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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 244 278
Rank change year-on-year -42 +34 -24
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 278 268 292
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 0.99% 0.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.28% 5.44% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 189 230
10th Percentile £300 £385 £374
25th Percentile £393 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £550 £489
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +12.53% -6.90%
75th Percentile £540 £663 £625
90th Percentile £633 £699 £675
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -15.91% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £71.00 £65.11
25th Percentile £100.00 £74.38 £73.23
Median hourly rate £105.00 £82.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -6.78% +60.91%
75th Percentile £110.00 £89.38 £92.00
90th Percentile - £92.00 £93.05
UK median hourly rate £105.00 £82.50 £75.75
% change year-on-year +27.27% +8.91% +26.25%

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 5,261 4,931 5,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.90% 18.30% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,660 3,272 4,279
10th Percentile £325 £351 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £660
90th Percentile £710 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 68 140
10th Percentile £18.93 £20.82 £18.38
25th Percentile £29.06 £24.25 £23.12
Median hourly rate £51.36 £42.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.29% -9.05% -16.04%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.79 £64.43
90th Percentile £84.70 £74.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.20% -24.21% -16.04%

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 11 January 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
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 11 January 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 -34 141 £416 -24.36% 12
Midlands -10 44 £525 +2.74% 5
West Midlands +4 42 £525 -0.85% 4
South East -17 34 £413 -36.54% 8
North of England -19 34 £450 -14.69% 4
Yorkshire -34 19 £465 -20.17% 2
North West -16 15 £450 -4.51% 2
East of England -7 13 £127 -
South West -17 5 £463 -22.92% 4
East Midlands -26 2 £563 +47.54% 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 25 (8.99%) SAS
2 24 (8.63%) IIS
3 16 (5.76%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.68%) Apache
5 11 (3.96%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.60%) iPlanet
6 10 (3.60%) JBoss
6 10 (3.60%) WebSphere
6 10 (3.60%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (3.24%) Mendix
7 9 (3.24%) WebLogic
8 8 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (2.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (1.08%) Confluence
10 3 (1.08%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.72%) Liferay
11 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.72%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.36%) CICS
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.91%) 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 5 (1.80%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.44%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.30%) Azure
2 47 (16.91%) AWS
3 19 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.40%) OpenShift
6 14 (5.04%) OCI
7 13 (4.68%) Serverless
8 11 (3.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (3.96%) PowerApps
9 10 (3.60%) Azure Functions
9 10 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.60%) Power Automate
10 9 (3.24%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.52%) PaaS
12 7 (2.52%) SaaS
13 6 (2.16%) Azure API Management
14 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.44%) Azure Storage
14 4 (1.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.60%) Kerberos
2 9 (3.24%) Internet
3 5 (1.80%) HTTP
4 4 (1.44%) LAN
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.36%) VoIP
6 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (22.30%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 20 (7.19%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (6.47%) Relational Database
6 15 (5.40%) Power BI
7 13 (4.68%) MySQL
8 11 (3.96%) Oracle Database 12c
8 11 (3.96%) Oracle Exadata
8 11 (3.96%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.24%) Metadata
10 9 (3.24%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.24%) Oracle ODI
11 8 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.52%) Oracle Database 11g
12 7 (2.52%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 7 (2.52%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 41 (14.75%) Git
2 32 (11.51%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.47%) JIRA
4 15 (5.40%) JUnit
5 10 (3.60%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (3.60%) CA Release Automation
5 10 (3.60%) GitLab
6 8 (2.88%) Selenium
6 8 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (2.52%) SoapUI
8 6 (2.16%) Maven
8 6 (2.16%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (1.80%) Mockito
9 5 (1.80%) Toad
10 4 (1.44%) Ant
11 3 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.08%) Subversion
11 3 (1.08%) Xcode
General
1 89 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.18%) Finance
3 38 (13.67%) Banking
4 31 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.40%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.16%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.72%) Back Office
9 2 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Retail
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (28.06%) Developer
2 53 (19.06%) DBA
2 53 (19.06%) Oracle DBA
3 28 (10.07%) C# Developer
4 19 (6.83%) Analyst
5 17 (6.12%) Architect
6 16 (5.76%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.40%) C# WPF Developer
7 15 (5.40%) WPF Developer
8 14 (5.04%) Administrator
8 14 (5.04%) Technical Analyst
9 13 (4.68%) .NET Developer
9 13 (4.68%) C# .NET Developer
9 13 (4.68%) Senior
10 12 (4.32%) Applications Support
11 11 (3.96%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (3.96%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.96%) ERP Support
11 11 (3.96%) Power Platform Developer
12 10 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.75%) .NET
2 22 (7.91%) .NET Framework
3 21 (7.55%) REST
4 18 (6.47%) WPF
5 14 (5.04%) Kafka
5 14 (5.04%) OAuth
6 13 (4.68%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 13 (4.68%) SOAP
7 12 (4.32%) OpenID
7 12 (4.32%) WinForms
8 11 (3.96%) HTML
9 10 (3.60%) FastAPI
9 10 (3.60%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (3.60%) LDAP
9 10 (3.60%) Middleware
9 10 (3.60%) React
9 10 (3.60%) SAML
9 10 (3.60%) XML
10 9 (3.24%) Spring
11 8 (2.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.60%) Enterprise Cloud
1 10 (3.60%) Low-Code
2 9 (3.24%) Replication
3 8 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.16%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.16%) NHS
6 5 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.44%) Clustering
7 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.72%) Derivative
9 2 (0.72%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (23.02%) Linux
2 58 (20.86%) Windows
3 40 (14.39%) Unix
4 21 (7.55%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.96%) AIX
5 11 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.16%) Solaris
7 6 (2.16%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.16%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.50%) DevOps
2 75 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (25.18%) Agile
4 58 (20.86%) CI/CD
5 55 (19.78%) Migration
6 45 (16.19%) Performance Tuning
7 43 (15.47%) Business Intelligence
8 38 (13.67%) ETL
9 32 (11.51%) Data Modelling
10 30 (10.79%) Analytics
10 30 (10.79%) Scrum
11 29 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (8.99%) Data Integration
12 25 (8.99%) Data Migration
13 24 (8.63%) API Integration
13 24 (8.63%) Integration Patterns
14 23 (8.27%) ERP
15 22 (7.91%) High Availability
16 21 (7.55%) Task Automation
17 20 (7.19%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 159 (57.19%) SQL
2 94 (33.81%) PL/SQL
3 45 (16.19%) C#
4 43 (15.47%) Shell Script
5 40 (14.39%) Python
6 27 (9.71%) Java
7 22 (7.91%) JavaScript
8 20 (7.19%) T-SQL
9 18 (6.47%) VB
9 18 (6.47%) VBA
10 13 (4.68%) Groovy
10 13 (4.68%) Perl
11 10 (3.60%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.60%) LotusScript
12 9 (3.24%) C++
13 8 (2.88%) VB.NET
14 7 (2.52%) Bash
15 6 (2.16%) Korn
15 6 (2.16%) PowerShell
16 5 (1.80%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (26.26%) Security Cleared
2 60 (21.58%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.04%) Degree
4 11 (3.96%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.88%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.52%) OCP
7 6 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.08%) HNC
10 3 (1.08%) HND
10 3 (1.08%) MCP
10 3 (1.08%) MCSE
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.72%) OCA
11 2 (0.72%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.19%) QA
2 14 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.88%) GDPR
4 5 (1.80%) SLA
5 3 (1.08%) SEPA
6 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 32 (11.51%) Oracle RAC
2 28 (10.07%) Docker
3 13 (4.68%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.88%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.08%) NFS
5 3 (1.08%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (10.07%) Data Guard
2 24 (8.63%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.91%) Oracle RMAN
4 15 (5.40%) Ansible
5 14 (5.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 10 (3.60%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (3.60%) CA Wily
6 10 (3.60%) yum
7 8 (2.88%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.88%) Tivoli
8 6 (2.16%) Terraform
9 5 (1.80%) Grafana
9 5 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.72%) Kibana
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.72%) Puppet
10 2 (0.72%) systemd
10 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 278 (100.00%) Oracle
2 68 (24.46%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.27%) Citrix
4 22 (7.91%) IBM
5 14 (5.04%) Splunk
6 11 (3.96%) Lotus
7 10 (3.60%) AppDynamics
7 10 (3.60%) Broadcom
8 9 (3.24%) Kofax
9 7 (2.52%) Denodo
9 7 (2.52%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.52%) Talend
10 4 (1.44%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.44%) Databricks
11 3 (1.08%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.08%) Pega
11 3 (1.08%) SAP
11 3 (1.08%) Sybase
11 3 (1.08%) VMware
32 Oracle Database jobs in England