Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Oracle 8/8i skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 8/8i over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkOracle Database 8/8i
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank206187197
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Up+10
Matching contract IT job ads353295639
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.731 %0.748 %0.777 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category3.455 %3.930 %3.853 %
Daily rates quoted15987226
Average daily rate£431£400£419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.810 %-4.420 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£305£290
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£504£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£400
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted16334
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.00£33.17
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.850 %-18.58 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.75£21.80£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.38£61.40£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£20.50£33.83
% change year-on-year
+34.14 %-39.40 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
10218750716584
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.15 %19.03 %20.18 %
Daily rates quoted483223894898
Average daily rate£380£350£381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-8.010 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£225£258
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted4325581133
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.40£15.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£26.50£32.00
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-17.18 %

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.

Oracle 8/8i
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 within the UK.

Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 8/8i
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 8/8i within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Oracle 8/8i Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle 8/8i
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 8/8i within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-1328£450+12.50 %
LondonDown-10202£475+18.75 %
City of LondonDown-1978£525+31.25 %
South EastUp+1154£325-7.80 %
North WestDown-1920£200-48.38 %
ScotlandDown-1118£325-27.77 %
BerkshireUp+1015£350-12.50 %
ManchesterDown-713£200-46.60 %
South WestDown-311£240-40.00 %
East MidlandsUp+510£203-
SurreyDown-710£325-
GlasgowDown-49£275-38.88 %
YorkshireDown-48£340-20.00 %
ReadingNew entry-8£350-
Docklands, LondonNo change07£475-
East of EnglandDown-17--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-7--
West SussexNew entry-7£400-
EdinburghDown-166£363-
OxfordshireNew entry-6--
West MidlandsUp+95£325+8.33 %
LeedsUp+55£340-
West YorkshireDown-155£340-
NottinghamshireNew entry-5£195-
MidlandsUp+74£400-
HampshireDown-164£210-31.14 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-4--
MiddlesexDown-63£325-7.80 %
CheshireDown-123--
NottinghamNew entry-3--

Oracle 8/8i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1635 (100.00 %)Oracle
2297 (46.77 %)SQL
3205 (32.28 %)SQL Server
4159 (25.04 %)Finance
5153 (24.09 %)Oracle 10g
6131 (20.63 %)UNIX
7130 (20.47 %)Windows
8125 (19.69 %)PL/SQL
9107 (16.85 %).NET
10104 (16.38 %)Java
11100 (15.75 %)XML
1291 (14.33 %)C#
1380 (12.60 %)Datawarehouse
1479 (12.44 %)Banking
1576 (11.97 %)Microsoft
1675 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2005
1765 (10.24 %)Business Intelligence
1859 (9.291 %)Visual Studio
1859 (9.291 %)SQL Server 2008
1957 (8.976 %)Oracle Reports
2056 (8.819 %)ETL
2056 (8.819 %)C++
2056 (8.819 %)Linux
2056 (8.819 %)Spring
2155 (8.661 %)Web Services
2155 (8.661 %)Oracle 11g
2253 (8.346 %)Security Cleared
2352 (8.189 %)Migration
2448 (7.559 %)Oracle 9i
2547 (7.402 %)Solaris

Oracle 8/8i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1107 (16.85 %).NET
2100 (15.75 %)XML
356 (8.819 %)Spring
455 (8.661 %)Web Services
536 (5.669 %)WebSphere
633 (5.197 %)J2EE
732 (5.039 %)ASP.NET
828 (4.409 %)Middleware
926 (4.094 %)Hibernate
1020 (3.150 %)WinForms
1119 (2.992 %)XSLT
1119 (2.992 %).NET Framework
1215 (2.362 %)JSP
1314 (2.205 %)JMS
1413 (2.047 %)HTML
1512 (1.890 %)Oracle Coherence
1611 (1.732 %)CSS
1611 (1.732 %)WCF
1710 (1.575 %)Oracle Fusion
1710 (1.575 %)Servlets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
130 (4.724 %)SharePoint
225 (3.937 %)WebLogic
225 (3.937 %)IIS
318 (2.835 %)Rendezvous
415 (2.362 %)SharePoint Server 2007
512 (1.890 %)AquaLogic
512 (1.890 %)Oracle Workflow
512 (1.890 %)WebSphere MQ
69 (1.417 %)BizTalk Server
77 (1.102 %)Tomcat
85 (0.787 %)Tuxedo
85 (0.787 %)CMS
85 (0.787 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
85 (0.787 %)Oracle Service Bus
94 (0.630 %)Confluence
94 (0.630 %)Apache
94 (0.630 %)MS Exchange
103 (0.472 %)Oracle 9iAS
103 (0.472 %)WebSphere Application Server
103 (0.472 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
145 (7.087 %)MS Excel
218 (2.835 %)MS Office
314 (2.205 %)InfoPath
48 (1.260 %)MS Visio
56 (0.945 %)MS Project
62 (0.315 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.315 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
122 (3.465 %)Oracle EBS
219 (2.992 %)Oracle EBS R12
318 (2.835 %)Oracle Financials
318 (2.835 %)Oracle Applications
48 (1.260 %)Oracle CRM
57 (1.102 %)Oracle 11i
66 (0.945 %)Dynamics CRM
66 (0.945 %)Summit
66 (0.945 %)Oracle Payroll
75 (0.787 %)Oracle ERP
84 (0.630 %)Oracle HRMS
93 (0.472 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
93 (0.472 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
93 (0.472 %)Oracle General Ledger
93 (0.472 %)Oracle iProcurement
93 (0.472 %)Oracle BPM
102 (0.315 %)Siebel Analytics
102 (0.315 %)PeopleSoft Financials
111 (0.157 %)LongView
111 (0.157 %)HiInvest
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (2.677 %)TCP/IP
215 (2.362 %)SAN
310 (1.575 %)Internet
49 (1.417 %)HTTP
56 (0.945 %)LAN
64 (0.630 %)Firewall
64 (0.630 %)WAN
64 (0.630 %)Intranet
73 (0.472 %)LDAP
82 (0.315 %)NAS
82 (0.315 %)SSH
91 (0.157 %)3G
91 (0.157 %)DECnet
91 (0.157 %)X.25
91 (0.157 %)X.400
91 (0.157 %)MPLS
91 (0.157 %)SSL
91 (0.157 %)DNS
91 (0.157 %)SNMP
91 (0.157 %)GPRS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1205 (32.28 %)SQL Server
2153 (24.09 %)Oracle 10g
380 (12.60 %)Datawarehouse
475 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2005
559 (9.291 %)SQL Server 2008
657 (8.976 %)Oracle Reports
756 (8.819 %)ETL
855 (8.661 %)Oracle 11g
948 (7.559 %)Oracle 9i
1033 (5.197 %)DB2
1033 (5.197 %)BusinessObjects
1125 (3.937 %)RDBMS
1223 (3.622 %)SQL Server 2000
1321 (3.307 %)PowerCenter
1419 (2.992 %)OLAP
1419 (2.992 %)Oracle BI EE
1419 (2.992 %)Oracle OLAP
1515 (2.362 %)TOAD
1614 (2.205 %)DataStage
1712 (1.890 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
159 (9.291 %)Visual Studio
218 (2.835 %)Oracle Forms
315 (2.362 %)JUnit
413 (2.047 %)Maven
512 (1.890 %)Team Foundation Server
512 (1.890 %)Eclipse
69 (1.417 %)Oracle APEX
78 (1.260 %)Ant
87 (1.102 %)VSS/SourceSafe
87 (1.102 %)FrontPage
95 (0.787 %)PeopleTools
104 (0.630 %)LoadRunner
113 (0.472 %)ClearQuest
113 (0.472 %)IntelliJ
113 (0.472 %)ClearCase
113 (0.472 %)Selenium
113 (0.472 %)Visual Studio Team System
122 (0.315 %)JIRA
122 (0.315 %)Subversion
122 (0.315 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1159 (25.04 %)Finance
279 (12.44 %)Banking
340 (6.299 %)Investment Banking
429 (4.567 %)Front Office
526 (4.094 %)Government
625 (3.937 %)Telecoms
720 (3.150 %)Back Office
812 (1.890 %)Marketing
911 (1.732 %)Retail
109 (1.417 %)Pensions
118 (1.260 %)General Ledger
118 (1.260 %)Insurance
125 (0.787 %)Manufacturing
125 (0.787 %)Billing
125 (0.787 %)Local Government
134 (0.630 %)Pharmaceutical
143 (0.472 %)Financial Institution
143 (0.472 %)Construction
143 (0.472 %)Education
152 (0.315 %)Online Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1228 (35.91 %)Developer
2105 (16.54 %)DBA
389 (14.02 %)Analyst
470 (11.02 %)Oracle DBA
551 (8.031 %)Consultant
643 (6.772 %)Oracle Developer
740 (6.299 %)Java Developer
839 (6.142 %)Architect
931 (4.882 %)Business Analyst
1030 (4.724 %)Oracle Consultant
1128 (4.409 %).NET Developer
1128 (4.409 %)SQL DBA
1227 (4.252 %)Project Manager
1227 (4.252 %)Administrator
1321 (3.307 %)Applications Support
1321 (3.307 %)Designer
1419 (2.992 %)SQL Server DBA
1518 (2.835 %)C# Developer
1615 (2.362 %)Test Analyst
1615 (2.362 %)Development DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (5.197 %)Derivative
228 (4.409 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
228 (4.409 %)Interest Rate Derivative
315 (2.362 %)Clustering
414 (2.205 %)Fixed Income
510 (1.575 %)Equities
69 (1.417 %)Client/Server
78 (1.260 %)Replication
78 (1.260 %)NHS
87 (1.102 %)Computer Science
87 (1.102 %)Multithreading
96 (0.945 %)Data Integration
96 (0.945 %)Equity Derivative
96 (0.945 %)Management Information System
96 (0.945 %)N-Tier
104 (0.630 %)Mainframe
113 (0.472 %)Credit Risk
122 (0.315 %)Open Source
122 (0.315 %)Data Conversion
122 (0.315 %)Data Extraction
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1131 (20.63 %)UNIX
2130 (20.47 %)Windows
356 (8.819 %)Linux
447 (7.402 %)Solaris
546 (7.244 %)Windows Server 2003
635 (5.512 %)Windows Server 2008
721 (3.307 %)AIX
819 (2.992 %)Windows XP
918 (2.835 %)HPUX
1010 (1.575 %)Red Hat Linux
114 (0.630 %)CentOS
114 (0.630 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
123 (0.472 %)Windows 2000
123 (0.472 %)Windows NT
123 (0.472 %)Windows 2000 Server
132 (0.315 %)Windows Vista
132 (0.315 %)Windows CE
141 (0.157 %)Tru64
141 (0.157 %)MVS
141 (0.157 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
165 (10.24 %)Business Intelligence
252 (8.189 %)Migration
330 (4.724 %)User Acceptance Testing
425 (3.937 %)TDD
524 (3.780 %)CRM
524 (3.780 %)Project Management
622 (3.465 %)SOA
622 (3.465 %)Agile Software Development
720 (3.150 %)Data Migration
720 (3.150 %)ITIL
818 (2.835 %)Data Modelling
916 (2.520 %)UML
1015 (2.362 %)OO
1114 (2.205 %)Workflow
1213 (2.047 %)ERP
1213 (2.047 %)Investment Management
1213 (2.047 %)Integration Testing
1312 (1.890 %)Unit Testing
1312 (1.890 %)Fund Management
1312 (1.890 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1297 (46.77 %)SQL
2125 (19.69 %)PL/SQL
3104 (16.38 %)Java
491 (14.33 %)C#
556 (8.819 %)C++
631 (4.882 %)Shell Script
728 (4.409 %)C
728 (4.409 %)Perl
825 (3.937 %)JavaScript
920 (3.150 %)T-SQL
1019 (2.992 %)VB.NET
1118 (2.835 %)VC++
1215 (2.362 %)VB
138 (1.260 %)Python
147 (1.102 %)VBA
156 (0.945 %)Groovy
165 (0.787 %)Ruby
174 (0.630 %)VB6
174 (0.630 %)PHP
182 (0.315 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
153 (8.346 %)Security Cleared
233 (5.197 %)SC Cleared
318 (2.835 %)Degree
318 (2.835 %)DV Cleared
47 (1.102 %)ISEB
56 (0.945 %)CTC Cleared
65 (0.787 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (0.787 %)Oracle Certification
65 (0.787 %)Sun Certification
72 (0.315 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
72 (0.315 %)BC Cleared
72 (0.315 %)SCJA
72 (0.315 %)SCDJWS
72 (0.315 %)SCJP
72 (0.315 %)SCJD
72 (0.315 %)CCAB
72 (0.315 %)MCSE
72 (0.315 %)MCP
72 (0.315 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.315 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (3.307 %)QA
24 (0.630 %)GAMP
31 (0.157 %)SLA
31 (0.157 %)GxP
31 (0.157 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
129 (4.567 %)Oracle RAC
129 (4.567 %)Oracle RMAN
215 (2.362 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (1.417 %)Active Directory
42 (0.315 %)Hyper-V
42 (0.315 %)Veritas Cluster Server
51 (0.157 %)ISA Server
51 (0.157 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
51 (0.157 %)MSMQ
51 (0.157 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
135 (5.512 %)Data Guard
216 (2.520 %)Tivoli
38 (1.260 %)Oracle Statspack
45 (0.787 %)BMC PATROL
45 (0.787 %)CONTROL-M
45 (0.787 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
45 (0.787 %)NetBackup
45 (0.787 %)WhatsUp Gold
54 (0.630 %)BMC Performance Manager
63 (0.472 %)OpenView
72 (0.315 %)SCOM
72 (0.315 %)Backup Exec
72 (0.315 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
72 (0.315 %)ZENworks
81 (0.157 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.157 %)Tivoli Configuration Manager
81 (0.157 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.157 %)Tivoli NetView
81 (0.157 %)Legato
81 (0.157 %)Foglight
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1635 (100.00 %)Oracle
276 (11.97 %)Microsoft
344 (6.929 %)IBM
440 (6.299 %)Informatica
535 (5.512 %)Cognos
633 (5.197 %)Business Objects
724 (3.780 %)Sybase
821 (3.307 %)VMware
821 (3.307 %)Sun
918 (2.835 %)Siebel
918 (2.835 %)TIBCO
1017 (2.677 %)HP
1112 (1.890 %)Ab Initio
1112 (1.890 %)PeopleSoft
1211 (1.732 %)Veritas
1310 (1.575 %)SAP
1310 (1.575 %)BEA
149 (1.417 %)Red Hat
149 (1.417 %)JBoss
158 (1.260 %)Hyperion