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 |
| 3 months to 16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 482 | 422 | 282 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-60 | -140 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 97 | 159 | 276 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.164 % | 0.259 % | 0.501 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.846 % | 1.251 % | 2.398 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 91 | 140 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £375 | £418 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £27.94 | £35.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £45.00 | £27.94 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category | 11464 | 12714 | 11511 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 19.37 % | 20.72 % | 20.91 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6547 | 7098 | 5692 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 256 | 409 | 411 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £32.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |