The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle RAC skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Rank - 69 -
Permanent jobs citing Oracle RAC 0 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 1.932% -
As % of the System Software category - 9.028% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Average salary - £47,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
29 144 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 6.488% 21.40% 8.855%
Number of salaries quoted 19 134 34
Average salary £29,000 £42,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.76% +41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Oracle RAC
North West

Oracle RAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Oracle RAC Salary Trend

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 7 (100.00%) UNIX
1 7 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) Middleware
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (42.86%) High Availability
4 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (28.57%) IIS
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Change Control
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
5 2 (28.57%) Database Security
6 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
6 1 (14.29%) NAS
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (14.29%) Retail
6 1 (14.29%) Logistics

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (57.14%) Middleware
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (28.57%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) NAS
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) DBA
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Senior DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
2 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
1 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Change Control
2 2 (28.57%) Database Security
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft