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

 6 months to
3 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 263 225
Rank change year-on-year -61 -38 +40
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 348 265 345
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.97% 1.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.01% 5.39% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 182 227
10th Percentile £404 £305 £363
25th Percentile £438 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £408 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% -18.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £519 £650
90th Percentile £700 £612 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £413 £506
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.45% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 8
10th Percentile £37.20 £75.25 £48.06
25th Percentile £41.41 £79.38 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.71 £90.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -53.66% +46.10% -0.73%
75th Percentile £59.65 £101.88 -
90th Percentile £74.68 £106.75 -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £90.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -53.66% +46.10% -2.26%

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 6,953 4,920 6,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.24% 17.97% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,645 3,387 4,243
10th Percentile £358 £335 £350
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £706 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 82 89
10th Percentile £15.17 £21.04 £14.85
25th Percentile £23.35 £29.12 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.38 £38.23 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +12.67% -38.31%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.88 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% +19.52% -40.91%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -51 149 £508 +24.98% 59
North of England -44 64 £625 +43.68% 19
South East -50 45 £550 +124.49% 15
Midlands -27 43 £494 -4.13% 7
West Midlands -24 39 £500 -5.26% 4
North West -21 38 £650 +73.33% 15
South West -22 33 £730 +35.81% 13
Yorkshire -54 22 £537 +11.88% 3
North East - 8 £519 - 1
East Midlands -22 3 £463 +32.52% 3
East of England -33 1 £400 -17.95% 3
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 20 (5.75%) SAS
2 18 (5.17%) IIS
3 16 (4.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (3.74%) Confluence
5 11 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (2.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (2.59%) SharePoint
6 9 (2.59%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.44%) Appian
7 5 (1.44%) Camunda
8 3 (0.86%) JBoss
8 3 (0.86%) Mendix
9 2 (0.57%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.29%) Liferay
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.02%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.87%) Finacle
3 7 (2.01%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (2.01%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.72%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.72%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.15%) Siebel CRM
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.86%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 78 (22.41%) AWS
2 50 (14.37%) Azure
3 43 (12.36%) OCI
4 15 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.74%) GitHub
5 13 (3.74%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.16%) PaaS
7 10 (2.87%) OpenShift
8 9 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (2.30%) Serverless
10 7 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.72%) SaaS
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.44%) GCP
12 5 (1.44%) IaaS
12 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.16%) Internet
2 5 (1.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.09%) SQL Server
2 44 (12.64%) Relational Database
3 40 (11.49%) RDBMS
4 28 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (7.18%) Oracle Database 12c
5 25 (7.18%) Oracle Exadata
6 17 (4.89%) Oracle Database 11g
6 17 (4.89%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (4.31%) Pentaho
8 13 (3.74%) Power BI
9 10 (2.87%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 10 (2.87%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 9 (2.59%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.30%) MySQL
12 7 (2.01%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.72%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.72%) Oracle Database 10g
13 6 (1.72%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 35 (10.06%) Git
2 34 (9.77%) GitLab
3 18 (5.17%) JIRA
4 12 (3.45%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (3.16%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.30%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (1.72%) JMeter
7 6 (1.72%) Liquibase
8 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.44%) JDeveloper
9 4 (1.15%) eggPlant
9 4 (1.15%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.15%) Postman
9 4 (1.15%) SoapUI
9 4 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.86%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.86%) Selenium
10 3 (0.86%) Toad
11 2 (0.57%) JUnit
11 2 (0.57%) Maven
General
1 70 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.10%) Finance
3 55 (15.80%) Public Sector
4 46 (13.22%) Banking
5 36 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.16%) Front Office
7 10 (2.87%) Back Office
8 8 (2.30%) Military
9 7 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.44%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.15%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.86%) Billing
13 2 (0.57%) Aviation
13 2 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Police
14 1 (0.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 92 (26.44%) DBA
2 83 (23.85%) Oracle DBA
3 71 (20.40%) Developer
4 49 (14.08%) Senior
5 38 (10.92%) Data Engineer
6 32 (9.20%) Architect
7 30 (8.62%) Administrator
8 26 (7.47%) Lead
9 21 (6.03%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.60%) Oracle Developer
11 14 (4.02%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.02%) Database Engineer
11 14 (4.02%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.74%) Applications Support
12 13 (3.74%) DV Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.74%) Oracle Specialist
13 12 (3.45%) SC Cleared DBA
14 11 (3.16%) Java Developer
14 11 (3.16%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.22%) .NET
2 39 (11.21%) Terraform
3 29 (8.33%) .NET Framework
4 24 (6.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 20 (5.75%) XML
6 17 (4.89%) Kafka
7 14 (4.02%) Middleware
7 14 (4.02%) WinForms
7 14 (4.02%) WPF
8 13 (3.74%) REST
9 12 (3.45%) Spring
10 9 (2.59%) JSON
11 8 (2.30%) HTML
11 8 (2.30%) Web Services
12 7 (2.01%) JDBC
12 7 (2.01%) SOAP
12 7 (2.01%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.72%) Jakarta EE
14 5 (1.44%) JMS
15 4 (1.15%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.46%) Replication
2 17 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.31%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.02%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 12 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.87%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.72%) Spread Betting
11 5 (1.44%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.44%) IoT
11 5 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.44%) SCADA
12 3 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (25.00%) Linux
2 53 (15.23%) Windows
3 44 (12.64%) Unix
4 24 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (5.17%) AIX
6 11 (3.16%) Solaris
6 11 (3.16%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.44%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.15%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.57%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.17%) Migration
2 76 (21.84%) CI/CD
3 75 (21.55%) DevOps
4 65 (18.68%) Agile
5 60 (17.24%) Performance Tuning
6 52 (14.94%) Data Modelling
6 52 (14.94%) ETL
7 49 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (13.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 46 (13.22%) High Availability
9 45 (12.93%) Data Integration
10 41 (11.78%) AI
11 35 (10.06%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (9.77%) Data Analysis
13 31 (8.91%) Analytics
13 31 (8.91%) Data Migration
13 31 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (8.91%) Validation
14 30 (8.62%) Mentoring
15 29 (8.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 200 (57.47%) SQL
2 89 (25.57%) PL/SQL
3 43 (12.36%) C#
3 43 (12.36%) Python
4 31 (8.91%) T-SQL
5 28 (8.05%) Java
6 23 (6.61%) Shell Script
7 20 (5.75%) JavaScript
8 15 (4.31%) VB
9 13 (3.74%) VBA
10 11 (3.16%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.59%) Bash
12 5 (1.44%) Bicep
12 5 (1.44%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.86%) VB6
14 2 (0.57%) C
14 2 (0.57%) C++
14 2 (0.57%) Perl
14 2 (0.57%) ProC
14 2 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 157 (45.11%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.20%) SC Cleared
3 42 (12.07%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.18%) Degree
5 13 (3.74%) Oracle Certification
6 10 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.86%) ISEB
8 3 (0.86%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.86%) OCP
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.57%) OCA
9 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.57%) PMP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.49%) QA
2 23 (6.61%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.72%) GDPR
4 5 (1.44%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) EMIR
5 2 (0.57%) MiFID
5 2 (0.57%) SLA
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 40 (11.49%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.59%) Docker
3 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (16.95%) Oracle RMAN
2 47 (13.51%) Data Guard
3 30 (8.62%) Ansible
4 29 (8.33%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.30%) Control-M
7 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 4 (1.15%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.86%) Nagios
8 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.57%) Argo
9 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.29%) Grafana
10 1 (0.29%) Kibana
10 1 (0.29%) OPNET
10 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 348 (100.00%) Oracle
2 42 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.61%) Citrix
4 22 (6.32%) Talend
5 17 (4.89%) IBM
5 17 (4.89%) Informatica
6 16 (4.60%) Databricks
7 13 (3.74%) SAP
8 5 (1.44%) Denodo
8 5 (1.44%) OpenText
9 4 (1.15%) Google
9 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.15%) Siebel
10 3 (0.86%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.86%) jBASE
10 3 (0.86%) Kofax
10 3 (0.86%) NetCracker
10 3 (0.86%) Temenos
11 2 (0.57%) Lotus
11 2 (0.57%) Murex
108 Oracle Database jobs in England