The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle RAC skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 23 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 of the System Software category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Rank 285 286 308
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +22
Permanent jobs citing Oracle RAC 35 42 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.302% 0.321% 0.122%
As % of the System Software category 3.359% 3.818% 2.067%
Number of salaries quoted 34 38 17
Average salary £53,750 £62,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,550 £56,750 £43,200
10% offered a salary of more than £61,750 £78,250 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1042 1100 919
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.984% 8.419% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 907 1003 836
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £68,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Oracle RAC
London

Oracle RAC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Oracle RAC Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle RAC
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region.

City of London Oracle RAC Salary Trend

Oracle RAC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Oracle RAC Salary Histogram

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle RAC.

1 99 (100.00%) Oracle
2 71 (71.72%) Oracle 11g
3 69 (69.70%) SQL
4 61 (61.62%) Data Guard
5 57 (57.58%) Oracle RMAN
6 52 (52.53%) Oracle 10g
7 50 (50.51%) Linux
8 43 (43.43%) PL/SQL
9 41 (41.41%) UNIX
10 34 (34.34%) Windows
11 30 (30.30%) Oracle Certification
11 30 (30.30%) Finance
12 28 (28.28%) Banking
13 27 (27.27%) Replication
13 27 (27.27%) SQL Server
14 23 (23.23%) Solaris
15 22 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
16 21 (21.21%) Oracle 9i
16 21 (21.21%) OCP
17 20 (20.20%) Microsoft
18 18 (18.18%) OLTP
18 18 (18.18%) Oracle Applications
19 17 (17.17%) Shell Script
19 17 (17.17%) Oracle 11i
19 17 (17.17%) SQL Server 2008
19 17 (17.17%) Oracle EBS R12
20 16 (16.16%) DB2
21 15 (15.15%) ITIL
21 15 (15.15%) ETL
22 14 (14.14%) Data Modelling

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle RAC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (9.091%) Middleware
2 6 (6.061%) XML
3 3 (3.030%) COM
4 2 (2.020%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.030%) WebLogic
1 3 (3.030%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (1.010%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (1.010%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.051%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.040%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (18.18%) Oracle Applications
2 17 (17.17%) Oracle 11i
2 17 (17.17%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (6.061%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (2.020%) Maximo
4 2 (2.020%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.13%) SAN
2 5 (5.051%) Internet
2 5 (5.051%) HTTP
3 4 (4.040%) Broadband
4 2 (2.020%) LDAP
5 1 (1.010%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.010%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (71.72%) Oracle 11g
2 52 (52.53%) Oracle 10g
3 27 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 22 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
5 21 (21.21%) Oracle 9i
6 18 (18.18%) OLTP
7 17 (17.17%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (16.16%) DB2
9 14 (14.14%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (13.13%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (10.10%) MySQL
12 8 (8.081%) RDBMS
13 7 (7.071%) Oracle Exadata
14 6 (6.061%) Oracle OWB
15 4 (4.040%) SQL Server 2012
15 4 (4.040%) PowerCenter
16 3 (3.030%) IBM InfoSphere
17 2 (2.020%) SQL Server 2005
17 2 (2.020%) SQLPlus
17 2 (2.020%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.051%) ERwin
General
1 30 (30.30%) Finance
2 28 (28.28%) Banking
3 7 (7.071%) Investment Banking
4 6 (6.061%) Retail
4 6 (6.061%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.051%) Advertising
6 4 (4.040%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.030%) Publishing
8 1 (1.010%) Music
8 1 (1.010%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.010%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (79.80%) DBA
2 68 (68.69%) Oracle DBA
3 23 (23.23%) Administrator
4 16 (16.16%) Oracle Applications DBA
5 10 (10.10%) SQL DBA
6 5 (5.051%) Architect
6 5 (5.051%) Data Architect
7 3 (3.030%) Development DBA
7 3 (3.030%) Oracle Development DBA
8 2 (2.020%) Designer
8 2 (2.020%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.020%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Database Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Oracle Developer
8 2 (2.020%) SQL Server DBA
8 2 (2.020%) Oracle Database Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Senior Database Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Senior Oracle Database Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Developer
8 2 (2.020%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.27%) Replication
2 13 (13.13%) Clustering
2 13 (13.13%) Statistics
3 8 (8.081%) HACMP
4 3 (3.030%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.030%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.020%) Derivative
6 1 (1.010%) Oracle Exalogic
6 1 (1.010%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.010%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 50 (50.51%) Linux
2 41 (41.41%) UNIX
3 34 (34.34%) Windows
4 23 (23.23%) Solaris
5 7 (7.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.020%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.15%) ITIL
1 15 (15.15%) ETL
2 14 (14.14%) Data Modelling
3 12 (12.12%) ITIL V3
3 12 (12.12%) PRINCE2
4 11 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (10.10%) Data Management
5 10 (10.10%) Service Delivery
6 8 (8.081%) Configuration Management
7 7 (7.071%) Master Data Management
7 7 (7.071%) Analytics
8 5 (5.051%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (5.051%) Software Testing
8 5 (5.051%) Data Architecture
9 4 (4.040%) Release Management
9 4 (4.040%) Service Management
10 3 (3.030%) UML
10 3 (3.030%) ERP
10 3 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (3.030%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 69 (69.70%) SQL
2 43 (43.43%) PL/SQL
3 17 (17.17%) Shell Script
4 11 (11.11%) Java
5 10 (10.10%) Perl
6 5 (5.051%) Korn
7 1 (1.010%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.010%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (30.30%) Oracle Certification
2 21 (21.21%) OCP
3 12 (12.12%) OCA
4 9 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (9.091%) IBM Certification
4 9 (9.091%) MCITP
5 6 (6.061%) Degree
6 1 (1.010%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.13%) SLA
2 8 (8.081%) QA
3 7 (7.071%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.030%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 57 (57.58%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (8.081%) PowerHA
3 2 (2.020%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.010%) NFS
4 1 (1.010%) Samba
Systems Management
1 61 (61.62%) Data Guard
2 12 (12.12%) Oracle Statspack
3 11 (11.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (2.020%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 99 (100.00%) Oracle
2 20 (20.20%) Microsoft
3 14 (14.14%) IBM
4 11 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 6 (6.061%) Informatica
6 5 (5.051%) Veritas
7 4 (4.040%) SimCorp
7 4 (4.040%) Northgate
7 4 (4.040%) Remedy
8 3 (3.030%) Ab Initio
9 2 (2.020%) VMware
10 1 (1.010%) HP
10 1 (1.010%) Hyperion
10 1 (1.010%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (1.010%) Sybase
10 1 (1.010%) Teradata
10 1 (1.010%) Netezza
10 1 (1.010%) DataFlux
City of London
A excellent opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank based in central London for a senior Oracle DBA working within their bank wide Oracle DBA team who...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Oracle DBA (Patching & Maintenance) Skills required - Oracle patching and maintenance, Oracle RAC, Oracle RMAN, Oracle Dataguard. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank based in...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £49000 per annum + Bonus, Benefit, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank based in the city of London near Liverpool street station for a Oracle patching and maintenance DBA who...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Oracle Applications DBA (Oracle Apps DBA / Oracle Applications Database Administrator / Oracle Apps Database Administrator / Oracle Applications DBA)London50K (Senior Level)CompanyThe client is a well established Oracle Platinum...
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 9 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: Oracle, DBA, Database Administrator, Oracle DBA, PL/SQL, DB2, OCP, ITIL, Prince 2, Oracle 10g, 11g, Linux, Solaris, WIndows, RMAN, GRID, ASM, Oracle RAC, SQL, Scripting.
Just IT Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
To do this you will need to have solid experience working with SQL and Oracle databases at a high level and be used to Production DBA tasks and...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
SQL 2008, 2012, ORACLE, LINUX, SOLARIS, UNIX A global securities, investment banking and underwriting firm based in the City of London is seeking a SQL Oracle DBA (10g,...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 18 May 2013