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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Rank 114 125 114
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Oracle RAC 33 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.256% 0.191% 0.164%
As % of the System Software category 11.74% 1.818% 2.128%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 0
Average salary £34,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
281 220 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 10.69% 10.50% 7.730%
Number of salaries quoted 249 173 109
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,200 £21,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Oracle RAC
West Yorkshire

Oracle RAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Oracle RAC Salary Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 78 (100.00%) Oracle
2 74 (94.87%) Oracle 11g
3 66 (84.62%) Oracle 10g
4 50 (64.10%) UNIX
4 50 (64.10%) Data Guard
5 41 (52.56%) Linux
6 37 (47.44%) SQL
7 26 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 25 (32.05%) WebLogic
9 24 (30.77%) High Availability
10 23 (29.49%) Finance
11 20 (25.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 19 (24.36%) Windows
13 18 (23.08%) Oracle 8/8i
14 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2005
14 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2008
15 16 (20.51%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (20.51%) Oracle Certification
15 16 (20.51%) PL/SQL
15 16 (20.51%) Oracle EBS R12
16 14 (17.95%) Oracle RMAN
17 13 (16.67%) E-business
17 13 (16.67%) SQLPlus
18 12 (15.38%) OCP
19 10 (12.82%) Project Management
20 9 (11.54%) Degree
20 9 (11.54%) Oracle 9i
21 8 (10.26%) MS Excel
21 8 (10.26%) SharePoint
21 8 (10.26%) Microsoft

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (1.282%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 25 (32.05%) WebLogic
2 8 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.564%) Apache
3 2 (2.564%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (20.51%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.564%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.410%) SAN
2 3 (3.846%) LAN
2 3 (3.846%) WAN
3 1 (1.282%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (94.87%) Oracle 11g
2 66 (84.62%) Oracle 10g
3 26 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 18 (23.08%) Oracle 8/8i
5 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2008
5 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2005
6 13 (16.67%) SQLPlus
7 9 (11.54%) Oracle 9i
8 4 (5.128%) RDBMS
8 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (3.846%) DB2
9 3 (3.846%) Informix
9 3 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (3.846%) Oracle Forms
General
1 23 (29.49%) Finance
2 5 (6.410%) Manufacturing
2 5 (6.410%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (100.00%) DBA
2 68 (87.18%) Oracle DBA
3 24 (30.77%) Administrator
4 22 (28.21%) Consultant
4 22 (28.21%) Oracle Consultant
5 5 (6.410%) Server Administrator
5 5 (6.410%) SQL Server DBA
5 5 (6.410%) SQL DBA
5 5 (6.410%) Teradata DBA
6 3 (3.846%) Team Leader
7 2 (2.564%) Oracle Team Leader
8 1 (1.282%) Junior SQL Server DBA
8 1 (1.282%) Junior DBA
8 1 (1.282%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 50 (64.10%) UNIX
2 41 (52.56%) Linux
3 19 (24.36%) Windows
4 8 (10.26%) AIX
5 3 (3.846%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.282%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) High Availability
2 16 (20.51%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (16.67%) E-business
4 10 (12.82%) Project Management
5 8 (10.26%) Database Security
6 5 (6.410%) ITIL
7 3 (3.846%) RAD
7 3 (3.846%) ERP
8 2 (2.564%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.564%) Migration
8 2 (2.564%) Change Management
9 1 (1.282%) Change Control
9 1 (1.282%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (1.282%) Budget Control
9 1 (1.282%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (47.44%) SQL
2 16 (20.51%) PL/SQL
3 8 (10.26%) Shell Script
4 5 (6.410%) Perl
5 2 (2.564%) Uniface
6 1 (1.282%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Oracle Certification
2 12 (15.38%) OCP
3 9 (11.54%) Degree
4 1 (1.282%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) SLA
1 2 (2.564%) COBIT
System Software
1 14 (17.95%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 50 (64.10%) Data Guard
2 20 (25.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (3.846%) Oracle Statspack
3 3 (3.846%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.282%) Red Hat