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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 242 226
Rank change year-on-year -81 -16 +27
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 336 282 346
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.02% 1.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.81% 5.65% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 195 223
10th Percentile £404 £317 £363
25th Percentile £438 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £415 £500
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -17.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £538 £650
90th Percentile £688 £654 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £415 £500
% change year-on-year +32.48% -16.97% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 8
10th Percentile £36.75 - £48.06
25th Percentile £37.25 £72.50 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.71 £75.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -44.39% +21.75% -0.73%
75th Percentile £41.75 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £46.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £75.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -44.39% +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 6,983 4,995 6,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.30% 18.10% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,684 3,444 4,346
10th Percentile £358 £335 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £614 £638 £675
90th Percentile £710 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 82 91
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.34 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.58 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -1.21% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.75 £63.31 £56.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.58 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £34.99 £34.47
% change year-on-year +9.32% +1.52% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -66 142 £508 +24.60% 17
North of England -53 67 £625 +31.58% 2
South East -38 47 £550 +103.70% 4
Midlands -35 41 £500 -2.91% 5
North West -10 38 £650 +80.56% 1
West Midlands -31 37 £513 -2.89% 3
South West -30 25 £730 +32.73% 5
Yorkshire -66 25 £488 -2.50% 1
North East - 8 £519 -
East Midlands -20 3 £463 +32.52% 2
East of England -28 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 18 (5.36%) SAS
2 17 (5.06%) IIS
2 17 (5.06%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (3.27%) Confluence
5 10 (2.98%) WebLogic
6 9 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (2.68%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.49%) Appian
7 5 (1.49%) Camunda
8 3 (0.89%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.89%) JBoss
8 3 (0.89%) Mendix
8 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.30%) Liferay
10 1 (0.30%) nginx
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (4.46%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.98%) Finacle
3 7 (2.08%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (2.08%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.79%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
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 ERP
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 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 72 (21.43%) AWS
2 48 (14.29%) Azure
3 42 (12.50%) OCI
4 14 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.87%) GitHub
6 12 (3.57%) PaaS
7 11 (3.27%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (2.68%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.79%) Serverless
10 5 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.49%) GCP
10 5 (1.49%) IaaS
10 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.49%) SaaS
11 4 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.98%) Internet
2 5 (1.49%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.80%) Relational Database
3 39 (11.61%) RDBMS
4 30 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (8.33%) Oracle Database 12c
6 25 (7.44%) Oracle Exadata
7 17 (5.06%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (4.76%) Oracle Database 11g
9 13 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (3.87%) Pentaho
10 11 (3.27%) Power BI
10 11 (3.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 11 (3.27%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 9 (2.68%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.38%) MySQL
13 7 (2.08%) Delta Lake
13 7 (2.08%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (1.79%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 31 (9.23%) Git
2 28 (8.33%) GitLab
3 15 (4.46%) JIRA
4 11 (3.27%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (2.98%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.38%) Oracle APEX
7 7 (2.08%) Liquibase
8 6 (1.79%) JMeter
9 5 (1.49%) JDeveloper
10 4 (1.19%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.19%) eggPlant
10 4 (1.19%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.19%) Postman
10 4 (1.19%) SoapUI
10 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.89%) ClearCase
11 3 (0.89%) Selenium
11 3 (0.89%) Toad
12 2 (0.60%) JUnit
12 2 (0.60%) Maven
General
1 68 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.75%) Finance
3 51 (15.18%) Public Sector
4 46 (13.69%) Banking
5 35 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.27%) Front Office
7 10 (2.98%) Back Office
8 7 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.08%) Military
9 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.19%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.89%) Advertising
10 3 (0.89%) Billing
11 2 (0.60%) Aviation
11 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (28.57%) DBA
2 87 (25.89%) Oracle DBA
3 73 (21.73%) Developer
4 48 (14.29%) Senior
5 31 (9.23%) Data Engineer
6 30 (8.93%) Administrator
7 28 (8.33%) Architect
8 27 (8.04%) Lead
9 24 (7.14%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.76%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.87%) DV Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.87%) Oracle Specialist
12 13 (3.87%) SC Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.87%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.57%) Applications Support
13 12 (3.57%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (3.27%) Senior DBA
14 11 (3.27%) SQL DBA
15 10 (2.98%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (14.29%) .NET
2 37 (11.01%) Terraform
3 32 (9.52%) .NET Framework
4 28 (8.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 20 (5.95%) XML
6 17 (5.06%) Kafka
7 15 (4.46%) Middleware
8 13 (3.87%) REST
8 13 (3.87%) WinForms
8 13 (3.87%) WPF
9 11 (3.27%) Spring
10 9 (2.68%) JSON
11 8 (2.38%) HTML
11 8 (2.38%) Web Services
12 7 (2.08%) SOAP
12 7 (2.08%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.79%) JDBC
14 5 (1.49%) Jakarta EE
15 4 (1.19%) Hibernate
15 4 (1.19%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.95%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (5.65%) Replication
3 14 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 13 (3.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 12 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.68%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.49%) IoT
10 5 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.49%) SCADA
10 5 (1.49%) Spread Betting
11 4 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (24.70%) Linux
2 52 (15.48%) Windows
3 41 (12.20%) Unix
4 23 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (5.06%) AIX
6 13 (3.87%) Windows Server
7 12 (3.57%) Solaris
8 5 (1.49%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.60%) HPUX
10 2 (0.60%) 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 (29.76%) Migration
2 75 (22.32%) DevOps
3 71 (21.13%) CI/CD
4 59 (17.56%) Performance Tuning
5 57 (16.96%) Agile
6 51 (15.18%) High Availability
7 48 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 48 (14.29%) ETL
7 48 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (13.69%) Data Modelling
9 40 (11.90%) Data Integration
10 37 (11.01%) AI
11 33 (9.82%) Data Analysis
11 33 (9.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (9.52%) Analytics
12 32 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (8.93%) Data Migration
14 28 (8.33%) Mentoring
14 28 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (8.04%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 191 (56.85%) SQL
2 89 (26.49%) PL/SQL
3 45 (13.39%) C#
4 38 (11.31%) Python
5 33 (9.82%) T-SQL
6 27 (8.04%) Java
7 24 (7.14%) Shell Script
8 18 (5.36%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.17%) VB
10 12 (3.57%) VBA
11 10 (2.98%) Bash
11 10 (2.98%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.79%) Korn
13 5 (1.49%) Bicep
13 5 (1.49%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.89%) VB6
15 2 (0.60%) C
15 2 (0.60%) C++
15 2 (0.60%) Perl
15 2 (0.60%) ProC
Qualifications
1 145 (43.15%) Security Cleared
2 107 (31.85%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.01%) DV Cleared
4 26 (7.74%) Degree
5 11 (3.27%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.19%) Master's 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 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.60%) 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 38 (11.31%) QA
2 20 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.79%) GDPR
4 5 (1.49%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) EMIR
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.30%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (13.39%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.68%) 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 64 (19.05%) Oracle RMAN
2 46 (13.69%) Data Guard
3 29 (8.63%) Ansible
4 25 (7.44%) Kubernetes
5 15 (4.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 7 (2.08%) Control-M
7 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 4 (1.19%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.89%) Nagios
8 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.60%) Argo
9 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.30%) Grafana
10 1 (0.30%) Kibana
10 1 (0.30%) OPNET
10 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 336 (100.00%) Oracle
2 40 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.74%) Citrix
4 18 (5.36%) IBM
4 18 (5.36%) Talend
5 15 (4.46%) Databricks
6 13 (3.87%) Informatica
6 13 (3.87%) SAP
7 7 (2.08%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.49%) Denodo
8 5 (1.49%) OpenText
9 4 (1.19%) Google
9 4 (1.19%) Siebel
10 3 (0.89%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.89%) jBASE
10 3 (0.89%) Kofax
10 3 (0.89%) Lotus
10 3 (0.89%) NetCracker
10 3 (0.89%) Temenos
11 2 (0.60%) VMware
30 Oracle Database jobs in England