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

 6 months to
7 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 252 309
Rank change year-on-year -75 +57 -57
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 281 243 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 1.00% 0.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.50% 5.24% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 175 181
10th Percentile £365 £377 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.42% -9.52% +9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 4
10th Percentile £34.66 £73.25 £38.08
25th Percentile £37.25 £80.00 £53.20
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 6,251 4,634 6,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.35% 19.01% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,302 3,253 4,508
10th Percentile £350 £363 £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 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 89 130
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.53 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.54 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.54 £32.05 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% -20.12% -30.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.00 £58.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £32.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year +51.70% -17.60% -32.54%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -54 139 £500 +14.61% 16
Midlands -42 43 £525 +10.53% 5
North of England -69 40 £650 +30.00% 3
South East -27 39 £506 -20.59% 7
West Midlands -32 38 £525 -4.55% 4
Yorkshire -80 20 £445 -10.95% 1
North West -22 19 £650 +8.33% 1
South West -29 13 £425 -19.00% 14
East Midlands -28 4 £463 +18.29% 1
East of England -35 3 £212 -56.52%
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 19 (6.76%) IIS
2 16 (5.69%) SAS
3 15 (5.34%) SharePoint
4 12 (4.27%) HCL Notes
4 12 (4.27%) Mendix
4 12 (4.27%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.14%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.07%) Appian
7 3 (1.07%) JBoss
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.71%) Liferay
8 2 (0.71%) nginx
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.36%) Apache
9 1 (0.36%) Confluence
9 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.20%) 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 11 (3.91%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.42%) Finacle
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.71%) NEC Housing
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 Payables
5 1 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (23.84%) Azure
2 38 (13.52%) AWS
3 29 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.69%) OCI
6 13 (4.63%) Serverless
7 12 (4.27%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.56%) Azure Functions
9 10 (3.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.56%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.85%) Collibra
10 8 (2.85%) PaaS
11 6 (2.14%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.14%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.78%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
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
5 1 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (23.13%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.83%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.47%) Oracle Database 12c
4 20 (7.12%) Oracle Reports
5 17 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.69%) Power BI
6 16 (5.69%) RDBMS
7 14 (4.98%) Metadata
8 12 (4.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 11 (3.91%) Oracle Database 11g
9 11 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.85%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (2.49%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (2.49%) Oracle Exadata
11 7 (2.49%) SQLPlus
12 5 (1.78%) DataStage
12 5 (1.78%) MySQL
12 5 (1.78%) Pentaho
12 5 (1.78%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 11 (3.91%) GitLab
2 9 (3.20%) Git
2 9 (3.20%) JIRA
3 7 (2.49%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.49%) JUnit
3 7 (2.49%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (1.78%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (1.78%) Toad
5 4 (1.42%) Ant
6 3 (1.07%) ClearCase
6 3 (1.07%) Selenium
6 3 (1.07%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.71%) Flyway
7 2 (0.71%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.36%) Hudson
8 1 (0.36%) Mockito
8 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 63 (22.42%) Finance
2 56 (19.93%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.30%) Banking
4 26 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.34%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.14%) Back Office
9 5 (1.78%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.42%) Advertising
10 4 (1.42%) Front Office
10 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.07%) Legal
11 3 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.71%) Local Government
12 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Billing
13 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (31.67%) DBA
2 88 (31.32%) Oracle DBA
3 83 (29.54%) Developer
4 36 (12.81%) C# Developer
5 25 (8.90%) Architect
6 24 (8.54%) Administrator
7 17 (6.05%) SC Cleared DBA
8 16 (5.69%) Database Engineer
8 16 (5.69%) Senior
9 15 (5.34%) Data Engineer
9 15 (5.34%) Oracle Developer
10 14 (4.98%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 12 (4.27%) Power Platform Developer
11 12 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.20%) Applications Developer
12 9 (3.20%) C# Application Developer
13 8 (2.85%) Data Architect
14 7 (2.49%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 7 (2.49%) Release Manager
14 7 (2.49%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.86%) .NET
2 30 (10.68%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.41%) WinForms
4 16 (5.69%) React
5 15 (5.34%) WPF
5 15 (5.34%) XML
6 13 (4.63%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (4.27%) Kafka
7 12 (4.27%) Middleware
8 10 (3.56%) HTML
8 10 (3.56%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (3.56%) REST
9 8 (2.85%) CSS
9 8 (2.85%) SOAP
10 7 (2.49%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.49%) Spring
11 5 (1.78%) IBM Integration Bus
11 5 (1.78%) JSON
11 5 (1.78%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.83%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.27%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.56%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 6 (2.14%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.42%) SCADA
7 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.07%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.07%) Clustering
8 3 (1.07%) Derivative
8 3 (1.07%) Replication
8 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.22%) Linux
2 44 (15.66%) Windows
3 34 (12.10%) Unix
4 16 (5.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.98%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.85%) AIX
7 6 (2.14%) Solaris
8 5 (1.78%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.71%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.71%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.36%) HPUX
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.84%) DevOps
2 52 (18.51%) Performance Tuning
3 49 (17.44%) Migration
4 48 (17.08%) High Availability
4 48 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (15.66%) CI/CD
6 41 (14.59%) Agile
6 41 (14.59%) ETL
7 33 (11.74%) Disaster Recovery
8 30 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (9.61%) AI
10 26 (9.25%) Data Analysis
11 25 (8.90%) Unit Testing
12 23 (8.19%) Decision-Making
13 21 (7.47%) Data Integration
14 20 (7.12%) Validation
15 18 (6.41%) Data Governance
15 18 (6.41%) Data Migration
15 18 (6.41%) Data Modelling
16 17 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 145 (51.60%) SQL
2 87 (30.96%) PL/SQL
3 57 (20.28%) C#
4 34 (12.10%) Python
5 29 (10.32%) T-SQL
6 23 (8.19%) Shell Script
7 20 (7.12%) Java
8 17 (6.05%) JavaScript
9 15 (5.34%) Korn
9 15 (5.34%) VB
10 12 (4.27%) VBA
11 11 (3.91%) Perl
12 10 (3.56%) Formula Language
12 10 (3.56%) LotusScript
13 7 (2.49%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.78%) PHP
16 4 (1.42%) Bash
17 3 (1.07%) Bicep
17 3 (1.07%) VB6
Qualifications
1 102 (36.30%) Security Cleared
2 83 (29.54%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.69%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.63%) Degree
5 8 (2.85%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.85%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.42%) OCP
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.71%) 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 36 (12.81%) QA
2 11 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.85%) GDPR
4 5 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.42%) SLA
6 3 (1.07%) FATCA
6 3 (1.07%) NIST
6 3 (1.07%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.07%) SEPA
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (9.96%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (3.56%) Docker
3 5 (1.78%) 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 48 (17.08%) Oracle RMAN
2 24 (8.54%) Data Guard
3 18 (6.41%) Terraform
4 16 (5.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 12 (4.27%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.56%) Ansible
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.71%) Foglight
8 2 (0.71%) Grafana
8 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.71%) systemd
9 1 (0.36%) Control-M
9 1 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.36%) Kibana
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 281 (100.00%) Oracle
2 40 (14.23%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.54%) Citrix
4 12 (4.27%) IBM
4 12 (4.27%) Kofax
4 12 (4.27%) Lotus
5 11 (3.91%) Databricks
6 10 (3.56%) Talend
7 7 (2.49%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.14%) Informatica
9 5 (1.78%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.78%) Denodo
10 3 (1.07%) Google
10 3 (1.07%) SAP
10 3 (1.07%) VMware
11 2 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.71%) NEC
11 2 (0.71%) Pega
12 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.36%) Wonderware
42 Oracle Database jobs in England