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

 6 months to
30 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 271 293
Rank change year-on-year -30 +22 -45
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 277 237 279
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.89% 0.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.11% 4.81% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 166 222
10th Percentile £300 £385 £364
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £638 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £478 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -13.18% +8.70% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile - £73.25 £65.11
25th Percentile - £80.00 £73.23
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +4.52% +10.63%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.00
90th Percentile £92.34 - £93.05
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 5,420 4,924 6,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.41% 18.53% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,780 3,260 4,396
10th Percentile £330 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £426 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +0.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £606 £663 £650
90th Percentile £710 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 80 170
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.17 £15.58
25th Percentile £28.13 £24.94 £21.64
Median hourly rate £46.50 £39.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -7.90% -27.53%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £61.69
90th Percentile £85.20 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.35% -25.53%

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 30 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 30 January 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 30 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 -41 141 £463 -13.55% 9
Midlands -20 47 £525 -0.76% 5
West Midlands -1 46 £525 -9.09% 3
South East -24 31 £425 -34.62% 8
North of England -46 28 £450 -18.18% 7
North West -9 15 £450 - 3
East of England -9 12 £127 - 1
Yorkshire -52 12 £365 -33.64% 2
South West -15 11 £450 -25.00% 9
East Midlands -32 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £625 - 2
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 (10.11%) IIS
1 28 (10.11%) SAS
2 15 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.69%) JBoss
4 11 (3.97%) Apache
5 10 (3.61%) HCL Notes
5 10 (3.61%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.61%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.61%) WebSphere
5 10 (3.61%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (3.25%) Mendix
6 9 (3.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (1.44%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.08%) Appian
9 3 (1.08%) LiveLink
10 2 (0.72%) Confluence
10 2 (0.72%) Liferay
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.81%) 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 (3.25%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.81%) 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 Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.66%) Azure
2 41 (14.80%) AWS
3 22 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.05%) OCI
4 14 (5.05%) OpenShift
4 14 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.33%) Serverless
6 11 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (3.61%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (3.61%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.61%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.89%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.53%) PaaS
10 7 (2.53%) SaaS
11 6 (2.17%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.17%) Collibra
12 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.44%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.61%) Internet
1 10 (3.61%) Kerberos
2 5 (1.81%) HTTP
3 2 (0.72%) LAN
3 2 (0.72%) Network Security
3 2 (0.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.36%) VoIP
4 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.05%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (7.58%) Oracle Reports
3 21 (7.58%) Relational Database
4 18 (6.50%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.05%) Metadata
7 13 (4.69%) Power BI
8 12 (4.33%) MySQL
9 10 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (3.61%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (3.25%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.25%) Oracle Exadata
10 9 (3.25%) Oracle ODI
11 7 (2.53%) Oracle Database 12c
11 7 (2.53%) Pentaho
11 7 (2.53%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 7 (2.53%) SQLPlus
12 6 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (11.91%) Git
2 32 (11.55%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.50%) JIRA
4 15 (5.42%) JUnit
5 13 (4.69%) GitLab
6 10 (3.61%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (3.61%) CA Release Automation
7 8 (2.89%) Selenium
7 8 (2.89%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.17%) Maven
8 6 (2.17%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.81%) Ant
9 5 (1.81%) Mockito
9 5 (1.81%) Toad
10 4 (1.44%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.08%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 77 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.91%) Finance
3 36 (13.00%) Banking
4 30 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.78%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.81%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.72%) Back Office
9 2 (0.72%) Local Government
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%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Retail
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (29.24%) Developer
2 54 (19.49%) DBA
2 54 (19.49%) Oracle DBA
3 31 (11.19%) C# Developer
4 22 (7.94%) Architect
5 16 (5.78%) Oracle Developer
5 16 (5.78%) Senior
6 14 (5.05%) Administrator
6 14 (5.05%) Analyst
7 12 (4.33%) C# WPF Developer
7 12 (4.33%) Technical Analyst
7 12 (4.33%) WPF Developer
8 11 (3.97%) Data Architect
9 10 (3.61%) .NET Developer
9 10 (3.61%) C# .NET Developer
9 10 (3.61%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.61%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (3.61%) Release Manager
10 9 (3.25%) Applications Support
10 9 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.88%) .NET
2 24 (8.66%) .NET Framework
3 21 (7.58%) REST
4 17 (6.14%) WPF
5 15 (5.42%) SOAP
6 14 (5.05%) Kafka
6 14 (5.05%) React
7 13 (4.69%) WinForms
8 12 (4.33%) OAuth
8 12 (4.33%) OpenID
9 11 (3.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 11 (3.97%) Spring
10 10 (3.61%) HTML
10 10 (3.61%) LDAP
10 10 (3.61%) Middleware
10 10 (3.61%) SAML
10 10 (3.61%) XML
11 9 (3.25%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (3.25%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.61%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (3.25%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.53%) Replication
5 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.44%) Clustering
6 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.08%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.08%) NHS
7 3 (1.08%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.72%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.58%) Windows
2 55 (19.86%) Linux
3 39 (14.08%) Unix
4 18 (6.50%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.33%) AIX
6 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.53%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.53%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (2.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (28.16%) DevOps
2 68 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (24.19%) Agile
4 58 (20.94%) CI/CD
5 57 (20.58%) Migration
6 44 (15.88%) Performance Tuning
7 41 (14.80%) Business Intelligence
8 40 (14.44%) ETL
9 31 (11.19%) Analytics
9 31 (11.19%) Data Modelling
10 30 (10.83%) Scrum
11 28 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (9.75%) Data Migration
13 26 (9.39%) Data Integration
13 26 (9.39%) High Availability
13 26 (9.39%) Integration Patterns
14 23 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
14 23 (8.30%) Data Analysis
15 22 (7.94%) Enterprise Architecture
16 20 (7.22%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 150 (54.15%) SQL
2 86 (31.05%) PL/SQL
3 48 (17.33%) C#
4 36 (13.00%) Python
5 35 (12.64%) Shell Script
6 29 (10.47%) Java
7 21 (7.58%) T-SQL
8 18 (6.50%) JavaScript
9 17 (6.14%) VB
9 17 (6.14%) VBA
10 13 (4.69%) Perl
11 12 (4.33%) Groovy
12 10 (3.61%) Formula Language
12 10 (3.61%) LotusScript
13 7 (2.53%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.17%) Bash
14 6 (2.17%) Korn
14 6 (2.17%) VB.NET
15 4 (1.44%) PHP
16 3 (1.08%) C++
Qualifications
1 85 (30.69%) Security Cleared
2 69 (24.91%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.05%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.97%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.97%) Degree
5 6 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (1.81%) OCP
7 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.72%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.36%) HNC
9 1 (0.36%) HND
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) MCSE
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.58%) QA
2 14 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.89%) GDPR
4 5 (1.81%) 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 30 (10.83%) Docker
2 21 (7.58%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.89%) 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 27 (9.75%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.50%) Oracle RMAN
3 17 (6.14%) Data Guard
4 12 (4.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.61%) CA Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.61%) CA Wily
5 10 (3.61%) Terraform
6 8 (2.89%) Ansible
6 8 (2.89%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.89%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.44%) Grafana
8 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.08%) yum
10 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.72%) Foglight
10 2 (0.72%) Kibana
10 2 (0.72%) systemd
11 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 277 (100.00%) Oracle
2 63 (22.74%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.30%) Citrix
3 23 (8.30%) IBM
4 13 (4.69%) Splunk
5 10 (3.61%) AppDynamics
5 10 (3.61%) Broadcom
5 10 (3.61%) Lotus
6 9 (3.25%) Kofax
7 7 (2.53%) Denodo
7 7 (2.53%) Talend
8 5 (1.81%) Databricks
8 5 (1.81%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.44%) Alteryx
10 3 (1.08%) Pega
10 3 (1.08%) SAP
10 3 (1.08%) VMware
11 2 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.72%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.72%) Informatica
36 Oracle Database jobs in England