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And we haven't even included costs for:

Recruitment fees (average circa £5,000)
Staff training (circa £2,000)
Business expenses
Employee equipment (eg, laptop, mobile)
Employee benefits (eg, pension scheme, company car, etc)
Overtime

Fact: Average absence per employee per annum is 8 days
Fact: One working month is lost each year due to smoking breaks
Fact: 20 to 30 working days are lost each year through holidays
Fact: 8 working days are lost each year through Bank holidays

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Oracle DBA Employment Costs

This is a table of the costs to you, the employer, of employing your own Oracle DBA. It shows the average annual employment cost for your DBA and also shows the amount you are paying for the DBA not to be at work!

JoraPh supplies a better and continuous service at a fraction of these costs, even before taking any absence costs into consideration.

The figures shown below have been taken from a survey of the Oracle DBA job offerings in the UK marketplace.

Annual Absence Costs for the Employer
Cost to Employer based on daily rate above	Employees costs included in salary	Contractor costs to cover staff absence
Daily rate	£192.42 (inc Eer NI)	£450
Average absence per employee per annum = 8 Days pa	£1,539.36	£3,600
Annual leave – say 25 days PA	£4,810.50	£1,1250
UK bank holidays – 8 days PA	£1,539.36	£3,600
Total	£7,889.22	£18,450
Total absence cost to employer	£26,339.22

Annual Salary Costs for the Employer
Cost	Employees	Contractor
Average salary of a DBA pa	£45,000	£450 per day
Employers NI pa	£5,028	No NI payable
Total Cost PA	£50,028 (based on 260 working days with paid holidays and days absent)	£98,550 (based on 219 working days – unpaid holidays and days absent)