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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 260 293
Rank change year-on-year -52 +33 -17
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 328 255 283
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 1.00% 0.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.90% 5.43% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 182 194
10th Percentile £404 £360 £363
25th Percentile £431 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £479
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -6.01% -3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £436 £486
% change year-on-year +20.40% -10.24% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £35.11 £74.38 £48.06
25th Percentile £37.25 £77.19 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -9.74%
75th Percentile £74.68 £89.69 -
90th Percentile - £92.13 -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
% change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -15.03%

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 6,696 4,693 6,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.30% 18.40% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,510 3,250 4,681
10th Percentile £352 £358 £350
25th Percentile £415 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 87 139
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.05 £25.01 £20.76
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.00% -29.76%
75th Percentile £69.86 £62.88 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.00 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.43% -12.50% -29.08%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -72 139 £500 +22.70% 14
North of England -77 56 £625 +25.00% 7
Midlands -31 50 £506 +9.46% 8
West Midlands -24 45 £519 +9.21% 6
South East -43 44 £550 +12.82% 5
South West -20 26 £650 +11.88% 3
North West -27 26 £650 +82.58% 5
Yorkshire -76 25 £488 -2.50%
North East - 7 £563 - 2
East Midlands -18 4 £463 +32.52% 2
East of England -29 3 £400 -14.67%
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 21 (6.40%) SAS
2 19 (5.79%) IIS
3 14 (4.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (3.35%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.74%) Confluence
6 9 (2.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.44%) Appian
8 6 (1.83%) HCL Notes
8 6 (1.83%) Mendix
8 6 (1.83%) SharePoint
8 6 (1.83%) Tomcat
9 5 (1.52%) Camunda
10 4 (1.22%) JBoss
11 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.61%) nginx
13 1 (0.30%) Liferay
13 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (3.66%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (3.05%) Finacle
3 6 (1.83%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (1.83%) Teamcenter
4 5 (1.52%) OpenText MBPM
4 5 (1.52%) Oracle BPM
5 4 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.22%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.30%) Endur
8 1 (0.30%) Findur
8 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.30%) Summit
8 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.60%) AWS
2 54 (16.46%) Azure
3 27 (8.23%) OCI
4 16 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.35%) PaaS
5 11 (3.35%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.74%) GitHub
7 7 (2.13%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.13%) Serverless
8 6 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.52%) Collibra
9 5 (1.52%) GCP
9 5 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.22%) IaaS
10 4 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.05%) Internet
2 3 (0.91%) Firewall
3 2 (0.61%) HTTP
3 2 (0.61%) Network Security
3 2 (0.61%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) Intranet
4 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (22.26%) SQL Server
2 39 (11.89%) Relational Database
3 31 (9.45%) RDBMS
4 25 (7.62%) Oracle Database 12c
4 25 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (4.88%) Oracle Exadata
5 16 (4.88%) Oracle Reports
5 16 (4.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 14 (4.27%) Oracle Database 11g
7 12 (3.66%) MySQL
7 12 (3.66%) Pentaho
8 11 (3.35%) Metadata
8 11 (3.35%) Power BI
9 10 (3.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 8 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.44%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.13%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.52%) Data Mart
12 5 (1.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (7.93%) GitLab
2 17 (5.18%) Git
2 17 (5.18%) JIRA
3 7 (2.13%) Liquibase
3 7 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.91%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.91%) JUnit
5 3 (0.91%) Selenium
6 2 (0.61%) Flyway
6 2 (0.61%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.61%) JMeter
6 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.30%) Rational Robot
7 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 64 (19.51%) Finance
2 55 (16.77%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.63%) Banking
4 45 (13.72%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.05%) Back Office
6 10 (3.05%) Front Office
7 7 (2.13%) Military
8 6 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.22%) Advertising
9 4 (1.22%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.61%) Aviation
10 2 (0.61%) Billing
10 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.61%) Legal
10 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (31.71%) DBA
2 98 (29.88%) Oracle DBA
3 77 (23.48%) Developer
4 32 (9.76%) C# Developer
5 31 (9.45%) Administrator
5 31 (9.45%) Senior
6 27 (8.23%) Data Engineer
7 25 (7.62%) Architect
8 21 (6.40%) Lead
9 18 (5.49%) SC Cleared DBA
10 16 (4.88%) Database Engineer
11 15 (4.57%) Oracle Developer
12 14 (4.27%) Oracle Database Engineer
13 13 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.66%) Release Manager
14 12 (3.66%) Senior DBA
15 11 (3.35%) Applications Support
15 11 (3.35%) DV Cleared DBA
15 11 (3.35%) Oracle Specialist
15 11 (3.35%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.55%) .NET
2 35 (10.67%) .NET Framework
3 21 (6.40%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 16 (4.88%) XML
5 14 (4.27%) REST
6 13 (3.96%) WinForms
6 13 (3.96%) WPF
7 11 (3.35%) Kafka
8 10 (3.05%) JSON
8 10 (3.05%) Middleware
8 10 (3.05%) React
9 9 (2.74%) HTML
10 8 (2.44%) CSS
11 7 (2.13%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.13%) Spring
11 7 (2.13%) Web Services
12 6 (1.83%) SOAP
12 6 (1.83%) Spring Boot
13 4 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
13 4 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.15%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.66%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 11 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.74%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.13%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.22%) Replication
8 4 (1.22%) SCADA
8 4 (1.22%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.91%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.91%) Clustering
9 3 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.91%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 67 (20.43%) Linux
2 51 (15.55%) Windows
3 36 (10.98%) Unix
4 14 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (3.66%) Solaris
5 12 (3.66%) Windows Server
6 10 (3.05%) AIX
7 6 (1.83%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.61%) HPUX
11 2 (0.61%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (21.95%) Migration
2 71 (21.65%) DevOps
3 58 (17.68%) CI/CD
4 51 (15.55%) High Availability
4 51 (15.55%) Performance Tuning
5 49 (14.94%) Agile
5 49 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (14.33%) ETL
7 40 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 35 (10.67%) AI
9 31 (9.45%) Data Analysis
10 29 (8.84%) Data Integration
10 29 (8.84%) Validation
11 27 (8.23%) Analytics
12 26 (7.93%) Change Management
13 25 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (7.32%) Data Migration
14 24 (7.32%) Data Modelling
15 23 (7.01%) Mentoring
16 22 (6.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 167 (50.91%) SQL
2 80 (24.39%) PL/SQL
3 54 (16.46%) C#
4 42 (12.80%) Python
5 31 (9.45%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.40%) Shell Script
7 19 (5.79%) Java
8 14 (4.27%) VB
9 12 (3.66%) JavaScript
9 12 (3.66%) VBA
10 10 (3.05%) Korn
11 8 (2.44%) Bash
11 8 (2.44%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.13%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.22%) Formula Language
13 4 (1.22%) LotusScript
14 3 (0.91%) Bicep
14 3 (0.91%) C
14 3 (0.91%) ProC
14 3 (0.91%) VB6
Qualifications
1 143 (43.60%) Security Cleared
2 107 (32.62%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.06%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.79%) Degree
5 7 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) CCNA
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) OCP
9 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.98%) QA
2 12 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.22%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.22%) SLA
4 3 (0.91%) FATCA
4 3 (0.91%) GDPR
4 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) GRC
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.30%) NIST
5 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (10.06%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.74%) Docker
3 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 54 (16.46%) Oracle RMAN
2 31 (9.45%) Data Guard
3 28 (8.54%) Terraform
4 15 (4.57%) Ansible
4 15 (4.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 13 (3.96%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.61%) Grafana
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.30%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.30%) Foglight
7 1 (0.30%) Kibana
7 1 (0.30%) OPNET
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 328 (100.00%) Oracle
2 31 (9.45%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.93%) Citrix
4 18 (5.49%) Talend
5 15 (4.57%) Databricks
6 10 (3.05%) IBM
6 10 (3.05%) Informatica
7 6 (1.83%) Denodo
7 6 (1.83%) Kofax
7 6 (1.83%) Lotus
7 6 (1.83%) SAP
8 5 (1.52%) OpenText
8 5 (1.52%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.22%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.22%) Google
9 4 (1.22%) Siebel
10 3 (0.91%) VMware
11 2 (0.61%) Murex
11 2 (0.61%) NetCracker
11 2 (0.61%) Sitecore