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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 258 289
Rank change year-on-year -56 +31 -20
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 332 256 284
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.99% 0.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.97% 5.39% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 182 195
10th Percentile £404 £359 £363
25th Percentile £430 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £449 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% -5.53% -4.04%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £433 £486
% change year-on-year +21.39% -10.92% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £35.11 £74.38 £48.06
25th Percentile £37.25 £77.19 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -9.74%
75th Percentile £74.68 £89.69 -
90th Percentile - £92.13 -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
% change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -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 6,686 4,749 6,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.24% 18.39% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,504 3,291 4,711
10th Percentile £352 £358 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £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 £709 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 89 139
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £25.00 £20.76
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £69.72 £62.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £71.50 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% -29.76%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -57 142 £500 +22.70% 15
North of England -73 56 £625 +25.00% 12
Midlands -21 49 £500 +8.11% 11
South East -36 45 £550 +12.82% 6
West Midlands -28 44 £513 +7.89% 7
South West -22 27 £700 +24.56% 6
North West -31 26 £650 +82.58% 9
Yorkshire -68 25 £488 -2.50% 1
North East - 7 £563 - 2
East Midlands -20 4 £463 +32.52% 4
East of England -23 3 £400 -14.67%
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 21 (6.33%) SAS
2 19 (5.72%) IIS
3 14 (4.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (3.31%) Confluence
5 11 (3.31%) WebLogic
6 8 (2.41%) Appian
6 8 (2.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (2.11%) SharePoint
8 6 (1.81%) HCL Notes
8 6 (1.81%) JBoss
8 6 (1.81%) Mendix
8 6 (1.81%) Tomcat
9 5 (1.51%) Camunda
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.60%) nginx
12 1 (0.30%) Liferay
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (3.61%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (3.01%) Finacle
3 6 (1.81%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (1.81%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (1.81%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (1.81%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.20%) Siebel CRM
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.90%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.30%) Endur
7 1 (0.30%) Findur
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.30%) Summit
7 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.37%) AWS
2 56 (16.87%) Azure
3 27 (8.13%) OCI
4 17 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.31%) PaaS
5 11 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.71%) GitHub
7 7 (2.11%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.11%) Serverless
8 6 (1.81%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.51%) Collibra
9 5 (1.51%) GCP
9 5 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.20%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.20%) IaaS
10 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.01%) Internet
2 3 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) HTTP
3 2 (0.60%) Network Security
3 2 (0.60%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) Intranet
4 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (22.29%) SQL Server
2 39 (11.75%) Relational Database
3 31 (9.34%) RDBMS
4 26 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (7.53%) Oracle Database 12c
6 16 (4.82%) Oracle Exadata
6 16 (4.82%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.52%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 14 (4.22%) Oracle Database 11g
9 12 (3.61%) MySQL
9 12 (3.61%) Pentaho
10 11 (3.31%) Metadata
10 11 (3.31%) Power BI
11 10 (3.01%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 8 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.41%) MongoDB
12 8 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (2.11%) NoSQL
14 5 (1.51%) Data Mart
14 5 (1.51%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (7.83%) GitLab
2 18 (5.42%) Git
3 17 (5.12%) JIRA
4 7 (2.11%) Liquibase
4 7 (2.11%) Oracle APEX
5 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.81%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.90%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.90%) JUnit
6 3 (0.90%) Selenium
7 2 (0.60%) Flyway
7 2 (0.60%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.60%) JMeter
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.30%) VersionOne
8 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 66 (19.88%) Finance
2 55 (16.57%) Social Skills
3 49 (14.76%) Banking
4 46 (13.86%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.01%) Back Office
6 10 (3.01%) Front Office
7 7 (2.11%) Military
8 6 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.81%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.20%) Advertising
9 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.60%) Aviation
10 2 (0.60%) Billing
10 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.60%) Legal
10 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (31.63%) DBA
2 99 (29.82%) Oracle DBA
3 78 (23.49%) Developer
4 32 (9.64%) C# Developer
5 31 (9.34%) Administrator
5 31 (9.34%) Senior
6 27 (8.13%) Architect
6 27 (8.13%) Data Engineer
7 22 (6.63%) Lead
8 18 (5.42%) SC Cleared DBA
9 16 (4.82%) Database Engineer
9 16 (4.82%) Oracle Developer
10 14 (4.22%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 13 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.61%) DV Cleared DBA
12 12 (3.61%) Senior DBA
12 12 (3.61%) SQL DBA
13 11 (3.31%) Applications Support
13 11 (3.31%) Oracle Specialist
13 11 (3.31%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.66%) .NET
2 35 (10.54%) .NET Framework
3 21 (6.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 15 (4.52%) XML
5 14 (4.22%) REST
6 13 (3.92%) WinForms
6 13 (3.92%) WPF
7 11 (3.31%) Kafka
7 11 (3.31%) Middleware
8 10 (3.01%) JSON
8 10 (3.01%) React
9 8 (2.41%) CSS
9 8 (2.41%) HTML
10 7 (2.11%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.11%) Spring
10 7 (2.11%) Web Services
11 6 (1.81%) SOAP
11 6 (1.81%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.73%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (3.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 12 (3.61%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.71%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.20%) Replication
7 4 (1.20%) SCADA
7 4 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.90%) Clustering
8 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.90%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 68 (20.48%) Linux
2 52 (15.66%) Windows
3 36 (10.84%) Unix
4 15 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.92%) Windows Server
6 12 (3.61%) Solaris
7 10 (3.01%) AIX
8 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
9 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.20%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.60%) HPUX
12 2 (0.60%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.29%) DevOps
1 74 (22.29%) Migration
2 59 (17.77%) CI/CD
3 52 (15.66%) Agile
3 52 (15.66%) High Availability
3 52 (15.66%) Performance Tuning
4 51 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (14.16%) ETL
6 41 (12.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 36 (10.84%) AI
8 32 (9.64%) Data Analysis
9 30 (9.04%) Validation
10 29 (8.73%) Data Integration
11 27 (8.13%) Analytics
11 27 (8.13%) Change Management
12 26 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 24 (7.23%) Data Migration
13 24 (7.23%) Data Modelling
14 23 (6.93%) Mentoring
15 22 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 170 (51.20%) SQL
2 81 (24.40%) PL/SQL
3 54 (16.27%) C#
4 43 (12.95%) Python
5 32 (9.64%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.33%) Shell Script
7 20 (6.02%) Java
8 14 (4.22%) VB
9 12 (3.61%) VBA
10 11 (3.31%) JavaScript
11 10 (3.01%) Korn
12 9 (2.71%) Bash
12 9 (2.71%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.11%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.20%) Formula Language
14 4 (1.20%) LotusScript
15 3 (0.90%) Bicep
15 3 (0.90%) C
15 3 (0.90%) ProC
15 3 (0.90%) VB6
Qualifications
1 146 (43.98%) Security Cleared
2 109 (32.83%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.24%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.42%) Degree
5 7 (2.11%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) CCNA
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) OCP
9 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.84%) QA
2 12 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.51%) ISO 9000
4 4 (1.20%) SLA
5 3 (0.90%) FATCA
5 3 (0.90%) GDPR
5 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (9.94%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.71%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 54 (16.27%) Oracle RMAN
2 31 (9.34%) Data Guard
3 29 (8.73%) Terraform
4 16 (4.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 15 (4.52%) Ansible
5 15 (4.52%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.30%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.30%) Foglight
7 1 (0.30%) Kibana
7 1 (0.30%) OPNET
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 332 (100.00%) Oracle
2 34 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.83%) Citrix
4 18 (5.42%) Talend
5 15 (4.52%) Databricks
6 12 (3.61%) IBM
7 9 (2.71%) Informatica
8 6 (1.81%) Denodo
8 6 (1.81%) Kofax
8 6 (1.81%) Lotus
8 6 (1.81%) SAP
9 5 (1.51%) OpenText
9 5 (1.51%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.20%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.20%) Google
10 4 (1.20%) Siebel
11 3 (0.90%) jBASE
11 3 (0.90%) Temenos
11 3 (0.90%) VMware
12 2 (0.60%) Murex
49 Oracle Database jobs in England