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

 6 months to
16 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 238 318
Rank change year-on-year -84 +80 -62
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 289 253 237
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 1.04% 0.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.61% 5.46% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 178 169
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -7.45% +4.52%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £650
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 6
10th Percentile £34.66 £73.25 £44.80
25th Percentile £37.25 £80.00 -
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 6,264 4,630 6,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.27% 19.08% 17.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,302 3,233 4,467
10th Percentile £350 £363 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £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 184 87 131
10th Percentile £14.58 £20.21 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.97 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.05 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.41% -20.37% -31.30%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.31 £60.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £33.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +40.63% -15.49% -33.33%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -57 138 £500 +14.94% 19
Midlands -43 44 £525 +10.53% 5
North of England -77 43 £618 +23.50% 4
South East -49 42 £550 -12.00% 19
West Midlands -37 39 £525 -12.50% 2
North West -18 21 £650 +35.98% 3
Yorkshire -83 19 £445 -10.95% 1
South West -33 15 £513 -2.38% 9
East Midlands -26 4 £463 +29.19% 3
East of England -33 3 £400 -17.95%
North East - 3 £501 -
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 (6.57%) IIS
2 16 (5.54%) SAS
3 15 (5.19%) SharePoint
4 14 (4.84%) WebLogic
5 12 (4.15%) HCL Notes
5 12 (4.15%) Mendix
6 10 (3.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (2.08%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (2.08%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.04%) Appian
8 3 (1.04%) Confluence
8 3 (1.04%) JBoss
8 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.69%) Liferay
9 2 (0.69%) nginx
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.35%) Apache
10 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.84%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.08%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.08%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.38%) Finacle
4 2 (0.69%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.69%) Siebel CRM
4 2 (0.69%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.35%) Endur
5 1 (0.35%) Findur
5 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.35%) Summit
5 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.45%) Azure
2 42 (14.53%) AWS
3 28 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.88%) OCI
4 17 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.50%) Serverless
6 12 (4.15%) PowerApps
7 11 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.46%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.46%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.46%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.77%) Collibra
9 8 (2.77%) PaaS
10 6 (2.08%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.08%) GitHub
10 6 (2.08%) IaaS
10 6 (2.08%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.15%) Internet
2 4 (1.38%) HTTP
3 3 (1.04%) Firewall
4 2 (0.69%) Network Security
4 2 (0.69%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.35%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (22.49%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.00%) Relational Database
3 23 (7.96%) Oracle Database 12c
4 20 (6.92%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (6.92%) RDBMS
5 18 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.54%) Power BI
7 14 (4.84%) Metadata
8 12 (4.15%) Oracle Database 11g
8 12 (4.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 11 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.77%) Oracle Exadata
10 8 (2.77%) SQLPlus
11 7 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (2.42%) MySQL
11 7 (2.42%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (2.42%) Pentaho
12 6 (2.08%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.73%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (5.54%) GitLab
2 11 (3.81%) JIRA
3 10 (3.46%) Git
4 7 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.08%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.73%) JUnit
6 5 (1.73%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.38%) Liquibase
7 4 (1.38%) Toad
8 3 (1.04%) ClearCase
8 3 (1.04%) Selenium
8 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.69%) Ant
9 2 (0.69%) Flyway
10 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.35%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Developer 2000
10 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 63 (21.80%) Finance
2 51 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 42 (14.53%) Banking
4 31 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.54%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.08%) Back Office
9 4 (1.38%) Advertising
9 4 (1.38%) Front Office
9 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.04%) Legal
10 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Local Government
11 2 (0.69%) Military
11 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.35%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (32.87%) DBA
2 92 (31.83%) Oracle DBA
3 81 (28.03%) Developer
4 36 (12.46%) C# Developer
5 28 (9.69%) Administrator
6 24 (8.30%) Architect
7 22 (7.61%) Senior
8 18 (6.23%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.88%) SC Cleared DBA
10 16 (5.54%) Database Engineer
11 14 (4.84%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 14 (4.84%) Oracle Developer
12 12 (4.15%) Power Platform Developer
12 12 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.11%) Applications Developer
13 9 (3.11%) C# Application Developer
13 9 (3.11%) Oracle Specialist
13 9 (3.11%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 8 (2.77%) Database Specialist
14 8 (2.77%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.34%) .NET
2 30 (10.38%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.23%) WinForms
4 16 (5.54%) React
5 15 (5.19%) WPF
5 15 (5.19%) XML
6 13 (4.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (4.15%) Kafka
7 12 (4.15%) Middleware
8 10 (3.46%) HTML
8 10 (3.46%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (3.11%) REST
10 8 (2.77%) CSS
11 7 (2.42%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.42%) JSON
11 7 (2.42%) Spring
12 5 (1.73%) SOAP
12 5 (1.73%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.73%) Web Services
13 4 (1.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.61%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.15%) Low-Code
3 11 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.46%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.38%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.38%) SCADA
7 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.04%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.04%) Derivative
8 3 (1.04%) IoT
8 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.04%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (19.38%) Linux
2 40 (13.84%) Windows
3 35 (12.11%) Unix
4 15 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.50%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.08%) Solaris
7 4 (1.38%) AIX
7 4 (1.38%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.04%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.69%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) HPUX
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.18%) DevOps
2 58 (20.07%) Performance Tuning
3 53 (18.34%) High Availability
4 52 (17.99%) Migration
5 48 (16.61%) CI/CD
6 45 (15.57%) ETL
6 45 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (15.22%) Agile
8 36 (12.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (10.03%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (9.69%) AI
11 26 (9.00%) Data Analysis
12 25 (8.65%) Unit Testing
13 23 (7.96%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.27%) Data Integration
14 21 (7.27%) Validation
15 20 (6.92%) Data Migration
16 19 (6.57%) Data Modelling
17 18 (6.23%) ITIL
18 17 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 153 (52.94%) SQL
2 89 (30.80%) PL/SQL
3 58 (20.07%) C#
4 36 (12.46%) Python
5 29 (10.03%) T-SQL
6 23 (7.96%) Shell Script
7 18 (6.23%) JavaScript
8 17 (5.88%) Java
9 15 (5.19%) VB
10 12 (4.15%) Korn
10 12 (4.15%) VBA
11 10 (3.46%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.46%) LotusScript
12 8 (2.77%) Perl
13 7 (2.42%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.73%) Bash
15 5 (1.73%) PHP
16 3 (1.04%) Bicep
16 3 (1.04%) VB6
Qualifications
1 109 (37.72%) Security Cleared
2 88 (30.45%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.57%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.50%) Degree
5 8 (2.77%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (2.42%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.38%) OCP
9 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.35%) PMP
10 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.15%) QA
2 11 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.42%) GDPR
4 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.38%) SLA
5 3 (1.04%) FATCA
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
6 2 (0.69%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.69%) SEPA
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 29 (10.03%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (3.11%) Docker
3 5 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.04%) Oracle Clusterware
5 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 51 (17.65%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (9.34%) Data Guard
3 20 (6.92%) Terraform
4 16 (5.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 11 (3.81%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.11%) Ansible
7 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 2 (0.69%) Foglight
8 2 (0.69%) Grafana
8 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.69%) systemd
9 1 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.35%) Kibana
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 289 (100.00%) Oracle
2 37 (12.80%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.96%) Citrix
4 13 (4.50%) Talend
5 12 (4.15%) Kofax
5 12 (4.15%) Lotus
6 11 (3.81%) Databricks
7 8 (2.77%) IBM
7 8 (2.77%) Informatica
8 7 (2.42%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.73%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.73%) Denodo
10 4 (1.38%) Google
11 3 (1.04%) SAP
11 3 (1.04%) VMware
12 2 (0.69%) NEC
12 2 (0.69%) Pega
12 2 (0.69%) Siebel
13 1 (0.35%) NetCracker
13 1 (0.35%) Wonderware
52 Oracle Database jobs in England