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

 6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 245 317
Rank change year-on-year -74 +72 -66
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 284 254 247
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.05% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.54% 5.50% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 180 178
10th Percentile £397 £364 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 5
10th Percentile £34.66 £73.25 £41.44
25th Percentile £37.25 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £92.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +50.16% -15.03%
75th Percentile £74.68 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -49.41% +50.16% -15.74%

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 6,254 4,616 6,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.35% 19.00% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,306 3,235 4,478
10th Percentile £350 £362 £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 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 88 131
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.37 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.27 £32.05 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +47.49% -20.37% -30.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.15 £60.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +51.01% -17.23% -32.54%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -58 140 £500 +12.68% 17
Midlands -35 44 £525 +10.53% 4
North of England -76 41 £650 +30.00% 4
West Midlands -31 39 £525 -12.50% 2
South East -51 38 £525 -16.83% 11
North West -20 20 £650 +35.98% 2
Yorkshire -82 20 £445 -10.95%
South West -30 15 £513 -2.38% 8
East Midlands -33 4 £463 +29.19% 2
East of England -41 2 £331 -32.11%
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 19 (6.69%) IIS
2 16 (5.63%) SAS
3 15 (5.28%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.23%) HCL Notes
4 12 (4.23%) Mendix
4 12 (4.23%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.11%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.06%) Appian
8 3 (1.06%) Confluence
8 3 (1.06%) JBoss
8 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.70%) Liferay
9 2 (0.70%) nginx
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.35%) Apache
10 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.23%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.41%) Finacle
3 4 (1.41%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.70%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.35%) Endur
5 1 (0.35%) Findur
5 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.35%) Summit
5 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.24%) Azure
2 40 (14.08%) AWS
3 29 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.99%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.63%) OCI
6 13 (4.58%) Serverless
7 12 (4.23%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.52%) Azure Functions
9 10 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.52%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.82%) Collibra
10 8 (2.82%) PaaS
11 6 (2.11%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.11%) IaaS
11 6 (2.11%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.76%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.23%) Internet
2 7 (2.46%) HTTP
3 3 (1.06%) Firewall
4 2 (0.70%) Network Security
4 2 (0.70%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.35%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (22.54%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.45%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.39%) Oracle Database 12c
4 20 (7.04%) Oracle Reports
5 18 (6.34%) RDBMS
6 17 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (5.63%) Power BI
8 14 (4.93%) Metadata
9 12 (4.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 11 (3.87%) Oracle Database 11g
10 11 (3.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (2.46%) Oracle BI EE
12 7 (2.46%) Oracle Exadata
12 7 (2.46%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.11%) Pentaho
14 5 (1.76%) DataStage
14 5 (1.76%) MySQL
14 5 (1.76%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 13 (4.58%) GitLab
2 11 (3.87%) JIRA
3 9 (3.17%) Git
4 7 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.46%) JUnit
4 7 (2.46%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.76%) Toad
6 4 (1.41%) Ant
6 4 (1.41%) Liquibase
7 3 (1.06%) ClearCase
7 3 (1.06%) Selenium
7 3 (1.06%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.70%) Flyway
9 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.35%) Hudson
9 1 (0.35%) Mockito
9 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 66 (23.24%) Finance
2 54 (19.01%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.14%) Banking
4 30 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.28%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.11%) Back Office
9 5 (1.76%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.41%) Advertising
10 4 (1.41%) Front Office
10 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.06%) Legal
11 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.70%) Local Government
12 2 (0.70%) Military
12 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.35%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 88 (30.99%) DBA
2 87 (30.63%) Oracle DBA
3 83 (29.23%) Developer
4 36 (12.68%) C# Developer
5 24 (8.45%) Architect
6 23 (8.10%) Administrator
7 17 (5.99%) Data Engineer
7 17 (5.99%) SC Cleared DBA
8 16 (5.63%) Database Engineer
8 16 (5.63%) Senior
9 15 (5.28%) Oracle Developer
10 14 (4.93%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Power Platform Developer
11 12 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.17%) Applications Developer
12 9 (3.17%) C# Application Developer
12 9 (3.17%) Oracle Specialist
13 8 (2.82%) Database Specialist
13 8 (2.82%) Lead
14 7 (2.46%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.66%) .NET
2 30 (10.56%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.34%) WinForms
4 16 (5.63%) React
4 16 (5.63%) XML
5 15 (5.28%) WPF
6 13 (4.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (4.23%) Kafka
7 12 (4.23%) Middleware
8 10 (3.52%) HTML
8 10 (3.52%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (3.52%) REST
9 8 (2.82%) CSS
9 8 (2.82%) SOAP
10 7 (2.46%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.46%) Spring
11 5 (1.76%) IBM Integration Bus
11 5 (1.76%) JSON
11 5 (1.76%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.75%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.23%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.41%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.41%) SCADA
7 4 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.06%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.06%) Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.06%) Replication
8 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (19.72%) Linux
2 43 (15.14%) Windows
3 34 (11.97%) Unix
4 16 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.93%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.46%) AIX
7 6 (2.11%) Solaris
8 4 (1.41%) Windows 10
9 3 (1.06%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.70%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.35%) HPUX
11 1 (0.35%) VMS
11 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.59%) DevOps
2 53 (18.66%) Performance Tuning
3 49 (17.25%) Migration
3 49 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (16.90%) High Availability
5 45 (15.85%) CI/CD
6 44 (15.49%) ETL
7 42 (14.79%) Agile
8 33 (11.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (9.86%) AI
11 26 (9.15%) Data Analysis
12 25 (8.80%) Unit Testing
13 23 (8.10%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.39%) Data Integration
14 21 (7.39%) Validation
15 19 (6.69%) Data Migration
16 18 (6.34%) Data Modelling
17 17 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (5.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 151 (53.17%) SQL
2 91 (32.04%) PL/SQL
3 57 (20.07%) C#
4 35 (12.32%) Python
5 29 (10.21%) T-SQL
6 23 (8.10%) Shell Script
7 20 (7.04%) Java
8 17 (5.99%) JavaScript
9 15 (5.28%) Korn
9 15 (5.28%) VB
10 12 (4.23%) VBA
11 11 (3.87%) Perl
12 10 (3.52%) Formula Language
12 10 (3.52%) LotusScript
13 7 (2.46%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.76%) Bash
15 5 (1.76%) PHP
16 3 (1.06%) Bicep
16 3 (1.06%) VB6
Qualifications
1 106 (37.32%) Security Cleared
2 87 (30.63%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.63%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.58%) Degree
5 8 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.82%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.41%) OCP
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.03%) QA
2 11 (3.87%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.46%) GDPR
4 5 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.41%) SLA
6 3 (1.06%) FATCA
6 3 (1.06%) NIST
6 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.06%) SEPA
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (9.86%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (3.52%) Docker
3 5 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 48 (16.90%) Oracle RMAN
2 24 (8.45%) Data Guard
3 18 (6.34%) Terraform
4 16 (5.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 12 (4.23%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.52%) Ansible
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.70%) Foglight
8 2 (0.70%) Grafana
8 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.70%) systemd
9 1 (0.35%) Control-M
9 1 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.35%) Kibana
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 284 (100.00%) Oracle
2 38 (13.38%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.10%) Citrix
4 12 (4.23%) Kofax
4 12 (4.23%) Lotus
4 12 (4.23%) Talend
5 11 (3.87%) Databricks
5 11 (3.87%) IBM
6 7 (2.46%) Informatica
6 7 (2.46%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.76%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.76%) Denodo
8 3 (1.06%) Google
8 3 (1.06%) SAP
8 3 (1.06%) VMware
9 2 (0.70%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.70%) NEC
9 2 (0.70%) Pega
10 1 (0.35%) Perforce
10 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
41 Oracle Database jobs in England