The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Oracle 9i 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 9i over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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.

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.

Oracle9i Database
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank482422282
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Down-140
Matching contract IT job ads97159276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.164 %0.259 %0.501 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category0.846 %1.251 %2.398 %
Number of daily rates quoted5091140
Average daily rate£375£375£418
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--10.17 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£250£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£300£308
% change year-on-year
+16.66 %-2.43 %
Number of hourly rates quoted168
Average hourly rate£45.00£27.94£35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.08 %-21.30 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£27.94£30.00
% change year-on-year
+61.08 %-6.88 %
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
114641271411511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK19.37 %20.72 %20.91 %
Number of daily rates quoted654770985692
Average daily rate£375£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£260£260£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£340£320
% change year-on-year
-1.47 %+6.25 %
Number of hourly rates quoted256409411
Average hourly rate£27.50£32.00£28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.06 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£16.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£45.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£32.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.38 %+18.18 %

Oracle 9i
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 9i within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oracle 9i Demand Trend

Oracle 9i
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle 9i within the UK.

Oracle 9i Daily Rate Trend

Oracle 9i
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle 9i within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Oracle 9i Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle 9i
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle 9i within the UK.

Oracle 9i Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle 9i
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 9i within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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-4588£373-3.80 %
LondonUp+844£400-11.11 %
YorkshireDown-113£265-18.46 %
South EastDown-3010£345-8.00 %
City of LondonUp+208£400-11.11 %
South WestDown-158£368+22.50 %
West YorkshireNew entry-8£300-
HampshireUp+25£350+27.27 %
North EastUp+15--
East of EnglandDown-95£550+223.52 %
GloucestershireNew entry-5£350-
LeedsNew entry-5£350-
CheltenhamNew entry-5£350-
WalesUp+84£425-
CambridgeshireNew entry-4£550-
SheffieldUp+93£265-25.87 %
South YorkshireUp+83£265-18.46 %
HuntingdonNew entry-3£550-
South WalesUp+102£425-
North WestDown-82£313+19.04 %
ScotlandDown-122--
MiddlesexNew entry-2£375-
WiltshireNew entry-2£413-
SwindonNew entry-2£413-
PortsmouthNew entry-2£350-
Docklands, LondonUp+311--
StirlingUp+71--
EdinburghUp+51--
CardiffUp+51£425-
SurreyDown-81£300-

Oracle 9i
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 9i 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 9i.

1207 (100.00 %)Oracle
2147 (71.01 %)Oracle 10g
3110 (53.14 %)Oracle 11g
4109 (52.66 %)SQL
589 (43.00 %)PL/SQL
685 (41.06 %)UNIX
750 (24.15 %)Finance
845 (21.74 %)Solaris
944 (21.26 %)Linux
1041 (19.81 %)Shell Script
1137 (17.87 %)Java
1236 (17.39 %)Business Intelligence
1335 (16.91 %)Oracle Certification
1433 (15.94 %)SQL Server
1531 (14.98 %)RDBMS
1531 (14.98 %)SOA
1531 (14.98 %)Oracle RMAN
1630 (14.49 %)Security Cleared
1728 (13.53 %)Oracle Forms
1827 (13.04 %)Oracle Reports
1827 (13.04 %)OCP
1925 (12.08 %)Data Guard
2024 (11.59 %)XML
2024 (11.59 %)Oracle 8/8i
2123 (11.11 %)Oracle 11i
2123 (11.11 %)Migration
2123 (11.11 %)Oracle RAC
2222 (10.63 %)Oracle EBS
2222 (10.63 %)ETL
2321 (10.14 %)ITIL

Oracle 9i
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 9i 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 9i. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
124 (11.59 %)XML
217 (8.213 %)Oracle Fusion
313 (6.280 %)soapUI
313 (6.280 %)J2EE
411 (5.314 %)Web Services
59 (4.348 %)Middleware
67 (3.382 %)WebSphere
67 (3.382 %)HTML
76 (2.899 %).NET
85 (2.415 %)SAP Basis
85 (2.415 %)Spring
93 (1.449 %)CSS
102 (0.966 %)JDBC
102 (0.966 %)SOAP
102 (0.966 %)ASP.NET
102 (0.966 %)Swing
102 (0.966 %).NET Framework
102 (0.966 %)ArcObjects
102 (0.966 %)Oracle Streams
102 (0.966 %)WCF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (8.696 %)Apache
118 (8.696 %)Oracle Workflow
216 (7.729 %)Oracle Application Server
314 (6.763 %)WebLogic
413 (6.280 %)IIS
413 (6.280 %)Tomcat
510 (4.831 %)SAS
65 (2.415 %)ArcSDE
65 (2.415 %)ArcIMS
74 (1.932 %)ArcGIS
74 (1.932 %)WebSphere Application Server
74 (1.932 %)Oracle Spatial
83 (1.449 %)Oracle SOA Suite
92 (0.966 %)Oracle HTTP Server
92 (0.966 %)SharePoint
92 (0.966 %)GlassFish
101 (0.483 %)SharePoint 2010
101 (0.483 %)Oracle 10gAS
101 (0.483 %)WebSphere MQ
101 (0.483 %)Oracle 9iAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (2.899 %)MS Project
16 (2.899 %)MS Excel
22 (0.966 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
123 (11.11 %)Oracle 11i
222 (10.63 %)Oracle EBS
318 (8.696 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.966 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (5.314 %)SAN
210 (4.831 %)NAS
34 (1.932 %)Firewall
34 (1.932 %)HTTP
34 (1.932 %)Internet
42 (0.966 %)DNS
42 (0.966 %)LDAP
51 (0.483 %)DMZ
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1147 (71.01 %)Oracle 10g
2110 (53.14 %)Oracle 11g
333 (15.94 %)SQL Server
431 (14.98 %)RDBMS
527 (13.04 %)Oracle Reports
624 (11.59 %)Oracle 8/8i
722 (10.63 %)ETL
818 (8.696 %)Data Warehouse
916 (7.729 %)SQLPlus
1014 (6.763 %)OLTP
1014 (6.763 %)SQL Server 2005
1113 (6.280 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1211 (5.314 %)SQL Server 2008
1211 (5.314 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1211 (5.314 %)TOAD
139 (4.348 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
139 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2000
147 (3.382 %)MS Access
147 (3.382 %)DB2
156 (2.899 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (13.53 %)Oracle Forms
216 (7.729 %)Subversion
314 (6.763 %)Maven
413 (6.280 %)Ant
413 (6.280 %)JUnit
512 (5.797 %)Selenium
69 (4.348 %)TeamCity
69 (4.348 %)Mercurial
69 (4.348 %)Git (software)
69 (4.348 %)NUnit
75 (2.415 %)Oracle APEX
84 (1.932 %)Synon
84 (1.932 %)XDE
93 (1.449 %)Hudson
93 (1.449 %)Eclipse
102 (0.966 %)ERwin
111 (0.483 %)Rational DOORS
111 (0.483 %)Rational Rhapsody
111 (0.483 %)ClearCase
111 (0.483 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
150 (24.15 %)Finance
211 (5.314 %)Banking
37 (3.382 %)Telecoms
44 (1.932 %)Financial Institution
44 (1.932 %)Billing
52 (0.966 %)Automotive
52 (0.966 %)Marketing
61 (0.483 %)Corporate Banking
61 (0.483 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.483 %)Military
61 (0.483 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
169 (33.33 %)DBA
266 (31.88 %)Developer
357 (27.54 %)Oracle DBA
435 (16.91 %)Consultant
528 (13.53 %)Administrator
627 (13.04 %)Oracle Developer
722 (10.63 %)Oracle Consultant
817 (8.213 %)Technical Consultant
817 (8.213 %)Oracle Technical Consultant
912 (5.797 %)E-Business Consultant
912 (5.797 %)Business Consultant
109 (4.348 %)Configuration Engineer
109 (4.348 %)Release Engineer
118 (3.865 %)Java Developer
118 (3.865 %)SAS Developer
126 (2.899 %)Senior Developer
126 (2.899 %)Systems Administrator
126 (2.899 %)Database Developer
135 (2.415 %)SQL DBA
135 (2.415 %)Integration Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (4.831 %)Client/Server
27 (3.382 %)Clustering
36 (2.899 %)Management Information System
44 (1.932 %)Replication
44 (1.932 %)N-Tier
44 (1.932 %)Mashup
44 (1.932 %)Hedge funds
53 (1.449 %)Data Integration
53 (1.449 %)Derivative
53 (1.449 %)HACMP
61 (0.483 %)Mathematics
61 (0.483 %)Statistics
61 (0.483 %)NHS
61 (0.483 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.483 %)Grid Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
185 (41.06 %)UNIX
245 (21.74 %)Solaris
344 (21.26 %)Linux
420 (9.662 %)Windows
59 (4.348 %)HPUX
68 (3.865 %)AIX
76 (2.899 %)Windows 2000
76 (2.899 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
84 (1.932 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.483 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.483 %)Windows 7
91 (0.483 %)Oracle Linux
91 (0.483 %)VMS
91 (0.483 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.483 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (17.39 %)Business Intelligence
231 (14.98 %)SOA
323 (11.11 %)Migration
421 (10.14 %)ITIL
520 (9.662 %)BPEL
520 (9.662 %)Service Management
618 (8.696 %)Workflow
715 (7.246 %)CRM
715 (7.246 %)OO
813 (6.280 %)Continuous Integration
813 (6.280 %)TDD
911 (5.314 %)Configuration Management
911 (5.314 %)Change Management
911 (5.314 %)E-Commerce
1010 (4.831 %)Data Modelling
119 (4.348 %)Functional Testing
119 (4.348 %)UML
119 (4.348 %)Automated Testing
128 (3.865 %)Project Management
128 (3.865 %)Unit Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1109 (52.66 %)SQL
289 (43.00 %)PL/SQL
341 (19.81 %)Shell Script
437 (17.87 %)Java
519 (9.179 %)Perl
616 (7.729 %)T-SQL
712 (5.797 %)Python
89 (4.348 %)Ruby
97 (3.382 %)Bourne shell
97 (3.382 %)Korn
97 (3.382 %)VBA
97 (3.382 %)C
97 (3.382 %)C++
105 (2.415 %)C#
105 (2.415 %)JavaScript
113 (1.449 %)PowerShell
122 (0.966 %)COBOL
131 (0.483 %)XPath
131 (0.483 %)VC++
131 (0.483 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
135 (16.91 %)Oracle Certification
230 (14.49 %)Security Cleared
327 (13.04 %)OCP
46 (2.899 %)SC Cleared
55 (2.415 %)Degree
62 (0.966 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.966 %)CTC Cleared
71 (0.483 %)DV Cleared
71 (0.483 %)BC Cleared
71 (0.483 %)MCDBA
71 (0.483 %)OCA
71 (0.483 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (6.763 %)QA
24 (1.932 %)SLA
31 (0.483 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
131 (14.98 %)Oracle RMAN
223 (11.11 %)Oracle RAC
39 (4.348 %)NFS
43 (1.449 %)Veritas Cluster Server
51 (0.483 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
125 (12.08 %)Data Guard
213 (6.280 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
33 (1.449 %)Oracle Statspack
33 (1.449 %)Tivoli
42 (0.966 %)Control-M
51 (0.483 %)McAfee ePO
51 (0.483 %)HP Quality Center
51 (0.483 %)WSUS
51 (0.483 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.483 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1207 (100.00 %)Oracle
214 (6.763 %)Microsoft
311 (5.314 %)Perforce
311 (5.314 %)IBM
311 (5.314 %)NetApp
410 (4.831 %)Red Hat
58 (3.865 %)Remedy
58 (3.865 %)HP
67 (3.382 %)ESRI
76 (2.899 %)JBoss
85 (2.415 %)SAP
94 (1.932 %)VMware
94 (1.932 %)Business Objects
94 (1.932 %)Siebel
103 (1.449 %)MicroStrategy
103 (1.449 %)Sun
112 (0.966 %)Micro Focus
112 (0.966 %)Charles River
112 (0.966 %)Teradata
112 (0.966 %)EMC