The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 8/8i over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 29 30 44
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +14
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 5 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.203% 1.429% 0.271%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.197% 8.511% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £400 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -10.81%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
61 47 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 26.87% 16.79% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 26 28
Average daily rate £385 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.20% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £293 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £22.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
Oracle 8/8i
South West

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Dorset Oracle 8/8i Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Dorset region.

Dorset Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Dorset region.

Dorset Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth +3 5 £400 +6.66% 1
Oracle 8/8i
South West

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 5 (83.33%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (83.33%) OLTP
2 5 (83.33%) UNIX
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (50.00%) Middleware
4 3 (50.00%) WebLogic
5 2 (33.33%) HND
5 2 (33.33%) Internet
5 2 (33.33%) Change Control
5 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (16.67%) Replication
6 1 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (50.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (83.33%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (83.33%) OLTP
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) DBA
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications DBA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) UNIX
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) HND
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle