The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 20 June 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 Somerset 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 33 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 2 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.075% - 2.415%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.651% - 6.849%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £290 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -10.81%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
43 55 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 23.12% 33.13% 35.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 39
Average daily rate £300 £333 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% +2.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £413 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £10.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+300.00% -63.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
Oracle 8/8i
South West

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Taunton - 1 - - 1
Templecombe - - - -
Clevedon - - - - 1
Oracle 8/8i
South West

Oracle 8/8i
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (75.00%) OCP
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SLA
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) VPN

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) DBA
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle DBA
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) OCP
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft