Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in England is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 472 508
Rank change year-on-year -7 +36 +110
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 43 40 70
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 52
10th Percentile £316 £313 £380
25th Percentile £365 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +21.88% -25.58%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £488
90th Percentile £712 £700 £538
UK median daily rate £456 £488 £410
% change year-on-year -6.41% +18.90% -21.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - £59.70
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £62.05
75th Percentile £77.50 - £64.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £62.05

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 26,518 28,943 37,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 93.00% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,019 17,661 26,067
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,554 1,102 1,422
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.07 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.06 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -10.35% +53.43%
75th Percentile £51.44 £66.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +57.89%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in England

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in England

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle DBA in England over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle DBA in England

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in England

Oracle DBA
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 DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. 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
North of England -27 9 £365 - 2
South West - 9 £693 - 1
Yorkshire - 8 £358 - 1
Midlands -15 7 £349 -17.94% 4
London -23 7 £563 +14.80%
South East - 7 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 7 £349 - 4
North West -25 1 £450 - 1
Oracle DBA
UK

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Oracle DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Oracle
2 42 (97.67%) Oracle Database
3 24 (55.81%) Oracle RMAN
4 23 (53.49%) Data Guard
5 19 (44.19%) Oracle RAC
6 18 (41.86%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (37.21%) SQL
8 15 (34.88%) Linux
8 15 (34.88%) PL/SQL
9 13 (30.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (27.91%) Python
10 12 (27.91%) Unix
11 11 (25.58%) Azure
12 10 (23.26%) MySQL
13 9 (20.93%) Line Management
13 9 (20.93%) Migration
13 9 (20.93%) Oracle Exadata
13 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
13 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (18.60%) AWS
14 8 (18.60%) Capacity Planning
14 8 (18.60%) DevOps
14 8 (18.60%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (18.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
14 8 (18.60%) Shell Script
14 8 (18.60%) Windows
15 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
15 7 (16.28%) SQL Server

Oracle DBA Skill Set
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 3 (6.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (6.98%) Oracle Workflow
1 3 (6.98%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (6.98%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (6.98%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 5 (11.63%) OCI
4 3 (6.98%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (97.67%) Oracle Database
2 10 (23.26%) MySQL
3 9 (20.93%) Oracle Exadata
4 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
5 6 (13.95%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (11.63%) Relational Database
7 4 (9.30%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (6.98%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (4.65%) RDBMS
10 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
10 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
10 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database 11g
10 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (13.95%) Finance
1 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
1 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
2 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.30%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Electronics
4 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.98%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (4.65%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.33%) JSON
3 1 (2.33%) Kafka
3 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (13.95%) Replication
3 5 (11.63%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (9.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.88%) Linux
2 12 (27.91%) Unix
3 8 (18.60%) Windows
4 3 (6.98%) Solaris
5 1 (2.33%) AIX
5 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Performance Tuning
2 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.93%) Line Management
3 9 (20.93%) Migration
3 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (18.60%) Capacity Planning
4 8 (18.60%) DevOps
4 8 (18.60%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (13.95%) Agile
6 6 (13.95%) Task Automation
7 5 (11.63%) Change Management
7 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
7 5 (11.63%) Database Migration
7 5 (11.63%) Database Security
7 5 (11.63%) High Availability
8 4 (9.30%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (6.98%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (6.98%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) SQL
2 15 (34.88%) PL/SQL
3 12 (27.91%) Python
4 8 (18.60%) Shell Script
5 3 (6.98%) Bash
5 3 (6.98%) Perl
5 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) OCP
3 5 (11.63%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (6.98%) NFS
Systems Management
1 24 (55.81%) Oracle RMAN
2 23 (53.49%) Data Guard
3 13 (30.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Ansible
4 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (4.65%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (4.65%) yum
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) Sybase
5 1 (2.33%) Delphix
5 1 (2.33%) EMC
5 1 (2.33%) Red Hat