The first table below looks at the demand for Data Guard skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Guard over the 3 months to 24 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 Systems Management category for the Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Data Guard
Rank 77 90 97
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Guard 3 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.260% 0.310% 0.327%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.167% 3.378% 5.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
Average daily rate £390 £400 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -15.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £338
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +18.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £55.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year
- +88.03%
All Systems Management
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
72 148 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 6.245% 9.187% 6.478%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 75 44
Average daily rate £275 £326 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.70% -8.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £235 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £500 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 5
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% -50.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.65 £14.50 £22.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £17.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Data Guard
South East

Data Guard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Guard across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Surrey Data Guard Jobs Demand Trend

Data Guard
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Guard across the Surrey region.

Surrey Data Guard Daily Rate Trend

Data Guard
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Guard within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Staines - 3 £390 -
Data Guard
South East

Data Guard
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Data Guard 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 Data Guard.

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
4 4 (57.14%) UNIX
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Foglight
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Solaris
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) HTTP
5 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
5 1 (14.29%) Legato
5 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 1 (14.29%) SQL

Data Guard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Data Guard 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 Data Guard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle 11g
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) DBA
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Oracle DBA
2 3 (42.86%) Senior DBA
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
1 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Foglight
1 1 (14.29%) Legato
1 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat