The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle RAC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Kent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Rank 12 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle RAC 29 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 11.51% 1.195% -
As % of the System Software category 43.28% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 24 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £411 £350 £390
% change year-on-year
+17.28% -10.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £27.37
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +100.94%
All System Software
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
67 27 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 26.59% 10.76% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 17 39
Average daily rate £375 £375 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +30.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £136 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +350.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £35.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £67.50 £22.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Oracle RAC
South East

Oracle RAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Oracle RAC Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Kent Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Folkestone - - - -
Oracle RAC
South East

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

1 45 (100.00%) Oracle
2 38 (84.44%) Linux
3 37 (82.22%) Oracle 11g
4 34 (75.56%) Finance
5 33 (73.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 33 (73.33%) UNIX
6 32 (71.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 31 (68.89%) Red Hat
8 19 (42.22%) AIX
9 12 (26.67%) PL/SQL
10 11 (24.44%) SQL
11 8 (17.78%) Investment Management
12 6 (13.33%) Fund Management
13 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
14 4 (8.889%) Oracle 10g
14 4 (8.889%) Shell Script
14 4 (8.889%) TimesTen
14 4 (8.889%) Oracle Exalytics
14 4 (8.889%) Database Security
15 3 (6.667%) Data Guard
15 3 (6.667%) Sybase ASE
15 3 (6.667%) Financial Institution
15 3 (6.667%) SAN
15 3 (6.667%) Sybase
16 2 (4.444%) SQL Server
16 2 (4.444%) Solaris
16 2 (4.444%) Oracle 8/8i
16 2 (4.444%) HTTP
16 2 (4.444%) SQL Server 2008
17 1 (2.222%) Digital Marketing

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.667%) SAN
2 2 (4.444%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (82.22%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (8.889%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (8.889%) TimesTen
3 3 (6.667%) Sybase ASE
4 2 (4.444%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.444%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (4.444%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.222%) DB2
General
1 34 (75.56%) Finance
2 3 (6.667%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.222%) Marketing
3 1 (2.222%) Electronics
3 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (88.89%) DBA
1 40 (88.89%) Oracle DBA
2 24 (53.33%) Senior Oracle DBA
2 24 (53.33%) Senior DBA
3 2 (4.444%) Sybase DBA
3 2 (4.444%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (4.444%) Senior Sybase DBA
4 1 (2.222%) Oracle Team Leader
4 1 (2.222%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (2.222%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.889%) Oracle Exalytics
2 1 (2.222%) DTV
2 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.222%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (84.44%) Linux
2 33 (73.33%) UNIX
3 32 (71.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (42.22%) AIX
5 2 (4.444%) Solaris
6 1 (2.222%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Investment Management
2 6 (13.33%) Fund Management
3 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.889%) Database Security
5 1 (2.222%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (2.222%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.222%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) PL/SQL
2 11 (24.44%) SQL
3 4 (8.889%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.222%) R
4 1 (2.222%) Bash shell
4 1 (2.222%) C
System Software
1 1 (2.222%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 33 (73.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (6.667%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) Oracle
2 31 (68.89%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.667%) Sybase
4 1 (2.222%) SAP
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Kent, South East
Oracle Database Security (implementing framework and standards)*Oracle Database Auditing (implementing framework and standards)*Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g (12c preferred)*OEM - Database Lifecycle Management Pack*Linux / Unix scripting*...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013