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

 6 months to
3 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 263 301
Rank change year-on-year -32 +38 -41
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 280 234 274
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.90% 0.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.18% 4.83% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 161 217
10th Percentile £302 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £638 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +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% -5.31%

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 5,405 4,840 6,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.35% 18.57% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,780 3,196 4,444
10th Percentile £330 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 80 170
10th Percentile £18.23 £22.27 £15.50
25th Percentile £27.06 £25.19 £21.16
Median hourly rate £45.75 £39.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% -7.90% -25.53%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £61.13
90th Percentile £85.10 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.65% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -33 141 £469 -12.38% 13
Midlands -21 51 £523 -1.23% 9
West Midlands +4 50 £523 -9.52% 5
South East -26 32 £419 -35.58% 10
North of England -46 27 £450 -18.18% 6
North West -21 15 £450 +26.40% 2
East of England -9 11 £127 -
South West -16 11 £450 -25.00% 9
Yorkshire -49 11 £365 -33.64% 3
East Midlands -32 1 - - 4
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 29 (10.36%) SAS
2 28 (10.00%) IIS
3 15 (5.36%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.64%) JBoss
5 11 (3.93%) Apache
6 10 (3.57%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.57%) iPlanet
6 10 (3.57%) WebLogic
6 10 (3.57%) WebSphere
6 10 (3.57%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (3.21%) Mendix
7 9 (3.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (1.43%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.07%) Appian
10 3 (1.07%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.71%) Confluence
11 2 (0.71%) Liferay
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.43%) 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 (3.21%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.43%) Oracle 11i
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 BPM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.79%) Azure
2 41 (14.64%) AWS
3 23 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.36%) OpenShift
5 14 (5.00%) OCI
5 14 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.29%) Serverless
7 11 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.57%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.57%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.57%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.86%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.50%) PaaS
11 7 (2.50%) SaaS
12 6 (2.14%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.14%) Collibra
13 4 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.43%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.57%) Internet
1 10 (3.57%) Kerberos
2 5 (1.79%) HTTP
3 2 (0.71%) Network Security
3 2 (0.71%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.36%) LAN
4 1 (0.36%) VoIP
4 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 23 (8.21%) Relational Database
4 21 (7.50%) Oracle Reports
5 18 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (5.36%) MySQL
8 14 (5.00%) Metadata
9 13 (4.64%) Power BI
10 10 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.57%) RDBMS
10 10 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (3.21%) Oracle BI EE
11 9 (3.21%) Oracle Exadata
11 9 (3.21%) Oracle ODI
11 9 (3.21%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.50%) Oracle Database 12c
12 7 (2.50%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 7 (2.50%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.14%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 33 (11.79%) Git
1 33 (11.79%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.14%) JIRA
3 16 (5.71%) JUnit
4 14 (5.00%) GitLab
5 10 (3.57%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (3.57%) CA Release Automation
5 10 (3.57%) Selenium
6 8 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (2.14%) Maven
7 6 (2.14%) SoapUI
8 5 (1.79%) Ant
8 5 (1.79%) Mockito
8 5 (1.79%) Toad
9 4 (1.43%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.07%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (1.07%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
General
1 75 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 71 (25.36%) Finance
3 36 (12.86%) Banking
4 29 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.71%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.79%) 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 81 (28.93%) Developer
2 54 (19.29%) DBA
2 54 (19.29%) Oracle DBA
3 31 (11.07%) C# Developer
4 23 (8.21%) Architect
5 16 (5.71%) Oracle Developer
5 16 (5.71%) Senior
6 14 (5.00%) Administrator
7 13 (4.64%) Analyst
7 13 (4.64%) Data Engineer
8 11 (3.93%) C# WPF Developer
8 11 (3.93%) Data Architect
8 11 (3.93%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (3.93%) WPF Developer
9 10 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (3.57%) Release Manager
10 9 (3.21%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.21%) Applications Support
10 9 (3.21%) C# .NET Developer
10 9 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.71%) .NET
2 24 (8.57%) .NET Framework
3 22 (7.86%) REST
4 16 (5.71%) WPF
5 15 (5.36%) React
5 15 (5.36%) SOAP
6 14 (5.00%) Kafka
7 13 (4.64%) WinForms
7 13 (4.64%) XML
8 12 (4.29%) OAuth
8 12 (4.29%) OpenID
9 11 (3.93%) HTML
9 11 (3.93%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 11 (3.93%) Spring
10 10 (3.57%) LDAP
10 10 (3.57%) Middleware
10 10 (3.57%) SAML
11 9 (3.21%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (3.21%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (3.21%) Low-Code
4 8 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.50%) Replication
6 5 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.43%) Clustering
8 3 (1.07%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.07%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.71%) Derivative
9 2 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.71%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.64%) Windows
2 54 (19.29%) Linux
3 42 (15.00%) Unix
4 17 (6.07%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.29%) AIX
6 11 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.50%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.50%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (2.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (28.21%) DevOps
2 67 (23.93%) Agile
3 66 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (21.07%) CI/CD
5 57 (20.36%) Migration
6 46 (16.43%) Performance Tuning
7 43 (15.36%) ETL
8 41 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (11.43%) Analytics
10 31 (11.07%) Data Modelling
10 31 (11.07%) Scrum
11 28 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (10.00%) Data Integration
12 27 (9.64%) Data Migration
12 27 (9.64%) Integration Patterns
13 26 (9.29%) High Availability
14 24 (8.57%) Architectural Patterns
15 23 (8.21%) Data Analysis
15 23 (8.21%) Enterprise Architecture
15 23 (8.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 152 (54.29%) SQL
2 85 (30.36%) PL/SQL
3 49 (17.50%) C#
4 36 (12.86%) Python
4 36 (12.86%) Shell Script
5 32 (11.43%) Java
6 21 (7.50%) T-SQL
7 18 (6.43%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.71%) VB
8 16 (5.71%) VBA
9 13 (4.64%) Perl
10 12 (4.29%) Groovy
11 10 (3.57%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.57%) LotusScript
12 7 (2.50%) PowerShell
13 6 (2.14%) Bash
13 6 (2.14%) Korn
14 5 (1.79%) VB.NET
15 4 (1.43%) PHP
15 4 (1.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (31.79%) Security Cleared
2 73 (26.07%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.93%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.57%) Degree
6 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.14%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (1.79%) OCP
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.86%) QA
2 15 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.86%) GDPR
4 5 (1.79%) SLA
5 3 (1.07%) FATCA
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 31 (11.07%) Docker
2 19 (6.79%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (4.64%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.86%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.07%) NFS
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.79%) Oracle RMAN
3 15 (5.36%) Data Guard
4 12 (4.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.57%) CA Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.57%) CA Wily
5 10 (3.57%) Terraform
6 8 (2.86%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.86%) Tivoli
7 6 (2.14%) Ansible
8 5 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.43%) Grafana
9 4 (1.43%) 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
1 280 (100.00%) Oracle
2 63 (22.50%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.21%) IBM
4 22 (7.86%) Citrix
5 13 (4.64%) Splunk
6 10 (3.57%) AppDynamics
6 10 (3.57%) Broadcom
6 10 (3.57%) Lotus
7 9 (3.21%) Kofax
7 9 (3.21%) Talend
8 7 (2.50%) Denodo
9 5 (1.79%) Databricks
9 5 (1.79%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.43%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.07%) Pega
11 3 (1.07%) SAP
11 3 (1.07%) VMware
12 2 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.71%) Informatica
45 Oracle Database jobs in England