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

 6 months to
30 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 253 305
Rank change year-on-year -67 +52 -51
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 285 241 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.99% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.56% 5.21% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 176 182
10th Percentile £365 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £650
90th Percentile £675 £699 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile £34.01 £73.25 £38.08
25th Percentile £38.88 £80.00 £53.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £92.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% +50.16% -15.03%
75th Percentile £74.68 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -43.24% +50.16% -16.59%

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 6,255 4,623 6,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.51% 19.00% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,330 3,252 4,460
10th Percentile £350 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £781
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 92 131
10th Percentile £16.70 £19.41 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.09 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £48.13 £32.43 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.41% -18.93% -31.09%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.00 £56.74
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +51.01% -17.23% -33.33%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 £488 +12.07% 13
Midlands -37 45 £519 +7.18% 8
West Midlands -30 40 £525 +6.49% 6
North of England -89 40 £638 +27.50% 2
South East -33 39 £500 -21.57% 9
Yorkshire -83 21 £366 -26.90%
North West -24 18 £650 +8.33% 1
South West -29 12 £425 -21.76% 7
East Midlands -26 4 £463 +16.94% 2
East of England -37 4 £169 -65.29% 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 21 (7.37%) IIS
2 16 (5.61%) SAS
2 16 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.56%) HCL Notes
4 12 (4.21%) Mendix
4 12 (4.21%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.11%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.05%) Appian
7 3 (1.05%) JBoss
7 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.70%) Liferay
8 2 (0.70%) nginx
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.35%) Confluence
9 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.40%) 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 (4.21%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.40%) Finacle
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.70%) NEC Housing
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 Payables
5 1 (0.35%) Summit
5 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.81%) Azure
2 39 (13.68%) AWS
3 29 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.32%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.61%) OCI
6 14 (4.91%) Serverless
7 13 (4.56%) PowerApps
8 12 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.86%) Azure Functions
9 11 (3.86%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (3.86%) Power Automate
10 10 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.81%) Collibra
11 8 (2.81%) PaaS
12 6 (2.11%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.11%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.75%) Azure API Management
14 4 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.56%) Internet
2 7 (2.46%) HTTP
3 3 (1.05%) 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 66 (23.16%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.07%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.37%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (6.67%) Oracle Database 12c
5 18 (6.32%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.96%) Power BI
6 17 (5.96%) RDBMS
7 14 (4.91%) Metadata
8 12 (4.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 10 (3.51%) Oracle Database 11g
10 9 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.81%) MySQL
12 7 (2.46%) Oracle BI EE
12 7 (2.46%) Oracle Exadata
12 7 (2.46%) SQLPlus
13 5 (1.75%) Pentaho
13 5 (1.75%) SAS Visual Analytics
14 4 (1.40%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (3.86%) JIRA
2 9 (3.16%) GitLab
3 8 (2.81%) Git
4 7 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.46%) JUnit
4 7 (2.46%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.75%) Toad
6 4 (1.40%) Ant
6 4 (1.40%) Selenium
7 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.70%) ClearCase
8 2 (0.70%) Flyway
8 2 (0.70%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.35%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.35%) Rational Robot
9 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (22.11%) Finance
2 60 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.09%) Banking
4 25 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.26%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.11%) Back Office
8 6 (2.11%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.40%) Advertising
9 4 (1.40%) Front Office
9 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.05%) Legal
11 2 (0.70%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.70%) Local Government
11 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Billing
12 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 90 (31.58%) DBA
2 89 (31.23%) Oracle DBA
3 86 (30.18%) Developer
4 38 (13.33%) C# Developer
5 26 (9.12%) Architect
6 21 (7.37%) Administrator
7 17 (5.96%) SC Cleared DBA
8 16 (5.61%) Database Engineer
8 16 (5.61%) Oracle Developer
9 14 (4.91%) Oracle Database Engineer
10 13 (4.56%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.56%) Power Platform Developer
10 13 (4.56%) Senior
11 12 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.16%) Analyst
12 9 (3.16%) Applications Developer
12 9 (3.16%) C# Application Developer
12 9 (3.16%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.81%) Lead
14 7 (2.46%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (19.30%) .NET
2 32 (11.23%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.32%) WinForms
4 16 (5.61%) React
5 15 (5.26%) WPF
6 14 (4.91%) XML
7 13 (4.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 10 (3.51%) HTML
8 10 (3.51%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (3.51%) Kafka
8 10 (3.51%) Middleware
8 10 (3.51%) REST
9 8 (2.81%) CSS
9 8 (2.81%) SOAP
10 7 (2.46%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.46%) Spring
11 5 (1.75%) IBM Integration Bus
11 5 (1.75%) JSON
11 5 (1.75%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.72%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.21%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.51%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.81%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.40%) SCADA
7 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.05%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.05%) Clustering
8 3 (1.05%) Derivative
8 3 (1.05%) Replication
8 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.89%) Linux
2 46 (16.14%) Windows
3 37 (12.98%) Unix
4 15 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.91%) Windows Server
6 9 (3.16%) AIX
7 5 (1.75%) Solaris
7 5 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.70%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) HPUX
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.86%) DevOps
2 51 (17.89%) Performance Tuning
3 48 (16.84%) Migration
3 48 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (16.49%) High Availability
5 46 (16.14%) Agile
6 44 (15.44%) CI/CD
7 41 (14.39%) ETL
8 34 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (9.82%) AI
10 28 (9.82%) Data Analysis
11 26 (9.12%) Unit Testing
12 22 (7.72%) Decision-Making
13 20 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.02%) Data Migration
13 20 (7.02%) Validation
14 19 (6.67%) Data Governance
14 19 (6.67%) Data Integration
14 19 (6.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 147 (51.58%) SQL
2 87 (30.53%) PL/SQL
3 59 (20.70%) C#
4 36 (12.63%) Python
5 29 (10.18%) T-SQL
6 26 (9.12%) Shell Script
7 20 (7.02%) Java
8 17 (5.96%) JavaScript
9 15 (5.26%) Korn
9 15 (5.26%) VB
10 13 (4.56%) VBA
11 11 (3.86%) Formula Language
11 11 (3.86%) LotusScript
11 11 (3.86%) Perl
12 7 (2.46%) TypeScript
13 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.75%) PHP
15 4 (1.40%) Bash
16 3 (1.05%) Bicep
17 2 (0.70%) C
Qualifications
1 103 (36.14%) Security Cleared
2 86 (30.18%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.86%) Degree
5 8 (2.81%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.81%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.40%) OCP
7 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 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%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.33%) QA
2 9 (3.16%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.16%) GDPR
3 6 (2.11%) SLA
4 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.05%) FATCA
5 3 (1.05%) NIST
5 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.05%) SEPA
6 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 27 (9.47%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (3.51%) Docker
3 5 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.05%) 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 47 (16.49%) Oracle RMAN
2 23 (8.07%) Data Guard
3 17 (5.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 16 (5.61%) Terraform
5 12 (4.21%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.51%) Ansible
7 3 (1.05%) 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
1 285 (100.00%) Oracle
2 44 (15.44%) Microsoft
3 26 (9.12%) Citrix
4 13 (4.56%) IBM
4 13 (4.56%) Lotus
5 12 (4.21%) Kofax
6 10 (3.51%) Talend
7 9 (3.16%) Databricks
8 7 (2.46%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.11%) Informatica
10 5 (1.75%) Denodo
11 3 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.05%) SAP
12 2 (0.70%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.70%) NEC
12 2 (0.70%) Pega
12 2 (0.70%) VMware
13 1 (0.35%) Google
13 1 (0.35%) Perforce
13 1 (0.35%) Teradata
36 Oracle Database jobs in England