Data Guard Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Data Guard
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Guard skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 514 578
Rank change year-on-year +34 +64 +100
Contract jobs citing Data Guard 37 15 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.047% 0.039%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.81% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 7 9
10th Percentile £433 £505 £390
25th Percentile £468 £529 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +33.33% -22.35%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £500
90th Percentile £712 £643 £538
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
England

Data Guard falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,560 4,483 6,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.14% 14.04% 14.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,000 2,955 4,344
10th Percentile £300 £313 £314
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 51 163
10th Percentile £17.90 £19.95 £19.25
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.80 £27.13
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -31.11% +119.57%
75th Percentile £63.40 £59.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £34.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -38.18% +130.03%

Data Guard
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Guard relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Guard job vacancy trend in England

Data Guard
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Guard.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Guard

Data Guard
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Guard in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Guard in England

Data Guard
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Guard.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Guard

Data Guard
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Guard within the England region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 11 £563 - 1
North of England - 11 £563 - 1
London +16 9 £536 -2.50% 1
South West - 9 £693 - 1
South East - 4 £550 - 1
Midlands -12 2 - -
West Midlands -15 2 - -
Data Guard
UK

Data Guard
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 14 (37.84%) SQL Server
3 9 (24.32%) Oracle Exadata
4 8 (21.62%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (8.11%) RDBMS
5 3 (8.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (2.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Git
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Finance
3 5 (13.51%) Banking
3 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Electronics
4 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.11%) Marketing
4 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 26 (70.27%) DBA
1 26 (70.27%) Oracle DBA
2 7 (18.92%) Automation Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Administrator
3 6 (16.22%) Lead
3 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared DBA
4 2 (5.41%) Database Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared DBA
4 2 (5.41%) Senior
4 2 (5.41%) Senior DBA
4 2 (5.41%) Senior Oracle DBA
5 1 (2.70%) Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Database Specialist
5 1 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (2.70%) Performance Tuning DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) FastAPI
1 10 (27.03%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Replication
2 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (13.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (64.86%) Linux
2 7 (18.92%) Windows
3 3 (8.11%) Unix
4 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.70%) AIX
5 1 (2.70%) VMS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (35.14%) DevOps
3 11 (29.73%) Task Automation
4 10 (27.03%) API Integration
4 10 (27.03%) Performance Tuning
5 9 (24.32%) Agile
5 9 (24.32%) Database Migration
6 7 (18.92%) Migration
7 6 (16.22%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (13.51%) Database Security
8 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (13.51%) High Availability
8 5 (13.51%) Line Management
9 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 3 (8.11%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (8.11%) ITIL
9 3 (8.11%) Programme Management
10 2 (5.41%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Python
1 14 (37.84%) SQL
2 12 (32.43%) PL/SQL
3 10 (27.03%) Shell Script
4 4 (10.81%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) OCP
3 6 (16.22%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) HIPAA
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (59.46%) Oracle RMAN
2 12 (32.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 11 (29.73%) Ansible
4 10 (27.03%) yum
5 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.11%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Sybase
4 2 (5.41%) Delphix
4 2 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.70%) Virgin Media