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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 254 291
Rank change year-on-year -51 +37 -17
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 336 261 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.99% 0.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.01% 5.39% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 183 200
10th Percentile £404 £359 £363
25th Percentile £431 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £479
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -6.01% -3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £434 £486
% change year-on-year +21.10% -10.75% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £35.11 £74.38 £48.06
25th Percentile £37.25 £77.19 £60.36
Median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -9.74%
75th Percentile £74.68 £89.69 -
90th Percentile - £92.13 -
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
% change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -15.03%

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 6,705 4,846 6,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.25% 18.40% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,503 3,357 4,726
10th Percentile £353 £356 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £650 £675
90th Percentile £709 £775 £813
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.53% -2.29% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 90 139
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £23.88 £20.24
Median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% -15.15% -29.08%
75th Percentile £70.38 £61.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.75 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £34.99 £39.25
% change year-on-year +11.46% -10.85% -29.53%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -57 139 £500 +22.70% 14
North of England -72 58 £625 +25.00% 12
Midlands -26 50 £500 +8.11% 11
South East -31 48 £550 +12.82% 6
West Midlands -32 45 £513 +7.89% 7
North West -19 28 £650 +82.58% 10
South West -21 27 £700 +24.56% 6
Yorkshire -77 25 £488 -2.50%
North East - 8 £563 - 2
East Midlands -17 4 £463 +32.52% 4
East of England -33 3 £400 -14.67%
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 (6.25%) IIS
1 21 (6.25%) SAS
2 14 (4.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 13 (3.87%) WebLogic
4 12 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (3.27%) Confluence
6 8 (2.38%) Appian
6 8 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.79%) JBoss
7 6 (1.79%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.79%) Tomcat
8 5 (1.49%) Camunda
8 5 (1.49%) HCL Notes
8 5 (1.49%) Mendix
9 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.60%) nginx
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.30%) CMS
11 1 (0.30%) Liferay
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 17 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.98%) Finacle
3 6 (1.79%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (1.79%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (1.79%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.19%) Siebel CRM
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.89%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.30%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.30%) Summit
7 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.45%) AWS
2 55 (16.37%) Azure
3 30 (8.93%) OCI
4 17 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.27%) PaaS
5 11 (3.27%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.98%) GitHub
7 7 (2.08%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.08%) Serverless
8 6 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.49%) Collibra
9 5 (1.49%) GCP
9 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.27%) Internet
2 4 (1.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) HTTP
3 2 (0.60%) Network Security
3 2 (0.60%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) Intranet
4 1 (0.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (22.32%) SQL Server
2 41 (12.20%) Relational Database
3 33 (9.82%) RDBMS
4 27 (8.04%) Oracle Database 12c
5 26 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (5.65%) Oracle Exadata
7 17 (5.06%) Oracle Database 11g
8 15 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.46%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 12 (3.57%) MySQL
9 12 (3.57%) Pentaho
10 11 (3.27%) Metadata
10 11 (3.27%) Power BI
11 10 (2.98%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 8 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.38%) MongoDB
12 8 (2.38%) NoSQL
13 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.79%) Delta Lake
14 6 (1.79%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 28 (8.33%) GitLab
2 20 (5.95%) Git
3 17 (5.06%) JIRA
4 7 (2.08%) Liquibase
4 7 (2.08%) Oracle APEX
5 6 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.79%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.89%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.89%) JUnit
6 3 (0.89%) Selenium
7 2 (0.60%) Flyway
7 2 (0.60%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.60%) JMeter
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.30%) PeopleTools
8 1 (0.30%) Rational Robot
8 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (19.35%) Finance
2 58 (17.26%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.99%) Banking
4 46 (13.69%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.98%) Back Office
6 10 (2.98%) Front Office
7 7 (2.08%) Military
8 6 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.49%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.19%) Advertising
10 4 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.60%) Aviation
11 2 (0.60%) Billing
11 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.60%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 106 (31.55%) DBA
2 100 (29.76%) Oracle DBA
3 79 (23.51%) Developer
4 34 (10.12%) C# Developer
5 33 (9.82%) Senior
6 29 (8.63%) Administrator
6 29 (8.63%) Architect
7 26 (7.74%) Data Engineer
8 22 (6.55%) Lead
9 17 (5.06%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (5.06%) SC Cleared DBA
10 16 (4.76%) Database Engineer
10 16 (4.76%) SQL DBA
11 14 (4.17%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 14 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.87%) Oracle Specialist
13 12 (3.57%) DV Cleared DBA
13 12 (3.57%) Senior DBA
14 11 (3.27%) Applications Support
14 11 (3.27%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (15.77%) .NET
2 37 (11.01%) .NET Framework
3 23 (6.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 15 (4.46%) XML
5 14 (4.17%) REST
5 14 (4.17%) WinForms
5 14 (4.17%) WPF
6 12 (3.57%) Kafka
7 11 (3.27%) Middleware
8 10 (2.98%) JSON
9 9 (2.68%) React
10 8 (2.38%) CSS
10 8 (2.38%) HTML
11 7 (2.08%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.08%) Spring
11 7 (2.08%) Web Services
12 6 (1.79%) SOAP
12 6 (1.79%) Spring Boot
13 4 (1.19%) YAML
14 3 (0.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.63%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (3.87%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 12 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.27%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.79%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.49%) SCADA
9 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.19%) IoT
9 4 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.19%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.19%) Replication
9 4 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.89%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (21.43%) Linux
2 54 (16.07%) Windows
3 39 (11.61%) Unix
4 15 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.17%) Solaris
5 14 (4.17%) Windows Server
6 12 (3.57%) AIX
7 6 (1.79%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.60%) HPUX
11 2 (0.60%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.32%) DevOps
1 75 (22.32%) Migration
2 61 (18.15%) CI/CD
3 54 (16.07%) Performance Tuning
4 53 (15.77%) Agile
5 51 (15.18%) High Availability
6 50 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (13.99%) ETL
8 43 (12.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (11.01%) AI
10 33 (9.82%) Data Analysis
11 30 (8.93%) Validation
12 28 (8.33%) Analytics
12 28 (8.33%) Data Integration
12 28 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (8.04%) Change Management
14 26 (7.74%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (7.44%) ITIL
16 24 (7.14%) Data Migration
16 24 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 174 (51.79%) SQL
2 85 (25.30%) PL/SQL
3 55 (16.37%) C#
4 43 (12.80%) Python
5 33 (9.82%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.25%) Shell Script
7 20 (5.95%) Java
8 15 (4.46%) VB
9 13 (3.87%) VBA
10 11 (3.27%) JavaScript
11 10 (2.98%) Korn
12 9 (2.68%) Bash
12 9 (2.68%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.08%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.19%) Bicep
15 3 (0.89%) C
15 3 (0.89%) Formula Language
15 3 (0.89%) LotusScript
15 3 (0.89%) ProC
15 3 (0.89%) VB6
Qualifications
1 148 (44.05%) Security Cleared
2 110 (32.74%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.95%) Degree
5 9 (2.68%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.19%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) CCNA
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) OCP
9 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.01%) QA
2 12 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.49%) ISO 9000
3 5 (1.49%) SLA
4 4 (1.19%) GDPR
4 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.89%) FATCA
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 38 (11.31%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (2.68%) Docker
3 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 59 (17.56%) Oracle RMAN
2 36 (10.71%) Data Guard
3 33 (9.82%) Terraform
4 17 (5.06%) Ansible
5 16 (4.76%) Kubernetes
5 16 (4.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.30%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.30%) Foglight
7 1 (0.30%) Kibana
7 1 (0.30%) OPNET
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 336 (100.00%) Oracle
2 35 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.33%) Citrix
4 18 (5.36%) Talend
5 15 (4.46%) Databricks
6 12 (3.57%) IBM
7 10 (2.98%) Informatica
8 7 (2.08%) SAP
9 6 (1.79%) Denodo
10 5 (1.49%) Kofax
10 5 (1.49%) Lotus
10 5 (1.49%) OpenText
10 5 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.19%) Google
11 4 (1.19%) Siebel
12 3 (0.89%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.89%) jBASE
12 3 (0.89%) Temenos
12 3 (0.89%) VMware
13 2 (0.60%) NetCracker
48 Oracle Database jobs in England