The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 24 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 North East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 26 42 39
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 8 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 2.857% 1.012% 1.373%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.96% 5.747% 4.959%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
Average daily rate £300 £365 £528
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% -30.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £267 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £425 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
- -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-2.72% +1.53%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
73 87 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 26.07% 17.61% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 66
Average daily rate £301 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.10% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.26 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Oracle 8/8i
England

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Durham +5 5 £300 -17.80%
Tyne and Wear +14 2 £260 -42.22%
Oracle 8/8i
England

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (41.67%) SQL
5 4 (33.33%) WebLogic
5 4 (33.33%) Solaris
5 4 (33.33%) Linux
5 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (25.00%) MCDBA
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (25.00%) OCP
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (25.00%) Informatica
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (25.00%) Statistics
7 2 (16.67%) Data Mart
7 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 2 (16.67%) Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) .NET
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
7 2 (16.67%) UNIX
7 2 (16.67%) PowerCenter
7 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) WebLogic
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (8.333%) FileNet
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LDAP
1 1 (8.333%) SSL
1 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) Data Mart
4 2 (16.67%) PowerCenter
4 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) DBA
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) SQL DBA
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server DBA
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Graduate
3 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle HR Functional Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) UNIX Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle HR Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Designer
4 1 (8.333%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Statistics
2 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (8.333%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Solaris
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (8.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (8.333%) Validation
3 1 (8.333%) Workflow
3 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (8.333%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) Release Management
3 1 (8.333%) Data Architecture
3 1 (8.333%) Data Governance
3 1 (8.333%) Change Control
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 2 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) Java
4 1 (8.333%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) MCDBA
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (25.00%) OCP
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Informatica
3 1 (8.333%) Siebel
3 1 (8.333%) IBM
3 1 (8.333%) Sun
3 1 (8.333%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.333%) JBoss
3 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
3 1 (8.333%) Axway