The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 8/8i over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Manchester 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 65 73 64
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 9 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.979% 0.843% 0.888%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.913% 3.716% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £363 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £352 £372 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.37% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-13.24% +13.84%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
230 296 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 25.03% 22.68% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 172 115
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £405 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 19
Average hourly rate £40.50 £33.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% +46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £190.00 £43.50 £34.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Oracle 8/8i
North West

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Manchester Oracle 8/8i Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Manchester region.

Manchester Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the Manchester region.

Manchester Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Stockport - 1 - -
Oracle 8/8i
North West

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i.

1 16 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) JDE OneWorld
3 5 (31.25%) C++
3 5 (31.25%) JD Edwards
3 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (25.00%) PL/SQL
5 3 (18.75%) C#
5 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
5 3 (18.75%) Web Services
5 3 (18.75%) .NET
5 3 (18.75%) Linux
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (18.75%) Finance
5 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (12.50%) CMDB
6 2 (12.50%) jQuery
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
6 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 2 (12.50%) Workflow
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Oracle 8/8i 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 8/8i. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) Web Services
2 2 (12.50%) XML
2 2 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) jQuery
3 1 (6.250%) ISPF
3 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (6.250%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.250%) SQLPlus
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (6.250%) DB2
3 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Law
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (18.75%) JDE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (12.50%) JDE Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) DBA
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) DB2 DBA
5 1 (6.250%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CMDB
2 1 (6.250%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) HPUX
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
3 1 (6.250%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Workflow
3 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.250%) MVC
4 1 (6.250%) Document Management
4 1 (6.250%) CRM
4 1 (6.250%) Multithreading
4 1 (6.250%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (18.75%) C#
5 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (6.250%) REXX
6 1 (6.250%) Shell Script
6 1 (6.250%) JCL
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (31.25%) JD Edwards
3 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 1 (6.250%) Sage
4 1 (6.250%) BT
4 1 (6.250%) NEC
4 1 (6.250%) Amdocs
4 1 (6.250%) Huawei
4 1 (6.250%) IBM
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) SunGard
4 1 (6.250%) HP
4 1 (6.250%) CA