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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the Edinburgh 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank55-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.263 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£335-
Average daily rate£354-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£373-
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£387
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
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 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads3876
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted1213
Average minimum daily rate£341£296
Average daily rate£368£314
% change on same period last year+17.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£323
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted16
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£19.43
Average hourly rate£10.50£19.78
% change on same period last year-46.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£20.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.38£21.38
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Oracle RAC ScotlandOracle RAC
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

19 (100.00 %)Oracle
28 (88.89 %)Oracle 10g
36 (66.67 %)Solaris
36 (66.67 %)Oracle 9i
45 (55.56 %)AIX
54 (44.44 %)Sun
54 (44.44 %)IBM
54 (44.44 %)Microsoft
54 (44.44 %)EMC
54 (44.44 %)Novell
54 (44.44 %)StorageTek
54 (44.44 %)VERITAS
54 (44.44 %)Symantec
54 (44.44 %)NetBackup
54 (44.44 %)Backup Exec
62 (22.22 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (11.11 %)Migration
71 (11.11 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
71 (11.11 %)Red Hat
71 (11.11 %)CA SiteMinder
71 (11.11 %)Mercator
71 (11.11 %)HP
71 (11.11 %)HPUX
71 (11.11 %)UNIX
71 (11.11 %)ETL
71 (11.11 %)Linux

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)Oracle 10g
26 (66.67 %)Oracle 9i
31 (11.11 %)ETL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
14 (44.44 %)DBA
14 (44.44 %)Oracle DBA
14 (44.44 %)Storage Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Solutions Architect
21 (11.11 %)Architect
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Solaris
25 (55.56 %)AIX
31 (11.11 %)HPUX
31 (11.11 %)Linux
31 (11.11 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (11.11 %)UNIX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)Migration
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (44.44 %)NetBackup
14 (44.44 %)Backup Exec
22 (22.22 %)Oracle RMAN
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)CA SiteMinder
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)Oracle
24 (44.44 %)IBM
24 (44.44 %)Microsoft
24 (44.44 %)Sun
24 (44.44 %)EMC
24 (44.44 %)Novell
24 (44.44 %)StorageTek
24 (44.44 %)VERITAS
24 (44.44 %)Symantec
31 (11.11 %)Red Hat
31 (11.11 %)Mercator
31 (11.11 %)HP