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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the East of England 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank124154
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.484 %1.980 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£333£450
Average daily rate£339£450
% change on same period last year-24.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£370
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
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£34.56£34.17
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads287303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.299 %
Daily rates quoted6069
Average minimum daily rate£238£294
Average daily rate£253£304
% change on same period last year-16.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£268£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£324
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted6680
Average minimum hourly rate£18.85£21.47
Average hourly rate£19.69£22.45
% change on same period last year-12.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.52£23.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£21.89
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Oracle RAC EnglandOracle RAC
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

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 East of England region.

East of England Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EssexUp+75£277-38.51 %
NorfolkNew entry-3£525-
East AngliaNo change01--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
Oracle RAC EnglandOracle RAC
England

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

117 (100.00 %)Oracle
210 (58.82 %)UNIX
38 (47.06 %)AIX
38 (47.06 %)IBM
38 (47.06 %)Oracle 10g
45 (29.41 %)Shell Script
45 (29.41 %)Change Management
45 (29.41 %)VERITAS
45 (29.41 %)Tivoli
45 (29.41 %)LDAP
45 (29.41 %)NetBackup
45 (29.41 %)Korn
54 (23.53 %)Oracle RMAN
54 (23.53 %)Oracle 9i
54 (23.53 %)Windows
54 (23.53 %)RDBMS
54 (23.53 %)Finance
63 (17.65 %)Clustering
63 (17.65 %)HACMP
63 (17.65 %)Pharmaceutical
63 (17.65 %)SQL Server
63 (17.65 %)Windows NT
72 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
72 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
72 (11.76 %)Insurance
72 (11.76 %)Oracle Application Server
72 (11.76 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (5.882 %)Oracle 11i
81 (5.882 %)Client/Server
81 (5.882 %)MS Visio

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (5.882 %)Apache
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle 11i
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (29.41 %)LDAP
21 (5.882 %)SAN
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (47.06 %)Oracle 10g
24 (23.53 %)Oracle 9i
24 (23.53 %)RDBMS
33 (17.65 %)SQL Server
41 (5.882 %)OLAP
41 (5.882 %)Oracle OLAP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Finance
23 (17.65 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (11.76 %)Insurance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (64.71 %)DBA
29 (52.94 %)Oracle DBA
38 (47.06 %)Administrator
43 (17.65 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (11.76 %)Senior UNIX Administrator
52 (11.76 %)AIX Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Senior UNIX Systems Administrator
61 (5.882 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Technical Specialist
61 (5.882 %)Systems Architect
61 (5.882 %)Senior Systems Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Architect
61 (5.882 %)Systems Administrator
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)HACMP
13 (17.65 %)Clustering
21 (5.882 %)Client/Server
21 (5.882 %)Replication
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (58.82 %)UNIX
28 (47.06 %)AIX
34 (23.53 %)Windows
43 (17.65 %)Windows NT
51 (5.882 %)Solaris
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)Change Management
22 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
22 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
31 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (29.41 %)Shell Script
15 (29.41 %)Korn
21 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
21 (5.882 %)SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (29.41 %)NetBackup
24 (23.53 %)Oracle RMAN
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (29.41 %)Tivoli
22 (11.76 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (100.00 %)Oracle
28 (47.06 %)IBM
35 (29.41 %)VERITAS
41 (5.882 %)Sun