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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 256 224
Rank change year-on-year -60 -32 +38
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 347 277 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 1.00% 1.07%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.96% 5.56% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 191 229
10th Percentile £404 £313 £363
25th Percentile £450 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £408 £500
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% -18.50% -
75th Percentile £653 £526 £650
90th Percentile £700 £625 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £415 £503
% change year-on-year +32.53% -17.41% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 8
10th Percentile £37.00 £75.25 £48.06
25th Percentile £39.69 £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 £48.54 £101.88 -
90th Percentile £73.67 £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 6,991 4,984 6,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 17.96% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,668 3,433 4,288
10th Percentile £360 £335 £350
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £709 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 80 90
10th Percentile £14.85 £21.02 £14.19
25th Percentile £23.75 £29.05 £19.87
Median hourly rate £38.50 £38.23 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +15.10% -39.61%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £75.20 £78.88 £69.93
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year -0.89% +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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -60 148 £525 +28.83% 50
North of England -59 66 £625 +38.89% 14
South East -51 46 £550 +103.70% 13
Midlands -25 43 £500 -2.91% 8
West Midlands -13 39 £513 -2.89% 4
North West -33 38 £650 +76.87% 10
South West -26 29 £730 +35.81% 12
Yorkshire -63 24 £488 -0.51% 3
North East - 8 £519 - 1
East Midlands -17 3 £463 +32.52% 4
East of England -33 2 £425 -12.82% 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 21 (6.05%) SAS
2 17 (4.90%) IIS
2 17 (4.90%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (3.75%) Confluence
4 12 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (2.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (2.59%) SharePoint
5 9 (2.59%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.44%) Appian
6 5 (1.44%) Camunda
7 3 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.86%) JBoss
7 3 (0.86%) Mendix
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Liferay
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.03%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.88%) Finacle
3 7 (2.02%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (2.02%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (1.73%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.73%) 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 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.19%) AWS
2 50 (14.41%) Azure
3 44 (12.68%) OCI
4 14 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.75%) GitHub
5 13 (3.75%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.46%) PaaS
7 10 (2.88%) OpenShift
8 9 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (2.31%) Serverless
10 7 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.73%) SaaS
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
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%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.88%) Internet
2 5 (1.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.00%) SQL Server
2 44 (12.68%) Relational Database
3 40 (11.53%) RDBMS
4 28 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (7.49%) Oracle Database 12c
6 25 (7.20%) Oracle Exadata
7 17 (4.90%) Oracle Database 11g
7 17 (4.90%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (4.03%) Pentaho
10 13 (3.75%) Power BI
11 11 (3.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 11 (3.17%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 9 (2.59%) NoSQL
13 8 (2.31%) MySQL
14 7 (2.02%) Delta Lake
15 6 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.73%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (1.73%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 34 (9.80%) Git
1 34 (9.80%) GitLab
2 17 (4.90%) JIRA
3 12 (3.46%) Oracle Forms
4 11 (3.17%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.31%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (1.73%) JMeter
6 6 (1.73%) Liquibase
7 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.44%) JDeveloper
8 4 (1.15%) eggPlant
8 4 (1.15%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.15%) Postman
8 4 (1.15%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.86%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.86%) Selenium
9 3 (0.86%) Toad
10 2 (0.58%) Maven
10 2 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 69 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.87%) Finance
3 54 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 45 (12.97%) Banking
5 36 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.17%) Front Office
7 10 (2.88%) Back Office
8 8 (2.31%) Military
9 7 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.15%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.86%) Billing
12 2 (0.58%) Aviation
12 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Legal
13 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 96 (27.67%) DBA
2 87 (25.07%) Oracle DBA
3 72 (20.75%) Developer
4 50 (14.41%) Senior
5 37 (10.66%) Data Engineer
6 31 (8.93%) Architect
7 30 (8.65%) Administrator
8 27 (7.78%) Lead
9 23 (6.63%) C# Developer
10 16 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.61%) Oracle Developer
11 14 (4.03%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.75%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (3.75%) DV Cleared DBA
12 13 (3.75%) Oracle Specialist
12 13 (3.75%) SC Cleared DBA
13 12 (3.46%) Applications Support
14 11 (3.17%) Java Developer
14 11 (3.17%) Senior DBA
14 11 (3.17%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.26%) .NET
2 39 (11.24%) Terraform
3 31 (8.93%) .NET Framework
4 26 (7.49%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 20 (5.76%) XML
6 17 (4.90%) Kafka
7 14 (4.03%) Middleware
8 13 (3.75%) REST
8 13 (3.75%) WinForms
8 13 (3.75%) WPF
9 12 (3.46%) Spring
10 9 (2.59%) JSON
11 8 (2.31%) HTML
11 8 (2.31%) Web Services
12 7 (2.02%) JDBC
12 7 (2.02%) SOAP
12 7 (2.02%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.73%) Jakarta EE
14 5 (1.44%) JMS
15 4 (1.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.48%) Replication
2 18 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.32%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.03%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 11 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
6 11 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.73%) Spread Betting
10 5 (1.44%) IoT
10 5 (1.44%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.44%) SCADA
11 4 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (25.07%) Linux
2 52 (14.99%) Windows
3 44 (12.68%) Unix
4 24 (6.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (5.19%) AIX
6 12 (3.46%) Windows Server
7 11 (3.17%) Solaris
8 5 (1.44%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.15%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.58%) HPUX
11 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.55%) Migration
2 76 (21.90%) CI/CD
3 75 (21.61%) DevOps
4 63 (18.16%) Agile
5 60 (17.29%) Performance Tuning
6 53 (15.27%) ETL
7 51 (14.70%) Data Modelling
8 50 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (13.83%) High Availability
10 47 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 45 (12.97%) Data Integration
12 39 (11.24%) AI
13 35 (10.09%) Infrastructure as Code
14 33 (9.51%) Data Analysis
15 32 (9.22%) Analytics
15 32 (9.22%) Data Migration
15 32 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (8.93%) Mentoring
17 29 (8.36%) Change Management
17 29 (8.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 199 (57.35%) SQL
2 90 (25.94%) PL/SQL
3 43 (12.39%) C#
4 42 (12.10%) Python
5 32 (9.22%) T-SQL
6 28 (8.07%) Java
7 24 (6.92%) Shell Script
8 19 (5.48%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.03%) VB
10 12 (3.46%) VBA
11 11 (3.17%) PowerShell
12 9 (2.59%) Bash
13 5 (1.44%) Bicep
13 5 (1.44%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.86%) Korn
14 3 (0.86%) VB6
15 2 (0.58%) C++
15 2 (0.58%) Perl
15 2 (0.58%) ProC
15 2 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 155 (44.67%) Security Cleared
2 117 (33.72%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.53%) DV Cleared
4 26 (7.49%) Degree
5 12 (3.46%) Oracle Certification
6 10 (2.88%) 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 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMP
10 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.29%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.82%) QA
2 23 (6.63%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.73%) GDPR
4 5 (1.44%) ISO 9000
4 5 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) SLA
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) EMIR
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 42 (12.10%) 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 61 (17.58%) Oracle RMAN
2 47 (13.54%) Data Guard
3 30 (8.65%) Ansible
4 28 (8.07%) Kubernetes
5 12 (3.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.31%) 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 (0.58%) Argo
9 2 (0.58%) 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
1 347 (100.00%) Oracle
2 41 (11.82%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.20%) Citrix
4 21 (6.05%) Talend
5 17 (4.90%) IBM
5 17 (4.90%) Informatica
6 16 (4.61%) Databricks
7 13 (3.75%) SAP
8 5 (1.44%) Denodo
8 5 (1.44%) OpenText
8 5 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.15%) Google
9 4 (1.15%) Siebel
10 3 (0.86%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.86%) jBASE
10 3 (0.86%) Kofax
10 3 (0.86%) Lotus
10 3 (0.86%) NetCracker
10 3 (0.86%) Temenos
11 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow