The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 8/8i 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Essex 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 Database 8/8i
Rank 41 43 46
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 6 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.493% 0.482% 1.020%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.895% 2.778% 3.604%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
- -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £31.30 £45.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.45% +56.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £45.00 £27.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.26 £45.00 £29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-2.72% +1.53%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
76 72 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 18.91% 17.35% 28.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 49
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £250 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £375 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 16
Average hourly rate £30.89 £26.89 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.87% -10.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £26.14 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.60 £38.75 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Oracle 8/8i
East of England

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Essex Oracle 8/8i Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Essex region.

Essex Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Essex region.

Essex Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the Essex 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
Basildon - 2 - -
Oracle 8/8i
East of England

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i.

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (57.14%) UNIX
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (42.86%) Solaris
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (42.86%) Business Objects
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle 10gAS
6 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 2 (28.57%) IBM
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 1 (14.29%) MCDBA
7 1 (14.29%) RUP
7 1 (14.29%) XHTML
7 1 (14.29%) Cognos
7 1 (14.29%) VPN
7 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Linux
7 1 (14.29%) UML
7 1 (14.29%) OO
7 1 (14.29%) RAD
7 1 (14.29%) Windows
7 1 (14.29%) Ant
7 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XHTML
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) JSP
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) J2EE
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) WebCenter
1 1 (14.29%) Ajax
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle 10gAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 9i
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (14.29%) Ant
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Cognos Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Server Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Teradata DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Solaris
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) RUP
1 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) UML
1 1 (14.29%) OO
1 1 (14.29%) RAD
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Content Management
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Scrum
1 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (14.29%) High Availability
1 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
1 1 (14.29%) Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Delphi
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) FQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCDBA
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Business Objects
3 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Cognos
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) BMC
4 1 (14.29%) FatWire
4 1 (14.29%) Facebook
4 1 (14.29%) Twitter
4 1 (14.29%) Civica