Oracle Database 12c Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database 12c
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Oracle Database 12c skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 519 542
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 -7
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 12c 10 7 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.021% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.20% 0.12% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 36
10th Percentile £400 £538 £380
25th Percentile £431 £586 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £625 £456
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% +36.99% -19.25%
75th Percentile £588 £641 £509
90th Percentile £700 £646 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £625 £466
% change year-on-year -28.00% +34.05% -17.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.70
Median hourly rate - - £62.05
75th Percentile - - £64.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £62.05
% change year-on-year - - +24.10%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Oracle Database 12c 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,032 6,005 7,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.09% 18.23% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,464 4,155 4,991
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £666
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £543
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.84% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 84 140
10th Percentile £21.11 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £29.21 £21.25 £32.32
Median hourly rate £44.25 £36.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -34.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.08 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.36% +22.66%

Oracle Database 12c
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Oracle Database 12c as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Database 12c in England

Oracle Database 12c
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle Database 12c.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle Database 12c

Oracle Database 12c
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database 12c in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database 12c in England

Oracle Database 12c
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle Database 12c.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle Database 12c

Oracle Database 12c
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 Oracle Database 12c within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
South East +21 3 £700 -
South West +19 2 £463 -9.76%
London +1 2 £450 -28.00%
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
North of England - 1 £375 - 2
North West - 1 £375 - 2
Oracle Database 12c
UK

Oracle Database 12c
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) OCI
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Database 11g
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) DBA
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared DBA
3 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared DBA
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Unix
3 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (20.00%) VMS
4 1 (10.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (50.00%) High Availability
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Database Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (20.00%) BCP
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Change Control
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (20.00%) Database Security
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) OCP
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) OCA
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Data Guard
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Virgin Media