Oracle RAC Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Oracle RAC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	773	631	521
Rank change year-on-year	-142	-110
Permanent jobs citing Oracle RAC	101	312	517
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.11%	0.32%	0.47%
As % of the System Software category	0.88%	2.50%	4.04%
Number of salaries quoted	79	203	414
Median salary	£47,250	£55,000	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-14.09%	-4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,000	£47,500	£41,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,500	£65,000	£80,000
UK excluding London median salary	£47,000	£52,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-10.47%	+10.52%

Oracle RAC is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	11500	12483	12809
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.93%	12.69%	11.70%
Number of salaries quoted	9776	10639	10603
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,000	£25,500	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£38,000	£39,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-2.56%	+4.00%

Oracle RAC
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Oracle RAC as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the System Software category.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle RAC in the UK

Oracle RAC
Salary Trend

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

Oracle RAC
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Oracle RAC over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Oracle RAC in the UK

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the UK over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-148	98	£47,500	-13.63%	11
South East	+36	41	£47,000	-6.00%	2
East of England	-27	24	£47,000	-15.31%	2
Hampshire	+17	14	£42,500	-10.52%
Yorkshire	-18	14	£65,000	+44.44%	1
London	-84	13	£70,500	+24.55%	1
Hertfordshire	+7	12	£47,000	-16.07%
Leeds	+4	12	£70,000	+86.66%	1
West Yorkshire	-6	12	£70,000	+75.00%	1
Buckinghamshire	-	11	£47,000	-
South West	-9	9	£43,750	-12.50%	1
Borehamwood	-	9	£47,000	-
Amersham	-	9	£47,000	-
Surrey	+30	8	£42,000	-16.00%	1
Berkshire	+17	8	£60,000	+4.34%	1
Bedfordshire	+6	8	£45,000	-23.07%	2
Luton	+5	7	-	-	2
Wiltshire	+4	4	£38,500	-23.00%	1
Essex	+1	4	£50,000	-
Egham	-	4	-	-
East Midlands	+21	3	£37,500	-31.81%
Nottinghamshire	-4	3	£37,500	-28.57%
Nottingham	-4	3	£37,500	-28.57%
North West	-44	3	£40,000	-	1
Edinburgh	-	3	£37,500	-
Scotland	-	3	£37,500	-
Staines	+6	2	£80,000	-
Milton Keynes	-	2	£51,250	-
Basingstoke	-	2	-	-
Watford	-	2	-	-

Oracle RAC
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing Oracle RAC also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Oracle RAC.

1	226 (100.00%)	Oracle
2	172 (76.11%)	Oracle Database
3	142 (62.83%)	SQL
4	122 (53.98%)	Oracle Database 11g
5	119 (52.65%)	Linux
6	117 (51.77%)	Oracle RMAN
7	104 (46.02%)	Performance Tuning
8	102 (45.13%)	Data Guard
9	94 (41.59%)	PL/SQL
10	86 (38.05%)	Oracle Database 12c
11	77 (34.07%)	Relational Database
12	64 (28.32%)	Unix
12	64 (28.32%)	RDBMS
13	60 (26.55%)	Windows
14	55 (24.34%)	Shell Script

15	54 (23.89%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
15	54 (23.89%)	SQL Server
16	52 (23.01%)	VMware
17	47 (20.80%)	Oracle Certification
18	43 (19.03%)	Oracle Database 10g
19	42 (18.58%)	ITIL
20	41 (18.14%)	Java
21	40 (17.70%)	MySQL
22	38 (16.81%)	WebLogic
22	38 (16.81%)	OCP
23	37 (16.37%)	Oracle Exadata
24	33 (14.60%)	Finance
25	31 (13.72%)	Oracle EBS
25	31 (13.72%)	Solaris
26	30 (13.27%)	Middleware

Oracle RAC
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	38 (16.81%)	WebLogic
2	15 (6.64%)	JBoss
3	14 (6.19%)	WebSphere
4	13 (5.75%)	Apache
4	13 (5.75%)	Tomcat
5	12 (5.31%)	Oracle Coherence
6	11 (4.87%)	Oracle Service Bus
7	9 (3.98%)	Oracle HTTP Server
8	8 (3.54%)	IIS
9	7 (3.10%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	6 (2.65%)	DataSynapse
11	3 (1.33%)	BizTalk Server
11	3 (1.33%)	Oracle Application Server
12	2 (0.88%)	Apache Pig
13	1 (0.44%)	Liferay
13	1 (0.44%)	NetWeaver
13	1 (0.44%)	Oracle Workflow
13	1 (0.44%)	WebLogic Portal

Applications
1	3 (1.33%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	31 (13.72%)	Oracle EBS
2	29 (12.83%)	Oracle Applications
3	19 (8.41%)	SAP ERP
4	14 (6.19%)	Oracle EBS R12
5	13 (5.75%)	SAP Hybris
6	11 (4.87%)	Oracle 11i
7	6 (2.65%)	RMDS
8	2 (0.88%)	Siebel CRM
9	1 (0.44%)	Oracle ASCP
9	1 (0.44%)	Oracle ERP
9	1 (0.44%)	Oracle Financials
9	1 (0.44%)	Oracle Payables

Cloud Services
1	6 (2.65%)	Boomi
2	3 (1.33%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (1.33%)	Microsoft Azure
2	3 (1.33%)	SaaS
3	2 (0.88%)	Cloud Computing

Communications & Networking
1	29 (12.83%)	LDAP
1	29 (12.83%)	NAS
1	29 (12.83%)	SAN
2	18 (7.96%)	Internet
3	16 (7.08%)	WAN
4	13 (5.75%)	DNS
4	13 (5.75%)	LAN
5	12 (5.31%)	FCoE
5	12 (5.31%)	Fibre Channel
5	12 (5.31%)	iSCSI
5	12 (5.31%)	Multicast
6	11 (4.87%)	HTTP
7	10 (4.42%)	SSL
8	5 (2.21%)	TCP/IP
9	4 (1.77%)	Firewall
10	3 (1.33%)	IP Telephony
10	3 (1.33%)	MPLS
10	3 (1.33%)	Unified Communications
10	3 (1.33%)	VPN
11	2 (0.88%)	Kerberos

Database & Business Intelligence
1	172 (76.11%)	Oracle Database
2	122 (53.98%)	Oracle Database 11g
3	86 (38.05%)	Oracle Database 12c
4	77 (34.07%)	Relational Database
5	64 (28.32%)	RDBMS
6	54 (23.89%)	SQL Server
7	43 (19.03%)	Oracle Database 10g
8	40 (17.70%)	MySQL
9	37 (16.37%)	Oracle Exadata
10	23 (10.18%)	MongoDB
11	21 (9.29%)	NoSQL
12	20 (8.85%)	Apache Cassandra
13	19 (8.41%)	Oracle9i Database
14	16 (7.08%)	Hadoop
15	14 (6.19%)	BusinessObjects
15	14 (6.19%)	HBase
16	11 (4.87%)	OLAP
16	11 (4.87%)	OLTP
16	11 (4.87%)	Oracle OLAP
17	8 (3.54%)	Oracle OWB

Development Applications
1	10 (4.42%)	Oracle APEX
1	10 (4.42%)	Oracle Forms
1	10 (4.42%)	Subversion
2	9 (3.98%)	Git (software)
3	8 (3.54%)	PeopleTools
4	2 (0.88%)	Jenkins
5	1 (0.44%)	Eclipse
5	1 (0.44%)	JIRA
5	1 (0.44%)	Maven

General
1	33 (14.60%)	Finance
2	17 (7.52%)	Retail
3	9 (3.98%)	Automotive
3	9 (3.98%)	Publishing
4	8 (3.54%)	Games
4	8 (3.54%)	Telecoms
5	7 (3.10%)	Banking
6	6 (2.65%)	Investment Banking
6	6 (2.65%)	Manufacturing
7	5 (2.21%)	Advertising
8	1 (0.44%)	Aerospace
8	1 (0.44%)	French Language
8	1 (0.44%)	Marketing

Job Titles
1	141 (62.39%)	DBA
2	132 (58.41%)	Oracle DBA
3	62 (27.43%)	Administrator
4	29 (12.83%)	Architect
5	23 (10.18%)	Infrastructure Architect
6	20 (8.85%)	Oracle Applications DBA
7	16 (7.08%)	Developer
7	16 (7.08%)	Technical Architect
8	14 (6.19%)	Senior DBA
8	14 (6.19%)	Senior Oracle DBA
9	12 (5.31%)	Infrastructure Technical Architect
9	12 (5.31%)	Technical Infrastructure Architect
10	9 (3.98%)	DBA Manager
10	9 (3.98%)	Development DBA
10	9 (3.98%)	Oracle Development DBA
11	8 (3.54%)	Oracle Developer
11	8 (3.54%)	Solutions Architect
12	7 (3.10%)	Analyst
12	7 (3.10%)	Database Analyst
12	7 (3.10%)	Oracle Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	30 (13.27%)	Middleware
2	27 (11.95%)	Oracle GoldenGate
3	22 (9.73%)	Web Services
4	19 (8.41%)	J2EE
4	19 (8.41%)	XML
5	15 (6.64%)	Spring
6	14 (6.19%)	JMS
7	13 (5.75%)	RESTful
7	13 (5.75%)	Spring Integration
8	7 (3.10%)	XSLT
9	6 (2.65%)	HTML
9	6 (2.65%)	IDoc
9	6 (2.65%)	Rendezvous
9	6 (2.65%)	SAP ALE
9	6 (2.65%)	SAP Fiori
9	6 (2.65%)	SAP PI
9	6 (2.65%)	Ultra Messaging
9	6 (2.65%)	XML Schema
10	4 (1.77%)	Oracle Fusion
11	3 (1.33%)	REST

Miscellaneous
1	19 (8.41%)	Computer Science
2	13 (5.75%)	Data Centre
2	13 (5.75%)	Replication
3	10 (4.42%)	Clustering
4	8 (3.54%)	Enterprise Software
4	8 (3.54%)	Enterprise Storage
4	8 (3.54%)	Public Cloud
5	7 (3.10%)	Analytical Skills
5	7 (3.10%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	6 (2.65%)	Fintech
7	5 (2.21%)	Management Information System
8	4 (1.77%)	Greenfield Project
9	3 (1.33%)	Video Conferencing
10	2 (0.88%)	Grid Computing
11	1 (0.44%)	Online Games

Operating Systems
1	119 (52.65%)	Linux
2	64 (28.32%)	Unix
3	60 (26.55%)	Windows
4	31 (13.72%)	Solaris
5	15 (6.64%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	14 (6.19%)	Windows Server
7	2 (0.88%)	AIX

Processes & Methodologies
1	104 (46.02%)	Performance Tuning
2	42 (18.58%)	ITIL
3	27 (11.95%)	E-Commerce
4	21 (9.29%)	ERP
5	20 (8.85%)	Performance Monitoring
6	19 (8.41%)	Disaster Recovery
7	18 (7.96%)	Analytics
7	18 (7.96%)	Business Intelligence
7	18 (7.96%)	High Availability
8	17 (7.52%)	Agile Software Development
8	17 (7.52%)	Data Integration
9	16 (7.08%)	Database Tuning
9	16 (7.08%)	Infrastructure Management
10	15 (6.64%)	Coaching
11	14 (6.19%)	Data Analytics
12	13 (5.75%)	B2B
12	13 (5.75%)	B2C
12	13 (5.75%)	Business Development
12	13 (5.75%)	Data Modelling
12	13 (5.75%)	Test Scripting

Programming Languages
1	142 (62.83%)	SQL
2	94 (41.59%)	PL/SQL
3	55 (24.34%)	Shell Script
4	41 (18.14%)	Java
5	10 (4.42%)	C
5	10 (4.42%)	Korn
6	9 (3.98%)	Perl
7	8 (3.54%)	SQR
8	7 (3.10%)	C++
8	7 (3.10%)	JavaScript
9	6 (2.65%)	ABAP
9	6 (2.65%)	PowerShell
10	5 (2.21%)	T-SQL
11	4 (1.77%)	Bash Shell
12	2 (0.88%)	PHP
13	1 (0.44%)	AWK
13	1 (0.44%)	C-shell
13	1 (0.44%)	Python
13	1 (0.44%)	Ruby
13	1 (0.44%)	Scala

Qualifications
1	47 (20.80%)	Oracle Certification
2	38 (16.81%)	OCP
3	25 (11.06%)	OCA
4	24 (10.62%)	Degree
5	14 (6.19%)	SC Cleared
5	14 (6.19%)	Security Cleared
6	13 (5.75%)	ITIL Certification
7	11 (4.87%)	ISEB
8	8 (3.54%)	DV Cleared
9	4 (1.77%)	Computer Science Degree
10	2 (0.88%)	BPSS Clearance
11	1 (0.44%)	BC Cleared
11	1 (0.44%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	25 (11.06%)	SLA
2	7 (3.10%)	PCI DSS
3	5 (2.21%)	QA
4	4 (1.77%)	PMO

System Software
1	27 (11.95%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	14 (6.19%)	Active Directory
3	12 (5.31%)	Hyper-V
3	12 (5.31%)	KVM
3	12 (5.31%)	NFS
3	12 (5.31%)	SRDF
3	12 (5.31%)	Xen
4	11 (4.87%)	VMware ESXi
5	6 (2.65%)	Oracle Clusterware
6	4 (1.77%)	Virtual Machines
7	2 (0.88%)	Apache ZooKeeper
7	2 (0.88%)	HDFS
8	1 (0.44%)	Virtual Desktop

Systems Management
1	117 (51.77%)	Oracle RMAN
2	102 (45.13%)	Data Guard
3	54 (23.89%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
4	22 (9.73%)	NetBackup
5	19 (8.41%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5	19 (8.41%)	Puppet
6	8 (3.54%)	Ansible
6	8 (3.54%)	Opscode Chef
7	6 (2.65%)	MOM
7	6 (2.65%)	Nagios
8	4 (1.77%)	Tivoli
9	3 (1.33%)	OpenAM
9	3 (1.33%)	Oracle Flashback
10	2 (0.88%)	Ambari
10	2 (0.88%)	Hadoop YARN
10	2 (0.88%)	Oozie
10	2 (0.88%)	Oracle Identity Management
10	2 (0.88%)	Oracle ZFS
10	2 (0.88%)	Tivoli Identity Manager
10	2 (0.88%)	Tivoli Storage Manager

Vendors
1	226 (100.00%)	Oracle
2	52 (23.01%)	VMware
3	23 (10.18%)	Cisco
4	19 (8.41%)	NetApp
4	19 (8.41%)	SAP
5	18 (7.96%)	IBM
6	17 (7.52%)	Microsoft
7	16 (7.08%)	EMC
7	16 (7.08%)	Red Hat
8	13 (5.75%)	Dynatrace
8	13 (5.75%)	HP
8	13 (5.75%)	hybris
8	13 (5.75%)	Sybase
9	12 (5.31%)	Intel
10	11 (4.87%)	F5
11	10 (4.42%)	Infoblox
12	9 (3.98%)	Brocade
13	8 (3.54%)	PeopleSoft
13	8 (3.54%)	SaltStack
14	7 (3.10%)	Veritas