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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 269 298
Rank change year-on-year -34 +29 -27
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 274 229 263
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.88% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.91% 4.73% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 168 211
10th Percentile £313 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £544 £656 £631
90th Percentile £643 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -11.21% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £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% +13.13%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.88
90th Percentile £92.34 - £93.40
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £75.75
% change year-on-year -19.26% +22.11% -7.34%

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 5,581 4,845 6,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.35% 18.59% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,865 3,247 4,421
10th Percentile £337 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 82 161
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.59
25th Percentile £27.41 £25.26 £21.64
Median hourly rate £54.25 £41.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.32% -3.53% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £85.63 £73.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £54.25 £38.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year +41.63% -9.87% -25.26%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -37 139 £439 -17.90% 8
Midlands -21 50 £525 -0.76% 5
West Midlands -11 48 £525 -9.09% 4
South East -33 32 £428 -34.23% 11
North of England -52 23 £450 -18.18% 9
North West -25 12 £453 +27.25%
South West -11 11 £450 -25.00% 9
East of England -13 11 £127 - 2
Yorkshire -66 10 £358 -35.00% 8
East Midlands -34 2 £525 +34.27% 1
North East - 1 £625 - 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 26 (9.49%) IIS
1 26 (9.49%) SAS
2 15 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.65%) HCL Notes
3 10 (3.65%) JBoss
3 10 (3.65%) WebLogic
4 9 (3.28%) Apache
4 9 (3.28%) Mendix
4 9 (3.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (2.92%) WebSphere
6 7 (2.55%) iPlanet
6 7 (2.55%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (1.46%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.09%) Appian
8 3 (1.09%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.73%) Confluence
9 2 (0.73%) Liferay
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 20 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.46%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.73%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.63%) Azure
2 37 (13.50%) AWS
3 25 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.74%) OCI
5 13 (4.74%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.38%) Serverless
7 11 (4.01%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.65%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.65%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.65%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.92%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.55%) Collibra
11 7 (2.55%) SaaS
12 6 (2.19%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.46%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.01%) Internet
2 7 (2.55%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.82%) HTTP
4 2 (0.73%) Network Security
4 2 (0.73%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (17.88%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.39%) Relational Database
3 22 (8.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 20 (7.30%) Oracle Reports
5 17 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (5.47%) MySQL
8 14 (5.11%) Metadata
9 13 (4.74%) Power BI
10 11 (4.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (3.65%) RDBMS
12 9 (3.28%) Pentaho
13 8 (2.92%) Oracle Exadata
14 7 (2.55%) Oracle Database 12c
14 7 (2.55%) SQLPlus
15 6 (2.19%) Data Lake
15 6 (2.19%) Oracle Database 11g
15 6 (2.19%) Oracle ODI
15 6 (2.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (10.95%) Jenkins
2 29 (10.58%) Git
3 22 (8.03%) JIRA
4 16 (5.84%) JUnit
5 14 (5.11%) GitLab
6 10 (3.65%) Selenium
7 7 (2.55%) Bitbucket Server
7 7 (2.55%) CA Release Automation
8 6 (2.19%) Maven
8 6 (2.19%) SoapUI
8 6 (2.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.82%) Ant
9 5 (1.82%) Mockito
9 5 (1.82%) Toad
10 4 (1.46%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (1.09%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.73%) REST Assured
General
1 75 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.82%) Finance
3 38 (13.87%) Banking
4 30 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.20%) Financial Institution
6 15 (5.47%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.82%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.73%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.73%) Back Office
9 2 (0.73%) Local Government
9 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Retail
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (29.93%) Developer
2 54 (19.71%) DBA
2 54 (19.71%) Oracle DBA
3 33 (12.04%) C# Developer
4 28 (10.22%) Architect
5 16 (5.84%) Senior
6 15 (5.47%) Oracle Developer
7 14 (5.11%) Administrator
7 14 (5.11%) Analyst
8 13 (4.74%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.01%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.01%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.65%) C# WPF Developer
10 10 (3.65%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (3.65%) WPF Developer
11 8 (2.92%) .NET Developer
11 8 (2.92%) C# .NET Developer
11 8 (2.92%) Linux Administrator
12 7 (2.55%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 7 (2.55%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.79%) .NET
2 25 (9.12%) .NET Framework
3 22 (8.03%) REST
4 16 (5.84%) React
4 16 (5.84%) WPF
5 15 (5.47%) SOAP
6 14 (5.11%) Kafka
6 14 (5.11%) WinForms
6 14 (5.11%) XML
7 12 (4.38%) HTML
7 12 (4.38%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 11 (4.01%) Spring
9 9 (3.28%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (3.28%) Middleware
9 9 (3.28%) OAuth
9 9 (3.28%) OpenID
9 9 (3.28%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.92%) Web Services
11 7 (2.55%) CSS
11 7 (2.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.65%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.28%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.55%) Replication
5 6 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.46%) Clustering
7 4 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.73%) Derivative
9 2 (0.73%) NHS
9 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.98%) Windows
2 51 (18.61%) Linux
3 41 (14.96%) Unix
4 14 (5.11%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.38%) AIX
6 11 (4.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.55%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.55%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.55%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (2.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (26.28%) DevOps
2 68 (24.82%) Agile
3 67 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.98%) CI/CD
4 52 (18.98%) Migration
5 46 (16.79%) Performance Tuning
6 42 (15.33%) ETL
7 39 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (11.31%) Scrum
9 29 (10.58%) Data Modelling
10 28 (10.22%) Data Migration
11 26 (9.49%) High Availability
11 26 (9.49%) Integration Patterns
12 25 (9.12%) Analytics
12 25 (9.12%) Data Analysis
13 24 (8.76%) Test Automation
14 23 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
15 22 (8.03%) Data Integration
15 22 (8.03%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 149 (54.38%) SQL
2 83 (30.29%) PL/SQL
3 51 (18.61%) C#
4 37 (13.50%) Python
5 34 (12.41%) Shell Script
6 32 (11.68%) Java
7 22 (8.03%) T-SQL
8 18 (6.57%) JavaScript
9 16 (5.84%) VB
9 16 (5.84%) VBA
10 13 (4.74%) Perl
11 10 (3.65%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.65%) LotusScript
12 9 (3.28%) Groovy
13 8 (2.92%) Korn
14 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
15 6 (2.19%) Bash
16 5 (1.82%) PHP
16 5 (1.82%) TypeScript
17 4 (1.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 85 (31.02%) Security Cleared
2 69 (25.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.11%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.65%) Degree
5 8 (2.92%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.19%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (1.82%) OCP
9 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.73%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.73%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.76%) QA
2 16 (5.84%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.92%) GDPR
4 5 (1.82%) SLA
5 4 (1.46%) SEPA
6 3 (1.09%) FATCA
7 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.73%) MiFID
7 2 (0.73%) NIST
7 2 (0.73%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.73%) WCAG
8 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 29 (10.58%) Docker
2 18 (6.57%) Oracle RAC
3 10 (3.65%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.19%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.09%) NFS
5 3 (1.09%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.30%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (5.11%) Data Guard
4 13 (4.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.65%) Terraform
6 7 (2.55%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.55%) CA Wily
6 7 (2.55%) Tivoli
7 6 (2.19%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.82%) Ansible
8 5 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.46%) Grafana
9 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.73%) Foglight
10 2 (0.73%) Kibana
10 2 (0.73%) systemd
11 1 (0.36%) Puppet
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 274 (100.00%) Oracle
2 56 (20.44%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.39%) Citrix
4 21 (7.66%) IBM
5 12 (4.38%) Talend
6 10 (3.65%) Denodo
6 10 (3.65%) Lotus
6 10 (3.65%) Splunk
7 9 (3.28%) Kofax
8 7 (2.55%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.55%) Broadcom
9 5 (1.82%) Databricks
9 5 (1.82%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.46%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.09%) Pega
11 3 (1.09%) SAP
11 3 (1.09%) VMware
12 2 (0.73%) Apple
12 2 (0.73%) Informatica
12 2 (0.73%) Sybase
43 Oracle Database jobs in England