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This section looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills across the UK with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank372308
Rank change on same period last yearDown-64
Matching contract IT job ads237421
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.313 %0.447 %
As % of the category below4.688 %8.034 %
Daily rates quoted62165
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 quoted1114
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 %
System Software UKSystem Software
UK
Matching contract IT job ads50555240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.666 %5.558 %
Daily rates quoted11811178
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 quoted11091071
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.

Oracle RAC
Demand Trend

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.

Oracle RAC Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle RAC Daily Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Oracle RAC Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Oracle RAC Hourly Rate Histogram

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Oracle RAC within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-61202£427-7.02 %
LondonDown-5591£479+1.49 %
South EastUp+2633£364-16.12 %
ScotlandUp+3926£314+24.25 %
City of LondonDown-3726£503-0.06 %
YorkshireUp+1424--
South WestUp+1222£375-12.48 %
GlasgowUp+1316£312+23.36 %
South YorkshireDown-313--
SheffieldUp+112--
WiltshireUp+1610£355-
HampshireUp+2310£354-31.45 %
BerkshireUp+2910£421+4.26 %
North WestDown-128£520+14.75 %
East of EnglandDown-138£467+28.73 %
EdinburghUp+177--
North EastUp+125--
LancashireNew entry-5--
MiddlesexNew entry-4£313-
MidlandsDown-34£450+18.68 %
NorwichUp+84£525-
West YorkshireDown-14--
SouthamptonNew entry-4£363-
NorfolkUp+94£525-
UxbridgeNew entry-3--
Docklands, LondonUp+103--
Lytham St AnnesNew entry-3--
SalisburyNew entry-3£333-
Tyne and WearNew entry-3--
East AngliaDown-53--

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC.

1531 (100.00 %)Oracle
2362 (68.17 %)Oracle 10g
3193 (36.35 %)Oracle 9i
4190 (35.78 %)Unix
5149 (28.06 %)Linux
6135 (25.42 %)SQL
7132 (24.86 %)Oracle RMAN
8131 (24.67 %)Solaris
9113 (21.28 %)SQL Server
10104 (19.59 %)Windows
1195 (17.89 %)Finance
1282 (15.44 %)Banking
1377 (14.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
1470 (13.18 %)Security Cleared
1569 (12.99 %)PL/SQL
1658 (10.92 %)SAN
1756 (10.55 %)Sun
1756 (10.55 %)Replication
1853 (9.981 %)RDBMS
1950 (9.416 %)HP
2048 (9.040 %)Datawarehouse
2147 (8.851 %)HPUX
2147 (8.851 %)Sybase
2246 (8.663 %)Shell Script
2345 (8.475 %)Investment Banking
2444 (8.286 %)SC Cleared
2541 (7.721 %)Government
2640 (7.533 %)AIX
2739 (7.345 %)Oracle Application Server
2836 (6.780 %)VERITAS

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle RAC 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 RAC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (2.260 %).NET
112 (2.260 %)Middleware
210 (1.883 %)Oracle Streams
39 (1.695 %)WebSphere
39 (1.695 %)J2EE
48 (1.507 %)WebServices
55 (0.942 %)XML
55 (0.942 %)EJB
63 (0.565 %)JDBC
72 (0.377 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.377 %)Java EE
72 (0.377 %)JMS
72 (0.377 %)WSRP
72 (0.377 %)JSR 168
81 (0.188 %)SAP BC
81 (0.188 %)Struts
Application Platforms
139 (7.345 %)Oracle Application Server
236 (6.780 %)Oracle 10gAS
317 (3.202 %)Apache
47 (1.318 %)Tomcat
56 (1.130 %)WebLogic
56 (1.130 %)Oracle Spatial
65 (0.942 %)IIS
74 (0.753 %)Oracle 9iAS
74 (0.753 %)Oracle Workflow
82 (0.377 %)ArcSDE
82 (0.377 %)MapXtreme
82 (0.377 %)Oracle BPEL
82 (0.377 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (0.377 %)ArcGIS
91 (0.188 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
91 (0.188 %)SharePoint
Applications
18 (1.507 %)MS Excel
27 (1.318 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
125 (4.708 %)Oracle 11i
220 (3.766 %)Oracle Applications
314 (2.637 %)Oracle EBS
411 (2.072 %)Remedy AR System
55 (0.942 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.188 %)BusinessWorks
61 (0.188 %)MAXIMO
61 (0.188 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.188 %)AWD
61 (0.188 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
158 (10.92 %)SAN
213 (2.448 %)LDAP
311 (2.072 %)TCP/IP
44 (0.753 %)Internet
44 (0.753 %)WAN
53 (0.565 %)LAN
53 (0.565 %)Firewall
53 (0.565 %)SSH
62 (0.377 %)Network Security
62 (0.377 %)MPLS
62 (0.377 %)DNS
71 (0.188 %)HTTP
71 (0.188 %)BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1362 (68.17 %)Oracle 10g
2193 (36.35 %)Oracle 9i
3113 (21.28 %)SQL Server
477 (14.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
553 (9.981 %)RDBMS
648 (9.040 %)Datawarehouse
729 (5.461 %)ETL
823 (4.331 %)Oracle Reports
920 (3.766 %)DB2
920 (3.766 %)SQL Server 2000
1019 (3.578 %)Oracle OLAP
1019 (3.578 %)OLAP
1117 (3.202 %)SQL Server 2005
1216 (3.013 %)Oracle 11g
1313 (2.448 %)Oracle Discoverer
149 (1.695 %)Oracle BI EE
158 (1.507 %)Sybase ASE
158 (1.507 %)VLDB
167 (1.318 %)BusinessObjects
167 (1.318 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
118 (3.390 %)Oracle Forms
25 (0.942 %)PVCS
33 (0.565 %)JDeveloper
42 (0.377 %)Ant
42 (0.377 %)WebLOAD
51 (0.188 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.188 %)ERwin
51 (0.188 %)ProC
General
195 (17.89 %)Finance
282 (15.44 %)Banking
345 (8.475 %)Investment Banking
441 (7.721 %)Government
528 (5.273 %)Telecoms
617 (3.202 %)Retail
78 (1.507 %)Billing
84 (0.753 %)Insurance
84 (0.753 %)Military
93 (0.565 %)Financial Institution
93 (0.565 %)Health
93 (0.565 %)Marketing
102 (0.377 %)Legal
102 (0.377 %)Front Office
102 (0.377 %)Home Office
102 (0.377 %)Retail Banking
102 (0.377 %)Corporate Banking
111 (0.188 %)Chemicals
111 (0.188 %)Pharmaceutical
111 (0.188 %)Police
Job Titles
1363 (68.36 %)DBA
2350 (65.91 %)Oracle DBA
360 (11.30 %)Administrator
447 (8.851 %)Architect
539 (7.345 %)Consultant
638 (7.156 %)Developer
726 (4.896 %)Oracle Developer
823 (4.331 %)Oracle Consultant
916 (3.013 %)Senior DBA
1014 (2.637 %)Senior Oracle DBA
1110 (1.883 %)Remedy Developer
1110 (1.883 %)Technical Architect
129 (1.695 %)SQL Server DBA
129 (1.695 %)Oracle Applications DBA
129 (1.695 %)Analyst
129 (1.695 %)SQL DBA
137 (1.318 %)Data Architect
137 (1.318 %)Solutions Architect
146 (1.130 %)Database Developer
146 (1.130 %)Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
156 (10.55 %)Replication
219 (3.578 %)Clustering
311 (2.072 %)Asset Management
47 (1.318 %)Client/Server
47 (1.318 %)N-Tier
54 (0.753 %)French Language
63 (0.565 %)Mainframe
63 (0.565 %)Management Information System
63 (0.565 %)Data Conversion
63 (0.565 %)NHS
72 (0.377 %)Dutch Language
81 (0.188 %)German Language
81 (0.188 %)HACMP
81 (0.188 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.188 %)Derivative
81 (0.188 %)Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1190 (35.78 %)Unix
2149 (28.06 %)Linux
3131 (24.67 %)Solaris
4104 (19.59 %)Windows
547 (8.851 %)HPUX
640 (7.533 %)AIX
716 (3.013 %)Windows Server 2003
89 (1.695 %)Tru64
96 (1.130 %)Windows 2000
105 (0.942 %)Windows NT
112 (0.377 %)VMS
112 (0.377 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
170 (13.18 %)Security Cleared
244 (8.286 %)SC Cleared
331 (5.838 %)Migration
430 (5.650 %)Change Management
528 (5.273 %)ITIL
622 (4.143 %)Disaster Recovery
721 (3.955 %)Business Intelligence
721 (3.955 %)Load Balancing
816 (3.013 %)Project Management
914 (2.637 %)Configuration Management
914 (2.637 %)ITSM
914 (2.637 %)Data Migration
1012 (2.260 %)SOA
1111 (2.072 %)Data Modelling
1210 (1.883 %)Data Management
139 (1.695 %)Web Design
148 (1.507 %)CRM
148 (1.507 %)BC Cleared
148 (1.507 %)Technical Architecture
148 (1.507 %)Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1135 (25.42 %)SQL
269 (12.99 %)PL/SQL
346 (8.663 %)Shell Script
423 (4.331 %)Perl
522 (4.143 %)Java
614 (2.637 %)C
712 (2.260 %)Korn
86 (1.130 %)C#
95 (0.942 %)Python
103 (0.565 %)C++
111 (0.188 %)JavaScript
111 (0.188 %)PHP
111 (0.188 %)JCL
111 (0.188 %)AWK
Qualifications
16 (1.130 %)OCP
16 (1.130 %)Oracle Certification
24 (0.753 %)Degree
31 (0.188 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.188 %)QA
System Software
1132 (24.86 %)Oracle RMAN
224 (4.520 %)NetBackup
38 (1.507 %)NFS
45 (0.942 %)Samba
54 (0.753 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.753 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.377 %)Active Directory
62 (0.377 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
71 (0.188 %)AquaLogic
71 (0.188 %)VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
116 (3.013 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
116 (3.013 %)OpenView
29 (1.695 %)Tivoli
33 (0.565 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
42 (0.377 %)Netcool
42 (0.377 %)AutoSys
42 (0.377 %)Legato
42 (0.377 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.188 %)Tivoli Monitoring
51 (0.188 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.188 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
1531 (100.00 %)Oracle
256 (10.55 %)Sun
350 (9.416 %)HP
447 (8.851 %)Sybase
536 (6.780 %)VERITAS
630 (5.650 %)Microsoft
725 (4.708 %)Red Hat
821 (3.955 %)IBM
915 (2.825 %)VMware
1012 (2.260 %)Remedy
1111 (2.072 %)EMC
129 (1.695 %)Ascential
129 (1.695 %)Informatica
138 (1.507 %)CA
147 (1.318 %)Siebel
147 (1.318 %)Business Objects
155 (0.942 %)Brocade
164 (0.753 %)Symantec
164 (0.753 %)Cisco
164 (0.753 %)Novell
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