OLTP Contract Job Trends in the South West

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring OLTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OLTP 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West - - 0.030%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £603 £663 £489
% change year-on-year -9.06% +35.48% -11.09%

All Database & BI Skills
South West

OLTP falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 329 211 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.61% 12.02% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 151 236
10th Percentile £341 £325 £356
25th Percentile £409 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £606 £625 £600
90th Percentile £727 £676 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 19
10th Percentile £14.09 £25.08 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £56.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £39.75 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.21% +75.00% -39.39%
75th Percentile £51.00 - £55.75
90th Percentile £74.68 £77.83 £85.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £32.05 £40.00
% change year-on-year +30.14% -19.88% -32.54%

OLTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OLTP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

OLTP job vacancy trend in the South West

OLTP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OLTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OLTP

OLTP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OLTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OLTP