The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database Administrator
Rank 306 315 366
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 248 293 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.534% 0.503% 0.382%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.579% 0.543% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 146 108
Average daily rate £425 £398 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.91% -0.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £378
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £45.75 £28.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £49.25 £48.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oracle DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle DBA
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 DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +4 226 £425 +7.59%
London +11 101 £425 -
South East +22 51 £450 +28.57%
City of London +12 32 £425 -2.85%
Kent +17 23 £450 -
North West +10 22 £425 +18.88%
Yorkshire -14 22 £365 -8.75%
South West +15 14 £438 +29.62%
West Yorkshire -5 14 £405 -1.81%
Manchester +10 12 £415 +3.75%
Scotland -8 10 £350 -
Surrey +16 9 £358 -10.62%
Berkshire +18 8 £458 +36.56%
West Midlands +5 8 £325 -7.14%
Merseyside +15 7 £425 +41.66%
Liverpool +12 7 £425 +41.66%
Leeds -4 6 £260 -0.95%
Glasgow - 6 £358 -
Wiltshire +8 5 £450 -
Bradford -7 5 £550 -
Hampshire -17 5 £305 -12.85%
Staines - 5 £390 -
East of England +12 4 £425 +21.42%
Shropshire +9 4 £325 +8.24%
Swindon +3 4 £456 +1.38%
Birmingham +9 3 £325 -31.57%
Telford +8 3 - -
Somerset +7 3 - -
Hertfordshire +6 3 - -
Sheffield -3 3 £400 +36.17%

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 497 (100.00%) Oracle
2 270 (54.33%) Oracle 11g
3 224 (45.07%) Oracle RAC
4 210 (42.25%) UNIX
5 198 (39.84%) SQL
6 196 (39.44%) Oracle 10g
7 181 (36.42%) Linux
8 129 (25.96%) Finance
9 124 (24.95%) Shell Script
10 121 (24.35%) PL/SQL
10 121 (24.35%) Data Guard
11 97 (19.52%) Oracle RMAN
12 82 (16.50%) SQL Server
13 81 (16.30%) Oracle EBS
14 73 (14.69%) WebLogic
15 70 (14.08%) Oracle 8/8i
16 68 (13.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
17 66 (13.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 65 (13.08%) Red Hat
18 65 (13.08%) Oracle Applications
19 64 (12.88%) Oracle 9i
20 61 (12.27%) AIX
21 60 (12.07%) Oracle EBS R12
22 51 (10.26%) RDBMS
22 51 (10.26%) Security Cleared
23 50 (10.06%) Windows
24 49 (9.859%) Solaris
24 49 (9.859%) Migration
25 47 (9.457%) Banking
26 45 (9.054%) Oracle Application Server

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Oracle DBA in their job title 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 with Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (8.853%) Middleware
2 29 (5.835%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.012%) XML
4 6 (1.207%) WebCenter
5 5 (1.006%) .NET
6 4 (0.805%) Oracle ADF
7 3 (0.604%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.604%) J2EE
7 3 (0.604%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.604%) Oracle Streams
7 3 (0.604%) OC4J
8 2 (0.402%) jQuery
8 2 (0.402%) Flash
8 2 (0.402%) Web Services
9 1 (0.201%) HTML
9 1 (0.201%) LAMP
9 1 (0.201%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.201%) Hibernate
9 1 (0.201%) JMS
9 1 (0.201%) POSIX
Application Platforms
1 73 (14.69%) WebLogic
2 45 (9.054%) Oracle Application Server
3 15 (3.018%) Apache
4 14 (2.817%) Oracle 10gAS
5 11 (2.213%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (1.610%) Oracle BPEL
6 8 (1.610%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.006%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.805%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.604%) SAS
9 3 (0.604%) IIS
10 2 (0.402%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.402%) ESB
11 1 (0.201%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.201%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.201%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 9 (1.811%) MS Office
2 6 (1.207%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.402%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.201%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 81 (16.30%) Oracle EBS
2 65 (13.08%) Oracle Applications
3 60 (12.07%) Oracle EBS R12
4 27 (5.433%) Oracle 11i
5 10 (2.012%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (1.610%) Oracle Retail
7 5 (1.006%) Oracle HRMS
8 4 (0.805%) Oracle BPM
8 4 (0.805%) Misys Midas
9 1 (0.201%) Hyperion Planning
9 1 (0.201%) Demantra
9 1 (0.201%) PeopleSoft HRMS
9 1 (0.201%) LatentZero
9 1 (0.201%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.201%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.421%) SAN
2 16 (3.219%) Internet
3 10 (2.012%) HTTP
4 8 (1.610%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.207%) Firewall
6 5 (1.006%) LAN
6 5 (1.006%) WAN
6 5 (1.006%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.805%) LDAP
7 4 (0.805%) SSL
8 3 (0.604%) VPN
8 3 (0.604%) DNS
8 3 (0.604%) NAS
9 2 (0.402%) FTP
9 2 (0.402%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.402%) SSH
9 2 (0.402%) Network Security
10 1 (0.201%) Intranet
10 1 (0.201%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (54.33%) Oracle 11g
2 196 (39.44%) Oracle 10g
3 82 (16.50%) SQL Server
4 70 (14.08%) Oracle 8/8i
5 64 (12.88%) Oracle 9i
6 51 (10.26%) RDBMS
7 35 (7.042%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (7.042%) Oracle Reports
8 33 (6.640%) Oracle BI EE
9 27 (5.433%) SQL Server 2008
10 25 (5.030%) Oracle Exadata
11 23 (4.628%) SQL Server 2005
12 22 (4.427%) Oracle Discoverer
13 19 (3.823%) SQLPlus
14 16 (3.219%) TOAD
15 14 (2.817%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (2.012%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (1.811%) Oracle OWB
17 9 (1.811%) MySQL
17 9 (1.811%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.024%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (1.811%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (0.805%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 4 (0.805%) JDeveloper
3 4 (0.805%) ProC
4 3 (0.604%) Subversion
5 1 (0.201%) ERwin
5 1 (0.201%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 129 (25.96%) Finance
2 47 (9.457%) Banking
3 14 (2.817%) Retail
4 12 (2.414%) Investment Banking
5 9 (1.811%) Telecoms
6 7 (1.408%) General Ledger
7 5 (1.006%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.006%) Marketing
7 5 (1.006%) French Language
8 4 (0.805%) Back Office
9 3 (0.604%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.402%) Music
11 1 (0.201%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.201%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.201%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.201%) Local Government
11 1 (0.201%) Legal
11 1 (0.201%) Electronics
11 1 (0.201%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.036%) Replication
2 11 (2.213%) Management Information System
3 7 (1.408%) Oracle Exalytics
3 7 (1.408%) Grid Computing
4 6 (1.207%) Clustering
5 4 (0.805%) Credit Risk
5 4 (0.805%) Mainframe
6 3 (0.604%) Oracle Exalogic
6 3 (0.604%) Client/Server
6 3 (0.604%) Statistics
7 2 (0.402%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.402%) NHS
7 2 (0.402%) Data Conversion
7 2 (0.402%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.201%) Data Extraction
8 1 (0.201%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.201%) SaaS
8 1 (0.201%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.201%) DTV
8 1 (0.201%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 210 (42.25%) UNIX
2 181 (36.42%) Linux
3 66 (13.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 61 (12.27%) AIX
5 50 (10.06%) Windows
6 49 (9.859%) Solaris
7 12 (2.414%) HPUX
8 7 (1.408%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.006%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.805%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.402%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.402%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.201%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.201%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.201%) VMS
12 1 (0.201%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.201%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (9.859%) Migration
2 44 (8.853%) Disaster Recovery
3 42 (8.451%) ITIL
4 36 (7.243%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (6.237%) Capacity Planning
6 30 (6.036%) SOA
7 26 (5.231%) Data Modelling
8 24 (4.829%) ETL
9 23 (4.628%) E-business
9 23 (4.628%) Service Management
9 23 (4.628%) Database Security
10 21 (4.225%) High Availability
11 19 (3.823%) Service Delivery
12 18 (3.622%) BCP
12 18 (3.622%) Configuration Management
13 16 (3.219%) BPEL
14 13 (2.616%) Data Migration
14 13 (2.616%) Change Management
15 11 (2.213%) Workflow
16 10 (2.012%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 198 (39.84%) SQL
2 124 (24.95%) Shell Script
3 121 (24.35%) PL/SQL
4 23 (4.628%) Java
5 15 (3.018%) Perl
6 14 (2.817%) Korn
7 10 (2.012%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.006%) C
9 3 (0.604%) C#
10 2 (0.402%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.402%) PHP
10 2 (0.402%) R
10 2 (0.402%) VB
11 1 (0.201%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.201%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.201%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
11 1 (0.201%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 22 (4.427%) SC Cleared
2 22 (4.427%) Oracle Certification
3 16 (3.219%) OCP
3 16 (3.219%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.207%) Degree
5 3 (0.604%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.604%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.402%) IBM Certification
6 2 (0.402%) MCITP
6 2 (0.402%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.201%) MCDBA
7 1 (0.201%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.012%) QA
2 7 (1.408%) SLA
3 3 (0.604%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (0.604%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.604%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.402%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.201%) Data Quality
System Software
1 224 (45.07%) Oracle RAC
2 97 (19.52%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (1.006%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.604%) SRDF
5 2 (0.402%) vSphere
5 2 (0.402%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.201%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.201%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.201%) Samba
6 1 (0.201%) Snort
Systems Management
1 121 (24.35%) Data Guard
2 68 (13.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 6 (1.207%) Legato
3 6 (1.207%) Nagios
4 5 (1.006%) Foglight
4 5 (1.006%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (0.604%) SCOM
6 2 (0.402%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.402%) OVSD
6 2 (0.402%) MOM
6 2 (0.402%) OpenView
7 1 (0.201%) Oracle Statspack
7 1 (0.201%) Control-M
7 1 (0.201%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 497 (100.00%) Oracle
2 65 (13.08%) Red Hat
3 34 (6.841%) Microsoft
4 22 (4.427%) HP
5 17 (3.421%) Remedy
6 11 (2.213%) Sybase
7 9 (1.811%) Hyperion
8 8 (1.610%) NetApp
8 8 (1.610%) VMware
9 7 (1.408%) Informatica
10 6 (1.207%) EMC
10 6 (1.207%) Sun
10 6 (1.207%) SAP
10 6 (1.207%) Siebel
11 4 (0.805%) Business Objects
12 3 (0.604%) IBM
13 2 (0.402%) CommVault
13 2 (0.402%) Veritas
13 2 (0.402%) Endeca
13 2 (0.402%) Charles River
Weybridge, Surrey
450M+ IT Solutions Company requires a suitable experienced Oracle DBA for an established client based in Surrey for a 2 - 3 Month Contract... This contract role is a...
Kelway Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day £300 - £350 Day Rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
Yorkshire
I am looking for an Oracle DBA for my client based in Yorkshire... In addition to the usual Oracle DBA skills you will be experienced in using Oracle...
Vertical IT
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Skills /Essential: o R11/R12 Oracle e-Business Application Database Administration o e-Business Patching, Cloning, Installation o Oracle RMAN / DataGuard / RAC o Oracle RDBMS 9i,10g, 11g -...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Oracle DBA (Oracle Database Administrator)My client is searching for a successful Oracle DBA (Oracle Database Administrator) to begin a 6 month contract within London.
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Kent
Contract role - Oracle DBA - Financial Services. A global financial services provider is currently seeking to recruit an Oracle DBA to join a small team of highly talented DBA'...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
This is a fantastic 3 month initial contract based in Tonbridge for 2 x Senior Oracle DBA's.
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert The client is offering an attractive 8 month contract to an Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert who will be part of...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
North West England
Required Specialisms Experience of multiple Oracle technologies across various versions and on a variety of platforms - Oracle 10g, 11g including Shell Scripting, PL/SQL, Unix, RAC, Dataguard and...
Computer Futures
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include:* Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services.* Proven Oracle Grid...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include: * Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services... * Detailed Oracle Enterprise...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Kent, South East
Linux and Unix scripting.*Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. *Automation*Extensive BAU and Engineering experience OR extensive project delivery experience.*Experience working as an Oracle DBA...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Minimum Requirements Technical, Language and other Specialised Skills: Good knowledge of Oracle 10g & 11g. Good knowledge of Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and DBA experience... (ASM) Knowledge of scripting...
Experis IT
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Proven technical experience in Oracle OLTP (On-line Transaction Processing) and Data Warehousing environments. Experience of Oracle Weblogic/Fusion is a big advantage... Proven technical experience of Oracle...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join my global financial services client for a new implementation project: Very strong Oracle 11g R2 DBA with RAC,...
TEKsystems
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Successful Oracle DBAs must have experience with : ** Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) ** Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart) ** PL/SQL or SQL...
e-Recruiter
Rate: £2000 - £2400 per week
Posted: 16 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Location: KentDuration: 3 monthsRate: TBAMy client, a leading fund management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Engineering and Automation experience from...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
You must also have experience of PL/SQL, OAS, OID INIX Scripts, SQL Server 2005/2008, BIDS and SSIS... In addition, the DV cleared Infrastructure Oracle DBA will...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £451 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
City of London
DV Cleared Oracle DBA Rate: £BestMarketRate **Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level of UK Security Clearance** Main...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Posted: 7 May 2013
London
our client is searching for an Oracle DBA to Work with project team on the DBA elements of One-Oracle - set up and support of databases during the...
Universe Technology Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
our client is searching for an Oracle DBA to Work with project team on the DBA elements of One-Oracle - set up and support of databases during the...
Universe Technology
Posted: 17 May 2013
North West England
They are looking for someone with technical skills in the following: *Oracle Database Server Administration at an expert level (including RAC) *Oracle High Availability technologies at an expert...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
South Wales
Oracle Financials Applications DBA. Rate: £375 - £425 per day Location: Newport, South Wales Duration: 3 months Key skills are the day-to-day administration and support of the...
LA International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Swindon, South West
The Oracle DBA/Oracle Database Administrator will be responsible for providing technical support and expertise on an Oracle R12 e-Business suite including SSO, SOA, Oracle OBIEE, Siebel,...
Sand Resources
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Havant, Hampshire
Required Skills: - ORACLE Production : SQL *plus; PL/SQL; OEM; Data Pump; Exp / IMP; Flashback; Replication; Backup / Recovery; RAC; Streams; Application Server; Application Express; Weblogic; ASM; RMAN; AWR Reports;...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Oracle 10g / 11 g / SQL, PL/SQL / Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Good knowledge of Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Basic knowledge...
Spring Technology
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013