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

 6 months to
21 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 269 313
Rank change year-on-year -34 +44 -42
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 283 228 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.88% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.00% 4.74% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 172 212
10th Percentile £313 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £640 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -9.70% +0.19% +6.06%
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 5,657 4,807 6,115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.19% 18.59% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,931 3,255 4,386
10th Percentile £341 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £660
90th Percentile £700 £779 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 84 159
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.83
25th Percentile £27.06 £25.19 £21.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £41.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -3.53% -25.26%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.63 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £38.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year +43.58% -9.87% -24.01%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -51 139 £475 -11.21% 10
Midlands -20 52 £525 +6.49% 5
West Midlands -17 50 £525 +2.74% 4
South East -16 38 £423 -35.00% 14
North of England -54 25 £446 -18.91% 10
Yorkshire -61 14 £355 -35.45% 9
East of England -13 11 £127 - 2
South West -17 11 £450 -25.00% 4
North West -27 10 £453 +27.25%
East Midlands -27 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 (9.54%) SAS
2 25 (8.83%) IIS
3 15 (5.30%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.24%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.53%) HCL Notes
6 9 (3.18%) JBoss
6 9 (3.18%) Mendix
6 9 (3.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.83%) Apache
8 7 (2.47%) WebSphere
9 6 (2.12%) iPlanet
9 6 (2.12%) Tomcat
9 6 (2.12%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (1.06%) Appian
10 3 (1.06%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.71%) Liferay
11 2 (0.71%) nginx
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.12%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.77%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.71%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.35%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.91%) Azure
2 38 (13.43%) AWS
3 26 (9.19%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.95%) OCI
4 14 (4.95%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.24%) OpenShift
5 12 (4.24%) Serverless
6 11 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (3.53%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.53%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (3.53%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.53%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.83%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.83%) Collibra
10 7 (2.47%) SaaS
11 6 (2.12%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.41%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.06%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.89%) Internet
2 7 (2.47%) HTTP
3 6 (2.12%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.71%) Network Security
4 2 (0.71%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (20.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.13%) Relational Database
2 23 (8.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (7.42%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.65%) MySQL
6 15 (5.30%) Metadata
6 15 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (4.59%) Power BI
8 12 (4.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.89%) Oracle Database 12c
10 10 (3.53%) Pentaho
10 10 (3.53%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.83%) Oracle Database 11g
11 8 (2.83%) Oracle Exadata
12 7 (2.47%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.12%) Data Lake
13 6 (2.12%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (2.12%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 29 (10.25%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.54%) Git
3 21 (7.42%) JIRA
4 16 (5.65%) JUnit
5 14 (4.95%) GitLab
6 11 (3.89%) Selenium
7 6 (2.12%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (2.12%) CA Release Automation
8 5 (1.77%) Ant
8 5 (1.77%) SoapUI
8 5 (1.77%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.77%) Toad
9 4 (1.41%) Maven
9 4 (1.41%) Mockito
9 4 (1.41%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.06%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.71%) Hudson
11 2 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 77 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.97%) Finance
3 38 (13.43%) Banking
4 31 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.01%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.12%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.77%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.06%) Advertising
11 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.71%) Back Office
11 2 (0.71%) Legal
11 2 (0.71%) Local Government
11 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.35%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (29.33%) Developer
2 62 (21.91%) DBA
2 62 (21.91%) Oracle DBA
3 32 (11.31%) C# Developer
4 29 (10.25%) Architect
5 17 (6.01%) Senior
6 16 (5.65%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.30%) Administrator
8 14 (4.95%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.59%) Analyst
10 11 (3.89%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.53%) Power Platform Developer
11 10 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.83%) Applications Developer
12 8 (2.83%) C# WPF Developer
12 8 (2.83%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.83%) SQL DBA
12 8 (2.83%) WPF Developer
13 7 (2.47%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.25%) .NET
2 25 (8.83%) .NET Framework
3 21 (7.42%) REST
4 17 (6.01%) React
5 15 (5.30%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 15 (5.30%) WPF
6 14 (4.95%) SOAP
6 14 (4.95%) WinForms
6 14 (4.95%) XML
7 13 (4.59%) Kafka
8 12 (4.24%) HTML
9 11 (3.89%) Middleware
10 9 (3.18%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (3.18%) Spring
11 8 (2.83%) OAuth
11 8 (2.83%) OpenID
12 7 (2.47%) CSS
12 7 (2.47%) pytest
12 7 (2.47%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.95%) Enterprise Cloud
3 12 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.18%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.83%) Replication
6 7 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.41%) Clustering
8 4 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.06%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.06%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.06%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.71%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.73%) Linux
2 52 (18.37%) Windows
3 44 (15.55%) Unix
4 15 (5.30%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (4.24%) AIX
6 12 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (2.83%) Solaris
8 7 (2.47%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.47%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.50%) DevOps
2 66 (23.32%) Agile
2 66 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (19.08%) CI/CD
4 52 (18.37%) Migration
5 49 (17.31%) Performance Tuning
6 46 (16.25%) ETL
7 40 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (10.60%) Scrum
10 29 (10.25%) High Availability
11 28 (9.89%) Data Migration
11 28 (9.89%) Data Modelling
12 27 (9.54%) Test Automation
13 26 (9.19%) Analytics
13 26 (9.19%) Integration Patterns
14 25 (8.83%) Data Analysis
15 24 (8.48%) Architectural Patterns
16 23 (8.13%) Enterprise Architecture
16 23 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (53.00%) SQL
2 86 (30.39%) PL/SQL
3 51 (18.02%) C#
4 39 (13.78%) Python
5 34 (12.01%) Shell Script
6 30 (10.60%) Java
7 22 (7.77%) T-SQL
8 17 (6.01%) JavaScript
9 15 (5.30%) VB
10 14 (4.95%) VBA
11 13 (4.59%) Perl
12 11 (3.89%) Korn
13 10 (3.53%) Formula Language
13 10 (3.53%) LotusScript
14 7 (2.47%) Groovy
14 7 (2.47%) PowerShell
15 6 (2.12%) Bash
15 6 (2.12%) TypeScript
16 5 (1.77%) PHP
17 3 (1.06%) C++
Qualifications
1 94 (33.22%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.21%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.95%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.18%) Degree
5 7 (2.47%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.12%) OCP
6 6 (2.12%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.48%) QA
2 16 (5.65%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.83%) GDPR
3 8 (2.83%) SLA
4 4 (1.41%) SEPA
5 3 (1.06%) FATCA
5 3 (1.06%) NIST
5 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.71%) MiFID
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (9.89%) Docker
2 23 (8.13%) Oracle RAC
3 8 (2.83%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.77%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.06%) NFS
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle Clusterware
6 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (9.89%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (9.54%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 15 (5.30%) Data Guard
5 10 (3.53%) Terraform
6 6 (2.12%) CA Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.12%) CA Wily
6 6 (2.12%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.77%) Ansible
7 5 (1.77%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.41%) Grafana
8 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.71%) Foglight
9 2 (0.71%) Kibana
9 2 (0.71%) systemd
10 1 (0.35%) Control-M
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 283 (100.00%) Oracle
2 53 (18.73%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.13%) Citrix
4 22 (7.77%) IBM
5 13 (4.59%) Talend
6 10 (3.53%) Denodo
6 10 (3.53%) Lotus
7 9 (3.18%) Kofax
8 7 (2.47%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.47%) Splunk
9 6 (2.12%) AppDynamics
9 6 (2.12%) Broadcom
10 5 (1.77%) Databricks
10 5 (1.77%) VMware
11 4 (1.41%) Alteryx
12 3 (1.06%) Informatica
12 3 (1.06%) Pega
12 3 (1.06%) SAP
13 2 (0.71%) Remedy
13 2 (0.71%) Sybase
42 Oracle Database jobs in England