
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (12.96 %)Oracle Application Server
26 (11.11 %)Oracle 10gAS
33 (5.556 %)WebLogic
33 (5.556 %)Apache
42 (3.704 %)Oracle 9iAS
42 (3.704 %)ArcGIS
42 (3.704 %)ArcSDE
42 (3.704 %)MapXtreme
42 (3.704 %)Oracle Spatial
51 (1.852 %)ActiveMQ
51 (1.852 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
51 (1.852 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (1.852 %)Tomcat
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.704 %)MS Excel
21 (1.852 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.407 %)Oracle EBS
23 (5.556 %)AWD
32 (3.704 %)Oracle Applications
41 (1.852 %)Oracle 11i
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.556 %)LDAP
21 (1.852 %)HTTP
21 (1.852 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.852 %)DNS
21 (1.852 %)SAN
21 (1.852 %)Cisco ASA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (79.63 %)Oracle 10g
229 (53.70 %)Oracle 9i
318 (33.33 %)SQL Server
48 (14.81 %)Oracle 8/8i
48 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (11.11 %)DTS
65 (9.259 %)OLAP
65 (9.259 %)Oracle OLAP
74 (7.407 %)Oracle 11g
74 (7.407 %)Oracle BI EE
74 (7.407 %)OLTP
82 (3.704 %)Sybase ASE
82 (3.704 %)GIS
82 (3.704 %)MySQL
82 (3.704 %)TOAD
91 (1.852 %)SQLPlus
91 (1.852 %)Oracle OWB
91 (1.852 %)Sybase IQ
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (44.44 %)Banking
214 (25.93 %)Finance
214 (25.93 %)Investment Banking
32 (3.704 %)Corporate Banking
32 (3.704 %)Retail
41 (1.852 %)Government
41 (1.852 %)Financial Institution
41 (1.852 %)Retail Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (72.22 %)DBA
235 (64.81 %)Oracle DBA
39 (16.67 %)SQL DBA
46 (11.11 %)SQL Server DBA
46 (11.11 %)Administrator
53 (5.556 %)Senior DBA
53 (5.556 %)Linux Engineer
53 (5.556 %)Senior Linux Engineer
62 (3.704 %)PL/SQL Developer
62 (3.704 %)Oracle Consultant
62 (3.704 %)Architect
62 (3.704 %)Developer
62 (3.704 %)Consultant
62 (3.704 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
62 (3.704 %)Oracle Developer
62 (3.704 %)SQL Developer
71 (1.852 %)UNIX Administrator
71 (1.852 %)Technical Specialist
71 (1.852 %)Sybase DBA
71 (1.852 %)Database Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (12.96 %)Replication
26 (11.11 %)Clustering
32 (3.704 %)Management Information System
41 (1.852 %)Client/Server
41 (1.852 %)Firmware
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (25.93 %)UNIX
212 (22.22 %)Linux
38 (14.81 %)Solaris
45 (9.259 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (5.556 %)Windows
61 (1.852 %)AIX
61 (1.852 %)HPUX
61 (1.852 %)CentOS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (12.96 %)Business Intelligence
26 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
34 (7.407 %)SOA
43 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
43 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
52 (3.704 %)Migration
52 (3.704 %)Data Management
52 (3.704 %)Change Management
52 (3.704 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (1.852 %)Identity Management
61 (1.852 %)ITIL
61 (1.852 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.852 %)Data Modelling
61 (1.852 %)Project Management
61 (1.852 %)Service Delivery
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (40.74 %)SQL
219 (35.19 %)PL/SQL
311 (20.37 %)Shell Script
46 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
54 (7.407 %)Korn
63 (5.556 %)Java
72 (3.704 %)C#
81 (1.852 %)Perl
81 (1.852 %)PHP
81 (1.852 %)JCL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (7.407 %)HND
14 (7.407 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.852 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (35.19 %)Oracle RMAN
26 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (7.407 %)VMware ESX
42 (3.704 %)NetBackup
42 (3.704 %)NFS
42 (3.704 %)Samba
42 (3.704 %)Xen
51 (1.852 %)Active Directory
51 (1.852 %)Backup Exec
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.704 %)AutoSys
21 (1.852 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (100.00 %)Oracle
210 (18.52 %)Sybase
37 (12.96 %)VMware
45 (9.259 %)Red Hat
45 (9.259 %)IBM
54 (7.407 %)HP
54 (7.407 %)VERITAS
63 (5.556 %)Sun
72 (3.704 %)Mapinfo
72 (3.704 %)ESRI
81 (1.852 %)Murex
81 (1.852 %)Calypso
81 (1.852 %)BMC
81 (1.852 %)CA
81 (1.852 %)Microsoft
81 (1.852 %)Cisco