The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle RMAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle RMAN over the 3 months to 24 May 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 System Software category for the England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
Rank 449 491 485
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -6
Contract jobs citing Oracle RMAN 64 68 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.154% 0.127% 0.153%
As % of the System Software category 1.608% 1.595% 2.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 37
Average daily rate £400 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £349 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £367 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% +15.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £33.00 £27.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £33.00 £29.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £33.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+21.21% +15.78%
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
3981 4264 4033
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.575% 7.994% 7.178%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 2071 1786
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 595 619
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Oracle RMAN
UK

Oracle RMAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

England Oracle RMAN Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle RMAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region.

England Oracle RMAN Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RMAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Oracle RMAN Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RMAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region.

England Oracle RMAN Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RMAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RMAN within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
London +32 27 £409 -3.82%
South East +10 8 £325 -18.75%
Yorkshire +5 8 £433 +8.12%
East of England - 7 £350 -
South West +29 5 - -
West Midlands +8 4 £325 -
North West +7 4 £345 -3.43%
East Midlands -3 1 - -
Oracle RMAN
UK

Oracle RMAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle RMAN 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 RMAN.

1 122 (99.19%) Oracle
2 79 (64.23%) SQL
3 77 (62.60%) Oracle RAC
4 73 (59.35%) Oracle 10g
5 67 (54.47%) Data Guard
6 66 (53.66%) Oracle 11g
7 50 (40.65%) Shell Script
7 50 (40.65%) Linux
8 47 (38.21%) SQL Server
9 38 (30.89%) UNIX
10 30 (24.39%) PL/SQL
10 30 (24.39%) Red Hat
10 30 (24.39%) Finance
11 27 (21.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (21.14%) ITIL
13 25 (20.33%) Oracle 8/8i
13 25 (20.33%) Perl
13 25 (20.33%) T-SQL
13 25 (20.33%) WebLogic
13 25 (20.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 25 (20.33%) Oracle EBS
14 22 (17.89%) Oracle Applications
15 21 (17.07%) RDBMS
15 21 (17.07%) SOA
15 21 (17.07%) Apache
16 20 (16.26%) Oracle Reports
16 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
17 18 (14.63%) Oracle 9i
17 18 (14.63%) VMware
18 17 (13.82%) Migration

Oracle RMAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle RMAN 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 RMAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (11.38%) Middleware
2 12 (9.756%) XML
3 7 (5.691%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.626%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.813%) Oracle Streams
5 1 (0.813%) Flash
5 1 (0.813%) Web Services
5 1 (0.813%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 25 (20.33%) WebLogic
2 21 (17.07%) Apache
3 9 (7.317%) Oracle Application Server
4 4 (3.252%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (2.439%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (1.626%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.626%) MS Exchange
6 2 (1.626%) Lync
6 2 (1.626%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.626%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.813%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.813%) Oracle 9iAS
7 1 (0.813%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.813%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (2.439%) MS Office
2 2 (1.626%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.813%) MS Project
3 1 (0.813%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (20.33%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (17.89%) Oracle Applications
3 16 (13.01%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (3.252%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (1.626%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.626%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.813%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.813%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.813%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.756%) SAN
2 9 (7.317%) DNS
2 9 (7.317%) DHCP
3 4 (3.252%) NAS
4 3 (2.439%) LDAP
4 3 (2.439%) SSL
5 2 (1.626%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.813%) Network Security
6 1 (0.813%) HTTP
6 1 (0.813%) RTP
6 1 (0.813%) Intranet
6 1 (0.813%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (59.35%) Oracle 10g
2 66 (53.66%) Oracle 11g
3 47 (38.21%) SQL Server
4 25 (20.33%) Oracle 8/8i
5 21 (17.07%) RDBMS
6 20 (16.26%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (14.63%) Oracle 9i
8 17 (13.82%) SQL Server 2008
9 15 (12.20%) Oracle Discoverer
9 15 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (11.38%) SQLPlus
10 14 (11.38%) Oracle BI EE
10 14 (11.38%) SQL Server 2005
11 12 (9.756%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (8.943%) TOAD
13 10 (8.130%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (7.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (7.317%) MySQL
15 7 (5.691%) SQL Server 2000
16 5 (4.065%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 12 (9.756%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.439%) Oracle APEX
General
1 30 (24.39%) Finance
2 11 (8.943%) Banking
3 4 (3.252%) French Language
4 2 (1.626%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.626%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.626%) Retail
5 1 (0.813%) Advertising
5 1 (0.813%) Back Office
5 1 (0.813%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 94 (76.42%) DBA
2 80 (65.04%) Oracle DBA
3 28 (22.76%) Administrator
4 13 (10.57%) Oracle Applications DBA
4 13 (10.57%) Systems Administrator
5 12 (9.756%) SQL DBA
6 6 (4.878%) Linux Administrator
7 5 (4.065%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 5 (4.065%) SQL Server DBA
8 4 (3.252%) Senior Oracle DBA
8 4 (3.252%) Senior DBA
9 3 (2.439%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.439%) Oracle Developer
9 3 (2.439%) Developer
10 2 (1.626%) Consultant
10 2 (1.626%) Database Specialist
11 1 (0.813%) Essbase Consultant
11 1 (0.813%) Senior SQL Server DBA
11 1 (0.813%) Business Consultant
11 1 (0.813%) E-Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.01%) Replication
2 9 (7.317%) Clustering
3 6 (4.878%) Client/Server
3 6 (4.878%) PKI
4 4 (3.252%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.439%) Open Source
6 2 (1.626%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.626%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.813%) CMDB
7 1 (0.813%) Wiki
7 1 (0.813%) Data Extraction
7 1 (0.813%) EMC Centera
7 1 (0.813%) SaaS
7 1 (0.813%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 50 (40.65%) Linux
2 38 (30.89%) UNIX
3 27 (21.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (13.82%) Solaris
5 14 (11.38%) Windows
6 12 (9.756%) AIX
7 8 (6.504%) HPUX
7 8 (6.504%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (5.691%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (3.252%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.813%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) ITIL
2 21 (17.07%) SOA
3 17 (13.82%) Migration
4 15 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (12.20%) E-business
5 14 (11.38%) High Availability
6 12 (9.756%) BCP
7 11 (8.943%) ERP
8 8 (6.504%) Configuration Management
8 8 (6.504%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (5.691%) Database Security
9 7 (5.691%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (4.878%) Change Management
10 6 (4.878%) Data Analysis
11 5 (4.065%) Capacity Planning
11 5 (4.065%) Data Modelling
12 4 (3.252%) Product Management
13 3 (2.439%) Business Continuity
13 3 (2.439%) ITIL V3
13 3 (2.439%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 79 (64.23%) SQL
2 50 (40.65%) Shell Script
3 30 (24.39%) PL/SQL
4 25 (20.33%) Perl
4 25 (20.33%) T-SQL
5 17 (13.82%) Korn
6 13 (10.57%) Java
7 2 (1.626%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.813%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.756%) Oracle Certification
3 11 (8.943%) DV Cleared
3 11 (8.943%) OCP
4 9 (7.317%) RHCE
5 3 (2.439%) Degree
5 3 (2.439%) SCSA
5 3 (2.439%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.813%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.439%) SLA
2 2 (1.626%) GAMP
2 2 (1.626%) GxP
2 2 (1.626%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (62.60%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (6.504%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.691%) vSphere
3 7 (5.691%) VMware ESX
3 7 (5.691%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.439%) NFS
5 2 (1.626%) SRDF
5 2 (1.626%) XenApp
6 1 (0.813%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 67 (54.47%) Data Guard
2 25 (20.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 9 (7.317%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (6.504%) Nagios
5 5 (4.065%) NetBackup
5 5 (4.065%) Legato
6 4 (3.252%) BMC PATROL
6 4 (3.252%) OpenView
6 4 (3.252%) Foglight
6 4 (3.252%) OVSD
7 3 (2.439%) Oracle Statspack
8 2 (1.626%) SCOM
9 1 (0.813%) PureDisk
9 1 (0.813%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.813%) MOM
Vendors
1 122 (99.19%) Oracle
2 30 (24.39%) Red Hat
3 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
4 18 (14.63%) VMware
5 13 (10.57%) EMC
6 9 (7.317%) SAP
7 7 (5.691%) HP
8 5 (4.065%) NetApp
8 5 (4.065%) Veritas
9 4 (3.252%) Citrix
9 4 (3.252%) Cisco
9 4 (3.252%) Perforce
10 3 (2.439%) Reuters
10 3 (2.439%) Bloomberg
11 2 (1.626%) CommVault
11 2 (1.626%) Hyperion
11 2 (1.626%) IBM
12 1 (0.813%) Brocade
12 1 (0.813%) Business Objects
12 1 (0.813%) PeopleSoft
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