 Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 278 | 265 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 132 | 257 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.178 % | 0.253 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.209 % | 10.55 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 113 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £451 | £460 |
| Average daily rate | £471 | £491 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £492 | £522 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £55.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.56 | £34.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2126 | 2437 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.874 % | 2.403 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 719 | 702 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 368 | 418 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.84 | £20.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.93 | £21.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.03 | £22.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.21 | £21.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.08 % |
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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 RAC across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
