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

 6 months to
18 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 275 308
Rank change year-on-year -25 +33 -31
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 281 229 266
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.89% 0.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.00% 4.78% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 170 212
10th Percentile £316 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £641 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -11.21% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £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 £92.34 - £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 5,615 4,788 6,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.24% 18.55% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,890 3,219 4,361
10th Percentile £338 £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 £656
90th Percentile £700 £780 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 82 161
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.89
25th Percentile £26.50 £25.06 £21.73
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -3.53% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £85.70 £73.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £38.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year +37.06% -9.87% -25.26%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -46 140 £439 -17.90% 18
Midlands -22 50 £525 +2.74% 7
West Midlands -12 48 £525 -0.94% 6
South East -21 34 £430 -33.85% 24
North of England -47 27 £448 -18.55% 9
Yorkshire -52 14 £355 -35.45% 8
North West -20 12 £453 +27.25%
South West -17 11 £450 -25.00% 7
East of England -17 11 £127 - 8
East Midlands -27 2 £525 +34.27% 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 (9.61%) IIS
2 26 (9.25%) SAS
3 15 (5.34%) SharePoint
4 11 (3.91%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.56%) HCL Notes
5 10 (3.56%) JBoss
6 9 (3.20%) Apache
6 9 (3.20%) Mendix
6 9 (3.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.85%) WebSphere
8 7 (2.49%) iPlanet
8 7 (2.49%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (1.78%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.07%) Appian
10 3 (1.07%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.71%) Confluence
11 2 (0.71%) Liferay
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.78%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) 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 61 (21.71%) Azure
2 37 (13.17%) AWS
3 25 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.98%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.63%) OCI
6 12 (4.27%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.27%) Serverless
7 11 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.56%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.56%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.56%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.56%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.85%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.85%) Collibra
11 7 (2.49%) SaaS
12 6 (2.14%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.42%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.07%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.27%) Internet
2 7 (2.49%) Kerberos
3 6 (2.14%) HTTP
4 2 (0.71%) Network Security
4 2 (0.71%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (19.22%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.19%) Relational Database
3 22 (7.83%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 20 (7.12%) Oracle Reports
5 17 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.69%) MySQL
7 15 (5.34%) Metadata
7 15 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (4.63%) Power BI
9 12 (4.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.56%) RDBMS
11 9 (3.20%) Pentaho
12 8 (2.85%) Oracle Database 12c
12 8 (2.85%) Oracle Exadata
13 7 (2.49%) Oracle Database 11g
13 7 (2.49%) SQLPlus
14 6 (2.14%) Oracle BI EE
14 6 (2.14%) Oracle ODI
14 6 (2.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (10.32%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.61%) Git
3 21 (7.47%) JIRA
4 15 (5.34%) JUnit
5 13 (4.63%) GitLab
6 10 (3.56%) Selenium
7 7 (2.49%) Bitbucket Server
7 7 (2.49%) CA Release Automation
8 6 (2.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.78%) Ant
9 5 (1.78%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.78%) Toad
10 4 (1.42%) Maven
10 4 (1.42%) Mockito
10 4 (1.42%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.07%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.71%) Hudson
12 2 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 74 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 67 (23.84%) Finance
3 39 (13.88%) Banking
4 30 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.05%) Financial Institution
5 17 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.78%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.71%) Back Office
9 2 (0.71%) Legal
9 2 (0.71%) Local Government
9 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (29.89%) Developer
2 60 (21.35%) DBA
2 60 (21.35%) Oracle DBA
3 34 (12.10%) C# Developer
4 28 (9.96%) Architect
5 17 (6.05%) Senior
6 15 (5.34%) Administrator
6 15 (5.34%) Oracle Developer
7 14 (4.98%) Analyst
8 13 (4.63%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.91%) Data Architect
9 11 (3.91%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.56%) C# WPF Developer
10 10 (3.56%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (3.56%) WPF Developer
11 8 (2.85%) .NET Developer
11 8 (2.85%) Applications Developer
11 8 (2.85%) C# .NET Developer
11 8 (2.85%) Linux Administrator
12 7 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (17.08%) .NET
2 26 (9.25%) .NET Framework
3 21 (7.47%) REST
4 17 (6.05%) WPF
5 16 (5.69%) React
6 15 (5.34%) WinForms
7 14 (4.98%) SOAP
7 14 (4.98%) XML
8 13 (4.63%) Kafka
9 12 (4.27%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 11 (3.91%) HTML
11 10 (3.56%) Middleware
12 9 (3.20%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (3.20%) OAuth
12 9 (3.20%) OpenID
12 9 (3.20%) Spring
13 7 (2.49%) LDAP
13 7 (2.49%) SAML
13 7 (2.49%) Spring Boot
13 7 (2.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.98%) Enterprise Cloud
2 13 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.20%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.85%) Replication
6 6 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.78%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.42%) Clustering
8 4 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.07%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.07%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.07%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.71%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.71%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.22%) Windows
2 52 (18.51%) Linux
3 41 (14.59%) Unix
4 15 (5.34%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.27%) AIX
5 12 (4.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.49%) Solaris
7 7 (2.49%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.49%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.49%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.36%) VMS
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (25.98%) DevOps
2 66 (23.49%) Agile
2 66 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (18.86%) CI/CD
4 52 (18.51%) Migration
5 48 (17.08%) Performance Tuning
6 44 (15.66%) ETL
7 39 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (10.68%) Scrum
10 29 (10.32%) Data Modelling
11 28 (9.96%) Data Migration
12 27 (9.61%) Data Analysis
12 27 (9.61%) High Availability
13 25 (8.90%) Analytics
13 25 (8.90%) Integration Patterns
14 24 (8.54%) Test Automation
15 23 (8.19%) Architectural Patterns
15 23 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 151 (53.74%) SQL
2 86 (30.60%) PL/SQL
3 53 (18.86%) C#
4 38 (13.52%) Python
5 32 (11.39%) Shell Script
6 30 (10.68%) Java
7 23 (8.19%) T-SQL
8 17 (6.05%) JavaScript
8 17 (6.05%) VB
8 17 (6.05%) VBA
9 13 (4.63%) Perl
10 10 (3.56%) Formula Language
10 10 (3.56%) LotusScript
11 8 (2.85%) Groovy
11 8 (2.85%) Korn
12 7 (2.49%) PowerShell
13 6 (2.14%) Bash
14 5 (1.78%) PHP
14 5 (1.78%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 87 (30.96%) Security Cleared
2 70 (24.91%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.98%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.56%) Degree
5 8 (2.85%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.49%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (2.14%) OCP
8 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.90%) QA
2 16 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.85%) GDPR
3 8 (2.85%) SLA
4 4 (1.42%) SEPA
5 3 (1.07%) FATCA
5 3 (1.07%) NIST
5 3 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (9.96%) Docker
2 19 (6.76%) Oracle RAC
3 10 (3.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.14%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.07%) NFS
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (9.25%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.19%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (4.98%) Data Guard
4 13 (4.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.56%) Terraform
6 7 (2.49%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.49%) CA Wily
6 7 (2.49%) Tivoli
7 6 (2.14%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.78%) Ansible
8 5 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.42%) Grafana
9 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.71%) Foglight
10 2 (0.71%) Kibana
10 2 (0.71%) systemd
11 1 (0.36%) Control-M
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 281 (100.00%) Oracle
2 57 (20.28%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.54%) Citrix
4 22 (7.83%) IBM
5 12 (4.27%) Talend
6 10 (3.56%) Denodo
6 10 (3.56%) Lotus
7 9 (3.20%) Kofax
8 8 (2.85%) Splunk
9 7 (2.49%) AppDynamics
9 7 (2.49%) Broadcom
10 6 (2.14%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.78%) Databricks
12 4 (1.42%) Alteryx
12 4 (1.42%) VMware
13 3 (1.07%) Pega
13 3 (1.07%) SAP
14 2 (0.71%) Apple
14 2 (0.71%) Informatica
14 2 (0.71%) Sybase
65 Oracle Database jobs in England