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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 248 284
Rank change year-on-year -40 +36 -33
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 281 268 289
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 0.98% 0.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.24% 5.36% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 188 227
10th Percentile £300 £385 £381
25th Percentile £385 £418 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +14.58% -8.57%
75th Percentile £540 £663 £625
90th Percentile £631 £699 £675
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -15.91% +11.11% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £71.00 £65.11
25th Percentile £100.00 £74.38 £73.23
Median hourly rate £105.00 £82.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -6.78% +60.91%
75th Percentile £110.00 £89.38 £92.00
90th Percentile - £92.00 £93.05
UK median hourly rate £105.00 £82.50 £75.75
% change year-on-year +27.27% +8.91% +26.25%

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 5,361 5,001 5,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.03% 18.31% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,747 3,320 4,271
10th Percentile £325 £350 £355
25th Percentile £411 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £660
90th Percentile £713 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 70 126
10th Percentile £20.66 £19.78 £18.91
25th Percentile £29.56 £24.25 £25.20
Median hourly rate £54.70 £42.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -9.05% -16.04%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.93 £64.48
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.00 £77.75
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +48.57% -24.21% -16.04%

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 5 January 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
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 5 January 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 -33 141 £415 -22.60% 13
Midlands -7 44 £525 +2.74% 19
West Midlands -6 42 £525 -0.85% 12
South East -30 35 £406 -37.50% 20
North of England -29 34 £450 -14.69% 17
Yorkshire -33 19 £465 -20.17% 8
North West -17 15 £450 -4.51% 8
East of England -4 14 £127 - 14
South West -9 5 £463 -22.92% 8
East Midlands -28 2 £563 +47.54% 6
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 (8.90%) SAS
2 24 (8.54%) IIS
3 15 (5.34%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.63%) Apache
5 10 (3.56%) HCL Notes
5 10 (3.56%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.56%) JBoss
5 10 (3.56%) WebLogic
5 10 (3.56%) WebSphere
5 10 (3.56%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (3.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (2.85%) Mendix
8 4 (1.42%) Confluence
9 3 (1.07%) LiveLink
10 2 (0.71%) Liferay
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.71%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 23 (8.19%) 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
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.20%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.78%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle 11i
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.71%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.06%) Azure
2 46 (16.37%) AWS
3 18 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.34%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.63%) OCI
7 12 (4.27%) Serverless
8 10 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.56%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.20%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.20%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (3.20%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.49%) PaaS
10 7 (2.49%) SaaS
11 6 (2.14%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.42%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.56%) Kerberos
2 9 (3.20%) Internet
3 5 (1.78%) HTTP
3 5 (1.78%) LAN
4 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (23.13%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 22 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (7.12%) Oracle Reports
5 18 (6.41%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (6.41%) Relational Database
6 14 (4.98%) Power BI
7 13 (4.63%) MySQL
8 11 (3.91%) Oracle Database 12c
8 11 (3.91%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.20%) Metadata
10 9 (3.20%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.20%) Oracle Exadata
10 9 (3.20%) Oracle ODI
11 8 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.49%) Oracle Database 11g
12 7 (2.49%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 7 (2.49%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 43 (15.30%) Git
2 35 (12.46%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.47%) JIRA
4 17 (6.05%) JUnit
5 10 (3.56%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (3.56%) CA Release Automation
5 10 (3.56%) GitLab
6 9 (3.20%) SoapUI
7 8 (2.85%) Maven
7 8 (2.85%) Selenium
7 8 (2.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (2.49%) Mockito
8 7 (2.49%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (2.14%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (1.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.78%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.78%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.78%) Subversion
10 5 (1.78%) Toad
10 5 (1.78%) Xcode
General
1 93 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 71 (25.27%) Finance
3 39 (13.88%) Banking
4 33 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.98%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.71%) Back Office
9 2 (0.71%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (28.11%) Developer
2 51 (18.15%) DBA
2 51 (18.15%) Oracle DBA
3 29 (10.32%) C# Developer
4 20 (7.12%) Analyst
5 17 (6.05%) Oracle Developer
6 16 (5.69%) Architect
6 16 (5.69%) C# WPF Developer
6 16 (5.69%) WPF Developer
7 15 (5.34%) Technical Analyst
8 14 (4.98%) .NET Developer
8 14 (4.98%) C# .NET Developer
9 13 (4.63%) Applications Support
9 13 (4.63%) Senior
10 12 (4.27%) Administrator
10 12 (4.27%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.27%) ERP Support
11 11 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (3.56%) Data Architect
12 10 (3.56%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.59%) .NET
2 25 (8.90%) REST
3 23 (8.19%) .NET Framework
4 19 (6.76%) WPF
5 16 (5.69%) Kafka
5 16 (5.69%) OAuth
5 16 (5.69%) SOAP
6 14 (4.98%) HTML
7 12 (4.27%) OpenID
7 12 (4.27%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (4.27%) WinForms
8 11 (3.91%) Spring
8 11 (3.91%) XML
9 10 (3.56%) FastAPI
9 10 (3.56%) LDAP
9 10 (3.56%) Middleware
9 10 (3.56%) SAML
9 10 (3.56%) Spring Boot
10 9 (3.20%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (3.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.56%) Enterprise Cloud
2 9 (3.20%) Low-Code
2 9 (3.20%) Replication
3 8 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.49%) NHS
5 6 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.42%) Clustering
7 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.71%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.71%) Derivative
9 2 (0.71%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.71%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 61 (21.71%) Linux
2 60 (21.35%) Windows
3 43 (15.30%) Unix
4 22 (7.83%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.91%) AIX
5 11 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.14%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.14%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.78%) Solaris
9 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.54%) DevOps
2 80 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (26.69%) Agile
4 57 (20.28%) CI/CD
5 53 (18.86%) Migration
6 45 (16.01%) Performance Tuning
7 42 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
8 38 (13.52%) ETL
9 32 (11.39%) Data Modelling
10 31 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (11.03%) Scrum
11 30 (10.68%) Analytics
12 26 (9.25%) Integration Patterns
13 25 (8.90%) Data Integration
14 24 (8.54%) Data Migration
14 24 (8.54%) ERP
15 23 (8.19%) API Integration
16 21 (7.47%) SDLC
16 21 (7.47%) Task Automation
16 21 (7.47%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 164 (58.36%) SQL
2 96 (34.16%) PL/SQL
3 45 (16.01%) C#
3 45 (16.01%) Shell Script
4 40 (14.23%) Python
5 29 (10.32%) Java
6 24 (8.54%) JavaScript
7 20 (7.12%) T-SQL
8 19 (6.76%) VB
8 19 (6.76%) VBA
9 15 (5.34%) Groovy
10 13 (4.63%) Perl
11 9 (3.20%) C++
11 9 (3.20%) Formula Language
11 9 (3.20%) LotusScript
11 9 (3.20%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.49%) Bash
13 6 (2.14%) Korn
13 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 72 (25.62%) Security Cleared
2 59 (21.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.34%) Degree
4 11 (3.91%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.85%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.49%) OCP
7 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.42%) HNC
8 4 (1.42%) HND
8 4 (1.42%) MCP
8 4 (1.42%) MCSE
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.71%) OCA
9 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.12%) QA
2 14 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.85%) GDPR
4 5 (1.78%) SLA
5 3 (1.07%) SEPA
6 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.71%) MiFID
6 2 (0.71%) NIST
6 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 30 (10.68%) Docker
1 30 (10.68%) Oracle RAC
2 13 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.85%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.07%) NFS
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle Clusterware
4 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (9.25%) Data Guard
1 26 (9.25%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.47%) Oracle RMAN
3 15 (5.34%) Ansible
4 13 (4.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.56%) CA Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.56%) CA Wily
5 10 (3.56%) yum
6 8 (2.85%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.85%) Tivoli
7 6 (2.14%) Terraform
8 5 (1.78%) Grafana
8 5 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.07%) Ambari
9 3 (1.07%) Puppet
9 3 (1.07%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.71%) Control-M
10 2 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.71%) Kibana
10 2 (0.71%) systemd
Vendors
1 281 (100.00%) Oracle
2 69 (24.56%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.54%) Citrix
4 22 (7.83%) IBM
5 16 (5.69%) Splunk
6 10 (3.56%) AppDynamics
6 10 (3.56%) Broadcom
6 10 (3.56%) Lotus
7 8 (2.85%) Kofax
8 7 (2.49%) Denodo
8 7 (2.49%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.49%) Talend
9 5 (1.78%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.78%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.42%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.42%) Databricks
11 3 (1.07%) Pega
11 3 (1.07%) SAP
11 3 (1.07%) Sybase
11 3 (1.07%) VMware
89 Oracle Database jobs in England