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This section looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the Leeds 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7075
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.002 %
As % of the category below10.87 %4.255 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£350£200
Average daily rate£361£215
% change on same period last year+68.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£230
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£364
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
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£34.06£42.08
% change on same period last year-19.07 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads9247
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted1210
Average minimum daily rate£281£170
Average daily rate£300£184
% change on same period last year+63.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£197
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£325
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted215
Average minimum hourly rate£18.18£17.42
Average hourly rate£20.11£18.15
% change on same period last year+10.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.05£18.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£21.86
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Oracle RAC West YorkshireOracle RAC
West Yorkshire

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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

112 (100.00 %)Oracle
210 (83.33 %)SQL
39 (75.00 %)PL/SQL
46 (50.00 %)Windows
46 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
55 (41.67 %)HPUX
55 (41.67 %)Linux
55 (41.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
55 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (33.33 %)Migration
64 (33.33 %)Data Migration
64 (33.33 %)Microsoft
64 (33.33 %)Solaris
64 (33.33 %)Client/Server
64 (33.33 %)N-Tier
73 (25.00 %)OpenView
73 (25.00 %)HP
73 (25.00 %)BEA
73 (25.00 %)WebLogic
73 (25.00 %)SQL Server
73 (25.00 %)UNIX
73 (25.00 %)Tomcat
73 (25.00 %)Apache
73 (25.00 %)ESRI
82 (16.67 %)Clustering
82 (16.67 %)Oracle Streams
82 (16.67 %)MS Excel
91 (8.333 %)Siebel
91 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
91 (8.333 %)SAN

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (16.67 %)Oracle Streams
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)WebLogic
13 (25.00 %)Apache
13 (25.00 %)Tomcat
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Excel
21 (8.333 %)MS Visio
21 (8.333 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)Siebel Analytics
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)ATM
11 (8.333 %)LAN
11 (8.333 %)PBX
11 (8.333 %)WAN
11 (8.333 %)SAN
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
25 (41.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (25.00 %)SQL Server
41 (8.333 %)Oracle 9i
41 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
41 (8.333 %)ETL
41 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects
41 (8.333 %)Oracle OWB
41 (8.333 %)Oracle 11g
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Finance
11 (8.333 %)Health
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)DBA
111 (91.67 %)Oracle DBA
21 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse Architect
21 (8.333 %)Architect
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Client/Server
14 (33.33 %)N-Tier
22 (16.67 %)Clustering
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (41.67 %)HPUX
25 (41.67 %)Linux
25 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (33.33 %)Solaris
43 (25.00 %)UNIX
51 (8.333 %)SUSE
51 (8.333 %)Windows 2000
51 (8.333 %)NetWare
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)Migration
14 (33.33 %)Data Migration
21 (8.333 %)Data Architecture
21 (8.333 %)UML
21 (8.333 %)RUP
21 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
21 (8.333 %)Requirements Management
21 (8.333 %)Technical Architecture
21 (8.333 %)Continuous Integration
21 (8.333 %)Dimensional Modelling
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (83.33 %)SQL
29 (75.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (8.333 %)Shell Script
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Oracle RMAN
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (25.00 %)OpenView
21 (8.333 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Oracle
24 (33.33 %)Microsoft
33 (25.00 %)HP
33 (25.00 %)BEA
33 (25.00 %)ESRI
41 (8.333 %)Siemens
41 (8.333 %)Citrix
41 (8.333 %)Avaya
41 (8.333 %)Business Objects
41 (8.333 %)Siebel
41 (8.333 %)Cisco