England Oracle RMAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) skills within the 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 RMAN over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
Location Avon Basildon Bath Berkshire Bexleyheath Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Croydon Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gateshead Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Havant Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	385	437
Rank change on same period last year	+52
Matching contract IT job ads	170	201
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.242 %	0.203 %
As % of the category below	3.722 %	3.740 %
Daily rates quoted	46	55
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£403
Average daily rate	£372	£427
% change on same period last year	-12.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£399
% change on same period last year	-20.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£43.75	£37.06
Average hourly rate	£45.00	£37.69
% change on same period last year	+19.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£46.25	£38.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£45.00	£34.42
% change on same period last year	+30.75 %
System Software England
Matching contract IT job ads	4568	5375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.492 %	5.428 %
Daily rates quoted	1171	1252
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£330
Average daily rate	£338	£347
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£323
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	984	1246
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.66	£20.47
Average hourly rate	£21.86	£21.77
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.06	£23.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.38	£21.38
% change on same period last year	-0.01 %
Oracle RMAN UK

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 RMAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Oracle RMAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle RMAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Oracle RMAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle RMAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RMAN across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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 7 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+58	94	£406	-6.52 %
South East	+40	27	£417	+6.80 %
North West	+26	18	£272	-35.29 %
South West	+32	10	£306	-12.50 %
North East	+13	6	£195	-60.00 %
Yorkshire	+8	6	-	-
East of England	+28	5	£310	-40.95 %
East Midlands	+3	4	£375	+9.80 %

Oracle RMAN UK

Oracle RMAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

1 345 (98.85 %) Oracle 2 255 (73.07 %) Oracle 10g 3 192 (55.01 %) UNIX 4 171 (49.00 %) Oracle 9i 5 166 (47.56 %) SQL 6 148 (42.41 %) Oracle RAC 7 98 (28.08 %) Linux 8 96 (27.51 %) PL/SQL 9 83 (23.78 %) SQL Server 10 73 (20.92 %) Shell Script 11 69 (19.77 %) Windows 12 64 (18.34 %) Solaris 13 60 (17.19 %) Security Cleared 14 51 (14.61 %) Finance 15 49 (14.04 %) SC Cleared

16 46 (13.18 %) Banking 17 41 (11.75 %) Migration 18 39 (11.17 %) Oracle 8/8i 19 38 (10.89 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 20 37 (10.60 %) Government 21 36 (10.32 %) Sybase 22 32 (9.169 %) Data Modelling 23 29 (8.309 %) AIX 23 29 (8.309 %) Replication 23 29 (8.309 %) Oracle Application Server 24 28 (8.023 %) Middleware 25 27 (7.736 %) Data Migration 25 27 (7.736 %) Oracle Streams 26 26 (7.450 %) Disaster Recovery 26 26 (7.450 %) WebLogic

Oracle RMAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 28 (8.023 %) Middleware 2 27 (7.736 %) Oracle Streams 3 6 (1.719 %) XML 4 4 (1.146 %) OC4J 5 3 (0.860 %) J2EE 6 2 (0.573 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.573 %) WebSphere 6 2 (0.573 %) WSRP 6 2 (0.573 %) JSR 168 7 1 (0.287 %) HTML 7 1 (0.287 %) ASP 7 1 (0.287 %) JDBC 7 1 (0.287 %) Oracle Fusion 7 1 (0.287 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 29 (8.309 %) Oracle Application Server 2 26 (7.450 %) WebLogic 3 9 (2.579 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 8 (2.292 %) Oracle 9iAS 5 6 (1.719 %) Oracle Spatial 6 4 (1.146 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 6 4 (1.146 %) Apache 7 1 (0.287 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 3 (0.860 %) MS Excel 1 3 (0.860 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.287 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (0.287 %) MS Project 2 1 (0.287 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 20 (5.731 %) Oracle Applications 2 16 (4.585 %) Oracle 11i 3 8 (2.292 %) Oracle EBS 4 2 (0.573 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 18 (5.158 %) SAN 2 3 (0.860 %) LDAP 2 3 (0.860 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (0.860 %) SSH 3 1 (0.287 %) BSS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 255 (73.07 %) Oracle 10g 2 171 (49.00 %) Oracle 9i 3 83 (23.78 %) SQL Server 4 39 (11.17 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 24 (6.877 %) ETL 6 20 (5.731 %) DB2 6 20 (5.731 %) SQL Server 2005 7 19 (5.444 %) TOAD 7 19 (5.444 %) RDBMS 8 18 (5.158 %) SQL Server 2000 9 17 (4.871 %) Datawarehouse 10 12 (3.438 %) DB2 UDB 11 9 (2.579 %) Oracle 11g 12 8 (2.292 %) SQLPlus 13 6 (1.719 %) Oracle OLAP 13 6 (1.719 %) OLAP 14 5 (1.433 %) OLTP 14 5 (1.433 %) Sybase ASE 14 5 (1.433 %) BusinessObjects 15 4 (1.146 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 9 (2.579 %) Oracle Forms 2 3 (0.860 %) ERwin 3 2 (0.573 %) Oracle Designer 10g 4 1 (0.287 %) Ant 4 1 (0.287 %) ProC 4 1 (0.287 %) JDeveloper 4 1 (0.287 %) Synon	General 1 51 (14.61 %) Finance 2 46 (13.18 %) Banking 3 37 (10.60 %) Government 4 20 (5.731 %) Investment Banking 5 17 (4.871 %) Telecoms 6 11 (3.152 %) Health 7 9 (2.579 %) Construction 8 6 (1.719 %) Auditing 9 5 (1.433 %) Financial Institution 10 4 (1.146 %) Retail 11 3 (0.860 %) Retail Banking 12 2 (0.573 %) Pharmaceutical 13 1 (0.287 %) Front Office 13 1 (0.287 %) Manufacturing 13 1 (0.287 %) General Ledger 13 1 (0.287 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 297 (85.10 %) DBA 2 266 (76.22 %) Oracle DBA 3 51 (14.61 %) Administrator 4 23 (6.590 %) Senior DBA 5 19 (5.444 %) Senior Oracle DBA 6 18 (5.158 %) Database Designer 6 18 (5.158 %) Oracle Developer 6 18 (5.158 %) Developer 7 16 (4.585 %) SQL DBA 8 12 (3.438 %) SQL Server DBA 9 11 (3.152 %) Oracle Applications DBA 10 10 (2.865 %) Database Engineer 11 6 (1.719 %) Infrastructure Engineer 12 4 (1.146 %) Systems Administrator 12 4 (1.146 %) Sybase Database Engineer 13 3 (0.860 %) Development DBA 13 3 (0.860 %) Oracle Development DBA 13 3 (0.860 %) Senior SQL DBA 13 3 (0.860 %) UNIX Engineer 13 3 (0.860 %) Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 29 (8.309 %) Replication 2 8 (2.292 %) Clustering 3 7 (2.006 %) NHS 4 6 (1.719 %) Client/Server 5 3 (0.860 %) CLARiiON 5 3 (0.860 %) Symmetrix 5 3 (0.860 %) EMC Centera 5 3 (0.860 %) Management Information System 6 2 (0.573 %) Data Extraction 6 2 (0.573 %) HACMP 7 1 (0.287 %) NPfIT 7 1 (0.287 %) N-Tier 7 1 (0.287 %) Derivative 7 1 (0.287 %) French Language
Operating Systems 1 192 (55.01 %) UNIX 2 98 (28.08 %) Linux 3 69 (19.77 %) Windows 4 64 (18.34 %) Solaris 5 29 (8.309 %) AIX 6 17 (4.871 %) Red Hat Linux 7 14 (4.011 %) HPUX 8 10 (2.865 %) Windows Server 2003 9 6 (1.719 %) Windows 2000 10 4 (1.146 %) Tru64 11 2 (0.573 %) Windows NT 12 1 (0.287 %) Windows XP 12 1 (0.287 %) VMS 12 1 (0.287 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 60 (17.19 %) Security Cleared 2 49 (14.04 %) SC Cleared 3 41 (11.75 %) Migration 4 32 (9.169 %) Data Modelling 5 27 (7.736 %) Data Migration 6 26 (7.450 %) Disaster Recovery 7 17 (4.871 %) Business Intelligence 8 16 (4.585 %) ITIL 9 13 (3.725 %) Change Management 10 10 (2.865 %) Data Protection 10 10 (2.865 %) Software Testing 11 9 (2.579 %) Project Management 12 7 (2.006 %) PRINCE2 12 7 (2.006 %) Business Analysis 13 6 (1.719 %) UML 13 6 (1.719 %) Quality Management 14 4 (1.146 %) Project Planning 15 3 (0.860 %) E-business 15 3 (0.860 %) Data Management 15 3 (0.860 %) Time Management
Programming Languages 1 166 (47.56 %) SQL 2 96 (27.51 %) PL/SQL 3 73 (20.92 %) Shell Script 4 19 (5.444 %) Korn 5 15 (4.298 %) Perl 6 6 (1.719 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (1.146 %) VBScript 8 3 (0.860 %) Java 9 2 (0.573 %) PHP 9 2 (0.573 %) VB 10 1 (0.287 %) C 10 1 (0.287 %) JCL 10 1 (0.287 %) AWK	Qualifications 1 12 (3.438 %) Oracle Certification 2 7 (2.006 %) Degree 3 4 (1.146 %) HND 3 4 (1.146 %) OCP 4 3 (0.860 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (0.287 %) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.146 %) QA	System Software 1 148 (42.41 %) Oracle RAC 2 22 (6.304 %) AquaLogic 3 20 (5.731 %) NetBackup 4 3 (0.860 %) NFS 4 3 (0.860 %) LiteSpeed 5 1 (0.287 %) Terminal Services 5 1 (0.287 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 5 1 (0.287 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 38 (10.89 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 14 (4.011 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 8 (2.292 %) Oracle Statspack 4 5 (1.433 %) Tivoli 5 3 (0.860 %) Legato 5 3 (0.860 %) BMC PATROL 5 3 (0.860 %) RepliStor 5 3 (0.860 %) EMC NetWorker 6 2 (0.573 %) Foglight 7 1 (0.287 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 345 (98.85 %) Oracle 2 36 (10.32 %) Sybase 3 23 (6.590 %) Sun 4 22 (6.304 %) BEA 5 17 (4.871 %) Red Hat 6 15 (4.298 %) BMC 7 14 (4.011 %) Microsoft 8 8 (2.292 %) EMC 9 6 (1.719 %) HP 10 5 (1.433 %) Business Objects 11 4 (1.146 %) VERITAS 11 4 (1.146 %) Remedy 12 2 (0.573 %) IBM 13 1 (0.287 %) PeopleSoft 13 1 (0.287 %) SAP 13 1 (0.287 %) Cramer 13 1 (0.287 %) Mapinfo 13 1 (0.287 %) NetApp