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

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 270 308
Rank change year-on-year -45 +38 -38
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 276 232 254
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 0.90% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.80% 4.81% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 174 205
10th Percentile £314 £385 £359
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £639 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £481 £527 £513
% change year-on-year -8.68% +2.83% +4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £58.41 £73.25 £87.20
25th Percentile - £80.00 £87.88
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £90.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +2.21% +13.13%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.88
90th Percentile £88.81 - £93.40
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £75.75
% change year-on-year -19.26% +22.11% -7.34%

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 5,746 4,824 6,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.17% 18.78% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,004 3,284 4,359
10th Percentile £342 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +0.84% -3.09%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £663
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 87 155
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.71
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.88 £21.64
Median hourly rate £53.25 £38.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.31% -9.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £71.50 £77.11
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +52.14% -17.65% -22.73%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -50 136 £475 -12.64% 14
Midlands -21 52 £525 +6.49% 4
West Midlands -13 50 £525 +2.74% 3
South East -20 36 £430 -33.85% 15
North of England -64 25 £448 -18.55% 9
Yorkshire -70 14 £353 -35.91% 6
South West -24 11 £450 -22.55% 4
East of England -16 10 £127 - 2
North West -30 10 £471 +32.30% 2
East Midlands -23 2 £525 +32.74% 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 27 (9.78%) SAS
2 24 (8.70%) IIS
3 15 (5.43%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.35%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.62%) HCL Notes
6 9 (3.26%) Mendix
6 9 (3.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.90%) JBoss
8 7 (2.54%) Apache
9 6 (2.17%) Tomcat
9 6 (2.17%) WebSphere
10 5 (1.81%) iPlanet
10 5 (1.81%) WebSphere Application Server
11 3 (1.09%) Appian
11 3 (1.09%) LiveLink
12 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.72%) Liferay
12 2 (0.72%) nginx
12 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.90%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.17%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.81%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 58 (21.01%) Azure
2 36 (13.04%) AWS
3 25 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.07%) OCI
5 12 (4.35%) OpenShift
5 12 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (3.99%) Serverless
7 10 (3.62%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (3.62%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.62%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.90%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.90%) Collibra
10 7 (2.54%) SaaS
11 6 (2.17%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.45%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.99%) Internet
2 7 (2.54%) HTTP
3 5 (1.81%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.72%) Network Security
4 2 (0.72%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 23 (8.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (7.61%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.80%) MySQL
5 16 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.43%) Metadata
7 11 (3.99%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.99%) Oracle Database 12c
7 11 (3.99%) Power BI
7 11 (3.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.62%) Pentaho
8 10 (3.62%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.90%) Oracle Database 11g
10 7 (2.54%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (2.54%) SQLPlus
11 6 (2.17%) MongoDB
11 6 (2.17%) Oracle BI EE
11 6 (2.17%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 27 (9.78%) Jenkins
2 26 (9.42%) Git
3 21 (7.61%) JIRA
4 16 (5.80%) JUnit
5 14 (5.07%) GitLab
6 11 (3.99%) Selenium
7 5 (1.81%) Ant
7 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (1.81%) CA Release Automation
7 5 (1.81%) SoapUI
7 5 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (1.81%) Toad
8 4 (1.45%) Maven
8 4 (1.45%) Mockito
8 4 (1.45%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.72%) Hudson
10 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
General
1 75 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.19%) Finance
3 40 (14.49%) Banking
4 27 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.80%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Advertising
11 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.72%) Back Office
11 2 (0.72%) Legal
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (29.71%) Developer
2 60 (21.74%) DBA
2 60 (21.74%) Oracle DBA
3 32 (11.59%) C# Developer
4 29 (10.51%) Architect
5 16 (5.80%) Senior
6 15 (5.43%) Administrator
6 15 (5.43%) Oracle Developer
7 14 (5.07%) Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Data Engineer
8 11 (3.99%) Data Architect
9 10 (3.62%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (3.62%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (3.26%) Applications Developer
11 8 (2.90%) C# Application Developer
11 8 (2.90%) Database Engineer
11 8 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.54%) Oracle Database Engineer
12 7 (2.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.67%) .NET
2 25 (9.06%) .NET Framework
3 20 (7.25%) REST
4 17 (6.16%) React
5 14 (5.07%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 14 (5.07%) SOAP
5 14 (5.07%) WinForms
5 14 (5.07%) WPF
5 14 (5.07%) XML
6 13 (4.71%) Kafka
7 12 (4.35%) HTML
8 11 (3.99%) Middleware
9 9 (3.26%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (3.26%) Spring
10 7 (2.54%) CSS
10 7 (2.54%) OAuth
10 7 (2.54%) OpenID
10 7 (2.54%) pytest
10 7 (2.54%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (5.07%) Enterprise Cloud
3 11 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.26%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.54%) Replication
6 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.81%) Clustering
6 5 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.48%) Windows
2 50 (18.12%) Linux
3 41 (14.86%) Unix
4 15 (5.43%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (4.35%) AIX
6 12 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.54%) Solaris
7 7 (2.54%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.54%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.54%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.36%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.81%) DevOps
2 65 (23.55%) Agile
3 64 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (19.20%) CI/CD
5 50 (18.12%) Migration
6 49 (17.75%) Performance Tuning
7 46 (16.67%) ETL
8 39 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (10.87%) High Availability
11 29 (10.51%) Scrum
12 28 (10.14%) Data Migration
13 27 (9.78%) Data Modelling
14 26 (9.42%) Integration Patterns
14 26 (9.42%) Test Automation
15 25 (9.06%) Analytics
15 25 (9.06%) Data Analysis
15 25 (9.06%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
16 24 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 142 (51.45%) SQL
2 82 (29.71%) PL/SQL
3 51 (18.48%) C#
4 37 (13.41%) Python
5 33 (11.96%) Shell Script
6 29 (10.51%) Java
7 23 (8.33%) T-SQL
8 16 (5.80%) JavaScript
9 14 (5.07%) VB
10 13 (4.71%) Perl
10 13 (4.71%) VBA
11 12 (4.35%) Korn
12 10 (3.62%) Formula Language
12 10 (3.62%) LotusScript
13 8 (2.90%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.17%) Groovy
14 6 (2.17%) TypeScript
15 5 (1.81%) PHP
16 4 (1.45%) Bash
17 3 (1.09%) C
Qualifications
1 93 (33.70%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.90%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.71%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.62%) Degree
5 7 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.17%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.17%) OCP
6 6 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.09%) 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%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.70%) QA
2 16 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.90%) GDPR
3 8 (2.90%) SLA
4 4 (1.45%) SEPA
5 3 (1.09%) FATCA
5 3 (1.09%) NIST
5 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
6 2 (0.72%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (10.14%) Docker
2 23 (8.33%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (2.54%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.81%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.09%) NFS
5 3 (1.09%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (10.14%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (9.78%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 14 (5.07%) Data Guard
5 11 (3.99%) Terraform
6 6 (2.17%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.81%) Ansible
7 5 (1.81%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.81%) CA Wily
7 5 (1.81%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.45%) Grafana
9 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
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%) Control-M
11 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 276 (100.00%) Oracle
2 51 (18.48%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.70%) Citrix
4 21 (7.61%) IBM
5 13 (4.71%) Talend
6 10 (3.62%) Denodo
6 10 (3.62%) Lotus
7 9 (3.26%) Kofax
8 7 (2.54%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.17%) Splunk
10 5 (1.81%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.81%) Broadcom
10 5 (1.81%) Databricks
11 4 (1.45%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.45%) VMware
12 3 (1.09%) Informatica
12 3 (1.09%) Pega
12 3 (1.09%) SAP
13 2 (0.72%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.72%) Sybase
43 Oracle Database jobs in England