 Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 335 | 322 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 246 | 379 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.328 % | 0.383 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.127 % | 7.375 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 151 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £430 |
| Average daily rate | £408 | £458 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £434 | £485 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £42.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.27 | £47.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.55 | £52.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.63 | £45.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4798 | 5139 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.395 % | 5.199 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1167 | 1189 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1049 | 1067 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.75 | £21.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.03 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.32 | £23.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
