The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 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 South Wales 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank - 39 42
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 0 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - 0.756% 1.504%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 3.896% 6.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £425 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £352 £372 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.37% -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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
65 77 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.70% 19.40% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 40 45
Average daily rate £338 £328 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.05% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £283 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 8
Average hourly rate £14.12 £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.70% -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Oracle 8/8i
Wales

Oracle 8/8i
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Informix
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (25.00%) E-business

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle iProcurement
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) Informix
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Junior
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) E-business
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft