 Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.50 % | 21.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.67 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £33.83 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| 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 | 40 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.046 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £296 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.50 | £17.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.75 | £17.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.00 | £18.44 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
