The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 18 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 South West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database 8/8i
Rank 102 117 103
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -14
Contract jobs citing Oracle 8/8i 8 20 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.389% 0.638% 0.796%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.990% 3.236% 3.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 9
Average daily rate £388 £383 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.30% -4.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £369 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.14% -7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £41.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +10.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -10.81%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
402 618 683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 19.56% 19.71% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 369 368
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £425 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 28 45
Average hourly rate £43.50 £22.75 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+91.20% -26.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £14.54 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £97.50 £46.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
Oracle 8/8i
England

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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
Dorset -3 5 £400 +14.28% 2
Somerset - 2 £290 - 1
Bristol +16 1 - - 6
Wiltshire - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - - 2
Oracle 8/8i
England

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 16 (100.00%) Oracle
2 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
3 9 (56.25%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (56.25%) Oracle 11g
4 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (37.50%) UNIX
4 6 (37.50%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) Linux
5 5 (31.25%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (31.25%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (31.25%) OLTP
5 5 (31.25%) Clustering
5 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (25.00%) Internet
7 3 (18.75%) Shell Script
7 3 (18.75%) Middleware
7 3 (18.75%) Migration
7 3 (18.75%) SLA
7 3 (18.75%) OCP
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
7 3 (18.75%) WebLogic
7 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Stress Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Degree

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (18.75%) Middleware
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.250%) XML
3 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.250%) WCF
3 1 (6.250%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (18.75%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) VoIP
2 1 (6.250%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (56.25%) Oracle 10g
2 9 (56.25%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (31.25%) OLTP
4 5 (31.25%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
1 1 (6.250%) Banking
1 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) DBA
2 8 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
3 3 (18.75%) Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle Applications DBA
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Clustering
2 2 (12.50%) iPad
3 1 (6.250%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) UNIX
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.250%) Windows
4 1 (6.250%) AIX
4 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control
3 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (12.50%) Stress Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (6.250%) MVC
4 1 (6.250%) UML
4 1 (6.250%) RUP
4 1 (6.250%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Shell Script
3 1 (6.250%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) OCP
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) HND
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Data Guard
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco
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Posted: 17 June 2013
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