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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 270 247
Rank change year-on-year -54 -23 +27
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 366 279 320
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 0.99% 1.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.37% 5.47% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 193 216
10th Percentile £404 £301 £363
25th Percentile £425 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £415 £535
Median % change year-on-year +26.46% -22.40% +9.18%
75th Percentile £638 £537 £646
90th Percentile £688 £626 £699
UK median daily rate £535 £433 £533
% change year-on-year +23.70% -18.78% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 2 7
10th Percentile £37.25 £75.25 £59.62
25th Percentile - £79.38 -
Median hourly rate £41.71 £90.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -53.66% +46.10% -16.43%
75th Percentile £55.31 £101.88 -
90th Percentile £74.68 £106.75 -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £90.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -53.66% +46.10% -16.43%

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 6,821 5,100 5,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.56% 18.12% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,518 3,505 3,939
10th Percentile £353 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -7.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £633 £663
90th Percentile £717 £750 £813
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 72 83
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.67 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.17 £29.00 £22.20
Median hourly rate £41.71 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +19.99% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.13 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.15
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £39.48 £33.93
% change year-on-year +1.77% +16.36% -33.54%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -50 162 £490 +20.25% 17
South West +1 54 £730 +35.81% 5
North of England -61 53 £525 +17.71% 2
South East -57 44 £550 +150.00% 5
North West -30 35 £613 +45.83% 1
Midlands -44 35 £465 -9.71% 9
West Midlands -36 31 £506 -2.64% 9
Yorkshire -53 14 £406 -12.63% 1
North East - 8 £519 -
East Midlands -15 3 £463 +32.52%
East of England -42 2 £487 -0.10%
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 17 (4.64%) Oracle Workflow
2 16 (4.37%) IIS
3 15 (4.10%) SAS
4 14 (3.83%) WebLogic
5 12 (3.28%) Confluence
5 12 (3.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (2.46%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (1.37%) Appian
8 5 (1.37%) Camunda
9 3 (0.82%) JBoss
9 3 (0.82%) Mendix
9 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.55%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.55%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.27%) CMS
11 1 (0.27%) Liferay
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (2.19%) Finacle
3 7 (1.91%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (1.91%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.64%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.09%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (1.09%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.82%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.22%) AWS
2 50 (13.66%) Azure
3 45 (12.30%) OCI
4 15 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.28%) GitHub
5 12 (3.28%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.28%) Serverless
6 9 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (2.19%) GCP
8 7 (1.91%) OpenShift
8 7 (1.91%) PaaS
8 7 (1.91%) SaaS
9 6 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.37%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.37%) iPaaS
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.09%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.46%) Internet
2 5 (1.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.27%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (17.21%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.75%) Relational Database
3 34 (9.29%) RDBMS
4 25 (6.83%) Oracle Exadata
4 25 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.19%) Oracle Database 12c
6 18 (4.92%) Oracle Database 11g
7 16 (4.37%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (3.83%) Pentaho
9 11 (3.01%) MySQL
9 11 (3.01%) Power BI
10 8 (2.19%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database 10g
11 7 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.91%) PowerCenter
12 6 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.64%) Metadata
12 6 (1.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 6 (1.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 40 (10.93%) Git
2 33 (9.02%) GitLab
3 22 (6.01%) JIRA
4 12 (3.28%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (3.01%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.19%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (1.64%) Maven
8 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.37%) JDeveloper
8 5 (1.37%) JMeter
8 5 (1.37%) JUnit
8 5 (1.37%) Liquibase
8 5 (1.37%) Postman
9 4 (1.09%) ClearCase
9 4 (1.09%) eggPlant
9 4 (1.09%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.09%) SoapUI
9 4 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.82%) Selenium
10 3 (0.82%) Toad
General
1 77 (21.04%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.40%) Finance
3 55 (15.03%) Banking
4 54 (14.75%) Public Sector
5 40 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.73%) Front Office
7 8 (2.19%) Back Office
7 8 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.19%) Military
8 5 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.82%) Billing
10 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.82%) Police
11 2 (0.55%) Aviation
11 2 (0.55%) Local Government
11 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.27%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (22.95%) DBA
2 81 (22.13%) Developer
3 71 (19.40%) Oracle DBA
4 53 (14.48%) Senior
5 41 (11.20%) Data Engineer
6 34 (9.29%) Administrator
7 32 (8.74%) Architect
8 27 (7.38%) Lead
9 23 (6.28%) Database Manager
10 18 (4.92%) C# Developer
10 18 (4.92%) Database Engineer
11 16 (4.37%) Oracle Database Engineer
12 15 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.10%) Java Developer
12 15 (4.10%) Oracle Developer
12 15 (4.10%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.55%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.55%) DV Cleared DBA
13 13 (3.55%) SQL DBA
14 11 (3.01%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.39%) .NET
2 34 (9.29%) Terraform
3 27 (7.38%) .NET Framework
4 25 (6.83%) REST
5 22 (6.01%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 22 (6.01%) XML
6 18 (4.92%) Middleware
7 17 (4.64%) Spring
8 16 (4.37%) Kafka
9 15 (4.10%) Web Services
10 13 (3.55%) WinForms
10 13 (3.55%) WPF
11 12 (3.28%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.01%) JSON
13 10 (2.73%) SOAP
14 8 (2.19%) HTML
15 7 (1.91%) JDBC
16 6 (1.64%) Jakarta EE
16 6 (1.64%) OAuth
17 5 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.28%) Replication
2 17 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.83%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.55%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 10 (2.73%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (2.73%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.46%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.91%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.64%) Spread Betting
13 5 (1.37%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
14 4 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
15 3 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 91 (24.86%) Linux
2 52 (14.21%) Windows
3 47 (12.84%) Unix
4 24 (6.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.64%) AIX
6 15 (4.10%) Solaris
7 11 (3.01%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.55%) HPUX
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.78%) Migration
2 83 (22.68%) CI/CD
3 79 (21.58%) Agile
4 76 (20.77%) DevOps
5 59 (16.12%) Data Modelling
5 59 (16.12%) Performance Tuning
6 53 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (13.39%) ETL
8 42 (11.48%) Data Integration
9 39 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 39 (10.66%) SDLC
10 38 (10.38%) AI
10 38 (10.38%) Data Migration
10 38 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (10.11%) Data Analysis
12 35 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (8.74%) High Availability
13 32 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (8.74%) Test Automation
13 32 (8.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 200 (54.64%) SQL
2 85 (23.22%) PL/SQL
3 45 (12.30%) C#
3 45 (12.30%) Python
4 35 (9.56%) Java
5 29 (7.92%) T-SQL
6 24 (6.56%) Shell Script
7 20 (5.46%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.83%) VB
9 11 (3.01%) VBA
10 10 (2.73%) Bash
11 9 (2.46%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.37%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.09%) Bicep
13 4 (1.09%) VB6
14 3 (0.82%) C
14 3 (0.82%) C++
15 2 (0.55%) Korn
15 2 (0.55%) Perl
15 2 (0.55%) ProC
Qualifications
1 167 (45.63%) Security Cleared
2 127 (34.70%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.11%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.83%) Degree
5 14 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.55%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (1.37%) OCP
8 4 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.82%) ISEB
9 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.55%) OCA
10 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.74%) QA
2 28 (7.65%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.37%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.82%) EMIR
4 3 (0.82%) GDPR
4 3 (0.82%) MiFID
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (10.11%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (2.73%) Docker
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) KVM
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (12.30%) Oracle RMAN
2 43 (11.75%) Data Guard
3 32 (8.74%) Kubernetes
4 26 (7.10%) Ansible
5 12 (3.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 9 (2.46%) Control-M
7 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 4 (1.09%) HP Fortify
8 4 (1.09%) Nagios
9 3 (0.82%) Argo
9 3 (0.82%) Grafana
9 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.27%) Kibana
10 1 (0.27%) OPNET
10 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 366 (100.00%) Oracle
2 47 (12.84%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.74%) Citrix
3 21 (5.74%) Talend
4 17 (4.64%) IBM
5 15 (4.10%) Databricks
5 15 (4.10%) Informatica
6 13 (3.55%) SAP
7 8 (2.19%) UiPath
8 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.64%) Google
10 5 (1.37%) OpenText
10 5 (1.37%) Siebel
11 3 (0.82%) Denodo
11 3 (0.82%) jBASE
11 3 (0.82%) Kofax
11 3 (0.82%) NetCracker
11 3 (0.82%) Temenos
11 3 (0.82%) VMware
12 2 (0.55%) Dynatrace
37 Oracle Database jobs in England