| Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 175 | 154 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 297 | 545 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.401 % | 0.537 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.006 % | 1.232 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 203 |
| 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 quoted | 2 | 7 |
| 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 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 29525 | 44224 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 39.91 % | 43.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12617 | 16632 |
| 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 quoted | 1628 | 2304 |
| 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 % |
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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.
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.
