The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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 Administrator
Rank 96 105 121
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +16
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 22 27 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.944% 0.868% 0.164%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.012% 0.947% 0.177%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 2
Average daily rate £425 £358 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.88% -20.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £323 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £525 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle DBA across the North West region.

North West Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Oracle DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA across the North West region.

North West Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the North West 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
Manchester +7 12 £368 -8.12%
Merseyside +10 7 £425 +41.66%
Cheshire -8 1 - -
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Oracle
2 17 (62.96%) UNIX
3 16 (59.26%) Oracle RAC
3 16 (59.26%) Oracle 11g
4 14 (51.85%) SQL
5 13 (48.15%) Oracle 10g
6 12 (44.44%) Shell Script
7 11 (40.74%) PL/SQL
7 11 (40.74%) Data Guard
8 9 (33.33%) RDBMS
8 9 (33.33%) Finance
9 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
10 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
11 6 (22.22%) Migration
11 6 (22.22%) Data Migration
12 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
13 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (14.81%) Oracle ADF
13 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS R12
13 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (14.81%) WebLogic
13 4 (14.81%) JDeveloper
13 4 (14.81%) Linux
14 3 (11.11%) Change Management
14 3 (11.11%) Unified Communications
14 3 (11.11%) Oracle OWB
14 3 (11.11%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (11.11%) Oracle BI EE
15 2 (7.407%) Business Continuity
15 2 (7.407%) Data Management

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle ADF
2 1 (3.704%) XML
2 1 (3.704%) Middleware
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.704%) WebCenter
2 1 (3.704%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (59.26%) Oracle 11g
2 13 (48.15%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (33.33%) RDBMS
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle OWB
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JDeveloper
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Exalogic
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) UNIX
2 4 (14.81%) Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Windows
3 1 (3.704%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
2 6 (22.22%) Migration
2 6 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (7.407%) Business Continuity
5 2 (7.407%) Data Management
5 2 (7.407%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (3.704%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.704%) SOA
6 1 (3.704%) Security Management
6 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.704%) Database Security
6 1 (3.704%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) Shell Script
3 11 (40.74%) PL/SQL
4 2 (7.407%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.704%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Data Guard
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) NetApp
2 1 (3.704%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.704%) Hummingbird
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) VMware
North West England
SENIOR ORACLE DBA REQUIRED* Type: 6 month Location: North West Rate: £400 per day My client is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA to work as part of...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £401 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
North West England
Required Specialisms Experience of multiple Oracle technologies across various versions and on a variety of platforms - Oracle 10g, 11g including Shell Scripting, PL/SQL, Unix, RAC, Dataguard and...
Computer Futures
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
They are looking for someone with technical skills in the following: *Oracle Database Server Administration at an expert level (including RAC) *Oracle High Availability technologies at an expert...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013