Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 473 479
Rank change year-on-year -94 +6 +31
Contract Oracle DBA jobs 89 46 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 30 21
10th Percentile £413 £316 £313
25th Percentile £418 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% -5.13% +21.88%
75th Percentile £638 £579 £638
90th Percentile £724 £711 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +15.56% -7.69% +18.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 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
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 42,541 26,874 28,931
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.63% 91.23% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,018 17,275 17,657
10th Percentile £328 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £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 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,929 1,582 1,090
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.09 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.79 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.63% -12.11%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.44 £66.61
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.32 £25.15 £37.00
% change year-on-year +60.32% -32.03% -17.78%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 -48 31 £435 +21.68% 5
North West -27 23 £435 -3.33% 2
South East -48 19 £550 +10.00% 3
London -79 18 £475 -15.51% 6
South West -38 10 £760 +9.75% 3
Yorkshire -37 6 £600 +71.43%
North East - 3 £625 - 3
West Midlands -49 2 £450 +23.29%
Midlands -51 2 £450 +23.29%
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 5 November 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%89
2Oracle Database73.0%65
3Security Cleared59.6%53
4SQL55.1%49
5Performance Tuning43.8%39
6Data Guard42.7%38
7Oracle RAC36.0%32
7SC Cleared36.0%32
7SQL Server36.0%32
10Oracle RMAN33.7%30
11DV Cleared28.1%25
12Linux27.0%24
13High Availability25.8%23
14Disaster Recovery22.5%20
15AWS21.3%19
16Unix20.2%18
17ITIL19.1%17
18Database Security16.9%15
18Microsoft16.9%15
18PL/SQL16.9%15
18PostgreSQL16.9%15
22Migration15.7%14
22Root Cause Analysis15.7%14
24Database Tuning12.4%11
24Oracle EBS12.4%11
24Oracle Enterprise Manager12.4%11
27Change Management11.2%10
27Oracle Certification11.2%10
27Problem-Solving11.2%10
30Continuous Improvement10.1%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 DBA36.0%32
2Administrator31.5%28
3SC Cleared DBA14.6%13
4Senior Oracle DBA11.2%10
5DV Cleared DBA10.1%9
6Oracle Specialist7.9%7
7Support Specialist5.6%5
8Oracle Applications DBA2.2%2
8Oracle SQL Server DBA2.2%2
8Solaris Administrator2.2%2
8Unix Administrator2.2%2
8Unix DBA2.2%2
13MySQL DBA1.1%1
13PostgreSQL DBA1.1%1
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