Oracle Database Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 259 233
Rank change year-on-year -65 -26 +23
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 335 281 339
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 1.02% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.79% 5.64% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 196 218
10th Percentile £404 £325 £363
25th Percentile £435 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £429 £490
Median % change year-on-year +28.28% -12.50% -2.00%
75th Percentile £647 £538 £650
90th Percentile £688 £675 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £429 £488
% change year-on-year +28.28% -12.05% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 8
10th Percentile £33.98 - £48.06
25th Percentile £36.88 £72.50 £60.36
Median hourly rate £40.25 £75.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -46.33% +21.75% -0.73%
75th Percentile £41.75 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £47.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £75.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -46.33% +21.75% -2.26%

All Database & BI Skills
England

Oracle Database 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 6,995 4,980 6,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.34% 18.02% 18.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,689 3,437 4,359
10th Percentile £358 £342 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 80 92
10th Percentile £15.28 £20.84 £14.33
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.82 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% -7.16% -31.82%
75th Percentile £67.47 £63.75 £60.36
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -36.36%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in England

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
London -69 136 £508 +24.60% 27
North of England -58 68 £625 +31.58% 9
South East -45 52 £550 +103.70% 3
Midlands -31 42 £488 +2.63% 6
North West -14 38 £650 +84.40% 5
West Midlands -33 38 £500 -2.91% 4
Yorkshire -64 26 £469 -6.25% 4
South West -41 23 £730 +32.73% 6
North East - 8 £519 -
East Midlands -23 3 £463 +32.52% 2
East of England -28 2 £425 -9.33%
Oracle Database
UK

Oracle Database
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (5.67%) SAS
2 17 (5.07%) IIS
2 17 (5.07%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (3.28%) Confluence
5 10 (2.99%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.39%) SharePoint
8 5 (1.49%) Appian
8 5 (1.49%) Camunda
9 3 (0.90%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.90%) JBoss
9 3 (0.90%) Mendix
9 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.30%) CMS
11 1 (0.30%) nginx
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (4.48%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.99%) Finacle
3 7 (2.09%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (2.09%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.79%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (1.19%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.90%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.19%) AWS
2 47 (14.03%) Azure
3 43 (12.84%) OCI
4 12 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.58%) GitHub
4 12 (3.58%) PaaS
5 10 (2.99%) OpenShift
5 10 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (1.79%) Serverless
8 5 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.49%) GCP
8 5 (1.49%) IaaS
8 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.49%) SaaS
9 4 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.99%) Internet
2 5 (1.49%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (12.54%) Relational Database
3 39 (11.64%) RDBMS
4 31 (9.25%) Oracle Database 12c
5 30 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (7.46%) Oracle Exadata
7 18 (5.37%) Oracle Database 11g
8 17 (5.07%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (4.18%) Pentaho
10 12 (3.58%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 11 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (3.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 10 (2.99%) Power BI
13 9 (2.69%) NoSQL
14 8 (2.39%) MySQL
15 7 (2.09%) Delta Lake
15 7 (2.09%) MongoDB
15 7 (2.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 7 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
16 6 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 31 (9.25%) Git
2 27 (8.06%) GitLab
3 14 (4.18%) JIRA
4 11 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.28%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (2.39%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (2.09%) Liquibase
7 6 (1.79%) JMeter
8 5 (1.49%) JDeveloper
9 4 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.19%) eggPlant
9 4 (1.19%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.19%) Postman
9 4 (1.19%) SoapUI
9 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.90%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.90%) Toad
11 2 (0.60%) JUnit
11 2 (0.60%) Maven
11 2 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 68 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.91%) Finance
3 50 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 45 (13.43%) Banking
5 36 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.28%) Front Office
7 10 (2.99%) Back Office
8 7 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.09%) Military
9 4 (1.19%) Advertising
9 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.90%) Billing
10 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.60%) Aviation
11 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 101 (30.15%) DBA
2 92 (27.46%) Oracle DBA
3 72 (21.49%) Developer
4 48 (14.33%) Senior
5 31 (9.25%) Administrator
6 30 (8.96%) Data Engineer
7 28 (8.36%) Architect
8 27 (8.06%) Lead
9 25 (7.46%) C# Developer
10 17 (5.07%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.88%) DV Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.88%) Oracle Specialist
12 13 (3.88%) SC Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.88%) SQL DBA
13 12 (3.58%) Applications Support
13 12 (3.58%) Cloud Architect
13 12 (3.58%) Senior DBA
13 12 (3.58%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.28%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.73%) .NET
2 31 (9.25%) .NET Framework
3 30 (8.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 20 (5.97%) XML
5 17 (5.07%) Kafka
6 13 (3.88%) Middleware
6 13 (3.88%) REST
6 13 (3.88%) WinForms
6 13 (3.88%) WPF
7 10 (2.99%) Spring
8 9 (2.69%) HTML
8 9 (2.69%) JSON
9 8 (2.39%) Web Services
10 7 (2.09%) SOAP
11 6 (1.79%) JDBC
11 6 (1.79%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.49%) Jakarta EE
13 4 (1.19%) CSS
13 4 (1.19%) JMS
13 4 (1.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.57%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (5.97%) Replication
3 14 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.18%) Public Cloud
4 13 (3.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 12 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.09%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.79%) SCADA
10 5 (1.49%) IoT
10 5 (1.49%) Spread Betting
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.90%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 84 (25.07%) Linux
2 51 (15.22%) Windows
3 45 (13.43%) Unix
4 22 (6.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (5.07%) AIX
6 14 (4.18%) Windows Server
7 12 (3.58%) Solaris
8 5 (1.49%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.60%) HPUX
10 2 (0.60%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (29.25%) Migration
2 74 (22.09%) DevOps
3 68 (20.30%) CI/CD
4 61 (18.21%) Performance Tuning
5 56 (16.72%) Agile
6 52 (15.52%) High Availability
7 49 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 49 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (13.43%) ETL
9 44 (13.13%) Data Modelling
10 40 (11.94%) Data Integration
11 37 (11.04%) AI
12 33 (9.85%) Analytics
12 33 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (9.55%) Data Analysis
14 31 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (8.66%) Data Migration
16 28 (8.36%) Change Management
17 27 (8.06%) Performance Optimisation
17 27 (8.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 188 (56.12%) SQL
2 90 (26.87%) PL/SQL
3 43 (12.84%) C#
4 38 (11.34%) Python
5 33 (9.85%) T-SQL
6 26 (7.76%) Java
6 26 (7.76%) Shell Script
7 18 (5.37%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.18%) VB
9 12 (3.58%) VBA
10 10 (2.99%) Bash
10 10 (2.99%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.39%) Korn
12 5 (1.49%) Bicep
12 5 (1.49%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.90%) VB6
14 2 (0.60%) C++
14 2 (0.60%) Perl
14 2 (0.60%) ProC
14 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (43.28%) Security Cleared
2 107 (31.94%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.04%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.16%) Degree
5 12 (3.58%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.19%) OCP
8 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.90%) ISEB
8 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.60%) PMP
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.15%) QA
2 20 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.79%) GDPR
4 5 (1.49%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (14.03%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.69%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (20.60%) Oracle RMAN
2 47 (14.03%) Data Guard
3 37 (11.04%) Terraform
4 29 (8.66%) Ansible
5 24 (7.16%) Kubernetes
6 17 (5.07%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 7 (2.09%) Control-M
8 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 4 (1.19%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.90%) Nagios
10 2 (0.60%) Argo
10 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.30%) Grafana
11 1 (0.30%) Kibana
11 1 (0.30%) OPNET
11 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 335 (100.00%) Oracle
2 39 (11.64%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.76%) Citrix
4 17 (5.07%) IBM
4 17 (5.07%) Talend
5 15 (4.48%) Databricks
6 14 (4.18%) Informatica
7 13 (3.88%) SAP
8 7 (2.09%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.49%) Denodo
9 5 (1.49%) OpenText
10 4 (1.19%) Google
10 4 (1.19%) Siebel
11 3 (0.90%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.90%) jBASE
11 3 (0.90%) Kofax
11 3 (0.90%) Lotus
11 3 (0.90%) NetCracker
11 3 (0.90%) Temenos
12 2 (0.60%) VMware
50 Oracle Database jobs in England