The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 22 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 Merseyside 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 31 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.395% 0.375% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.263% 1.190% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £463 £140 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+230.35% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £369 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.43% -7.75%
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
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
57 84 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.51% 31.46% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 26
Average daily rate £350 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £330 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 6
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £18.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +16.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £12.05 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £25.00 £25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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
Liverpool - 3 £463 -
Oracle 8/8i
North West

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Xcelsius
3 2 (40.00%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Intel
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Business Objects
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle ADF
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (20.00%) JDeveloper
4 1 (20.00%) Sun
4 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (20.00%) Oracle ADF
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) Xcelsius
2 2 (40.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JDeveloper
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Report Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) MI Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Security Management
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Intel
2 2 (40.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (20.00%) Sun
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