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

 6 months to
26 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 255 284
Rank change year-on-year -42 +29 -30
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 267 243 282
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.92% 0.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.04% 4.97% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 172 225
10th Percentile £300 £385 £368
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £540 £663 £631
90th Percentile £637 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £471 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -14.36% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - £73.25 £65.11
25th Percentile - £80.00 £73.23
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +4.52% +10.63%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.00
90th Percentile £95.87 - £93.05
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 5,299 4,888 6,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.42% 18.48% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,695 3,237 4,399
10th Percentile £331 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £426 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £608 £663 £650
90th Percentile £708 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 77 168
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.86 £15.57
25th Percentile £27.69 £24.75 £21.64
Median hourly rate £44.25 £38.11 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -10.33% -25.26%
75th Percentile £71.50 £64.73 £61.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £69.10 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £44.25 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +26.43% -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 26 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle Database in England over the 6 months to 26 January 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 26 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 -30 135 £439 -17.90% 8
Midlands -16 45 £525 -0.76% 6
West Midlands -4 44 £525 -9.09% 5
South East -33 34 £425 -34.62% 8
North of England -35 27 £446 -18.91% 7
North West -9 14 £450 - 3
East of England -2 13 £127 -
Yorkshire -42 13 £365 -33.64% 2
South West -17 7 £450 -25.00% 8
East Midlands -31 1 - - 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 28 (10.49%) IIS
2 26 (9.74%) SAS
3 16 (5.99%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.87%) JBoss
5 12 (4.49%) Apache
6 10 (3.75%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.75%) iPlanet
6 10 (3.75%) WebLogic
6 10 (3.75%) WebSphere
6 10 (3.75%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (3.37%) Mendix
7 9 (3.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (1.50%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.12%) Appian
10 3 (1.12%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.75%) Confluence
11 2 (0.75%) Liferay
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 21 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.37%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.87%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.50%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.37%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.37%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.10%) Azure
2 42 (15.73%) AWS
3 20 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.24%) OpenShift
4 14 (5.24%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.49%) OCI
5 12 (4.49%) Serverless
6 11 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (3.75%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (3.75%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.75%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.00%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.62%) PaaS
10 7 (2.62%) SaaS
11 6 (2.25%) Azure API Management
12 5 (1.87%) Collibra
13 4 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.50%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.75%) Internet
1 10 (3.75%) Kerberos
2 5 (1.87%) HTTP
3 3 (1.12%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.37%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.37%) VoIP
5 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.73%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 21 (7.87%) Oracle Reports
3 21 (7.87%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (4.87%) Power BI
7 12 (4.49%) MySQL
8 11 (4.12%) Metadata
8 11 (4.12%) Oracle Exadata
9 10 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (3.75%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.37%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.37%) Oracle ODI
11 8 (3.00%) Oracle Database 12c
11 8 (3.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.62%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.62%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 7 (2.62%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.25%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 34 (12.73%) Git
2 31 (11.61%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.99%) JIRA
4 15 (5.62%) JUnit
5 11 (4.12%) GitLab
6 10 (3.75%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (3.75%) CA Release Automation
7 8 (3.00%) Selenium
7 8 (3.00%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.25%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.87%) Maven
9 5 (1.87%) Mockito
9 5 (1.87%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (1.87%) Toad
10 4 (1.50%) Ant
11 3 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.75%) Subversion
12 2 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 77 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 66 (24.72%) Finance
3 38 (14.23%) Banking
4 29 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.99%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.87%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.75%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.75%) Back Office
10 2 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.37%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Retail
11 1 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (28.84%) Developer
2 53 (19.85%) DBA
2 53 (19.85%) Oracle DBA
3 29 (10.86%) C# Developer
4 19 (7.12%) Architect
5 16 (5.99%) Oracle Developer
6 15 (5.62%) Analyst
7 14 (5.24%) Administrator
8 13 (4.87%) Senior
8 13 (4.87%) Technical Analyst
9 12 (4.49%) C# WPF Developer
9 12 (4.49%) WPF Developer
10 10 (3.75%) .NET Developer
10 10 (3.75%) Applications Support
10 10 (3.75%) C# .NET Developer
10 10 (3.75%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.75%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (3.75%) Release Manager
11 9 (3.37%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (15.36%) .NET
2 22 (8.24%) .NET Framework
2 22 (8.24%) REST
3 17 (6.37%) WPF
4 15 (5.62%) SOAP
5 14 (5.24%) Kafka
6 13 (4.87%) OAuth
6 13 (4.87%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 13 (4.87%) WinForms
7 12 (4.49%) OpenID
7 12 (4.49%) React
8 10 (3.75%) LDAP
8 10 (3.75%) Middleware
8 10 (3.75%) SAML
8 10 (3.75%) XML
9 9 (3.37%) HTML
9 9 (3.37%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (2.62%) Spring
10 7 (2.62%) Web Services
11 6 (2.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.75%) Enterprise Cloud
1 10 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (3.37%) Low-Code
2 9 (3.37%) Replication
3 5 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.50%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.50%) Clustering
4 4 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.50%) NHS
4 4 (1.50%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.12%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.12%) N-Tier
5 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (0.75%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.75%) Derivative
6 2 (0.75%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.75%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 57 (21.35%) Windows
2 54 (20.22%) Linux
3 38 (14.23%) Unix
4 19 (7.12%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.49%) AIX
6 11 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.62%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.62%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.62%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.25%) Solaris
9 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (28.09%) DevOps
2 63 (23.60%) Agile
3 62 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (20.97%) CI/CD
5 54 (20.22%) Migration
6 45 (16.85%) Performance Tuning
7 41 (15.36%) Business Intelligence
8 39 (14.61%) ETL
9 30 (11.24%) Analytics
10 29 (10.86%) Data Modelling
11 28 (10.49%) Scrum
12 27 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (9.74%) Data Integration
13 26 (9.74%) Data Migration
14 24 (8.99%) Integration Patterns
15 23 (8.61%) High Availability
16 22 (8.24%) Data Analysis
17 21 (7.87%) Architectural Patterns
17 21 (7.87%) ERP
18 20 (7.49%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 149 (55.81%) SQL
2 87 (32.58%) PL/SQL
3 45 (16.85%) C#
4 36 (13.48%) Shell Script
5 34 (12.73%) Python
6 24 (8.99%) Java
7 21 (7.87%) T-SQL
8 19 (7.12%) JavaScript
9 17 (6.37%) VB
9 17 (6.37%) VBA
10 13 (4.87%) Perl
11 12 (4.49%) Groovy
12 10 (3.75%) Formula Language
12 10 (3.75%) LotusScript
13 7 (2.62%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.25%) Bash
14 6 (2.25%) Korn
14 6 (2.25%) VB.NET
15 4 (1.50%) PHP
16 3 (1.12%) C++
Qualifications
1 78 (29.21%) Security Cleared
2 65 (24.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.49%) Degree
3 12 (4.49%) DV Cleared
4 11 (4.12%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.25%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.25%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (1.87%) OCP
7 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.75%) HNC
8 2 (0.75%) HND
8 2 (0.75%) MCP
8 2 (0.75%) MCSE
8 2 (0.75%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.87%) QA
2 14 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.00%) GDPR
4 5 (1.87%) SLA
5 3 (1.12%) SEPA
6 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.75%) MiFID
6 2 (0.75%) NIST
6 2 (0.75%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.75%) WCAG
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 27 (10.11%) Docker
2 24 (8.99%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (4.87%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.00%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.12%) NFS
5 3 (1.12%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.49%) Data Guard
2 20 (7.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (5.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 10 (3.75%) CA Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.75%) CA Wily
5 9 (3.37%) Ansible
6 8 (3.00%) Progress Chef
6 8 (3.00%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.50%) Grafana
8 4 (1.50%) Terraform
8 4 (1.50%) yum
9 2 (0.75%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.75%) Foglight
9 2 (0.75%) Kibana
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.75%) systemd
10 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 267 (100.00%) Oracle
2 63 (23.60%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.99%) Citrix
4 23 (8.61%) IBM
5 13 (4.87%) Splunk
6 10 (3.75%) AppDynamics
6 10 (3.75%) Broadcom
6 10 (3.75%) Lotus
7 9 (3.37%) Kofax
8 7 (2.62%) Denodo
8 7 (2.62%) Talend
9 6 (2.25%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.50%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.50%) Databricks
11 3 (1.12%) Pega
11 3 (1.12%) SAP
11 3 (1.12%) Sybase
11 3 (1.12%) VMware
12 2 (0.75%) OpenText
12 2 (0.75%) Teradata
34 Oracle Database jobs in England