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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the Sheffield 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-39
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.301 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£387
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.30£31.75
% change on same period last year+14.33 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads6293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.094 %
Daily rates quoted726
Average minimum daily rate£319£303
Average daily rate£328£317
% change on same period last year+3.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£323
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted4028
Average minimum hourly rate£28.44£24.97
Average hourly rate£29.07£26.11
% change on same period last year+11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.70£27.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.38£21.38
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Oracle RAC South YorkshireOracle RAC
South Yorkshire

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 Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

112 (100.00 %)Oracle
211 (91.67 %)SAN
310 (83.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
47 (58.33 %)HPUX
47 (58.33 %)HP
47 (58.33 %)Telecoms
55 (41.67 %)ITSM
55 (41.67 %)Oracle RMAN
55 (41.67 %)ITIL
55 (41.67 %)Oracle 10g
55 (41.67 %)OpenView
64 (33.33 %)UNIX
64 (33.33 %)Oracle Application Server
64 (33.33 %)Korn
64 (33.33 %)OC4J
73 (25.00 %)SSH
73 (25.00 %)Solaris
73 (25.00 %)Linux
73 (25.00 %)NFS
73 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
82 (16.67 %)WebServices
82 (16.67 %)XML
82 (16.67 %)WSRP
82 (16.67 %)JSR 168
91 (8.333 %)NetBackup
91 (8.333 %)SQL Server

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)OC4J
22 (16.67 %)WebServices
22 (16.67 %)XML
22 (16.67 %)WSRP
22 (16.67 %)JSR 168
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (33.33 %)Oracle Application Server
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)SAN
23 (25.00 %)SSH
23 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (83.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
25 (41.67 %)Oracle 10g
31 (8.333 %)SQL Server
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (58.33 %)Telecoms
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Developer
13 (25.00 %)Oracle Developer
22 (16.67 %)Technical Support Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Technical Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Oracle DBA
22 (16.67 %)DBA
22 (16.67 %)Technical Support
22 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Administrator
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (58.33 %)HPUX
24 (33.33 %)UNIX
33 (25.00 %)Solaris
33 (25.00 %)Linux
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)ITIL
15 (41.67 %)ITSM
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Korn
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (41.67 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (25.00 %)NFS
31 (8.333 %)NetBackup
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (41.67 %)OpenView
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Oracle
27 (58.33 %)HP