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The table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank175154
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads297545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.401 %0.537 %
As % of the category below1.006 %1.232 %
Daily rates quoted111203
Average minimum daily rate£407£420
Average daily rate£428£445
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£448£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£381
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£44.50£34.56
Average hourly rate£48.25£35.85
% change on same period last year+34.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£52.00£37.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.17£33.23
% change on same period last year+35.95 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2952544224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.91 %43.61 %
Daily rates quoted1261716632
Average minimum daily rate£405£425
Average daily rate£435£453
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted16282304
Average minimum hourly rate£23.77£23.98
Average hourly rate£25.42£25.70
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.07£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Oracle DBA EnglandOracle DBA
England

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 DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Oracle DBA Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Oracle DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-5665£463+5.59 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2022£483-6.32 %
Canary WharfUp+107£438-4.22 %
CroydonNew entry-4--
UxbridgeNew entry-3£300-
HammersmithNew entry-3£292-
LutonNew entry-2--
EalingNew entry-1£425-
New MaldenNew entry-1£525-
Oracle DBA EnglandOracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1590 (100.00 %)Oracle
2375 (63.56 %)Oracle 10g
3238 (40.34 %)UNIX
4215 (36.44 %)Oracle 9i
5214 (36.27 %)SQL
6180 (30.51 %)SQL Server
7165 (27.97 %)Oracle RAC
8152 (25.76 %)Banking
9136 (23.05 %)Finance
10134 (22.71 %)Oracle RMAN
11132 (22.37 %)Linux
12113 (19.15 %)Solaris
12113 (19.15 %)PL/SQL
1397 (16.44 %)Sybase
1492 (15.59 %)Windows
1588 (14.92 %)Security Cleared
1683 (14.07 %)Shell Script
1683 (14.07 %)Investment Banking
1771 (12.03 %)Migration
1868 (11.53 %)Oracle 8/8i
1962 (10.51 %)SC Cleared
2056 (9.492 %)Government
2147 (7.966 %)Perl
2238 (6.441 %)SQL Server 2005
2335 (5.932 %)Microsoft
2434 (5.763 %)Siebel
2532 (5.424 %)Datawarehouse
2532 (5.424 %)ETL
2532 (5.424 %)Clustering
2631 (5.254 %)Replication

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (5.085 %)Oracle Streams
216 (2.712 %)XML
314 (2.373 %)HTML
314 (2.373 %)Middleware
48 (1.356 %)TopLink
48 (1.356 %)JDBC
53 (0.508 %)Servlets
53 (0.508 %)XSL
62 (0.339 %)ODBC
62 (0.339 %)ActiveX
62 (0.339 %)XML Schema
62 (0.339 %)DCOM
62 (0.339 %)OC4J
62 (0.339 %)WebSphere
71 (0.169 %)Java EE
71 (0.169 %)Oracle Fusion
71 (0.169 %)WebServices
71 (0.169 %)EJB
71 (0.169 %).NET
71 (0.169 %)J2EE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (3.559 %)Oracle Application Server
217 (2.881 %)WebLogic
312 (2.034 %)Oracle 10gAS
45 (0.847 %)Apache
54 (0.678 %)Oracle 9iAS
63 (0.508 %)Oracle Spatial
72 (0.339 %)IIS
81 (0.169 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.169 %)MTS
81 (0.169 %)Tuxedo
81 (0.169 %)Oracle Workflow
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (0.678 %)MS Excel
22 (0.339 %)MS Office
31 (0.169 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (3.898 %)Oracle Applications
219 (3.220 %)Oracle EBS
315 (2.542 %)Oracle 11i
49 (1.525 %)Oracle Financials
54 (0.678 %)Siebel Analytics
63 (0.508 %)AWD
71 (0.169 %)Oracle HRMS
71 (0.169 %)Oracle ERP
71 (0.169 %)Oracle Payroll
71 (0.169 %)MAXIMO
71 (0.169 %)Summit
71 (0.169 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (2.542 %)TCP/IP
214 (2.373 %)SAN
311 (1.864 %)LAN
311 (1.864 %)WAN
311 (1.864 %)DHCP
410 (1.695 %)LDAP
55 (0.847 %)Internet
63 (0.508 %)SSL
72 (0.339 %)DAB
72 (0.339 %)DNS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1375 (63.56 %)Oracle 10g
2215 (36.44 %)Oracle 9i
3180 (30.51 %)SQL Server
468 (11.53 %)Oracle 8/8i
538 (6.441 %)SQL Server 2005
632 (5.424 %)Datawarehouse
632 (5.424 %)ETL
731 (5.254 %)SQL Server 2000
829 (4.915 %)Oracle Reports
923 (3.898 %)RDBMS
1020 (3.390 %)Oracle 11g
1118 (3.051 %)Oracle OWB
1217 (2.881 %)DTS
1316 (2.712 %)TOAD
1316 (2.712 %)dBASE
1415 (2.542 %)Oracle OLAP
1415 (2.542 %)OLAP
1510 (1.695 %)Crystal Reports
1510 (1.695 %)Oracle Discoverer
169 (1.525 %)OLTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (2.034 %)ClearCase
29 (1.525 %)ClearQuest
29 (1.525 %)JIRA
35 (0.847 %)Oracle Forms
42 (0.339 %)CruiseControl
42 (0.339 %)JDeveloper
51 (0.169 %)Synon
51 (0.169 %)Oracle Developer 2000
51 (0.169 %)Visual Studio
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1152 (25.76 %)Banking
2136 (23.05 %)Finance
383 (14.07 %)Investment Banking
456 (9.492 %)Government
521 (3.559 %)Financial Institution
613 (2.203 %)Telecoms
78 (1.356 %)Retail
87 (1.186 %)Health
87 (1.186 %)Auditing
95 (0.847 %)Insurance
104 (0.678 %)Front Office
113 (0.508 %)Billing
122 (0.339 %)Police
122 (0.339 %)Education
122 (0.339 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.169 %)Publishing
131 (0.169 %)Construction
131 (0.169 %)Home Office
131 (0.169 %)Military
131 (0.169 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (5.424 %)Clustering
231 (5.254 %)Replication
37 (1.186 %)Derivative
46 (1.017 %)French Language
55 (0.847 %)NHS
55 (0.847 %)Firmware
64 (0.678 %)Client/Server
64 (0.678 %)Equities
72 (0.339 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (0.339 %)Management Information System
81 (0.169 %)Freedom of Information
81 (0.169 %)Symmetrix
81 (0.169 %)Japanese Language
81 (0.169 %)Credit Risk
81 (0.169 %)Market Risk
81 (0.169 %)Data Extraction
81 (0.169 %)Data Protection Act
81 (0.169 %)Freedom of Information Act
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1238 (40.34 %)UNIX
2132 (22.37 %)Linux
3113 (19.15 %)Solaris
492 (15.59 %)Windows
523 (3.898 %)AIX
616 (2.712 %)HPUX
715 (2.542 %)Red Hat Linux
812 (2.034 %)Windows Server 2003
812 (2.034 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.678 %)VMS
102 (0.339 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (0.339 %)Windows XP
111 (0.169 %)Windows NT
111 (0.169 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.169 %)OpenVMS
111 (0.169 %)Debian
111 (0.169 %)Ubuntu
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
188 (14.92 %)Security Cleared
271 (12.03 %)Migration
362 (10.51 %)SC Cleared
429 (4.915 %)Business Intelligence
526 (4.407 %)Data Migration
625 (4.237 %)Data Modelling
723 (3.898 %)ITIL
816 (2.712 %)CRM
913 (2.203 %)PRINCE2
1012 (2.034 %)Project Management
1012 (2.034 %)Disaster Recovery
1110 (1.695 %)Asset Management
129 (1.525 %)Change Management
137 (1.186 %)SOA
137 (1.186 %)Configuration Management
137 (1.186 %)E-business
146 (1.017 %)Information Security
146 (1.017 %)Release Management
155 (0.847 %)Performance Testing
155 (0.847 %)Data Mapping
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1214 (36.27 %)SQL
2113 (19.15 %)PL/SQL
383 (14.07 %)Shell Script
447 (7.966 %)Perl
519 (3.220 %)Java
617 (2.881 %)Korn
712 (2.034 %)Transact-SQL
811 (1.864 %)C#
96 (1.017 %)VB
96 (1.017 %)VBA
105 (0.847 %)C
113 (0.508 %)XPath
122 (0.339 %)VB6
131 (0.169 %)Python
131 (0.169 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (3.390 %)Oracle Certification
27 (1.186 %)OCP
34 (0.678 %)Degree
43 (0.508 %)Microsoft Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.339 %)QA
21 (0.169 %)SLA
21 (0.169 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1165 (27.97 %)Oracle RAC
2134 (22.71 %)Oracle RMAN
314 (2.373 %)AquaLogic
42 (0.339 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.339 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.169 %)NetBackup
51 (0.169 %)Active Directory
51 (0.169 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.169 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (1.864 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
28 (1.356 %)Oracle Statspack
32 (0.339 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.169 %)Foglight
41 (0.169 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1590 (100.00 %)Oracle
297 (16.44 %)Sybase
335 (5.932 %)Microsoft
434 (5.763 %)Siebel
529 (4.915 %)Sun
623 (3.898 %)Calypso
721 (3.559 %)Murex
818 (3.051 %)VERITAS
915 (2.542 %)Red Hat
1014 (2.373 %)BEA
1110 (1.695 %)Cisco
129 (1.525 %)Remedy
137 (1.186 %)Business Objects
137 (1.186 %)HP
145 (0.847 %)EMC
145 (0.847 %)Charles River
154 (0.678 %)Reuters
154 (0.678 %)Bloomberg
154 (0.678 %)Cognos
154 (0.678 %)IBM