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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 269 243
Rank change year-on-year -50 -26 +35
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 355 275 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.99% 1.01%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.21% 5.43% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 186 219
10th Percentile £404 £302 £363
25th Percentile £435 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £415 £530
Median % change year-on-year +30.12% -21.70% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £527 £653
90th Percentile £688 £611 £699
UK median daily rate £548 £423 £528
% change year-on-year +29.59% -19.91% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 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% +5.14%
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% +5.14%

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 6,810 5,064 5,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.76% 18.26% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,542 3,482 4,047
10th Percentile £351 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 73 81
10th Percentile £15.94 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.87 £29.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +24.29% -34.58%
75th Percentile £58.44 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.75 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.45% +14.29% -33.33%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -60 158 £500 +22.70% 68
North of England -56 52 £625 +38.89% 22
South West -7 47 £730 +39.05% 17
South East -48 42 £550 +155.81% 9
Midlands -28 40 £469 -9.24% 11
West Midlands -26 36 £506 -5.73% 8
North West -37 34 £625 +48.81% 17
Yorkshire -50 14 £512 +4.54% 3
North East - 8 £519 - 2
East Midlands -19 3 £463 +32.52% 3
East of England -33 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 18 (5.07%) IIS
1 18 (5.07%) SAS
2 16 (4.51%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (3.66%) Confluence
3 13 (3.66%) WebLogic
4 12 (3.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (2.54%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.41%) Appian
6 5 (1.41%) Camunda
7 3 (0.85%) JBoss
7 3 (0.85%) Mendix
8 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.56%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Liferay
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (4.51%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.82%) Finacle
3 7 (1.97%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.69%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.13%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.85%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.97%) AWS
2 49 (13.80%) Azure
3 42 (11.83%) OCI
4 13 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.10%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.82%) GitHub
6 10 (2.82%) PaaS
7 9 (2.54%) OpenShift
7 9 (2.54%) Serverless
8 8 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.69%) SaaS
10 5 (1.41%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.41%) GCP
10 5 (1.41%) IaaS
11 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.10%) Internet
2 3 (0.85%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) IPsec
3 1 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.11%) Relational Database
3 38 (10.70%) RDBMS
4 24 (6.76%) Oracle Exadata
4 24 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.35%) Oracle Database 12c
6 17 (4.79%) Oracle Database 11g
7 16 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.51%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.23%) Pentaho
9 11 (3.10%) Power BI
10 9 (2.54%) MySQL
10 9 (2.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 9 (2.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 8 (2.25%) Oracle Database 10g
12 6 (1.69%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.69%) PowerCenter
13 5 (1.41%) Data Mart
13 5 (1.41%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 40 (11.27%) Git
2 34 (9.58%) GitLab
3 20 (5.63%) JIRA
4 12 (3.38%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (3.10%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.25%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (1.41%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.41%) JDeveloper
7 5 (1.41%) JMeter
7 5 (1.41%) Liquibase
7 5 (1.41%) Maven
8 4 (1.13%) ClearCase
8 4 (1.13%) eggPlant
8 4 (1.13%) JUnit
8 4 (1.13%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.13%) Postman
8 4 (1.13%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.13%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.85%) Selenium
9 3 (0.85%) Toad
General
1 71 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.31%) Finance
3 56 (15.77%) Public Sector
4 52 (14.65%) Banking
5 38 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.38%) Front Office
7 10 (2.82%) Back Office
8 8 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.25%) Military
9 5 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.13%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.85%) Billing
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.56%) Aviation
12 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Police
13 1 (0.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 85 (23.94%) DBA
2 74 (20.85%) Developer
3 73 (20.56%) Oracle DBA
4 50 (14.08%) Senior
5 40 (11.27%) Data Engineer
6 33 (9.30%) Administrator
7 30 (8.45%) Architect
8 25 (7.04%) Lead
9 20 (5.63%) C# Developer
10 18 (5.07%) Database Manager
11 17 (4.79%) Database Engineer
12 15 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.23%) Oracle Database Engineer
12 15 (4.23%) Oracle Developer
13 14 (3.94%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.66%) Applications Support
14 13 (3.66%) Cloud Architect
14 13 (3.66%) DV Cleared DBA
14 13 (3.66%) Java Developer
14 13 (3.66%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.96%) .NET
2 33 (9.30%) Terraform
3 29 (8.17%) .NET Framework
4 22 (6.20%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 21 (5.92%) XML
6 18 (5.07%) REST
7 16 (4.51%) Middleware
8 15 (4.23%) Kafka
8 15 (4.23%) WinForms
8 15 (4.23%) WPF
9 14 (3.94%) Spring
10 11 (3.10%) Web Services
11 9 (2.54%) JSON
11 9 (2.54%) SOAP
11 9 (2.54%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.25%) HTML
13 7 (1.97%) JDBC
14 6 (1.69%) Jakarta EE
15 5 (1.41%) JMS
16 4 (1.13%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.35%) Replication
2 14 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (3.94%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 12 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.10%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.97%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.69%) Spread Betting
9 5 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.41%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 87 (24.51%) Linux
2 55 (15.49%) Windows
3 45 (12.68%) Unix
4 23 (6.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.79%) AIX
6 15 (4.23%) Solaris
7 11 (3.10%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.97%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.56%) HPUX
10 1 (0.28%) Android
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.86%) Migration
2 77 (21.69%) CI/CD
3 75 (21.13%) DevOps
4 71 (20.00%) Agile
5 56 (15.77%) Performance Tuning
6 53 (14.93%) Data Modelling
7 52 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (13.52%) ETL
9 44 (12.39%) Data Integration
10 38 (10.70%) AI
10 38 (10.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (10.42%) Data Analysis
12 33 (9.30%) High Availability
12 33 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (9.01%) Data Migration
13 32 (9.01%) Validation
14 31 (8.73%) SDLC
15 30 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
15 30 (8.45%) Mentoring
16 29 (8.17%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 195 (54.93%) SQL
2 85 (23.94%) PL/SQL
3 43 (12.11%) C#
4 41 (11.55%) Python
5 31 (8.73%) Java
5 31 (8.73%) T-SQL
6 24 (6.76%) Shell Script
7 21 (5.92%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.51%) VB
9 13 (3.66%) VBA
10 9 (2.54%) Bash
10 9 (2.54%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.41%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.13%) VB6
13 3 (0.85%) C
13 3 (0.85%) C++
14 2 (0.56%) Bicep
14 2 (0.56%) Perl
14 2 (0.56%) ProC
14 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 164 (46.20%) Security Cleared
2 124 (34.93%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.39%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.04%) Degree
5 15 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.94%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (1.41%) OCP
8 4 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.85%) ISEB
9 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) OCA
10 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.14%) QA
2 22 (6.20%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.41%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.85%) EMIR
4 3 (0.85%) GDPR
4 3 (0.85%) MiFID
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (10.42%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.54%) Docker
3 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.28%) Firmware
4 1 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 48 (13.52%) Oracle RMAN
2 43 (12.11%) Data Guard
3 31 (8.73%) Kubernetes
4 28 (7.89%) Ansible
5 11 (3.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.25%) Control-M
7 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 4 (1.13%) HP Fortify
7 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.85%) Argo
8 3 (0.85%) Nagios
8 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.28%) Grafana
9 1 (0.28%) Kibana
9 1 (0.28%) OPNET
9 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 355 (100.00%) Oracle
2 40 (11.27%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.48%) Citrix
4 22 (6.20%) Talend
5 16 (4.51%) IBM
6 14 (3.94%) Databricks
6 14 (3.94%) Informatica
7 10 (2.82%) SAP
8 5 (1.41%) OpenText
8 5 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.13%) Denodo
9 4 (1.13%) Google
9 4 (1.13%) Siebel
9 4 (1.13%) UiPath
10 3 (0.85%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.85%) jBASE
10 3 (0.85%) Kofax
10 3 (0.85%) NetCracker
10 3 (0.85%) Temenos
11 2 (0.56%) Lotus
130 Oracle Database jobs in England