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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Database 8/8i skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle 8/8i over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Database 8/8i
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank116114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads2961
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.060 %
As % of the category below3.680 %4.861 %
Daily rates quoted810
Average minimum daily rate£333£332
Average daily rate£380£350
% change on same period last year+8.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£395
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted011
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.00
Average hourly rate-£34.95
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£34.43
% change on same period last year+5.29 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South West
Matching contract IT job ads7881255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.068 %1.243 %
Daily rates quoted243241
Average minimum daily rate£336£338
Average daily rate£359£382
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£356
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted80157
Average minimum hourly rate£30.87£30.96
Average hourly rate£34.04£33.06
% change on same period last year+2.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.21£35.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.06£32.02
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Oracle 8/8i EnglandOracle 8/8i
England

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 8/8i
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 8 September 2008.

South West Oracle 8/8i Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireUp+210£392-15.31 %
BristolUp+46£450+55.17 %
SomersetDown-33£475-
GloucestershireDown-33£250-16.66 %
DorsetUp+22--
Oracle 8/8i EnglandOracle 8/8i
England

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

156 (100.00 %)Oracle
221 (37.50 %)SQL
221 (37.50 %)UNIX
318 (32.14 %)PL/SQL
417 (30.36 %)Solaris
516 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
613 (23.21 %)Oracle 10g
712 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
810 (17.86 %)SC Cleared
810 (17.86 %)Oracle Forms
810 (17.86 %).NET
99 (16.07 %)C#
99 (16.07 %)Oracle Reports
107 (12.50 %)Datawarehouse
107 (12.50 %)SQL Server
107 (12.50 %)Finance
107 (12.50 %)Oracle Application Server
116 (10.71 %)Oracle RMAN
116 (10.71 %)Shell Script
116 (10.71 %)PRINCE2
125 (8.929 %)Broadband
125 (8.929 %)Sun
125 (8.929 %)Oracle Financials
125 (8.929 %)VERITAS
125 (8.929 %)Project Management
125 (8.929 %)Telecoms
125 (8.929 %)LLU
134 (7.143 %)Oracle RAC
134 (7.143 %)Oracle Discoverer
134 (7.143 %)WAN

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (17.86 %).NET
24 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
33 (5.357 %)WebSphere
42 (3.571 %)J2EE
42 (3.571 %)XML
51 (1.786 %)XSL
51 (1.786 %)XSLT
51 (1.786 %)ODBC
51 (1.786 %)Middleware
51 (1.786 %)DAO
51 (1.786 %)EJB
51 (1.786 %)CSS
51 (1.786 %)JDBC
51 (1.786 %)Servlets
51 (1.786 %)SOAP
51 (1.786 %)ADO
51 (1.786 %)Oracle Streams
51 (1.786 %)HTML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (12.50 %)Oracle Application Server
24 (7.143 %)WebLogic
33 (5.357 %)SAS
42 (3.571 %)Apache
51 (1.786 %)Oracle 9iAS
51 (1.786 %)BizTalk Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.786 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (8.929 %)Oracle Financials
23 (5.357 %)Oracle Applications
31 (1.786 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
31 (1.786 %)Oracle BRM
31 (1.786 %)Oracle 11i
31 (1.786 %)Oracle EBS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (8.929 %)Broadband
15 (8.929 %)LLU
24 (7.143 %)LAN
24 (7.143 %)WAN
33 (5.357 %)DSL
42 (3.571 %)Internet
51 (1.786 %)VoIP
51 (1.786 %)Wireless
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
213 (23.21 %)Oracle 10g
39 (16.07 %)Oracle Reports
47 (12.50 %)SQL Server
47 (12.50 %)Datawarehouse
54 (7.143 %)TOAD
54 (7.143 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (5.357 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (5.357 %)BusinessObjects
63 (5.357 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (5.357 %)ETL
63 (5.357 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (1.786 %)Oracle OLAP
71 (1.786 %)Base SAS
71 (1.786 %)OLTP
71 (1.786 %)OLAP
71 (1.786 %)MS Access
71 (1.786 %)Cognos Powerplay
71 (1.786 %)ReportNet
71 (1.786 %)Oracle OWB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (17.86 %)Oracle Forms
23 (5.357 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.786 %)ProC
31 (1.786 %)NUnit
31 (1.786 %)Oracle APEX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (12.50 %)Finance
25 (8.929 %)Telecoms
33 (5.357 %)Government
42 (3.571 %)Military
42 (3.571 %)Insurance
42 (3.571 %)Marketing
51 (1.786 %)Pensions
51 (1.786 %)Billing
51 (1.786 %)Criminal Justice
51 (1.786 %)Police
51 (1.786 %)Construction
51 (1.786 %)Education
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (25.00 %)Developer
211 (19.64 %)Oracle Developer
39 (16.07 %)Oracle DBA
39 (16.07 %)DBA
48 (14.29 %)Administrator
48 (14.29 %)UNIX Administrator
56 (10.71 %)Consultant
65 (8.929 %)PL/SQL Developer
65 (8.929 %)SQL Developer
65 (8.929 %)Oracle Forms Developer
74 (7.143 %)UNIX Support
74 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
83 (5.357 %)Programmer
83 (5.357 %)Analyst
83 (5.357 %)Project Manager
92 (3.571 %)Support Engineer
92 (3.571 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
92 (3.571 %)SAS Programmer
92 (3.571 %)Business Consultant
92 (3.571 %)Oracle Applications DBA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.571 %)Management Information System
12 (3.571 %)IPTV
21 (1.786 %)Fat Client
21 (1.786 %)Data Integration
21 (1.786 %)Client/Server
21 (1.786 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (1.786 %)NHS
21 (1.786 %)Thin Client
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (37.50 %)UNIX
217 (30.36 %)Solaris
34 (7.143 %)Linux
42 (3.571 %)HPUX
51 (1.786 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
210 (17.86 %)SC Cleared
36 (10.71 %)PRINCE2
45 (8.929 %)Project Management
53 (5.357 %)Business Intelligence
53 (5.357 %)Stakeholder Management
53 (5.357 %)Information Management
53 (5.357 %)Business Analysis
62 (3.571 %)Dimensional Modelling
62 (3.571 %)Software Engineering
62 (3.571 %)Data Mapping
62 (3.571 %)Project Planning
62 (3.571 %)Change Management
62 (3.571 %)ITIL
62 (3.571 %)Migration
62 (3.571 %)CAD
62 (3.571 %)Quality Management
62 (3.571 %)UML
62 (3.571 %)OO
71 (1.786 %)Data Modelling
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (37.50 %)SQL
218 (32.14 %)PL/SQL
39 (16.07 %)C#
46 (10.71 %)Shell Script
52 (3.571 %)Java
61 (1.786 %)JavaScript
61 (1.786 %)C++
61 (1.786 %)C
61 (1.786 %)VBA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (5.357 %)PRINCE2 Certification
13 (5.357 %)Degree
22 (3.571 %)HNC
22 (3.571 %)Oracle Certification
31 (1.786 %)ISEB
31 (1.786 %)OCP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.786 %)JSP 440
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (10.71 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (7.143 %)Oracle RAC
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.786 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (100.00 %)Oracle
25 (8.929 %)Sun
25 (8.929 %)VERITAS
33 (5.357 %)Microsoft
33 (5.357 %)Business Objects
33 (5.357 %)SAP
42 (3.571 %)HP
51 (1.786 %)Actuate
51 (1.786 %)i2
51 (1.786 %)Informatica
51 (1.786 %)Cognos
51 (1.786 %)Progress
51 (1.786 %)Sage
51 (1.786 %)Remedy
51 (1.786 %)Primavera
51 (1.786 %)ESRI
51 (1.786 %)VMware
51 (1.786 %)Teradata