South East Oracle RAC Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Location Barnsley Basildon Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Knaresborough Lanarkshire Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Newton-le-Willows North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	326	300
Rank change on same period last year	-26
Matching permanent IT job ads	148	226
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.082 %	0.095 %
As % of the category below	4.669 %	6.217 %
Salaries quoted	112	194
Average minimum salary	£46,984	£42,051
Average salary	£50,438	£45,904
% change on same period last year	+9.87 %
Average maximum salary	£53,891	£49,757
UK excluding London average salary	£47,222	£44,027
% change on same period last year	+7.25 %
System Software South East
Matching permanent IT job ads	3170	3635
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.754 %	1.524 %
Salaries quoted	2774	3047
Average minimum salary	£34,421	£35,976
Average salary	£37,312	£38,363
% change on same period last year	-2.74 %
Average maximum salary	£40,203	£40,750
UK excluding London average salary	£34,733	£35,187
% change on same period last year	-1.29 %
Oracle RAC England

Oracle RAC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Oracle RAC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region.

Oracle RAC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle RAC across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oracle RAC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+19	96	£47,660	+6.87 %
Buckinghamshire	-5	18	£49,938	+13.81 %
Hampshire	+19	16	£50,000	+23.28 %
Surrey	+6	13	£45,375	-15.14 %
Middlesex	+32	12	£77,955	+94.88 %
Oxfordshire	-4	3	-	-
East Sussex	-	1	£45,000	-
Kent	+2	1	£50,000	+17.64 %
Sussex	-	1	-	-

Oracle RAC England

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 339 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 255 (75.22 %) Oracle 10g 3 183 (53.98 %) UNIX 4 167 (49.26 %) SQL 5 148 (43.66 %) PL/SQL 6 138 (40.71 %) Oracle 9i 7 131 (38.64 %) Oracle RMAN 8 127 (37.46 %) Oracle Applications 9 120 (35.40 %) Linux 10 96 (28.32 %) Java 10 96 (28.32 %) Oracle EBS 11 90 (26.55 %) Oracle 11i 12 81 (23.89 %) Oracle Certification 13 79 (23.30 %) OCP 14 74 (21.83 %) Oracle 10gAS

15 69 (20.35 %) Shell Script 15 69 (20.35 %) RDBMS 16 68 (20.06 %) Security Cleared 17 65 (19.17 %) SQL Server 18 62 (18.29 %) Finance 19 61 (17.99 %) Solaris 19 61 (17.99 %) Oracle Application Server 20 54 (15.93 %) Oracle 9iAS 21 47 (13.86 %) Windows 21 47 (13.86 %) Oracle 11g 22 43 (12.68 %) Oracle Discoverer 22 43 (12.68 %) Oracle 8/8i 23 41 (12.09 %) J2EE 24 39 (11.50 %) Oracle Forms 24 39 (11.50 %) Disaster Recovery

Oracle RAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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 41 (12.09 %) J2EE 2 36 (10.62 %) OC4J 3 19 (5.605 %) XML 4 11 (3.245 %) Middleware 5 9 (2.655 %) JSP 6 5 (1.475 %) SOAP 6 5 (1.475 %) HTML 7 3 (0.885 %) .NET 8 2 (0.590 %) Adobe Flex 9 1 (0.295 %) Oracle Fusion	Application Platforms 1 74 (21.83 %) Oracle 10gAS 2 61 (17.99 %) Oracle Application Server 3 54 (15.93 %) Oracle 9iAS 4 24 (7.080 %) JBoss 5 10 (2.950 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 6 4 (1.180 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.295 %) SAS 7 1 (0.295 %) Oracle Spatial
Applications 1 8 (2.360 %) MS Visio 2 6 (1.770 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 127 (37.46 %) Oracle Applications 2 96 (28.32 %) Oracle EBS 3 90 (26.55 %) Oracle 11i 4 10 (2.950 %) Oracle Financials 5 3 (0.885 %) AWD 6 2 (0.590 %) Oracle Manufacturing
Communications & Networking 1 17 (5.015 %) SAN 2 16 (4.720 %) Internet 3 9 (2.655 %) HTTP 4 3 (0.885 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 255 (75.22 %) Oracle 10g 2 138 (40.71 %) Oracle 9i 3 69 (20.35 %) RDBMS 4 65 (19.17 %) SQL Server 5 47 (13.86 %) Oracle 11g 6 43 (12.68 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 43 (12.68 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 17 (5.015 %) Oracle Reports 8 16 (4.720 %) Datawarehouse 9 13 (3.835 %) OLAP 9 13 (3.835 %) Oracle OLAP 10 8 (2.360 %) SQL Server 2005 11 7 (2.065 %) SQL Server 2000 12 5 (1.475 %) SQLPlus 12 5 (1.475 %) OLTP 13 3 (0.885 %) ETL 13 3 (0.885 %) SQL Server 2008 14 2 (0.590 %) GIS 14 2 (0.590 %) TOAD 14 2 (0.590 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 39 (11.50 %) Oracle Forms 2 35 (10.32 %) ProC 3 9 (2.655 %) JDeveloper 4 2 (0.590 %) ERwin	General 1 62 (18.29 %) Finance 2 11 (3.245 %) Health 3 10 (2.950 %) Games 3 10 (2.950 %) Government 4 9 (2.655 %) Electric 5 8 (2.360 %) Insurance 6 7 (2.065 %) Banking 7 4 (1.180 %) Retail 7 4 (1.180 %) Telecoms 7 4 (1.180 %) Pensions 8 3 (0.885 %) Education 9 2 (0.590 %) Financial Institution 9 2 (0.590 %) Back Office 9 2 (0.590 %) Billing 9 2 (0.590 %) Military 9 2 (0.590 %) Manufacturing 10 1 (0.295 %) Investment Banking 10 1 (0.295 %) Electronics 10 1 (0.295 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 262 (77.29 %) DBA 2 254 (74.93 %) Oracle DBA 3 82 (24.19 %) Oracle Applications DBA 4 39 (11.50 %) Consultant 5 38 (11.21 %) Oracle Consultant 6 23 (6.785 %) Architect 7 21 (6.195 %) Developer 8 20 (5.900 %) Oracle Developer 8 20 (5.900 %) Senior Oracle DBA 8 20 (5.900 %) Senior DBA 9 19 (5.605 %) Administrator 10 14 (4.130 %) Team Leader 11 13 (3.835 %) Technical Architect 11 13 (3.835 %) Oracle Team Leader 12 11 (3.245 %) Applications Developer 12 11 (3.245 %) Oracle Applications Developer 13 10 (2.950 %) Database Designer 13 10 (2.950 %) Junior 13 10 (2.950 %) Junior DBA 13 10 (2.950 %) Junior Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 25 (7.375 %) Clustering 2 23 (6.785 %) Replication 3 10 (2.950 %) Fixed Income 3 10 (2.950 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 10 (2.950 %) Derivative 4 5 (1.475 %) Client/Server 4 5 (1.475 %) Grid Computing 5 4 (1.180 %) Computer Science 6 3 (0.885 %) French Language 7 2 (0.590 %) E-Learning 7 2 (0.590 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.295 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 183 (53.98 %) UNIX 2 120 (35.40 %) Linux 3 61 (17.99 %) Solaris 4 47 (13.86 %) Windows 5 21 (6.195 %) HPUX 6 9 (2.655 %) Windows NT 7 5 (1.475 %) AIX 8 3 (0.885 %) OpenVMS 9 2 (0.590 %) Windows Server 2003 9 2 (0.590 %) Red Hat Linux 9 2 (0.590 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 68 (20.06 %) Security Cleared 2 39 (11.50 %) Disaster Recovery 3 36 (10.62 %) E-business 3 36 (10.62 %) SOA 4 26 (7.670 %) BPEL 4 26 (7.670 %) Technical Architecture 5 16 (4.720 %) Business Intelligence 6 15 (4.425 %) SC Cleared 7 14 (4.130 %) Configuration Management 7 14 (4.130 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 14 (4.130 %) Migration 8 13 (3.835 %) Project Management 8 13 (3.835 %) Identity Management 8 13 (3.835 %) Load Balancing 9 9 (2.655 %) E-Commerce 9 9 (2.655 %) Data Modelling 9 9 (2.655 %) Data Management 10 8 (2.360 %) Software Engineering 11 5 (1.475 %) Logistics 11 5 (1.475 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 167 (49.26 %) SQL 2 148 (43.66 %) PL/SQL 3 96 (28.32 %) Java 4 69 (20.35 %) Shell Script 5 36 (10.62 %) C 6 35 (10.32 %) Perl 7 6 (1.770 %) Transact-SQL 8 3 (0.885 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 81 (23.89 %) Oracle Certification 2 79 (23.30 %) OCP 3 17 (5.015 %) Degree 4 3 (0.885 %) OCA 5 1 (0.295 %) HNC
System Software 1 131 (38.64 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 8 (2.360 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 1 8 (2.360 %) Oracle Statspack 2 1 (0.295 %) HP Data Protector 2 1 (0.295 %) Unicenter 2 1 (0.295 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.295 %) Foglight
Vendors 1 339 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 26 (7.670 %) Sun 3 17 (5.015 %) HP 4 9 (2.655 %) PeopleSoft 5 4 (1.180 %) Microsoft 6 3 (0.885 %) Red Hat 6 3 (0.885 %) Siebel 6 3 (0.885 %) VERITAS 7 2 (0.590 %) Pegasus 7 2 (0.590 %) Fujitsu 7 2 (0.590 %) Sybase 8 1 (0.295 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.295 %) SAP 8 1 (0.295 %) CA 8 1 (0.295 %) Hyperion 8 1 (0.295 %) Anite 8 1 (0.295 %) IBM