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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 271 306
Rank change year-on-year -22 +35 -33
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 277 230 273
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.88% 0.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.10% 4.71% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 162 215
10th Percentile £306 £385 £363
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £656 £631
90th Percentile £638 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £73.25 £87.20
25th Percentile - £80.00 £87.88
Median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £90.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +2.21% +13.13%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £92.88
90th Percentile £92.34 - £93.40
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 5,436 4,879 6,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.27% 18.57% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,785 3,242 4,410
10th Percentile £331 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +1.35% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 81 169
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £15.48
25th Percentile £27.69 £25.26 £21.00
Median hourly rate £47.61 £40.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -4.71% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £85.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £38.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year +39.73% -10.33% -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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -38 143 £439 -17.90% 11
Midlands -21 49 £525 -0.76% 6
West Midlands -6 47 £525 -9.09% 3
South East -28 32 £428 -34.23% 9
North of England -45 23 £450 -18.18% 7
North West -19 12 £453 +27.25% 1
South West -13 11 £450 -25.00% 9
East of England -16 11 £127 - 2
Yorkshire -56 10 £358 -35.00% 5
East Midlands -30 2 £525 +34.27% 3
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 26 (9.39%) IIS
1 26 (9.39%) SAS
2 15 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.61%) HCL Notes
3 10 (3.61%) JBoss
3 10 (3.61%) WebLogic
4 9 (3.25%) Apache
4 9 (3.25%) Mendix
4 9 (3.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (2.53%) iPlanet
5 7 (2.53%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.53%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (1.44%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.08%) Appian
8 3 (1.08%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.72%) Confluence
9 2 (0.72%) Liferay
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 21 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (3.25%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.81%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.44%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.66%) Azure
2 36 (13.00%) AWS
3 24 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.05%) OCI
4 14 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.69%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.33%) Serverless
7 11 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.61%) Azure Functions
8 10 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (3.61%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.61%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.89%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.53%) Collibra
11 7 (2.53%) SaaS
12 6 (2.17%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.81%) PaaS
14 4 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.44%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.97%) Internet
2 7 (2.53%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.81%) HTTP
4 2 (0.72%) Network Security
4 2 (0.72%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (17.33%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 23 (8.30%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.94%) Oracle Reports
5 19 (6.86%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (5.42%) Metadata
7 15 (5.42%) MySQL
8 13 (4.69%) Power BI
9 11 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.61%) RDBMS
11 9 (3.25%) Oracle BI EE
11 9 (3.25%) Oracle Exadata
11 9 (3.25%) Oracle ODI
11 9 (3.25%) Pentaho
12 7 (2.53%) Oracle Database 12c
12 7 (2.53%) SQLPlus
13 6 (2.17%) Oracle Database 11g
13 6 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (10.83%) Jenkins
2 29 (10.47%) Git
3 20 (7.22%) JIRA
4 16 (5.78%) JUnit
5 14 (5.05%) GitLab
6 10 (3.61%) Selenium
7 7 (2.53%) Bitbucket Server
7 7 (2.53%) CA Release Automation
8 6 (2.17%) Maven
8 6 (2.17%) SoapUI
8 6 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.81%) Ant
9 5 (1.81%) Mockito
9 5 (1.81%) Toad
10 4 (1.44%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.08%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
General
1 74 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.91%) Finance
3 38 (13.72%) Banking
4 29 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.78%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.81%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.72%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.72%) Back Office
9 2 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (30.69%) Developer
2 54 (19.49%) DBA
2 54 (19.49%) Oracle DBA
3 33 (11.91%) C# Developer
4 23 (8.30%) Architect
5 17 (6.14%) Oracle Developer
6 16 (5.78%) Senior
7 14 (5.05%) Administrator
8 13 (4.69%) Analyst
8 13 (4.69%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.97%) C# WPF Developer
9 11 (3.97%) Data Architect
9 11 (3.97%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (3.97%) WPF Developer
10 10 (3.61%) Power Platform Developer
11 9 (3.25%) .NET Developer
11 9 (3.25%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (2.89%) Applications Support
12 8 (2.89%) Linux Administrator
13 7 (2.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.61%) .NET
2 25 (9.03%) .NET Framework
3 22 (7.94%) REST
4 17 (6.14%) WPF
5 15 (5.42%) React
5 15 (5.42%) SOAP
6 14 (5.05%) Kafka
6 14 (5.05%) WinForms
6 14 (5.05%) XML
7 11 (3.97%) HTML
7 11 (3.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 11 (3.97%) Spring
8 10 (3.61%) Middleware
9 9 (3.25%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (3.25%) OAuth
9 9 (3.25%) OpenID
9 9 (3.25%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.89%) Web Services
11 7 (2.53%) LDAP
11 7 (2.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.61%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (3.25%) Low-Code
4 8 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.53%) Replication
6 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.44%) Clustering
8 3 (1.08%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.08%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.72%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (19.13%) Windows
2 51 (18.41%) Linux
3 40 (14.44%) Unix
4 14 (5.05%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.33%) AIX
6 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.53%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.53%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (2.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.71%) DevOps
2 66 (23.83%) Agile
3 65 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (20.22%) Migration
5 55 (19.86%) CI/CD
6 47 (16.97%) Performance Tuning
7 45 (16.25%) ETL
8 42 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (11.19%) Data Modelling
9 31 (11.19%) Scrum
10 29 (10.47%) Analytics
10 29 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (10.11%) Data Migration
12 26 (9.39%) High Availability
12 26 (9.39%) Integration Patterns
13 25 (9.03%) Data Analysis
13 25 (9.03%) Data Integration
14 23 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
14 23 (8.30%) Test Automation
15 22 (7.94%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 155 (55.96%) SQL
2 88 (31.77%) PL/SQL
3 51 (18.41%) C#
4 36 (13.00%) Python
5 33 (11.91%) Shell Script
6 32 (11.55%) Java
7 22 (7.94%) T-SQL
8 18 (6.50%) JavaScript
9 17 (6.14%) VB
9 17 (6.14%) VBA
10 13 (4.69%) Perl
11 10 (3.61%) Formula Language
11 10 (3.61%) LotusScript
12 9 (3.25%) Groovy
13 7 (2.53%) Korn
13 7 (2.53%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.17%) Bash
15 5 (1.81%) PHP
15 5 (1.81%) VB.NET
16 4 (1.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (31.41%) Security Cleared
2 71 (25.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.05%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.61%) Degree
5 8 (2.89%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (1.81%) OCP
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.72%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.30%) QA
2 15 (5.42%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.89%) GDPR
4 5 (1.81%) SLA
5 3 (1.08%) FATCA
5 3 (1.08%) SEPA
6 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 29 (10.47%) Docker
2 18 (6.50%) Oracle RAC
3 10 (3.61%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.17%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.08%) NFS
5 3 (1.08%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.86%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (5.05%) Data Guard
4 12 (4.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (3.61%) Terraform
6 7 (2.53%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.53%) CA Wily
7 6 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.17%) Tivoli
8 5 (1.81%) Ansible
8 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.44%) Grafana
9 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.72%) Foglight
10 2 (0.72%) Kibana
10 2 (0.72%) systemd
11 1 (0.36%) Control-M
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 277 (100.00%) Oracle
2 58 (20.94%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.30%) Citrix
4 20 (7.22%) IBM
5 10 (3.61%) Lotus
5 10 (3.61%) Splunk
6 9 (3.25%) Kofax
6 9 (3.25%) Talend
7 7 (2.53%) AppDynamics
7 7 (2.53%) Broadcom
7 7 (2.53%) Denodo
8 5 (1.81%) Databricks
8 5 (1.81%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.44%) Alteryx
10 3 (1.08%) Pega
10 3 (1.08%) SAP
10 3 (1.08%) VMware
11 2 (0.72%) NEC
11 2 (0.72%) OpenText
11 2 (0.72%) Teradata
44 Oracle Database jobs in England