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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Database 10g skills across the UK 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 10g over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Database 10g
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8096
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads13211586
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.883 %1.640 %
As % of the category below9.658 %8.177 %
Daily rates quoted328464
Average minimum daily rate£363£372
Average daily rate£381£391
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£347
% change on same period last year+5.85 %
Hourly rates quoted5366
Average minimum hourly rate£38.16£34.99
Average hourly rate£39.85£36.42
% change on same period last year+9.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.55£37.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.49£36.56
% change on same period last year+5.28 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1367819397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.49 %20.06 %
Daily rates quoted42565594
Average minimum daily rate£353£371
Average daily rate£376£394
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted9341445
Average minimum hourly rate£28.05£28.88
Average hourly rate£29.94£30.83
% change on same period last year-2.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.83£32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£31.85
% change on same period last year-7.02 %

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 10g
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oracle 10g Demand Trend

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK.

Oracle 10g Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 10g
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Oracle 10g Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK.

Oracle 10g Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 10g
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Oracle 10g Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle 10g
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle 10g within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 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
EnglandUp+141189£382-3.63 %
LondonUp+12516£396-7.34 %
South EastUp+33224£373+2.73 %
South WestUp+10152£439+39.14 %
City of LondonDown-8142£419-13.13 %
WiltshireUp+3190£457+22.26 %
ScotlandDown-973£348+7.20 %
North WestDown-970£291-16.44 %
YorkshireNo change059£380+6.35 %
BerkshireUp+2858£417+12.04 %
HampshireUp+4147£301-16.86 %
SalisburyUp+1541£452+13.01 %
East MidlandsUp+1840£335-5.50 %
West MidlandsDown-1338£310-9.94 %
North EastUp+2537£289-26.42 %
ManchesterUp+2337£308-18.87 %
GlasgowUp+2937£359+7.12 %
East of EnglandUp+1833£311-28.27 %
SurreyUp+2431£357-13.24 %
Docklands, LondonUp+828£336-24.90 %
West YorkshireDown-2025£388+12.97 %
DorsetDown-322£438+46.17 %
LeedsDown-1720£388+22.52 %
MaidenheadUp+2217£419-
EssexUp+2017£270-
MidlandsUp+616£388+6.89 %
ReadingUp+1016--
BuckinghamshireUp+1415£456+54.13 %
HertfordshireUp+3113£321-
Tyne and WearUp+1113£259-36.49 %

Oracle 10g
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 10g 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 10g.

12725 (100.00 %)Oracle
21316 (48.29 %)SQL
31121 (41.14 %)Oracle 9i
4969 (35.56 %)PL/SQL
5734 (26.94 %)UNIX
6444 (16.29 %)Finance
7394 (14.46 %)Java
8379 (13.91 %)Oracle RAC
9376 (13.80 %)SQL Server
10374 (13.72 %)Windows
10374 (13.72 %)Oracle Reports
11373 (13.69 %)Security Cleared
12361 (13.25 %)Datawarehouse
13345 (12.66 %)Linux
14307 (11.27 %)Solaris
15300 (11.01 %)Banking
16288 (10.57 %)XML
17283 (10.39 %)SC Cleared
18281 (10.31 %)Oracle RMAN
19266 (9.761 %)Oracle 8/8i
20264 (9.688 %)ETL
21249 (9.138 %)Oracle Forms
22237 (8.697 %)Shell Script
23219 (8.037 %)Migration
24217 (7.963 %)Business Intelligence
25212 (7.780 %)Government
26203 (7.450 %)J2EE
27185 (6.789 %)Investment Banking
28181 (6.642 %).NET
29173 (6.349 %)Business Objects

Oracle 10g
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 10g 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 10g. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1288 (10.57 %)XML
2203 (7.450 %)J2EE
3181 (6.642 %).NET
4162 (5.945 %)HTML
5116 (4.257 %)JSP
681 (2.972 %)Hibernate
767 (2.459 %)Spring
866 (2.422 %)WebServices
964 (2.349 %)Struts
1062 (2.275 %)ASP.NET
1160 (2.202 %)XSLT
1253 (1.945 %)WebSphere
1347 (1.725 %)JDBC
1446 (1.688 %)EJB
1446 (1.688 %)XSL
1545 (1.651 %)Middleware
1643 (1.578 %)Oracle Streams
1741 (1.505 %)JavaBeans
1839 (1.431 %)AJAX
1937 (1.358 %)Servlets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1153 (5.615 %)Oracle 10gAS
2120 (4.404 %)Oracle Application Server
3108 (3.963 %)WebLogic
455 (2.018 %)Oracle Workflow
542 (1.541 %)Tomcat
630 (1.101 %)Apache
725 (0.917 %)Oracle Spatial
824 (0.881 %)TIBCO EMS
923 (0.844 %)IIS
923 (0.844 %)Oracle 9iAS
1020 (0.734 %)WebSphere Application Server
1119 (0.697 %)MS Exchange
1217 (0.624 %)Exchange Server 2003
1314 (0.514 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1412 (0.440 %)WebSphere MQ
1511 (0.404 %)SAS
1511 (0.404 %)JBoss
1610 (0.367 %)IBM HTTP Server
178 (0.294 %)ArcSDE
178 (0.294 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (1.688 %)MS Office
243 (1.578 %)MS Excel
335 (1.284 %)MS Visio
426 (0.954 %)MS Project
54 (0.147 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.110 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.073 %)DOC1
81 (0.037 %)PageMaker
81 (0.037 %)FrameMaker
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1138 (5.064 %)Oracle EBS
2102 (3.743 %)Oracle Applications
383 (3.046 %)Oracle 11i
441 (1.505 %)Oracle Financials
522 (0.807 %)Remedy ITSM
615 (0.550 %)RMDS
711 (0.404 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
88 (0.294 %)Algo Collateral
88 (0.294 %)Oracle HRMS
97 (0.257 %)BusinessWorks
97 (0.257 %)Siebel Analytics
106 (0.220 %)AWD
106 (0.220 %)Oracle CRM
114 (0.147 %)Loan IQ
114 (0.147 %)Oracle iRecruitment
123 (0.110 %)Cognos Planning
132 (0.073 %)assyst
132 (0.073 %)SAP SRM
132 (0.073 %)Oracle ERP
132 (0.073 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1100 (3.670 %)SAN
232 (1.174 %)LDAP
331 (1.138 %)Internet
430 (1.101 %)TCP/IP
527 (0.991 %)HTTP
624 (0.881 %)Intranet
722 (0.807 %)WAN
814 (0.514 %)LAN
814 (0.514 %)SSH
913 (0.477 %)Firewall
913 (0.477 %)DHCP
1011 (0.404 %)Kerberos
117 (0.257 %)IP Telephony
126 (0.220 %)NetScreen
126 (0.220 %)iSCSI
126 (0.220 %)VoIP
134 (0.147 %)FTP
134 (0.147 %)Network Security
143 (0.110 %)IIOP
152 (0.073 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11121 (41.14 %)Oracle 9i
2376 (13.80 %)SQL Server
3374 (13.72 %)Oracle Reports
4361 (13.25 %)Datawarehouse
5266 (9.761 %)Oracle 8/8i
6264 (9.688 %)ETL
7173 (6.349 %)BusinessObjects
8166 (6.092 %)Oracle Discoverer
9138 (5.064 %)RDBMS
10125 (4.587 %)SQL Server 2005
11123 (4.514 %)Oracle OWB
12121 (4.440 %)TOAD
13107 (3.927 %)Oracle 11g
1493 (3.413 %)SQL Server 2000
1592 (3.376 %)Crystal Reports
1665 (2.385 %)SQLPlus
1744 (1.615 %)OLAP
1744 (1.615 %)Oracle OLAP
1839 (1.431 %)BusinessObjects XI
1933 (1.211 %)DTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1249 (9.138 %)Oracle Forms
277 (2.826 %)Ant
365 (2.385 %)JUnit
449 (1.798 %)Rational Rose
541 (1.505 %)JDeveloper
639 (1.431 %)Visual Studio
738 (1.394 %)Eclipse
833 (1.211 %)Subversion
929 (1.064 %)ClearCase
1028 (1.028 %)Oracle Designer 10g
1127 (0.991 %)RequisitePro
1222 (0.807 %)ClearQuest
1320 (0.734 %)NUnit
1417 (0.624 %)Oracle APEX
1516 (0.587 %)ERwin
1516 (0.587 %)TestDirector
1516 (0.587 %)PVCS
1613 (0.477 %)LoadRunner
1711 (0.404 %)IntelliJ
1810 (0.367 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1444 (16.29 %)Finance
2300 (11.01 %)Banking
3212 (7.780 %)Government
4185 (6.789 %)Investment Banking
578 (2.862 %)Telecoms
639 (1.431 %)Retail
734 (1.248 %)Health
833 (1.211 %)Publishing
932 (1.174 %)Financial Institution
1031 (1.138 %)Insurance
1130 (1.101 %)Education
1220 (0.734 %)Pharmaceutical
1318 (0.661 %)Retail Banking
1417 (0.624 %)Construction
1512 (0.440 %)Marketing
1610 (0.367 %)Military
179 (0.330 %)Manufacturing
187 (0.257 %)Front Office
187 (0.257 %)Back Office
196 (0.220 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11034 (37.94 %)Developer
2913 (33.50 %)DBA
3872 (32.00 %)Oracle DBA
4573 (21.03 %)Oracle Developer
5169 (6.202 %)Analyst
6151 (5.541 %)Administrator
7123 (4.514 %)Java Developer
8118 (4.330 %)Consultant
998 (3.596 %)Architect
998 (3.596 %)SQL Developer
1070 (2.569 %)Programmer
1163 (2.312 %)Oracle Consultant
1261 (2.239 %)Datawarehouse Developer
1357 (2.092 %)Analyst Programmer
1357 (2.092 %)Project Manager
1453 (1.945 %)PL/SQL Developer
1552 (1.908 %)SQL DBA
1552 (1.908 %)Oracle Analyst
1648 (1.761 %)Oracle Datawarehouse Developer
1747 (1.725 %)C# Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
184 (3.083 %)Clustering
245 (1.651 %)Replication
341 (1.505 %)Derivative
432 (1.174 %)Credit Derivative
531 (1.138 %)N-Tier
623 (0.844 %)French Language
722 (0.807 %)HACMP
722 (0.807 %)Management Information System
821 (0.771 %)NHS
917 (0.624 %)Multithreading
1014 (0.514 %)Fixed Income
1111 (0.404 %)Thin Client
1111 (0.404 %)Fat Client
1210 (0.367 %)Data Extraction
1210 (0.367 %)Data Integration
139 (0.330 %)Mainframe
139 (0.330 %)Equities
147 (0.257 %)Mathematics
147 (0.257 %)Credit Risk
156 (0.220 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1734 (26.94 %)UNIX
2374 (13.72 %)Windows
3345 (12.66 %)Linux
4307 (11.27 %)Solaris
5143 (5.248 %)Windows Server 2003
694 (3.450 %)AIX
763 (2.312 %)Red Hat Linux
827 (0.991 %)Windows 2000 Server
924 (0.881 %)Windows 2000
1023 (0.844 %)Windows XP
1023 (0.844 %)HPUX
1113 (0.477 %)Tru64
129 (0.330 %)VMS
135 (0.183 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.147 %)SUSE
144 (0.147 %)Windows NT
151 (0.037 %)OpenVMS
151 (0.037 %)Windows Mobile
151 (0.037 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1373 (13.69 %)Security Cleared
2283 (10.39 %)SC Cleared
3219 (8.037 %)Migration
4217 (7.963 %)Business Intelligence
5144 (5.284 %)UML
6128 (4.697 %)Data Modelling
797 (3.560 %)OO
879 (2.899 %)ITIL
976 (2.789 %)Data Migration
1067 (2.459 %)RUP
1157 (2.092 %)Workflow
1249 (1.798 %)PRINCE2
1348 (1.761 %)Project Management
1348 (1.761 %)Data Analysis
1446 (1.688 %)OOA/OOD
1446 (1.688 %)User Acceptance Testing
1545 (1.651 %)Test Scripting
1642 (1.541 %)Change Management
1642 (1.541 %)SOA
1741 (1.505 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11316 (48.29 %)SQL
2969 (35.56 %)PL/SQL
3394 (14.46 %)Java
4237 (8.697 %)Shell Script
5142 (5.211 %)C#
698 (3.596 %)Perl
793 (3.413 %)JavaScript
883 (3.046 %)VB
972 (2.642 %)C
1049 (1.798 %)Transact-SQL
1144 (1.615 %)C++
1235 (1.284 %)VB6
1334 (1.248 %)Korn
1431 (1.138 %)VBA
1524 (0.881 %)VBScript
1524 (0.881 %)XQuery
1619 (0.697 %)VB.NET
1711 (0.404 %)PHP
188 (0.294 %)COBOL
197 (0.257 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
168 (2.495 %)Degree
252 (1.908 %)Oracle Certification
335 (1.284 %)Microsoft Certification
423 (0.844 %)MCSE
423 (0.844 %)RHCE
521 (0.771 %)OCP
617 (0.624 %)ISEB
77 (0.257 %)MCP
77 (0.257 %)HND
77 (0.257 %)MBCS
86 (0.220 %)SCSA
86 (0.220 %)Sun Certification
94 (0.147 %)ITIL Certification
94 (0.147 %)PRINCE2 Certification
94 (0.147 %)HNC
94 (0.147 %)CCNA
94 (0.147 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.110 %)OCA
103 (0.110 %)ISTQB
103 (0.110 %)SCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (1.982 %)QA
211 (0.404 %)SLA
211 (0.404 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
310 (0.367 %)ISO9001
45 (0.183 %)Basel II
52 (0.073 %)HMG Infosec
61 (0.037 %)TickIT
61 (0.037 %)ISO27001
61 (0.037 %)ISO9000
61 (0.037 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1379 (13.91 %)Oracle RAC
2281 (10.31 %)Oracle RMAN
334 (1.248 %)Active Directory
431 (1.138 %)AquaLogic
529 (1.064 %)VMware ESX
619 (0.697 %)NetBackup
713 (0.477 %)VMware Infrastructure
88 (0.294 %)Citrix Presentation Server
97 (0.257 %)NFS
105 (0.183 %)Backup Exec
113 (0.110 %)LiteSpeed
113 (0.110 %)Xen
113 (0.110 %)Terminal Services
113 (0.110 %)Samba
122 (0.073 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
131 (0.037 %)VMware GSX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
150 (1.835 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
217 (0.624 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
217 (0.624 %)Oracle Statspack
316 (0.587 %)Tivoli
412 (0.440 %)Tivoli Monitoring
55 (0.183 %)AutoSys
64 (0.147 %)OpenView
64 (0.147 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.110 %)Netcool
82 (0.073 %)Foglight
82 (0.073 %)Netcool/Proviso
91 (0.037 %)OpenView Configuration Management
91 (0.037 %)TIBCO Hawk
91 (0.037 %)Tivoli NetView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12725 (100.00 %)Oracle
2173 (6.349 %)Business Objects
2173 (6.349 %)Microsoft
3110 (4.037 %)Sun
4103 (3.780 %)Sybase
592 (3.376 %)IBM
677 (2.826 %)Cognos
768 (2.495 %)Informatica
867 (2.459 %)BEA
867 (2.459 %)Red Hat
956 (2.055 %)VMware
1051 (1.872 %)HP
1144 (1.615 %)Remedy
1243 (1.578 %)VERITAS
1338 (1.394 %)EMC
1434 (1.248 %)Siebel
1533 (1.211 %)TIBCO
1630 (1.101 %)BMC
1726 (0.954 %)SmartStream
1825 (0.917 %)Calypso