Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in England is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 472 473
Rank change year-on-year -92 +1 +41
Contract Oracle DBA jobs 84 46 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 31 21
10th Percentile £413 £316 £313
25th Percentile £418 £395 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +4.62% +21.88%
75th Percentile £628 £590 £638
90th Percentile £765 £710 £700
UK median daily rate £548 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +9.50% +2.56% +18.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £77.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 -
% change year-on-year +41.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 42,504 26,443 29,146
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.66% 91.17% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,078 16,993 17,828
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,835 1,517 1,124
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.00 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.48 £21.24
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -8.39%
75th Percentile £68.25 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -36.33% -12.22%

Oracle DBA Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Oracle DBA job postings 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 Oracle DBA jobs in England over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

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 Oracle DBA jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 29 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England -47 28 £435 +19.18% 1
North West -25 23 £435 -3.33%
South East -45 20 £550 +10.00%
London -77 15 £501 -11.46% 3
South West -32 10 £760 +9.75% 2
Yorkshire -40 4 £363 -0.68%
West Midlands -39 3 £500 +50.38% 2
Midlands -40 3 £500 +50.38% 2
North East - 2 £575 - 1
East of England - 2 £487 -
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Oracle DBA Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, Oracle DBA contract job ads cited 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 Oracle DBA job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Oracle100.0%84
2Oracle Database73.8%62
3Security Cleared63.1%53
4SQL57.1%48
5Data Guard45.2%38
6Performance Tuning41.7%35
7Oracle RAC38.1%32
8SQL Server36.9%31
9Oracle RMAN35.7%30
9SC Cleared35.7%30
11DV Cleared32.1%27
12Linux28.6%24
13High Availability26.2%22
14AWS20.2%17
14Disaster Recovery20.2%17
14ITIL20.2%17
14Unix20.2%17
18PL/SQL19.0%16
19Microsoft16.7%14
19PostgreSQL16.7%14
19Root Cause Analysis16.7%14
22Database Security14.3%12
23Migration13.1%11
23Oracle Enterprise Manager13.1%11
25Oracle Certification11.9%10
25Oracle Database 11g11.9%10
25Problem-Solving11.9%10
28Database Tuning10.7%9
28Incident Management10.7%9
28Oracle EBS10.7%9

Oracle DBA Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1SQL DBA38.1%32
2Administrator36.9%31
3SC Cleared DBA11.9%10
4DV Cleared DBA10.7%9
4Senior Oracle DBA10.7%9
6Oracle Specialist8.3%7
7Support Specialist6.0%5
8Oracle Applications DBA2.4%2
8Oracle SQL Server DBA2.4%2
8Solaris Administrator2.4%2
8Unix Administrator2.4%2
8Unix DBA2.4%2
13MySQL DBA1.2%1
13PostgreSQL DBA1.2%1
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