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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank110142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.005 %
As % of the category below8.458 %1.984 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£297£425
Average daily rate£302£425
% change on same period last year-28.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£387
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.30£31.75
% change on same period last year+14.33 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
North West
Matching contract IT job ads201252
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.283 %0.255 %
Daily rates quoted2432
Average minimum daily rate£319£273
Average daily rate£333£289
% change on same period last year+15.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£322
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted7164
Average minimum hourly rate£21.49£18.10
Average hourly rate£23.64£19.82
% change on same period last year+19.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.78£21.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.28£21.36
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Oracle RAC EnglandOracle RAC
England

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.

Oracle RAC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West Oracle RAC Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+711£302-
MerseysideNew entry-4--
CheshireNew entry-1--
LancashireNew entry-1--
Oracle RAC EnglandOracle RAC
England

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC.

126 (100.00 %)Oracle
224 (92.31 %)Oracle 10g
317 (65.38 %)Oracle 9i
413 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
512 (46.15 %)SQL
611 (42.31 %)PL/SQL
79 (34.62 %)UNIX
87 (26.92 %)Oracle 11i
87 (26.92 %)Solaris
87 (26.92 %)Linux
87 (26.92 %)Oracle Application Server
87 (26.92 %)Oracle 10gAS
96 (23.08 %)UML
96 (23.08 %)Oracle Forms
96 (23.08 %)Windows
96 (23.08 %)Middleware
96 (23.08 %)Sun
96 (23.08 %)Oracle Applications
96 (23.08 %)Change Management
105 (19.23 %)Shell Script
114 (15.38 %)Finance
123 (11.54 %)QA
132 (7.692 %)Banking
132 (7.692 %)SQL Server
141 (3.846 %)Sybase
141 (3.846 %)OLAP
141 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
141 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
141 (3.846 %)Siebel
141 (3.846 %)OO

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (23.08 %)Middleware
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (26.92 %)Oracle Application Server
17 (26.92 %)Oracle 10gAS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (26.92 %)Oracle 11i
26 (23.08 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)SAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (92.31 %)Oracle 10g
217 (65.38 %)Oracle 9i
32 (7.692 %)SQL Server
41 (3.846 %)OLAP
41 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (3.846 %)Oracle OWB
41 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.846 %)Oracle OLAP
41 (3.846 %)Oracle 11g
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (23.08 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (15.38 %)Finance
22 (7.692 %)Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (57.69 %)DBA
214 (53.85 %)Oracle DBA
313 (50.00 %)Administrator
46 (23.08 %)Database Designer
55 (19.23 %)Consultant
55 (19.23 %)Oracle Consultant
61 (3.846 %)Oracle Technical Consultant
61 (3.846 %)Technical Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)French Language
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (34.62 %)UNIX
27 (26.92 %)Solaris
27 (26.92 %)Linux
36 (23.08 %)Windows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (23.08 %)UML
16 (23.08 %)Change Management
21 (3.846 %)OO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (46.15 %)SQL
211 (42.31 %)PL/SQL
35 (19.23 %)Shell Script
41 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.54 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (100.00 %)Oracle
26 (23.08 %)Sun
31 (3.846 %)EMC
31 (3.846 %)Sybase
31 (3.846 %)Siebel