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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 260 237
Rank change year-on-year -57 -23 +39
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 363 283 329
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.01% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.37% 5.55% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 195 223
10th Percentile £404 £304 £363
25th Percentile £430 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £415 £535
Median % change year-on-year +28.92% -22.43% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £534 £650
90th Percentile £688 £628 £699
UK median daily rate £537 £420 £535
% change year-on-year +27.92% -21.50% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 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% -9.25%
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% -9.25%

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 6,764 5,100 5,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.64% 18.15% 18.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,497 3,492 4,015
10th Percentile £352 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £663
90th Percentile £714 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 72 85
10th Percentile £16.42 £20.67 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £41.71 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +19.99% -33.33%
75th Percentile £61.50 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £38.96 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.24% +11.31% -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -69 162 £490 +20.25% 78
North of England -54 53 £537 +20.40% 22
South West +4 51 £730 +39.05% 11
South East -48 44 £550 +150.00% 16
Midlands -35 36 £467 -9.32% 7
North West -32 34 £625 +48.81% 15
West Midlands -33 32 £488 -6.11% 5
Yorkshire -46 15 £450 -3.23% 4
North East - 8 £519 - 3
East Midlands -22 3 £463 +32.52% 2
East of England -41 2 £487 -0.10% 1
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 (4.68%) IIS
1 17 (4.68%) Oracle Workflow
2 15 (4.13%) SAS
3 14 (3.86%) WebLogic
4 12 (3.31%) Confluence
4 12 (3.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (2.48%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.38%) Appian
7 5 (1.38%) Camunda
8 3 (0.83%) JBoss
8 3 (0.83%) Mendix
8 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.55%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Service Bus
9 2 (0.55%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.28%) CMS
10 1 (0.28%) Liferay
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.86%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (2.48%) Finacle
3 7 (1.93%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (1.93%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.65%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.10%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (1.10%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.83%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 75 (20.66%) AWS
2 50 (13.77%) Azure
3 46 (12.67%) OCI
4 15 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.31%) GitHub
5 12 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.03%) Serverless
7 8 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (2.20%) GCP
7 8 (2.20%) PaaS
8 7 (1.93%) OpenShift
8 7 (1.93%) SaaS
9 6 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.38%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.38%) iPaaS
11 4 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.10%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.10%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.83%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.75%) Internet
2 5 (1.38%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) DNS
3 1 (0.28%) IPsec
3 1 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (17.36%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.85%) Relational Database
3 35 (9.64%) RDBMS
4 26 (7.16%) Oracle Exadata
4 26 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.23%) Oracle Database 12c
6 18 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (4.96%) Oracle Database 11g
7 16 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.13%) Pentaho
9 11 (3.03%) MySQL
9 11 (3.03%) Power BI
10 8 (2.20%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.20%) Oracle Database 10g
11 7 (1.93%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.93%) PowerCenter
12 6 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 6 (1.65%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 6 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (11.02%) Git
2 33 (9.09%) GitLab
3 21 (5.79%) JIRA
4 12 (3.31%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (3.03%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.20%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (1.38%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.38%) JDeveloper
7 5 (1.38%) JMeter
7 5 (1.38%) Liquibase
7 5 (1.38%) Maven
7 5 (1.38%) Postman
8 4 (1.10%) ClearCase
8 4 (1.10%) eggPlant
8 4 (1.10%) JUnit
8 4 (1.10%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.10%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.10%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.83%) Selenium
9 3 (0.83%) Toad
General
1 77 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.56%) Finance
3 56 (15.43%) Banking
4 54 (14.88%) Public Sector
5 42 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.03%) Front Office
7 9 (2.48%) Back Office
8 8 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Military
9 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.10%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.83%) Billing
11 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.55%) Aviation
12 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Police
13 1 (0.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 85 (23.42%) DBA
2 78 (21.49%) Developer
3 72 (19.83%) Oracle DBA
4 52 (14.33%) Senior
5 42 (11.57%) Data Engineer
6 34 (9.37%) Administrator
7 32 (8.82%) Architect
8 27 (7.44%) Lead
9 20 (5.51%) Database Manager
10 19 (5.23%) C# Developer
11 18 (4.96%) Database Engineer
12 16 (4.41%) Oracle Database Engineer
13 15 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.13%) Oracle Developer
14 14 (3.86%) Java Developer
14 14 (3.86%) Senior Developer
15 13 (3.58%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (3.58%) DV Cleared DBA
15 13 (3.58%) SQL DBA
16 12 (3.31%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.50%) .NET
2 35 (9.64%) Terraform
3 28 (7.71%) .NET Framework
4 24 (6.61%) REST
5 23 (6.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 22 (6.06%) XML
7 19 (5.23%) Middleware
8 17 (4.68%) Kafka
9 16 (4.41%) Spring
10 14 (3.86%) Web Services
10 14 (3.86%) WinForms
10 14 (3.86%) WPF
11 11 (3.03%) JSON
11 11 (3.03%) Spring Boot
12 9 (2.48%) SOAP
13 8 (2.20%) HTML
14 7 (1.93%) JDBC
15 6 (1.65%) Jakarta EE
16 5 (1.38%) JMS
16 5 (1.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.34%) Replication
2 16 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.86%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.58%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 10 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.48%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.93%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.65%) Spread Betting
11 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 90 (24.79%) Linux
2 54 (14.88%) Windows
3 47 (12.95%) Unix
4 24 (6.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.68%) AIX
6 15 (4.13%) Solaris
7 11 (3.03%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.93%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.55%) HPUX
10 1 (0.28%) Android
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.30%) Migration
2 83 (22.87%) CI/CD
3 76 (20.94%) Agile
4 75 (20.66%) DevOps
5 60 (16.53%) Performance Tuning
6 59 (16.25%) Data Modelling
7 55 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (13.50%) ETL
9 43 (11.85%) Data Integration
10 40 (11.02%) AI
10 40 (11.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 39 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (10.47%) Data Analysis
13 37 (10.19%) Data Migration
13 37 (10.19%) SDLC
14 35 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (8.82%) High Availability
15 32 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (8.82%) Validation
16 31 (8.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 202 (55.65%) SQL
2 87 (23.97%) PL/SQL
3 45 (12.40%) C#
4 43 (11.85%) Python
5 33 (9.09%) Java
6 31 (8.54%) T-SQL
7 24 (6.61%) Shell Script
8 21 (5.79%) JavaScript
9 15 (4.13%) VB
10 12 (3.31%) VBA
11 10 (2.75%) Bash
12 9 (2.48%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.38%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.10%) Bicep
14 4 (1.10%) VB6
15 3 (0.83%) C
15 3 (0.83%) C++
16 2 (0.55%) Korn
16 2 (0.55%) Perl
16 2 (0.55%) ProC
Qualifications
1 166 (45.73%) Security Cleared
2 126 (34.71%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.95%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.89%) Degree
5 14 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.58%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (1.38%) OCP
8 4 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.83%) ISEB
9 3 (0.83%) ISTQB
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
10 2 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.09%) QA
2 28 (7.71%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.38%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.83%) EMIR
4 3 (0.83%) GDPR
4 3 (0.83%) MiFID
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 38 (10.47%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (2.75%) Docker
3 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.28%) KVM
5 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (12.67%) Oracle RMAN
2 44 (12.12%) Data Guard
3 32 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 27 (7.44%) Ansible
5 12 (3.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 9 (2.48%) Control-M
7 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 4 (1.10%) HP Fortify
7 4 (1.10%) Nagios
7 4 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.83%) Argo
8 3 (0.83%) Grafana
8 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.28%) Kibana
9 1 (0.28%) OPNET
9 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 363 (100.00%) Oracle
2 45 (12.40%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.06%) Citrix
3 22 (6.06%) Talend
4 17 (4.68%) IBM
5 15 (4.13%) Databricks
5 15 (4.13%) Informatica
6 13 (3.58%) SAP
7 7 (1.93%) UiPath
8 6 (1.65%) Google
8 6 (1.65%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.38%) OpenText
9 5 (1.38%) Siebel
10 3 (0.83%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.83%) Denodo
10 3 (0.83%) jBASE
10 3 (0.83%) Kofax
10 3 (0.83%) NetCracker
10 3 (0.83%) Temenos
10 3 (0.83%) VMware