The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle RAC skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 19 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 System Software category for the South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Rank 156 216 217
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle RAC 64 31 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.799% 0.310% 0.274%
As % of the System Software category 5.942% 3.776% 3.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 14 9
Average daily rate £450 £363 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% -6.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £283 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £421 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £411 £350 £390
% change year-on-year
+17.28% -10.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £27.37
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +100.94%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1077 821 930
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 13.45% 8.213% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 324 339
Average daily rate £340 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £486 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 160 171
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £41.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Oracle RAC
England

Oracle RAC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East Oracle RAC Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region.

South East Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Kent +22 29 £450 +16.12% 4
Hampshire +1 14 £415 +27.53% 3
Berkshire +18 7 £415 +107.50% 1
Oxfordshire - 6 £305 - 1
Surrey +16 5 £358 -13.85% 4
West Sussex - - - -
Middlesex - - - -
Oracle RAC
England

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 108 (100.00%) Oracle
2 77 (71.30%) Oracle 11g
3 72 (66.67%) Linux
4 58 (53.70%) UNIX
5 51 (47.22%) SQL
6 47 (43.52%) Oracle 10g
7 46 (42.59%) Red Hat
8 41 (37.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 38 (35.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 38 (35.19%) Finance
10 31 (28.70%) PL/SQL
11 30 (27.78%) SQL Server
12 27 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
13 26 (24.07%) Windows
14 25 (23.15%) Shell Script
15 24 (22.22%) AIX
15 24 (22.22%) Security Cleared
16 22 (20.37%) Data Guard
16 22 (20.37%) Oracle 8/8i
17 21 (19.44%) Microsoft
18 20 (18.52%) Oracle Forms
19 19 (17.59%) SQL Server 2008
19 19 (17.59%) SC Cleared
20 18 (16.67%) Solaris
21 17 (15.74%) HP
21 17 (15.74%) SOA
21 17 (15.74%) VMware
22 16 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
22 16 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
22 16 (14.81%) Oracle Discoverer

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 11 (10.19%) Middleware
2 9 (8.333%) XML
3 6 (5.556%) Java EE
3 6 (5.556%) OC4J
4 4 (3.704%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (2.778%) COM
Application Platforms
1 16 (14.81%) Apache
2 12 (11.11%) WebLogic
3 11 (10.19%) SharePoint
4 9 (8.333%) IIS
5 8 (7.407%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (6.481%) Oracle Application Server
7 6 (5.556%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 12 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (12.96%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (4.630%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.926%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.926%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.926%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.333%) HTTP
2 8 (7.407%) SAN
3 7 (6.481%) Internet
4 6 (5.556%) LDAP
5 4 (3.704%) Firewall
5 4 (3.704%) Wireless
5 4 (3.704%) 3G
5 4 (3.704%) MPLS
5 4 (3.704%) ATM
5 4 (3.704%) Broadband
5 4 (3.704%) GPRS
5 4 (3.704%) LAN
5 4 (3.704%) PSTN
5 4 (3.704%) VoIP
5 4 (3.704%) WAN
6 1 (0.926%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.926%) RTP
6 1 (0.926%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (71.30%) Oracle 11g
2 47 (43.52%) Oracle 10g
3 30 (27.78%) SQL Server
4 27 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
5 22 (20.37%) Oracle 8/8i
6 19 (17.59%) SQL Server 2008
7 16 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
7 16 (14.81%) Oracle Discoverer
8 11 (10.19%) SQLPlus
8 11 (10.19%) TOAD
9 10 (9.259%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (8.333%) Oracle OWB
10 9 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
11 6 (5.556%) Oracle Exadata
11 6 (5.556%) InterSystems Cache
12 5 (4.630%) TimesTen
Development Applications
1 20 (18.52%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (10.19%) Oracle APEX
3 8 (7.407%) QuickTest Pro
4 7 (6.481%) LoadRunner
4 7 (6.481%) ProC
5 6 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 38 (35.19%) Finance
2 4 (3.704%) Military
3 3 (2.778%) Banking
3 3 (2.778%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.852%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.852%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.852%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.926%) Electronics
5 1 (0.926%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 77 (71.30%) DBA
2 73 (67.59%) Oracle DBA
3 28 (25.93%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 28 (25.93%) Senior DBA
4 8 (7.407%) Administrator
5 7 (6.481%) Architect
6 5 (4.630%) SQL DBA
6 5 (4.630%) Oracle Applications DBA
6 5 (4.630%) Test Consultant
6 5 (4.630%) Oracle Developer
6 5 (4.630%) Developer
6 5 (4.630%) Technical Architect
6 5 (4.630%) Consultant
7 4 (3.704%) Analyst
7 4 (3.704%) Test Analyst
8 3 (2.778%) Data Warehouse Consultant
8 3 (2.778%) Data Consultant
9 2 (1.852%) Automation Engineer
9 2 (1.852%) Security Tester
9 2 (1.852%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Replication
2 5 (4.630%) Oracle Exalytics
3 3 (2.778%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.852%) Oracle Exalogic
5 1 (0.926%) DTV
5 1 (0.926%) SaaS
5 1 (0.926%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 72 (66.67%) Linux
2 58 (53.70%) UNIX
3 41 (37.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (24.07%) Windows
5 24 (22.22%) AIX
6 18 (16.67%) Solaris
7 13 (12.04%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (6.481%) Oracle Linux
8 7 (6.481%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.926%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.74%) SOA
2 16 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (11.11%) Migration
4 11 (10.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (9.259%) E-business
6 9 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (8.333%) Test Automation
7 8 (7.407%) Investment Management
8 7 (6.481%) BCP
8 7 (6.481%) Fund Management
8 7 (6.481%) Performance Testing
8 7 (6.481%) Test Management
8 7 (6.481%) Test Scripting
9 5 (4.630%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (4.630%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (4.630%) Time Management
10 4 (3.704%) Database Security
10 4 (3.704%) Project Management
10 4 (3.704%) PRINCE2
11 3 (2.778%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 51 (47.22%) SQL
2 31 (28.70%) PL/SQL
3 25 (23.15%) Shell Script
4 11 (10.19%) T-SQL
4 11 (10.19%) Perl
4 11 (10.19%) Korn
5 10 (9.259%) C
6 9 (8.333%) Java
7 1 (0.926%) R
7 1 (0.926%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.926%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 24 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.59%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.407%) HP AIS
4 7 (6.481%) ISEB Practitioner
4 7 (6.481%) ISEB
5 3 (2.778%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.852%) JSP 440
System Software
1 13 (12.04%) Oracle RMAN
2 12 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (6.481%) Terminal Services
5 4 (3.704%) Xen
5 4 (3.704%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.704%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.778%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.926%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 38 (35.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 22 (20.37%) Data Guard
3 11 (10.19%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 108 (100.00%) Oracle
2 46 (42.59%) Red Hat
3 21 (19.44%) Microsoft
4 17 (15.74%) HP
4 17 (15.74%) VMware
5 4 (3.704%) 3PAR
5 4 (3.704%) Sybase
5 4 (3.704%) Cisco
6 3 (2.778%) SAP
Hampshire
We are currently looking for an Oracle DBA to be based in the South East. Paying around £340 / £350 per day Commutable from: Portsmouth, Salisbury, Bournemouth, Southampton, Basingstoke,...
Sanderson
Rate: £340 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire
The role will include the installation, configuration and maintenance of Oracle databases, as well as supporting application upgrades and infrastructure projects for our clients critical systems. Skills: Oracle...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Kent, South East
Oracle Database Security (implementing framework and standards)*Oracle Database Auditing (implementing framework and standards)*Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g (12c preferred)*OEM - Database Lifecycle Management Pack*Linux / Unix scripting*...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
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