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

 6 months to
20 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 250 312
Rank change year-on-year -64 +62 -35
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 276 244 251
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.00% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.65% 5.24% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 185 192
10th Percentile £316 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £535 £487
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% +9.91% -2.65%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £632
90th Percentile £668 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £492 £520 £487
% change year-on-year -5.38% +6.83% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £54.35 £73.25 £39.75
25th Percentile - £80.00 £57.38
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +4.52% +16.07%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.00
90th Percentile - - £93.05
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -19.26% +46.83% -21.25%

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 5,935 4,656 6,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.98% 19.05% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,128 3,260 4,425
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £663
90th Percentile £700 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 89 156
10th Percentile £18.23 £20.53 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.06 £24.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £50.50 £32.81 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +53.92% -18.48% -30.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.50 £54.66
90th Percentile £85.33 £70.00 £75.77
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £31.64 £40.25
% change year-on-year +61.19% -21.39% -29.32%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -59 128 £475 -11.21% 23
Midlands -28 52 £516 +4.56% 2
West Midlands -26 51 £513 +0.29% 1
South East -35 40 £436 -32.27% 8
North of England -87 33 £408 -25.86% 11
Yorkshire -80 21 £360 -33.02% 4
North West -27 11 £550 -8.33% 7
South West -25 10 £425 -26.81% 1
East of England -14 9 £127 -
East Midlands -38 1 £525 +34.27% 1
North East - 1 £625 -
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 25 (9.06%) SAS
2 18 (6.52%) IIS
3 16 (5.80%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.35%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.99%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.62%) Mendix
7 8 (2.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (2.17%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.09%) Appian
9 3 (1.09%) JBoss
9 3 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.72%) Liferay
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.72%) nginx
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.36%) Apache
11 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.80%) 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
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.26%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.17%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.81%) Oracle 11i
3 5 (1.81%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.38%) Azure
2 31 (11.23%) AWS
3 28 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.16%) OCI
5 15 (5.43%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.07%) Serverless
7 12 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (3.99%) Azure Functions
8 11 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (3.99%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.99%) PowerApps
9 10 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.90%) Collibra
11 7 (2.54%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.54%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.17%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.17%) SaaS
13 4 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.99%) Internet
2 7 (2.54%) HTTP
3 3 (1.09%) Firewall
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 61 (22.10%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.97%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.61%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 20 (7.25%) Oracle Reports
5 19 (6.88%) Oracle Database 12c
6 18 (6.52%) Metadata
6 18 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (5.80%) MySQL
8 14 (5.07%) Power BI
9 11 (3.99%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.90%) Oracle Database 11g
11 8 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.54%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.54%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.17%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (2.17%) Oracle Exadata
13 6 (2.17%) Oracle ODI
14 5 (1.81%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 19 (6.88%) Git
2 17 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.80%) JUnit
4 15 (5.43%) GitLab
4 15 (5.43%) JIRA
5 11 (3.99%) Selenium
6 5 (1.81%) Ant
6 5 (1.81%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.81%) SoapUI
6 5 (1.81%) Toad
7 4 (1.45%) Maven
7 4 (1.45%) Mockito
8 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.72%) Flyway
9 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 73 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.74%) Finance
3 41 (14.86%) Banking
4 26 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.43%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.81%) Advertising
9 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Legal
11 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.72%) Back Office
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
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
12 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (29.35%) Developer
2 71 (25.72%) DBA
2 71 (25.72%) Oracle DBA
3 32 (11.59%) Architect
3 32 (11.59%) C# Developer
4 16 (5.80%) Oracle Developer
5 15 (5.43%) Analyst
6 14 (5.07%) Administrator
6 14 (5.07%) Data Architect
7 12 (4.35%) Data Engineer
7 12 (4.35%) Database Engineer
7 12 (4.35%) Senior
8 11 (3.99%) Power Platform Developer
8 11 (3.99%) SC Cleared DBA
8 11 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.62%) Oracle Database Engineer
9 10 (3.62%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (2.90%) Applications Developer
10 8 (2.90%) C# Application Developer
11 7 (2.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.75%) .NET
2 26 (9.42%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.52%) React
4 16 (5.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 15 (5.43%) REST
6 14 (5.07%) WinForms
7 13 (4.71%) SOAP
7 13 (4.71%) XML
8 12 (4.35%) HTML
9 11 (3.99%) Kafka
9 11 (3.99%) WPF
10 10 (3.62%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (3.26%) Spring
12 8 (2.90%) Middleware
13 7 (2.54%) CSS
13 7 (2.54%) pytest
13 7 (2.54%) Spring Boot
14 6 (2.17%) .NET Core
14 6 (2.17%) IBM Integration Bus
15 5 (1.81%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.97%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (5.80%) Enterprise Cloud
3 10 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.62%) Low-Code
4 9 (3.26%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.45%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.45%) SCADA
7 4 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.09%) Clustering
8 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.09%) Derivative
8 3 (1.09%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.09%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.30%) Linux
2 43 (15.58%) Windows
3 37 (13.41%) Unix
4 14 (5.07%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.71%) AIX
6 12 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.54%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.54%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.54%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.81%) Solaris
10 2 (0.72%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.64%) DevOps
2 60 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (21.38%) Agile
4 50 (18.12%) CI/CD
5 48 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
6 44 (15.94%) ETL
7 42 (15.22%) High Availability
8 41 (14.86%) Migration
9 39 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (10.14%) Analytics
11 28 (10.14%) Data Analysis
11 28 (10.14%) Data Modelling
11 28 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (9.42%) Scrum
12 26 (9.42%) Unit Testing
13 25 (9.06%) Data Governance
13 25 (9.06%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
14 24 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 138 (50.00%) SQL
2 78 (28.26%) PL/SQL
3 53 (19.20%) C#
4 38 (13.77%) Python
5 27 (9.78%) Shell Script
6 25 (9.06%) Java
7 23 (8.33%) T-SQL
8 17 (6.16%) JavaScript
9 16 (5.80%) Korn
10 13 (4.71%) Perl
11 11 (3.99%) Formula Language
11 11 (3.99%) LotusScript
11 11 (3.99%) VB
11 11 (3.99%) VBA
12 8 (2.90%) PowerShell
13 6 (2.17%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.81%) PHP
15 3 (1.09%) Bicep
16 2 (0.72%) C
16 2 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 81 (29.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.71%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.26%) Degree
5 8 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.45%) OCP
7 4 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.23%) QA
2 13 (4.71%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.26%) GDPR
3 9 (3.26%) SLA
4 5 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.45%) SEPA
6 3 (1.09%) FATCA
6 3 (1.09%) NIST
6 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.72%) MiFID
7 2 (0.72%) WCAG
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (8.70%) Oracle RAC
2 20 (7.25%) Docker
3 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.72%) NFS
5 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 36 (13.04%) Oracle RMAN
2 24 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 16 (5.80%) Terraform
5 13 (4.71%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.81%) Ansible
7 3 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.09%) Grafana
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.72%) Foglight
8 2 (0.72%) Kibana
8 2 (0.72%) systemd
9 1 (0.36%) Control-M
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 276 (100.00%) Oracle
2 49 (17.75%) Microsoft
3 27 (9.78%) Citrix
4 17 (6.16%) IBM
5 11 (3.99%) Lotus
6 10 (3.62%) Kofax
6 10 (3.62%) Talend
7 8 (2.90%) Databricks
8 7 (2.54%) Denodo
8 7 (2.54%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.17%) Informatica
10 4 (1.45%) SAP
11 3 (1.09%) Pega
11 3 (1.09%) VMware
12 2 (0.72%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.72%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.72%) EMC
12 2 (0.72%) NEC
12 2 (0.72%) Remedy
13 1 (0.36%) Reuters
42 Oracle Database jobs in England