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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 254 306
Rank change year-on-year -79 +52 -32
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 281 231 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.95% 0.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.52% 4.97% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 172 188
10th Percentile £350 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.02% -0.82%
75th Percentile £568 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £44.35 £73.25 -
25th Percentile £62.97 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +230.36% -61.38%
75th Percentile - £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -19.26% +46.83% -14.58%

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 6,221 4,644 6,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.91% 19.07% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,334 3,267 4,410
10th Percentile £350 £357 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £670
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 95 139
10th Percentile £18.10 £20.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £29.83 £24.25 £20.80
Median hourly rate £51.00 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.03% -17.23% -28.19%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.62 £51.75
90th Percentile £83.55 £73.75 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.30% -17.23% -30.43%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -56 132 £488 -6.25% 24
Midlands -25 54 £525 +6.49% 4
West Midlands -20 53 £525 +2.74% 3
South East -34 38 £436 -31.61% 9
North of England -84 35 £525 +0.05% 10
Yorkshire -79 20 £366 -30.38% 3
North West -21 14 £650 +8.33% 7
South West -24 10 £425 -26.81% 2
East of England -30 8 £127 -
East Midlands -34 1 £525 +32.74% 1
North East - 1 £625 -
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 30 (10.68%) SAS
2 19 (6.76%) IIS
3 16 (5.69%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.27%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.91%) HCL Notes
6 10 (3.56%) Mendix
7 8 (2.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (2.14%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.07%) Appian
9 3 (1.07%) JBoss
9 3 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.71%) Liferay
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.71%) nginx
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.36%) Apache
11 1 (0.36%) Confluence
11 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.78%) Oracle 11i
3 5 (1.78%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.71%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.36%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.36%) Endur
6 1 (0.36%) Finacle
6 1 (0.36%) Findur
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Summit
6 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.71%) Azure
2 35 (12.46%) AWS
3 28 (9.96%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.05%) OCI
5 16 (5.69%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.98%) Serverless
7 12 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (3.91%) Azure Functions
8 11 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (3.91%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.91%) PowerApps
9 10 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.56%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.85%) Collibra
11 7 (2.49%) PaaS
12 6 (2.14%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.14%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.27%) Internet
2 7 (2.49%) HTTP
3 3 (1.07%) Firewall
4 2 (0.71%) Network Security
4 2 (0.71%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (22.06%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 23 (8.19%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (7.47%) Oracle Database 12c
6 20 (7.12%) Oracle Reports
7 17 (6.05%) Metadata
8 15 (5.34%) Power BI
9 14 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (4.98%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.20%) MySQL
10 9 (3.20%) Oracle Database 11g
11 8 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (2.49%) Oracle BI EE
12 7 (2.49%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.49%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.14%) Oracle Exadata
13 6 (2.14%) Oracle ODI
13 6 (2.14%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 17 (6.05%) Git
2 16 (5.69%) GitLab
2 16 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.34%) JIRA
3 15 (5.34%) JUnit
4 11 (3.91%) Selenium
5 5 (1.78%) Ant
5 5 (1.78%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (1.78%) Toad
6 4 (1.42%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.07%) Maven
7 3 (1.07%) Mockito
7 3 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.71%) Flyway
8 2 (0.71%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 71 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.35%) Finance
3 41 (14.59%) Banking
4 25 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.34%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.78%) Advertising
8 5 (1.78%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.78%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.07%) Back Office
9 3 (1.07%) Legal
10 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.71%) Local Government
10 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Front Office
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (28.83%) Developer
2 71 (25.27%) DBA
2 71 (25.27%) Oracle DBA
3 34 (12.10%) C# Developer
4 31 (11.03%) Architect
5 15 (5.34%) Administrator
5 15 (5.34%) Analyst
5 15 (5.34%) Database Engineer
5 15 (5.34%) Oracle Developer
6 14 (4.98%) Data Architect
6 14 (4.98%) SC Cleared DBA
7 13 (4.63%) Data Engineer
7 13 (4.63%) Oracle Database Engineer
8 12 (4.27%) Senior
8 12 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.91%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (3.20%) Applications Developer
10 9 (3.20%) C# Application Developer
10 9 (3.20%) Oracle Specialist
10 9 (3.20%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (18.15%) .NET
2 28 (9.96%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.41%) React
4 15 (5.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 15 (5.34%) WinForms
5 14 (4.98%) REST
6 12 (4.27%) SOAP
6 12 (4.27%) WPF
6 12 (4.27%) XML
7 10 (3.56%) HTML
7 10 (3.56%) HTML5 Canvas
7 10 (3.56%) Kafka
8 8 (2.85%) Middleware
8 8 (2.85%) Spring
9 7 (2.49%) .NET Core
9 7 (2.49%) pytest
10 6 (2.14%) CSS
10 6 (2.14%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (2.14%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.12%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.56%) Low-Code
3 9 (3.20%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.20%) Enterprise Cloud
4 7 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.78%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.42%) SCADA
7 3 (1.07%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.07%) Clustering
7 3 (1.07%) Derivative
7 3 (1.07%) IoT
7 3 (1.07%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.07%) Replication
7 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (16.37%) Linux
2 44 (15.66%) Windows
3 33 (11.74%) Unix
4 14 (4.98%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.63%) AIX
5 13 (4.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.49%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.49%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.49%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.07%) Solaris
9 2 (0.71%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.33%) DevOps
2 61 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (18.86%) Agile
4 52 (18.51%) CI/CD
5 48 (17.08%) Performance Tuning
6 47 (16.73%) High Availability
7 45 (16.01%) ETL
7 45 (16.01%) Migration
8 37 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (10.68%) Disaster Recovery
10 29 (10.32%) Analytics
11 27 (9.61%) Data Analysis
12 26 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (8.90%) Data Governance
13 25 (8.90%) Data Modelling
13 25 (8.90%) Scrum
13 25 (8.90%) Unit Testing
14 24 (8.54%) Data Integration
14 24 (8.54%) Validation
15 23 (8.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 143 (50.89%) SQL
2 81 (28.83%) PL/SQL
3 54 (19.22%) C#
4 35 (12.46%) Python
5 24 (8.54%) Shell Script
5 24 (8.54%) T-SQL
6 22 (7.83%) Java
7 16 (5.69%) Korn
8 15 (5.34%) JavaScript
9 12 (4.27%) Perl
9 12 (4.27%) VB
9 12 (4.27%) VBA
10 11 (3.91%) Formula Language
10 11 (3.91%) LotusScript
11 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.14%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.78%) PHP
13 3 (1.07%) Bicep
14 2 (0.71%) Bash
14 2 (0.71%) C
Qualifications
1 106 (37.72%) Security Cleared
2 90 (32.03%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.98%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.85%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.85%) Degree
5 7 (2.49%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.42%) OCP
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.81%) QA
2 12 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.20%) GDPR
4 7 (2.49%) SLA
5 5 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.42%) SEPA
7 3 (1.07%) FATCA
7 3 (1.07%) NIST
7 3 (1.07%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.71%) WCAG
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (8.54%) Oracle RAC
2 18 (6.41%) Docker
3 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.07%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 42 (14.95%) Oracle RMAN
2 22 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.76%) Data Guard
4 17 (6.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 15 (5.34%) Terraform
6 8 (2.85%) Ansible
7 3 (1.07%) Grafana
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.71%) Foglight
8 2 (0.71%) Kibana
8 2 (0.71%) systemd
9 1 (0.36%) Control-M
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 281 (100.00%) Oracle
2 48 (17.08%) Microsoft
3 27 (9.61%) Citrix
4 18 (6.41%) IBM
5 12 (4.27%) Talend
6 11 (3.91%) Lotus
7 10 (3.56%) Kofax
8 9 (3.20%) Denodo
9 8 (2.85%) Databricks
10 7 (2.49%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.14%) Informatica
12 4 (1.42%) SAP
13 2 (0.71%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.71%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.71%) NEC
13 2 (0.71%) Pega
13 2 (0.71%) Remedy
13 2 (0.71%) VMware
14 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
14 1 (0.36%) Teradata
45 Oracle Database jobs in England