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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 242 304
Rank change year-on-year -61 +62 -21
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 278 247 259
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.00% 0.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.79% 5.22% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 189 205
10th Percentile £316 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +11.11% -1.00%
75th Percentile £540 £650 £631
90th Percentile £645 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% +1.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £54.35 £73.25 £87.20
25th Percentile - £80.00 £87.88
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £90.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +2.21% +18.69%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.88
90th Percentile - - £93.40
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £75.75
% change year-on-year -19.26% +22.11% -5.31%

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 5,809 4,736 6,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.05% 19.13% 16.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,039 3,304 4,410
10th Percentile £344 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £663
90th Percentile £700 £775 £751
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 87 161
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.21 £14.36
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.25 £20.82
Median hourly rate £49.36 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.03% -13.58% -32.50%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.86 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.03 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.93% -29.57%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -50 132 £475 -12.64% 15
Midlands -29 55 £523 +5.98% 5
West Midlands -21 53 £520 +1.76% 1
South East -21 40 £430 -33.87% 15
North of England -77 27 £366 -32.00% 9
Yorkshire -78 18 £365 -33.64% 4
South West -24 11 £450 -22.55% 3
East of England -25 9 £127 - 2
North West -29 8 £496 +39.33% 5
East Midlands -33 2 £525 +32.74% 4
North East - 1 £625 -
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 28 (10.07%) SAS
2 21 (7.55%) IIS
3 16 (5.76%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.32%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.96%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.60%) Mendix
7 9 (3.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (2.16%) Tomcat
9 5 (1.80%) JBoss
10 3 (1.08%) Apache
10 3 (1.08%) Appian
10 3 (1.08%) LiveLink
10 3 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (1.08%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.72%) iPlanet
11 2 (0.72%) Liferay
11 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.72%) nginx
11 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.24%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.16%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle 11i
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 56 (20.14%) Azure
2 33 (11.87%) AWS
3 27 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (5.76%) OCI
5 15 (5.40%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.68%) Serverless
7 12 (4.32%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (3.96%) Azure Functions
8 11 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (3.96%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.96%) PowerApps
9 10 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.24%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.88%) Collibra
12 7 (2.52%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.16%) Azure API Management
13 6 (2.16%) SaaS
14 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.44%) Azure Storage
15 3 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.96%) Internet
2 7 (2.52%) HTTP
3 2 (0.72%) Firewall
3 2 (0.72%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.72%) Network Security
3 2 (0.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) Intranet
4 1 (0.36%) LAN
4 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (23.02%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 22 (7.91%) Relational Database
4 20 (7.19%) Oracle Reports
5 16 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.76%) MySQL
5 16 (5.76%) Oracle Database 12c
5 16 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.40%) Metadata
7 14 (5.04%) Power BI
8 10 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.60%) Pentaho
8 10 (3.60%) RDBMS
9 9 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.88%) Oracle Database 11g
11 7 (2.52%) SQLPlus
12 6 (2.16%) Oracle BI EE
12 6 (2.16%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (1.80%) Oracle Database 10g
13 5 (1.80%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 23 (8.27%) Git
1 23 (8.27%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.19%) JIRA
3 16 (5.76%) JUnit
4 15 (5.40%) GitLab
5 11 (3.96%) Selenium
6 5 (1.80%) Ant
6 5 (1.80%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.80%) SoapUI
6 5 (1.80%) Toad
7 4 (1.44%) Maven
7 4 (1.44%) Mockito
8 3 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.72%) CA Release Automation
9 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.58%) Finance
3 41 (14.75%) Banking
4 24 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.40%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.80%) Advertising
9 5 (1.80%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.72%) Back Office
10 2 (0.72%) Legal
10 2 (0.72%) Local Government
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 85 (30.58%) Developer
2 64 (23.02%) DBA
2 64 (23.02%) Oracle DBA
3 34 (12.23%) C# Developer
4 30 (10.79%) Architect
5 16 (5.76%) Oracle Developer
6 15 (5.40%) Senior
7 14 (5.04%) Administrator
7 14 (5.04%) Analyst
8 13 (4.68%) Data Architect
9 12 (4.32%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.96%) Power Platform Developer
11 10 (3.60%) Database Engineer
11 10 (3.60%) SC Cleared DBA
11 10 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.60%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (3.24%) Applications Developer
12 9 (3.24%) Oracle Database Engineer
13 8 (2.88%) C# Application Developer
14 7 (2.52%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (17.99%) .NET
2 27 (9.71%) .NET Framework
3 19 (6.83%) REST
4 18 (6.47%) React
5 16 (5.76%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 14 (5.04%) WinForms
7 13 (4.68%) SOAP
7 13 (4.68%) WPF
8 12 (4.32%) HTML
8 12 (4.32%) Kafka
8 12 (4.32%) XML
9 10 (3.60%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (3.24%) Middleware
10 9 (3.24%) Spring
11 7 (2.52%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.52%) CSS
11 7 (2.52%) pytest
11 7 (2.52%) Spring Boot
12 6 (2.16%) IBM Integration Bus
13 5 (1.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.47%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (5.04%) Enterprise Cloud
3 10 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.60%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.52%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.44%) Clustering
6 4 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.08%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.08%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.08%) Replication
7 3 (1.08%) SCADA
7 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.63%) Windows
2 48 (17.27%) Linux
3 40 (14.39%) Unix
4 16 (5.76%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.68%) AIX
5 13 (4.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.52%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.52%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.80%) Solaris
8 2 (0.72%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (25.54%) DevOps
2 65 (23.38%) Agile
2 65 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (19.06%) CI/CD
4 48 (17.27%) Performance Tuning
5 46 (16.55%) ETL
6 44 (15.83%) Migration
7 42 (15.11%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (13.31%) High Availability
9 31 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (10.43%) Analytics
10 29 (10.43%) Scrum
11 28 (10.07%) Data Analysis
11 28 (10.07%) Data Modelling
12 26 (9.35%) Architectural Patterns
12 26 (9.35%) Data Migration
12 26 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (9.35%) Test Automation
12 26 (9.35%) Unit Testing
13 25 (8.99%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 143 (51.44%) SQL
2 79 (28.42%) PL/SQL
3 55 (19.78%) C#
4 32 (11.51%) Python
5 30 (10.79%) Shell Script
6 29 (10.43%) Java
7 25 (8.99%) T-SQL
8 17 (6.12%) JavaScript
9 16 (5.76%) Korn
10 13 (4.68%) Perl
11 12 (4.32%) VB
11 12 (4.32%) VBA
12 11 (3.96%) Formula Language
12 11 (3.96%) LotusScript
13 7 (2.52%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.16%) TypeScript
15 5 (1.80%) PHP
16 3 (1.08%) C
16 3 (1.08%) Groovy
17 2 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (35.61%) Security Cleared
2 82 (29.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.68%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.60%) Degree
5 6 (2.16%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.44%) OCP
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.07%) QA
2 15 (5.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.88%) GDPR
3 8 (2.88%) SLA
4 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.44%) SEPA
5 3 (1.08%) FATCA
5 3 (1.08%) NIST
5 3 (1.08%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
6 2 (0.72%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 25 (8.99%) Docker
2 24 (8.63%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.44%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Clusterware
4 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.72%) NFS
5 2 (0.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 32 (11.51%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (9.71%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 14 (5.04%) Terraform
5 12 (4.32%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.80%) Ansible
7 4 (1.44%) Grafana
8 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.08%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.72%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.72%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.72%) Foglight
9 2 (0.72%) Kibana
9 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.72%) systemd
10 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 278 (100.00%) Oracle
2 49 (17.63%) Microsoft
3 27 (9.71%) Citrix
4 18 (6.47%) IBM
5 13 (4.68%) Talend
6 11 (3.96%) Lotus
7 10 (3.60%) Denodo
7 10 (3.60%) Kofax
8 7 (2.52%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.16%) Databricks
10 5 (1.80%) Informatica
11 4 (1.44%) SAP
12 3 (1.08%) Alteryx
12 3 (1.08%) Pega
12 3 (1.08%) Splunk
12 3 (1.08%) VMware
13 2 (0.72%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.72%) Broadcom
13 2 (0.72%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.72%) OpenText
46 Oracle Database jobs in England