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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 253 310
Rank change year-on-year -63 +57 -48
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 298 246 242
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.03% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.73% 5.44% 3.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 168 173
10th Percentile £403 £363 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +16.67% -12.20% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 6
10th Percentile £34.98 £73.25 £44.80
25th Percentile £38.06 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £44.26 £92.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -52.16% +50.16% -15.03%
75th Percentile £74.68 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £44.26 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -52.16% +50.16% -15.03%

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 6,299 4,518 6,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.17% 18.96% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,310 3,148 4,511
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 85 134
10th Percentile £14.17 £19.89 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £23.50 £20.77
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.05 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.61% -19.88% -31.09%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.62 £56.88
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.00 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.91% -17.23% -31.73%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -56 140 £500 +20.48% 20
South East -38 48 £550 +7.95% 18
Midlands -47 44 £525 +10.53% 4
North of England -87 44 £610 +22.00% 7
West Midlands -38 39 £525 -12.50% 1
North West -22 22 £650 +44.44% 6
Yorkshire -91 19 £445 -10.95% 1
South West -30 15 £600 +14.29% 6
East Midlands -31 4 £463 +29.19% 3
East of England -32 3 £400 -17.95%
North East - 3 £501 -
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 20 (6.71%) IIS
2 16 (5.37%) SAS
3 14 (4.70%) WebLogic
4 12 (4.03%) HCL Notes
4 12 (4.03%) Mendix
5 11 (3.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (3.69%) SharePoint
6 10 (3.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 7 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (2.01%) Tomcat
9 5 (1.68%) Appian
10 3 (1.01%) Confluence
10 3 (1.01%) JBoss
10 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.67%) Camunda
11 2 (0.67%) Liferay
11 2 (0.67%) nginx
11 2 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.34%) Apache
12 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (5.03%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.01%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.01%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.01%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.34%) Finacle
3 4 (1.34%) Siebel CRM
4 3 (1.01%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.67%) OpenText MBPM
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.34%) Endur
6 1 (0.34%) Findur
6 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.34%) Summit
6 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 60 (20.13%) Azure
2 43 (14.43%) AWS
3 25 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (6.38%) OCI
5 17 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.36%) Serverless
7 12 (4.03%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.36%) Azure Functions
9 10 (3.36%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.36%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.68%) Collibra
10 8 (2.68%) PaaS
11 7 (2.35%) GitHub
12 6 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.01%) IaaS
12 6 (2.01%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.34%) GCP
13 4 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.03%) Internet
2 4 (1.34%) HTTP
3 3 (1.01%) Firewall
4 2 (0.67%) Network Security
4 2 (0.67%) VPN
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.34%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (23.49%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.72%) Oracle Database 12c
3 24 (8.05%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (6.71%) Oracle Reports
6 17 (5.70%) RDBMS
7 16 (5.37%) Power BI
8 15 (5.03%) Metadata
9 14 (4.70%) Oracle Database 11g
10 12 (4.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 11 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (3.02%) MySQL
12 9 (3.02%) Oracle Exadata
13 8 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
14 7 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (2.35%) NoSQL
14 7 (2.35%) Oracle BI EE
14 7 (2.35%) Pentaho
15 5 (1.68%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 16 (5.37%) GitLab
2 11 (3.69%) Git
2 11 (3.69%) JIRA
3 6 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.01%) Oracle APEX
3 6 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (1.68%) JUnit
5 4 (1.34%) Liquibase
6 3 (1.01%) ClearCase
6 3 (1.01%) Selenium
6 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.67%) Ant
7 2 (0.67%) Flyway
7 2 (0.67%) JMeter
8 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.34%) Hudson
8 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 63 (21.14%) Finance
2 49 (16.44%) Social Skills
3 44 (14.77%) Banking
4 31 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.03%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.34%) Advertising
8 4 (1.34%) Back Office
8 4 (1.34%) Front Office
8 4 (1.34%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.34%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.01%) Legal
9 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Aviation
10 2 (0.67%) Military
10 2 (0.67%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (34.23%) DBA
2 97 (32.55%) Oracle DBA
3 79 (26.51%) Developer
4 35 (11.74%) C# Developer
5 31 (10.40%) Administrator
6 25 (8.39%) Architect
7 23 (7.72%) Senior
8 19 (6.38%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.04%) SC Cleared DBA
10 16 (5.37%) Database Engineer
11 14 (4.70%) Oracle Database Engineer
12 12 (4.03%) Power Platform Developer
12 12 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.69%) Lead
14 10 (3.36%) PostgreSQL DBA
15 9 (3.02%) Applications Developer
15 9 (3.02%) C# Application Developer
15 9 (3.02%) Oracle Developer
15 9 (3.02%) Oracle Specialist
15 9 (3.02%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (18.12%) .NET
2 31 (10.40%) .NET Framework
3 17 (5.70%) WinForms
3 17 (5.70%) XML
4 16 (5.37%) React
5 15 (5.03%) WPF
6 14 (4.70%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (4.36%) Kafka
8 12 (4.03%) Middleware
9 10 (3.36%) HTML
9 10 (3.36%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (3.36%) REST
10 9 (3.02%) JSON
11 8 (2.68%) CSS
12 7 (2.35%) .NET Core
12 7 (2.35%) Spring
13 6 (2.01%) SOAP
14 5 (1.68%) Spring Boot
14 5 (1.68%) Web Services
15 4 (1.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.05%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.36%) Low-Code
3 12 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.69%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.34%) Replication
7 4 (1.34%) SCADA
8 3 (1.01%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.01%) Clustering
8 3 (1.01%) IoT
8 3 (1.01%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (19.80%) Linux
2 42 (14.09%) Windows
3 32 (10.74%) Unix
4 16 (5.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.03%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.68%) Solaris
7 5 (1.68%) AIX
7 5 (1.68%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.67%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.34%) HPUX
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (22.82%) DevOps
2 58 (19.46%) Performance Tuning
3 57 (19.13%) High Availability
4 53 (17.79%) Migration
5 49 (16.44%) CI/CD
6 45 (15.10%) Agile
7 44 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (14.43%) ETL
9 39 (13.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 31 (10.40%) AI
11 28 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (9.40%) Data Analysis
12 25 (8.39%) Unit Testing
13 22 (7.38%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.05%) Data Integration
14 21 (7.05%) Data Modelling
14 21 (7.05%) Validation
15 19 (6.38%) Generative AI
16 18 (6.04%) Data Management
16 18 (6.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 154 (51.68%) SQL
2 84 (28.19%) PL/SQL
3 59 (19.80%) C#
4 40 (13.42%) Python
5 30 (10.07%) T-SQL
6 21 (7.05%) Shell Script
7 19 (6.38%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.04%) Java
9 15 (5.03%) VB
10 12 (4.03%) Korn
10 12 (4.03%) VBA
11 10 (3.36%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.36%) LotusScript
12 7 (2.35%) TypeScript
13 6 (2.01%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.68%) Bash
15 4 (1.34%) Perl
16 3 (1.01%) Bicep
16 3 (1.01%) VB6
17 2 (0.67%) C
Qualifications
1 113 (37.92%) Security Cleared
2 89 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.05%) DV Cleared
4 18 (6.04%) Degree
5 8 (2.68%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.34%) OCP
9 1 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.42%) QA
2 11 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.35%) GDPR
4 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.34%) SLA
5 3 (1.01%) FATCA
6 2 (0.67%) NIST
6 2 (0.67%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.67%) SEPA
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 31 (10.40%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (2.68%) Docker
3 5 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 54 (18.12%) Oracle RMAN
2 29 (9.73%) Data Guard
3 20 (6.71%) Terraform
4 17 (5.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.36%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.68%) Ansible
7 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.67%) Foglight
8 2 (0.67%) Grafana
8 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.67%) systemd
9 1 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 298 (100.00%) Oracle
2 31 (10.40%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.05%) Citrix
4 13 (4.36%) Databricks
4 13 (4.36%) Talend
5 12 (4.03%) Kofax
5 12 (4.03%) Lotus
6 10 (3.36%) IBM
7 8 (2.68%) Informatica
8 7 (2.35%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.68%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.68%) Denodo
10 4 (1.34%) Google
10 4 (1.34%) Siebel
11 3 (1.01%) SAP
11 3 (1.01%) VMware
12 2 (0.67%) OpenText
12 2 (0.67%) Pega
13 1 (0.34%) CyberArk
13 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
50 Oracle Database jobs in England