The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database Administrator
Rank 60 66 60
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 3 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.467% 0.207% 0.691%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.489% 0.220% 0.725%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £315 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +65.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £378
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
613 911 828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.33% 94.11% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 401 346
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 87 106
Average hourly rate £17.47 £31.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.64% +91.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £37.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Oracle DBA
East of England

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle