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This section looks at the demand for Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RDBMS over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank176146
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching contract IT job ads686937
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.880 %1.053 %
As % of the category below4.415 %5.233 %
Daily rates quoted281321
Average minimum daily rate£433£406
Average daily rate£462£438
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£491£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£342
% change on same period last year+3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted3224
Average minimum hourly rate£31.36£31.52
Average hourly rate£33.58£34.65
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.79£37.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.81£30.31
% change on same period last year+11.52 %
Database & Business Intelligence UKDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1553917904
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.93 %20.11 %
Daily rates quoted45844749
Average minimum daily rate£368£370
Average daily rate£393£393
% change on same period last year+0.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£343
% change on same period last year+2.90 %
Hourly rates quoted10451187
Average minimum hourly rate£28.92£27.78
Average hourly rate£31.33£29.57
% change on same period last year+5.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.73£31.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.82£29.62
% change on same period last year+7.42 %

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.

RDBMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing RDBMS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

RDBMS Demand Trend

RDBMS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing RDBMS across the UK.

RDBMS Daily Rate Trend

RDBMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RDBMS across the UK over the past 3 months.

RDBMS Daily Rate Histogram

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing RDBMS across the UK.

RDBMS Hourly Rate Trend

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RDBMS across the UK over the past 3 months.

RDBMS Hourly Rate Histogram

RDBMS
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RDBMS within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandDown-22628£469+4.02 %
2LondonDown-33395£488+2.79 %
3City of LondonUp+9152£537+7.07 %
4South EastUp+4095£392+18.67 %
5ScotlandDown-744£312-8.40 %
6GlasgowDown-1136£312-8.52 %
7BerkshireUp+3934£426+39.86 %
8West MidlandsDown-1031£350+6.49 %
9Canary WharfUp+1022£542+12.08 %
9Docklands, LondonNo change022£514+2.10 %
10North EastUp+1921£383-12.87 %
10South WestUp+621£321-7.47 %
11North WestDown-419£330-13.63 %
12East of EnglandDown-2718£433+33.75 %
13Tyne and WearUp+1616£450+2.27 %
13HampshireDown-1216£417+15.20 %
14WarwickshireUp+1915£375-
15Newcastle Upon TyneUp+1314--
16ReadingUp+1013£435-
16East MidlandsDown-1013--
17YorkshireDown-212£299-
18West SussexUp+711--
19RugbyNew entry-10£375-
19OxfordshireNew entry-10£290-
20HertfordshireDown-169£433+24.36 %
21SurreyUp+188£386+34.34 %
21HorshamNew entry-8--
22ManchesterDown-117£350+16.66 %
22BasingstokeUp+107£425+25.00 %
22NottinghamshireUp+47--

RDBMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing RDBMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing RDBMS.

1844 (59.52 %)Oracle
2691 (48.73 %)SQL
3523 (36.88 %)Java
4427 (30.11 %)Unix
5326 (22.99 %)Finance
6312 (22.00 %)SQL Server
7309 (21.79 %)Banking
8286 (20.17 %)J2EE
9266 (18.76 %)XML
10262 (18.48 %)Sybase
11215 (15.16 %)Investment Banking
12210 (14.81 %)Windows
13203 (14.32 %).NET
14179 (12.62 %)Linux
15170 (11.99 %)C#
16167 (11.78 %)Oracle 10g
17159 (11.21 %)PL/SQL
18147 (10.37 %)HTML
19137 (9.661 %)Derivative
20136 (9.591 %)C++
21121 (8.533 %)UML
22119 (8.392 %)JavaScript
23118 (8.322 %)Shell Script
24117 (8.251 %)Spring
25115 (8.110 %)Microsoft
26114 (8.039 %)OO
26114 (8.039 %)WebSphere
27112 (7.898 %)Solaris
27112 (7.898 %)Oracle 9i
27112 (7.898 %)Datawarehouse

RDBMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing RDBMS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing RDBMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1286 (20.17 %)J2EE
2266 (18.76 %)XML
3203 (14.32 %).NET
4147 (10.37 %)HTML
5117 (8.251 %)Spring
6114 (8.039 %)WebSphere
7107 (7.546 %)Hibernate
7107 (7.546 %)WebServices
899 (6.982 %)JSP
987 (6.135 %)XSLT
1075 (5.289 %)Servlets
1170 (4.937 %)CSS
1170 (4.937 %)Struts
1258 (4.090 %)ASP
1258 (4.090 %).NET Framework
1357 (4.020 %)Middleware
1455 (3.879 %)EJB
1550 (3.526 %)JMS
1647 (3.315 %)ASP.NET
1746 (3.244 %)WinForms
Application Platforms
169 (4.866 %)Apache
264 (4.513 %)Tomcat
348 (3.385 %)WebLogic
436 (2.539 %)MQSeries
527 (1.904 %)IIS
623 (1.622 %)Rendezvous
722 (1.551 %)WebSphere Application Server
722 (1.551 %)SharePoint
821 (1.481 %)JBoss
919 (1.340 %)SAS
919 (1.340 %)ColdFusion
1015 (1.058 %)LiveLink
1015 (1.058 %)Oracle Application Server
1114 (0.987 %)Oracle Workflow
1213 (0.917 %)OpenEdge
1312 (0.846 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1411 (0.776 %)PowerExchange
1411 (0.776 %)BizTalk Server
1411 (0.776 %)WebSphere MQ
159 (0.635 %)CMS
Applications
178 (5.501 %)MS Excel
238 (2.680 %)MS Office
319 (1.340 %)MS Visio
49 (0.635 %)Quicktime
57 (0.494 %)Photoshop
64 (0.282 %)MS Project
71 (0.071 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
116 (1.128 %)BusinessWorks
116 (1.128 %)Oracle EBS
212 (0.846 %)Oracle Applications
311 (0.776 %)Oracle 11i
46 (0.423 %)Sophis RISQUE
46 (0.423 %)Sophis VALUE
55 (0.353 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
64 (0.282 %)Cerner Millennium
64 (0.282 %)TIBCO iProcess
64 (0.282 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
73 (0.212 %)Siebel Analytics
73 (0.212 %)Summit
82 (0.141 %)Oracle Financials
82 (0.141 %)Pivotal CRM
82 (0.141 %)PeopleSoft Financials
82 (0.141 %)Staffware
82 (0.141 %)Oracle CRM
91 (0.071 %)Singl.eView
91 (0.071 %)Great Plains
91 (0.071 %)Axapta
Communications & Networking
141 (2.891 %)TCP/IP
233 (2.327 %)GPRS
331 (2.186 %)GSM
430 (2.116 %)HTTP
528 (1.975 %)Internet
625 (1.763 %)DNS
722 (1.551 %)Firewall
814 (0.987 %)SSL
814 (0.987 %)Intranet
814 (0.987 %)LDAP
913 (0.917 %)WAN
913 (0.917 %)LAN
913 (0.917 %)SAN
1012 (0.846 %)FTP
1111 (0.776 %)SMTP
1210 (0.705 %)DHCP
139 (0.635 %)HTTPS
139 (0.635 %)Network Security
146 (0.423 %)SSH
146 (0.423 %)X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1312 (22.00 %)SQL Server
2167 (11.78 %)Oracle 10g
3112 (7.898 %)Oracle 9i
3112 (7.898 %)Datawarehouse
493 (6.559 %)ETL
576 (5.360 %)Oracle Reports
674 (5.219 %)DB2
765 (4.584 %)SQL Server 2000
861 (4.302 %)Oracle 8/8i
953 (3.738 %)MySQL
1049 (3.456 %)BusinessObjects
1125 (1.763 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1224 (1.693 %)Data Mart
1224 (1.693 %)SQL Server 2005
1323 (1.622 %)Crystal Reports
1422 (1.551 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1521 (1.481 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1620 (1.410 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1719 (1.340 %)MS Access
1817 (1.199 %)DecisionStream
Development Applications
151 (3.597 %)Ant
241 (2.891 %)JUnit
339 (2.750 %)Oracle Forms
438 (2.680 %)Eclipse
530 (2.116 %)ClearCase
618 (1.269 %)Subversion
716 (1.128 %)ClearQuest
716 (1.128 %)Visual Studio
815 (1.058 %)JDeveloper
913 (0.917 %)TestDirector
109 (0.635 %)JIRA
118 (0.564 %)Log4j
118 (0.564 %)Rational Rose
118 (0.564 %)Flash
127 (0.494 %)NetAdvantage
127 (0.494 %)jMock
135 (0.353 %)PowerBuilder
135 (0.353 %)NUnit
135 (0.353 %)CruiseControl
135 (0.353 %)PVCS
General
1326 (22.99 %)Finance
2309 (21.79 %)Banking
3215 (15.16 %)Investment Banking
488 (6.206 %)Front Office
569 (4.866 %)Government
660 (4.231 %)Telecoms
749 (3.456 %)Back Office
833 (2.327 %)Billing
926 (1.834 %)Insurance
1020 (1.410 %)Publishing
1113 (0.917 %)Health
1211 (0.776 %)Education
1310 (0.705 %)Retail
149 (0.635 %)Online Games
149 (0.635 %)Games
157 (0.494 %)Marketing
165 (0.353 %)Retail Banking
165 (0.353 %)Financial Institution
174 (0.282 %)Pharmaceutical
174 (0.282 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
1700 (49.37 %)Developer
2256 (18.05 %)Java Developer
3247 (17.42 %)Analyst
4120 (8.463 %)DBA
588 (6.206 %)Architect
686 (6.065 %)Senior Developer
780 (5.642 %)Administrator
780 (5.642 %)J2EE Developer
877 (5.430 %)Java/J2EE Developer
969 (4.866 %)Programmer
1066 (4.654 %)Oracle DBA
1159 (4.161 %)C# Developer
1257 (4.020 %)Consultant
1356 (3.949 %)Analyst Programmer
1455 (3.879 %)Business Analyst
1551 (3.597 %)Support Analyst
1647 (3.315 %)Oracle Developer
1741 (2.891 %).NET Developer
1741 (2.891 %)Senior Java Developer
1837 (2.609 %)Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1137 (9.661 %)Derivative
276 (5.360 %)Equity Derivative
346 (3.244 %)Fixed Income
445 (3.173 %)Equities
536 (2.539 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
635 (2.468 %)Computer Science
730 (2.116 %)Replication
825 (1.763 %)Multithreading
920 (1.410 %)N-Tier
1019 (1.340 %)Credit Risk
1117 (1.199 %)Data Integration
1117 (1.199 %)Client/Server
1214 (0.987 %)Streaming Video
1313 (0.917 %)Clustering
1412 (0.846 %)Asset Management
1412 (0.846 %)W3C
1511 (0.776 %)Mathematics
1610 (0.705 %)Index Arbitrage
179 (0.635 %)NHS
187 (0.494 %)Device Driver
Operating Systems
1427 (30.11 %)Unix
2210 (14.81 %)Windows
3179 (12.62 %)Linux
4112 (7.898 %)Solaris
561 (4.302 %)Windows 2000
641 (2.891 %)AIX
725 (1.763 %)Windows Server 2003
816 (1.128 %)HPUX
99 (0.635 %)Windows NT
104 (0.282 %)Windows XP
113 (0.212 %)MVS
113 (0.212 %)SUSE
122 (0.141 %)Tru64
131 (0.071 %)VMS
131 (0.071 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1121 (8.533 %)UML
2114 (8.039 %)OO
3103 (7.264 %)Data Modelling
468 (4.795 %)RUP
567 (4.725 %)Business Intelligence
655 (3.879 %)SOA
754 (3.808 %)Project Management
851 (3.597 %)Migration
851 (3.597 %)Web Development
938 (2.680 %)Unit Testing
938 (2.680 %)Data Management
1036 (2.539 %)Risk Management
1036 (2.539 %)CRM
1135 (2.468 %)Agile Software Development
1234 (2.398 %)OOA/OOD
1333 (2.327 %)Configuration Management
1432 (2.257 %)Validation
1432 (2.257 %)Data Migration
1531 (2.186 %)Workflow
1531 (2.186 %)Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1691 (48.73 %)SQL
2523 (36.88 %)Java
3170 (11.99 %)C#
4159 (11.21 %)PL/SQL
5136 (9.591 %)C++
6119 (8.392 %)JavaScript
7118 (8.322 %)Shell Script
891 (6.417 %)Perl
974 (5.219 %)C
1063 (4.443 %)VB
1145 (3.173 %)Transact-SQL
1242 (2.962 %)VB.NET
1328 (1.975 %)PHP
1425 (1.763 %)VBScript
1425 (1.763 %)VBA
1523 (1.622 %)VB6
1622 (1.551 %)Korn
1714 (0.987 %)DHTML
1812 (0.846 %)Python
198 (0.564 %)ABAP
Qualifications
165 (4.584 %)Degree
214 (0.987 %)ISEB
38 (0.564 %)Sun Certification
45 (0.353 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (0.212 %)OCP
53 (0.212 %)Oracle Certification
62 (0.141 %)MCDBA
71 (0.071 %)MCP
71 (0.071 %)HND
71 (0.071 %)MCSE
71 (0.071 %)PMP
71 (0.071 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.071 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.071 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
144 (3.103 %)QA
210 (0.705 %)Basel II
39 (0.635 %)SLA
44 (0.282 %)ISO9001
44 (0.282 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.282 %)WAI
53 (0.212 %)WCAG
53 (0.212 %)BS7799
System Software
147 (3.315 %)Oracle RAC
231 (2.186 %)Oracle RMAN
326 (1.834 %)Active Directory
413 (0.917 %)NetBackup
58 (0.564 %)NFS
65 (0.353 %)MetaFrame
74 (0.282 %)Terminal Server
74 (0.282 %)AquaLogic
83 (0.212 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.071 %)Xen
91 (0.071 %)Orbix
91 (0.071 %)Samba
Systems Management
120 (1.410 %)AutoSys
24 (0.282 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
24 (0.282 %)WSUS
33 (0.212 %)MOM
33 (0.212 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
33 (0.212 %)Tivoli
42 (0.141 %)Unicenter
42 (0.141 %)CA SiteMinder
51 (0.071 %)Foglight
51 (0.071 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.071 %)OpenView
51 (0.071 %)Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1844 (59.52 %)Oracle
2262 (18.48 %)Sybase
3115 (8.110 %)Microsoft
459 (4.161 %)TIBCO
553 (3.738 %)Informatica
652 (3.667 %)IBM
749 (3.456 %)Business Objects
838 (2.680 %)Sun
936 (2.539 %)Cognos
1029 (2.045 %)Red Hat
1127 (1.904 %)HP
1223 (1.622 %)VERITAS
1320 (1.410 %)Calypso
1419 (1.340 %)SAP
1516 (1.128 %)Bloomberg
1615 (1.058 %)Cisco
1714 (0.987 %)Siebel
1714 (0.987 %)Citrix
1813 (0.917 %)Progress
1813 (0.917 %)Open Text
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