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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 246 235
Rank change year-on-year -83 -11 +15
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 337 280 339
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.01% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.82% 5.62% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 194 220
10th Percentile £404 £324 £363
25th Percentile £435 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.93% -15.98% -
75th Percentile £644 £538 £650
90th Percentile £688 £669 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £429 £500
% change year-on-year +28.28% -14.25% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £34.28 - £48.06
25th Percentile £37.13 £72.50 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.36 £75.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -44.86% +21.75% -0.73%
75th Percentile £41.75 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £46.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.36 £75.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -44.86% +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 6,992 4,986 6,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.29% 18.06% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,693 3,437 4,355
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -5.85% -0.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £754 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 80 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.00 £24.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £34.82 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -0.53% -36.36%
75th Percentile £62.88 £63.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.71 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +12.86% +1.55% -37.34%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -65 138 £508 +24.60% 16
North of England -74 67 £625 +31.58% 6
South East -51 51 £550 +103.70% 4
Midlands -34 42 £488 +2.63% 6
North West -19 38 £650 +84.40% 4
West Midlands -25 38 £500 -2.91% 4
South West -33 25 £730 +32.73% 5
Yorkshire -69 25 £488 -2.50% 2
North East - 8 £519 -
East Midlands -21 3 £463 +32.52% 2
East of England -32 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 (5.64%) SAS
2 17 (5.04%) IIS
2 17 (5.04%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (3.26%) Confluence
5 10 (2.97%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.37%) SharePoint
8 5 (1.48%) Appian
8 5 (1.48%) Camunda
9 3 (0.89%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.89%) JBoss
9 3 (0.89%) Mendix
9 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.30%) Liferay
11 1 (0.30%) nginx
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (4.45%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.97%) Finacle
3 7 (2.08%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (2.08%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.78%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.78%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (1.19%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.89%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.96%) AWS
2 47 (13.95%) Azure
3 43 (12.76%) OCI
4 13 (3.86%) GitHub
5 12 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.56%) PaaS
6 10 (2.97%) OpenShift
6 10 (2.97%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.78%) Serverless
9 5 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.48%) GCP
9 5 (1.48%) IaaS
9 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.48%) SaaS
10 4 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.97%) Internet
2 5 (1.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (19.29%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.76%) Relational Database
3 39 (11.57%) RDBMS
4 30 (8.90%) Oracle Database 12c
4 30 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (7.42%) Oracle Exadata
6 17 (5.04%) Oracle Database 11g
6 17 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (4.15%) Pentaho
8 12 (3.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 11 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.26%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 10 (2.97%) Power BI
11 9 (2.67%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.37%) MySQL
13 7 (2.08%) Delta Lake
13 7 (2.08%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.78%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 31 (9.20%) Git
2 27 (8.01%) GitLab
3 14 (4.15%) JIRA
4 11 (3.26%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.26%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (2.37%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (2.08%) Liquibase
7 6 (1.78%) JMeter
8 5 (1.48%) 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 (0.89%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.89%) JUnit
10 3 (0.89%) Toad
11 2 (0.59%) Maven
11 2 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 68 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.80%) Finance
3 51 (15.13%) Public Sector
4 45 (13.35%) Banking
5 36 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.26%) Front Office
7 10 (2.97%) Back Office
8 7 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.08%) Military
9 4 (1.19%) Advertising
9 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
10 3 (0.89%) Billing
10 3 (0.89%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Aviation
11 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (29.08%) DBA
2 89 (26.41%) Oracle DBA
3 73 (21.66%) Developer
4 48 (14.24%) Senior
5 30 (8.90%) Administrator
5 30 (8.90%) Data Engineer
6 29 (8.61%) Architect
7 27 (8.01%) Lead
8 25 (7.42%) C# Developer
9 17 (5.04%) Oracle Developer
10 15 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (3.86%) DV Cleared DBA
11 13 (3.86%) Oracle Specialist
11 13 (3.86%) SC Cleared DBA
11 13 (3.86%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.56%) Applications Support
12 12 (3.56%) Cloud Architect
12 12 (3.56%) SQL DBA
13 11 (3.26%) Database Engineer
13 11 (3.26%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.65%) .NET
2 31 (9.20%) .NET Framework
3 30 (8.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 20 (5.93%) XML
5 17 (5.04%) Kafka
6 13 (3.86%) Middleware
6 13 (3.86%) REST
6 13 (3.86%) WinForms
6 13 (3.86%) WPF
7 11 (3.26%) Spring
8 9 (2.67%) HTML
8 9 (2.67%) JSON
9 8 (2.37%) Web Services
10 7 (2.08%) SOAP
10 7 (2.08%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.78%) JDBC
12 5 (1.48%) Jakarta EE
13 4 (1.19%) CSS
13 4 (1.19%) Hibernate
13 4 (1.19%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.23%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (5.64%) Replication
3 14 (4.15%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.15%) Public Cloud
4 13 (3.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 12 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.67%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.78%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.48%) IoT
10 5 (1.48%) SCADA
10 5 (1.48%) Spread Betting
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.89%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 84 (24.93%) Linux
2 51 (15.13%) Windows
3 44 (13.06%) Unix
4 23 (6.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (5.04%) AIX
6 14 (4.15%) Windows Server
7 12 (3.56%) Solaris
8 5 (1.48%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.59%) HPUX
10 2 (0.59%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.67%) Migration
2 74 (21.96%) DevOps
3 69 (20.47%) CI/CD
4 60 (17.80%) Performance Tuning
5 56 (16.62%) Agile
6 52 (15.43%) High Availability
7 49 (14.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 49 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (13.35%) ETL
9 44 (13.06%) Data Modelling
10 40 (11.87%) Data Integration
11 37 (10.98%) AI
12 33 (9.79%) Analytics
12 33 (9.79%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (9.50%) Data Analysis
13 32 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (8.90%) Data Migration
15 28 (8.31%) Change Management
16 27 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
16 27 (8.01%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 188 (55.79%) SQL
2 90 (26.71%) PL/SQL
3 43 (12.76%) C#
4 38 (11.28%) Python
5 33 (9.79%) T-SQL
6 27 (8.01%) Java
7 26 (7.72%) Shell Script
8 18 (5.34%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.15%) VB
10 12 (3.56%) VBA
11 10 (2.97%) Bash
11 10 (2.97%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.37%) Korn
13 5 (1.48%) Bicep
13 5 (1.48%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.89%) VB6
15 2 (0.59%) C
15 2 (0.59%) C++
15 2 (0.59%) Perl
15 2 (0.59%) ProC
Qualifications
1 148 (43.92%) Security Cleared
2 110 (32.64%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.98%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.12%) Degree
5 11 (3.26%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.89%) ISEB
8 3 (0.89%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.89%) OCP
9 2 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.59%) PMP
10 1 (0.30%) CCNA
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.09%) QA
2 20 (5.93%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.78%) GDPR
4 5 (1.48%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.59%) 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
System Software
1 47 (13.95%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.67%) Docker
3 3 (0.89%) 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 67 (19.88%) Oracle RMAN
2 47 (13.95%) Data Guard
3 37 (10.98%) Terraform
4 29 (8.61%) Ansible
5 26 (7.72%) Kubernetes
6 17 (5.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 7 (2.08%) Control-M
8 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 4 (1.19%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.89%) Nagios
9 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.59%) Argo
10 2 (0.59%) 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
1 337 (100.00%) Oracle
2 39 (11.57%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.72%) Citrix
4 18 (5.34%) IBM
5 17 (5.04%) Talend
6 15 (4.45%) Databricks
7 14 (4.15%) Informatica
8 13 (3.86%) SAP
9 7 (2.08%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.48%) Denodo
10 5 (1.48%) OpenText
11 4 (1.19%) Google
11 4 (1.19%) Siebel
12 3 (0.89%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.89%) jBASE
12 3 (0.89%) Kofax
12 3 (0.89%) Lotus
12 3 (0.89%) NetCracker
12 3 (0.89%) Temenos
13 2 (0.59%) VMware
35 Oracle Database jobs in England