 Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 372 | 308 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -64 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 237 | 421 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.313 % | 0.447 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.688 % | 8.034 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 165 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £391 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £446 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £443 | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £42.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.27 | £46.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.55 | £50.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.63 | £45.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5055 | 5240 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.666 % | 5.558 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1181 | 1178 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1109 | 1071 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.75 | £21.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.99 | £22.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.23 | £23.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.53 | £22.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.26 % |
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.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle RAC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
