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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 239 316
Rank change year-on-year -90 +77 -67
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 276 253 240
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 1.05% 0.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.49% 5.51% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 178 171
10th Percentile £379 £363 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -10.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 5
10th Percentile £34.66 £73.25 £41.44
25th Percentile £37.25 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £92.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +50.16% -15.03%
75th Percentile £74.68 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -49.41% +50.16% -15.74%

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 6,147 4,588 6,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.25% 19.02% 16.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,218 3,197 4,459
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 86 131
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.03 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.72 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £46.80 £32.43 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.31% -19.43% -28.63%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.46 £60.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +37.80% -13.75% -31.73%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -56 135 £500 +14.94% 17
Midlands -31 43 £525 +10.53% 3
North of England -89 40 £650 +30.00% 6
West Midlands -33 38 £525 -12.50% 1
South East -39 37 £550 -12.00% 17
North West -20 20 £650 +35.98% 4
Yorkshire -82 19 £445 -10.95%
South West -26 15 £513 -2.38% 8
East Midlands -29 4 £463 +29.19% 2
East of England -33 2 £331 -32.11%
North East - 1 £625 - 2
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 19 (6.88%) IIS
2 16 (5.80%) SAS
3 15 (5.43%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.35%) HCL Notes
4 12 (4.35%) Mendix
4 12 (4.35%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.17%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.09%) Appian
8 3 (1.09%) Confluence
8 3 (1.09%) JBoss
8 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.72%) Liferay
9 2 (0.72%) nginx
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.36%) Apache
10 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.17%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.17%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.45%) Finacle
4 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.36%) Endur
5 1 (0.36%) Findur
5 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 61 (22.10%) Azure
2 39 (14.13%) AWS
3 28 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.16%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.43%) OCI
6 13 (4.71%) Serverless
7 12 (4.35%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.62%) Azure Functions
9 10 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.62%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.90%) Collibra
10 8 (2.90%) PaaS
11 6 (2.17%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.17%) IaaS
11 6 (2.17%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.45%) GitHub
12 4 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.35%) Internet
2 4 (1.45%) 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%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (23.19%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.61%) Oracle Database 12c
4 19 (6.88%) Oracle Reports
5 18 (6.52%) RDBMS
6 16 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.80%) Power BI
7 14 (5.07%) Metadata
8 12 (4.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 11 (3.99%) Oracle Database 11g
9 11 (3.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (2.54%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (2.54%) Oracle Exadata
11 7 (2.54%) SQLPlus
12 6 (2.17%) Pentaho
13 5 (1.81%) DataStage
13 5 (1.81%) MySQL
13 5 (1.81%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 12 (4.35%) GitLab
2 11 (3.99%) JIRA
3 8 (2.90%) Git
4 7 (2.54%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.17%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.81%) JUnit
7 4 (1.45%) Liquibase
7 4 (1.45%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.45%) Toad
8 3 (1.09%) ClearCase
8 3 (1.09%) Selenium
8 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.72%) Ant
9 2 (0.72%) Flyway
10 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.36%) Mockito
10 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (22.46%) Finance
2 51 (18.48%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.86%) Banking
4 29 (10.51%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.43%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.17%) Back Office
9 4 (1.45%) Advertising
9 4 (1.45%) Front Office
9 4 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.09%) Legal
10 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 2 (0.72%) Military
11 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Billing
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 88 (31.88%) DBA
2 87 (31.52%) Oracle DBA
3 79 (28.62%) Developer
4 36 (13.04%) C# Developer
5 24 (8.70%) Architect
6 23 (8.33%) Administrator
7 17 (6.16%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.16%) SC Cleared DBA
8 16 (5.80%) Database Engineer
8 16 (5.80%) Senior
9 14 (5.07%) Oracle Database Engineer
9 14 (5.07%) Oracle Developer
10 12 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
10 12 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.26%) Applications Developer
11 9 (3.26%) C# Application Developer
11 9 (3.26%) Oracle Specialist
12 8 (2.90%) Database Specialist
12 8 (2.90%) Lead
13 7 (2.54%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (19.20%) .NET
2 30 (10.87%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.52%) WinForms
4 16 (5.80%) React
5 15 (5.43%) WPF
6 13 (4.71%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 13 (4.71%) XML
7 10 (3.62%) HTML
7 10 (3.62%) HTML5 Canvas
7 10 (3.62%) Middleware
8 9 (3.26%) Kafka
8 9 (3.26%) REST
9 8 (2.90%) CSS
10 7 (2.54%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.54%) Spring
11 5 (1.81%) JSON
11 5 (1.81%) SOAP
11 5 (1.81%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.81%) Web Services
12 4 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.97%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.62%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.45%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.45%) SCADA
7 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.09%) IoT
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.09%) Replication
8 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.48%) Linux
2 39 (14.13%) Windows
3 31 (11.23%) Unix
4 15 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.71%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.17%) Solaris
7 4 (1.45%) AIX
7 4 (1.45%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.09%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.72%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.36%) HPUX
10 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.19%) DevOps
2 53 (19.20%) Performance Tuning
3 48 (17.39%) High Availability
4 47 (17.03%) Migration
5 45 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (15.94%) CI/CD
6 44 (15.94%) ETL
7 40 (14.49%) Agile
8 34 (12.32%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (10.51%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (10.14%) AI
11 26 (9.42%) Data Analysis
12 25 (9.06%) Unit Testing
13 23 (8.33%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.61%) Data Integration
14 21 (7.61%) Validation
15 18 (6.52%) Data Migration
15 18 (6.52%) Data Modelling
16 17 (6.16%) Data Governance
16 17 (6.16%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 147 (53.26%) SQL
2 87 (31.52%) PL/SQL
3 57 (20.65%) C#
4 35 (12.68%) Python
5 29 (10.51%) T-SQL
6 22 (7.97%) Shell Script
7 18 (6.52%) JavaScript
8 17 (6.16%) Java
9 15 (5.43%) VB
10 12 (4.35%) Korn
10 12 (4.35%) VBA
11 10 (3.62%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.62%) LotusScript
12 8 (2.90%) Perl
13 7 (2.54%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.81%) Bash
14 5 (1.81%) PHP
14 5 (1.81%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.09%) Bicep
15 3 (1.09%) VB6
Qualifications
1 103 (37.32%) Security Cleared
2 85 (30.80%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.80%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.71%) Degree
5 8 (2.90%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.45%) OCP
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.41%) QA
2 11 (3.99%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.54%) GDPR
4 4 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.45%) SLA
5 3 (1.09%) FATCA
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) SEPA
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (10.14%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (3.26%) Docker
3 5 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 48 (17.39%) Oracle RMAN
2 24 (8.70%) Data Guard
3 17 (6.16%) Terraform
4 16 (5.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 11 (3.99%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.26%) Ansible
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.72%) Foglight
8 2 (0.72%) Grafana
8 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.72%) systemd
9 1 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.36%) Kibana
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 276 (100.00%) Oracle
2 36 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.33%) Citrix
4 12 (4.35%) Kofax
4 12 (4.35%) Lotus
4 12 (4.35%) Talend
5 11 (3.99%) Databricks
6 8 (2.90%) IBM
7 7 (2.54%) Informatica
7 7 (2.54%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.81%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.81%) Denodo
9 3 (1.09%) Google
9 3 (1.09%) SAP
9 3 (1.09%) VMware
10 2 (0.72%) NEC
10 2 (0.72%) Pega
11 1 (0.36%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.36%) Wonderware