Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Oracle Database Administrator
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 19 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in Cardiff.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 29 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.48% 1.30% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.40% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £473 £508
25th Percentile - £480 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -
75th Percentile - £530 £553
90th Percentile - £534 £563
South Wales median daily rate - £506 £525
% change year-on-year - -3.57% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 199 214 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.22% 92.64% 96.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 151 176
10th Percentile £213 £130 £170
25th Percentile £292 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.94% -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £563 £538
90th Percentile £675 £630 £619
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 8
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.75
Median hourly rate £14.54 £24.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% +12.94% +11.84%
75th Percentile £18.10 £25.60 £26.13
90th Percentile £22.82 £26.50 £31.30
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.48 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% -2.00% +30.59%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 19 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 Cardiff region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle