Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Oracle Database Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in Birmingham is £333, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.94% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £316 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 - -
75th Percentile £357 - -
90th Percentile £362 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £333 - £418
% change year-on-year - - -25.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 578 694 784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 95.86% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 443 528
10th Percentile £211 £200 £260
25th Percentile £363 £354 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £560 £616 £600
90th Percentile £649 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 15 25
10th Percentile - £15.53 £13.87
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £26.13 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.29% +27.44% +10.81%
75th Percentile £26.51 £51.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.29 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £23.00
% change year-on-year +15.39% -5.24% +29.80%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Birmingham

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Birmingham

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Oracle DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (66.67%) Unix
3 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (50.00%) High Availability
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) Database Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) Database Security
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) High Availability
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Database Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Database Security
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) OCP
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SAP