The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 48 56 36
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -20
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 1 2 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.231% 0.313% 3.604%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.333% 1.389% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £325 £351 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.27% +15.39%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £372 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.91% -7.00%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
75 144 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 17.36% 22.50% 35.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 76 85
Average daily rate £320 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
Average hourly rate £14.45 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.42% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.90 £17.32 £16.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.13 £21.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Oracle 8/8i
South East

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bicester - 1 £325 -
Oracle 8/8i
South East

Oracle 8/8i
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) OC4J
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) OC4J
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle