Oracle Database Contracts in England

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Oracle Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Oracle Database over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 290 270
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 -11
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 258 286 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.99% 0.77% 0.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.37% 4.36% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 196 279
10th Percentile £359 £363 -
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £479 £495
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% -3.28% -4.81%
75th Percentile £575 £639 £554
90th Percentile £700 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £433 £486 £495
% change year-on-year -11.01% -1.82% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 14
10th Percentile £74.38 £48.06 £48.13
25th Percentile £77.19 £60.36 £55.90
Median hourly rate £83.75 £61.60 £68.25
Median % change year-on-year +35.96% -9.74% +69.99%
75th Percentile £89.69 - £74.69
90th Percentile £92.13 - £82.30
UK median hourly rate £83.75 £61.60 £72.50
% change year-on-year +35.96% -15.03% +140.46%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 4,804 6,558 8,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.40% 17.55% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,326 4,727 5,816
10th Percentile £357 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 139 151
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.88 £20.62 £32.30
Median hourly rate £33.94 £40.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -30.43% +52.12%
75th Percentile £61.25 £51.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £71.70 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £34.99 £39.25 £56.95
% change year-on-year -10.85% -31.08% +50.66%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database in England.

Daily rate trend for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database in England.

Hourly rate trend for Oracle Database in England

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

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 3 July 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
London +3 130 £408 -16.15% 54
North of England +54 56 £500 +5.26% 8
Yorkshire +50 49 £500 +3.09% 3
South East +7 23 £488 -19.22% 13
Midlands +23 21 £463 +27.59% 5
South West +29 16 £562 -13.54% 11
West Midlands +20 14 £475 +18.75% 1
North West +9 7 £356 -20.45% 2
East of England +29 6 £469 +18.67% 3
East Midlands -1 6 £349 -3.72% 4
Oracle Database
UK

Oracle Database
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 18 (6.98%) Confluence
3 13 (5.04%) IIS
4 12 (4.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (2.71%) SAS
6 6 (2.33%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.94%) JBoss
7 5 (1.94%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (1.55%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (1.16%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.78%) Apache
10 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.78%) CICS
10 2 (0.78%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.39%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.39%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (12.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.10%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.94%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.94%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.55%) Oracle 11i
3 4 (1.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.16%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.39%) OpenText MBPM
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.39%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.67%) Azure
2 41 (15.89%) AWS
3 18 (6.98%) OCI
4 13 (5.04%) Amazon S3
5 11 (4.26%) GCP
5 11 (4.26%) Serverless
6 10 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.10%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.71%) GitHub
9 6 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.33%) Collibra
9 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.94%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.55%) Azure API Management
11 4 (1.55%) dbt
11 4 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.55%) Miro
11 4 (1.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.20%) DNS
2 12 (4.65%) Internet
3 8 (3.10%) HTTP
4 5 (1.94%) SAN
5 4 (1.55%) Firewall
5 4 (1.55%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.16%) SSL
7 1 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.39%) VPN
7 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 24 (9.30%) Oracle Reports
3 20 (7.75%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (5.81%) RDBMS
7 11 (4.26%) Oracle Database 12c
8 10 (3.88%) Oracle Database 11g
9 9 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (3.10%) Oracle Database 10g
11 7 (2.71%) MySQL
11 7 (2.71%) Oracle Exadata
11 7 (2.71%) Power BI
12 6 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (2.33%) DB2
12 6 (2.33%) Delta Lake
13 5 (1.94%) GIS
14 4 (1.55%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.55%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.55%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 19 (7.36%) Jenkins
2 18 (6.98%) JIRA
3 11 (4.26%) Git
4 10 (3.88%) GitLab
5 7 (2.71%) JUnit
6 6 (2.33%) Maven
6 6 (2.33%) SoapUI
6 6 (2.33%) Toad
7 5 (1.94%) Ant
7 5 (1.94%) IBM UrbanCode
7 5 (1.94%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (1.94%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.55%) DBeaver
8 4 (1.55%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.16%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.16%) Mockito
9 3 (1.16%) Selenium
9 3 (1.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.16%) Subversion
General
1 94 (36.43%) Finance
2 78 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 33 (12.79%) Banking
4 31 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.43%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.49%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.94%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.16%) Electronics
9 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.16%) Marketing
10 2 (0.78%) Back Office
10 2 (0.78%) French Language
10 2 (0.78%) Front Office
10 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (30.23%) Developer
2 38 (14.73%) DBA
3 32 (12.40%) C# Developer
3 32 (12.40%) C# WPF Developer
3 32 (12.40%) Oracle DBA
3 32 (12.40%) WPF Developer
4 20 (7.75%) .NET Developer
4 20 (7.75%) C# .NET Developer
5 19 (7.36%) Architect
6 16 (6.20%) Lead
7 15 (5.81%) Data Engineer
8 14 (5.43%) Administrator
8 14 (5.43%) Database Engineer
8 14 (5.43%) Oracle Developer
9 12 (4.65%) C# WCF Developer
9 12 (4.65%) Consultant
9 12 (4.65%) Oracle Database Engineer
9 12 (4.65%) WCF Developer
10 10 (3.88%) Commvault Engineer
10 10 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (15.89%) .NET
2 37 (14.34%) .NET Framework
3 32 (12.40%) WPF
4 15 (5.81%) HTML
4 15 (5.81%) Kafka
5 12 (4.65%) WCF
5 12 (4.65%) WinForms
6 11 (4.26%) CSS
6 11 (4.26%) Middleware
6 11 (4.26%) Web Services
7 10 (3.88%) XML
8 9 (3.49%) REST
9 8 (3.10%) SOAP
9 8 (3.10%) Spring
9 8 (3.10%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.71%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.33%) JPA
11 6 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (2.33%) RESTful
12 5 (1.94%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.59%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.20%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.94%) IoT
6 5 (1.94%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.94%) SCADA
6 5 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.55%) Clustering
7 4 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.55%) Reference Data
7 4 (1.55%) Replication
8 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.16%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.16%) State Machine
9 2 (0.78%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 72 (27.91%) Windows
2 69 (26.74%) Linux
3 26 (10.08%) Unix
4 22 (8.53%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.26%) AIX
6 7 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.16%) Solaris
7 3 (1.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (24.03%) Migration
2 62 (24.03%) Performance Tuning
3 51 (19.77%) Agile
4 35 (13.57%) Data Migration
4 35 (13.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (12.79%) DevOps
6 30 (11.63%) High Availability
7 28 (10.85%) CI/CD
8 25 (9.69%) ETL
9 24 (9.30%) Microservices
10 22 (8.53%) Change Management
10 22 (8.53%) Database Migration
11 20 (7.75%) Data Analysis
11 20 (7.75%) SOA
12 19 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (6.98%) Software Engineering
14 16 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (6.20%) Workflow
15 15 (5.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 146 (56.59%) SQL
2 87 (33.72%) PL/SQL
3 42 (16.28%) C#
4 41 (15.89%) Java
5 37 (14.34%) Python
6 31 (12.02%) VB
6 31 (12.02%) VBA
7 24 (9.30%) Perl
8 22 (8.53%) Bash
9 19 (7.36%) Shell Script
9 19 (7.36%) VB.NET
10 15 (5.81%) PowerShell
10 15 (5.81%) T-SQL
11 13 (5.04%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.55%) Groovy
13 4 (1.55%) Korn
14 3 (1.16%) COBOL
14 3 (1.16%) JCL
15 2 (0.78%) AWK
Qualifications
1 61 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.53%) Degree
4 18 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.10%) OCP
7 8 (3.10%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.55%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.39%) CISA
12 1 (0.39%) CRISC
12 1 (0.39%) IBM Certification
12 1 (0.39%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.69%) QA
2 19 (7.36%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.88%) GDPR
4 7 (2.71%) SEPA
5 6 (2.33%) SLA
6 5 (1.94%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.78%) ITGC
9 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.39%) RMADS
9 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (7.75%) Active Directory
1 20 (7.75%) Oracle RAC
2 16 (6.20%) Docker
3 12 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.10%) vSphere
5 5 (1.94%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 2 (0.78%) GPFS
6 2 (0.78%) NFS
6 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.39%) Samba
Systems Management
1 37 (14.34%) Oracle RMAN
2 25 (9.69%) Data Guard
3 23 (8.91%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 19 (7.36%) Ansible
4 19 (7.36%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.49%) Tivoli
6 7 (2.71%) Terraform
7 5 (1.94%) Grafana
8 4 (1.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.39%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.39%) vRealize
11 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 258 (100.00%) Oracle
2 29 (11.24%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.75%) Cisco
4 18 (6.98%) IBM
5 17 (6.59%) Commvault
6 16 (6.20%) VMware
7 14 (5.43%) SAP
8 13 (5.04%) Citrix
9 10 (3.88%) Google
10 8 (3.10%) Informatica
10 8 (3.10%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.71%) Databricks
11 7 (2.71%) Splunk
12 6 (2.33%) Siebel
13 5 (1.94%) Sybase
14 4 (1.55%) CyberArk
14 4 (1.55%) Dynatrace
14 4 (1.55%) StreamSets
14 4 (1.55%) Talend
15 3 (1.16%) Denodo