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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the Glasgow 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3869
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.002 %
As % of the category below13.85 %2.632 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£338-
Average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£438-
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£387
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
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 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads6576
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted1114
Average minimum daily rate£294£338
Average daily rate£323£368
% change on same period last year-12.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£322
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted2211
Average minimum hourly rate£15.14£11.83
Average hourly rate£15.97£12.67
% change on same period last year+26.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.81£13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.28£21.36
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

125 (100.00 %)Oracle
224 (96.00 %)Oracle 10g
318 (72.00 %)Oracle 9i
411 (44.00 %)UNIX
57 (28.00 %)Windows
57 (28.00 %)SQL Server
57 (28.00 %)Linux
66 (24.00 %)Solaris
66 (24.00 %)Red Hat
75 (20.00 %)Microsoft
75 (20.00 %)AIX
75 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
84 (16.00 %)Tru64
84 (16.00 %)Business Objects
84 (16.00 %)BusinessObjects
84 (16.00 %)SAN
84 (16.00 %)Finance
93 (12.00 %)Government
93 (12.00 %)Clustering
93 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
93 (12.00 %)SQL
102 (8.000 %)PVCS
102 (8.000 %)ETL
102 (8.000 %)RDBMS
102 (8.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (8.000 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (8.000 %)Change Management
102 (8.000 %)Migration
102 (8.000 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (8.000 %)Release Management

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.000 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (4.000 %)Oracle 10gAS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.00 %)SAN
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (96.00 %)Oracle 10g
218 (72.00 %)Oracle 9i
37 (28.00 %)SQL Server
44 (16.00 %)BusinessObjects
52 (8.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (8.000 %)ETL
52 (8.000 %)RDBMS
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (4.000 %)Oracle 11g
61 (4.000 %)BusinessObjects XI
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.000 %)PVCS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (16.00 %)Finance
23 (12.00 %)Government
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (96.00 %)DBA
124 (96.00 %)Oracle DBA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (12.00 %)Clustering
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (44.00 %)UNIX
27 (28.00 %)Windows
27 (28.00 %)Linux
36 (24.00 %)Solaris
45 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
45 (20.00 %)AIX
54 (16.00 %)Tru64
62 (8.000 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (4.000 %)Windows XP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.000 %)Change Management
12 (8.000 %)Migration
12 (8.000 %)Release Management
21 (4.000 %)Performance Management
21 (4.000 %)Load Balancing
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
13 (12.00 %)SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (8.000 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (4.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (100.00 %)Oracle
26 (24.00 %)Red Hat
35 (20.00 %)Microsoft
44 (16.00 %)Business Objects
51 (4.000 %)VMware