Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in England is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 484 514
Rank change year-on-year -14 +30 +129
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 46 38 67
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 51
10th Percentile £316 £313 £380
25th Percentile £364 £408 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £496 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +24.06% -23.81%
75th Percentile £584 £664 £538
90th Percentile £710 £700 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £496 £413
% change year-on-year -9.32% +20.30% -21.43%
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 27,745 29,203 36,890
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 92.93% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 17,857 25,486
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,697 1,114 1,429
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.12 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +41.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

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 23 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 23 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 -26 10 £358 - 2
South West - 10 £675 -
Midlands -22 9 £365 -14.12%
Yorkshire - 9 £350 -
West Midlands - 9 £365 -
London -15 7 £569 +13.75%
South East - 6 £500 -
North West -21 1 £375 - 2
Oracle DBA
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 46 (100.00%) Oracle
2 45 (97.83%) Oracle Database
3 22 (47.83%) Data Guard
4 21 (45.65%) Oracle RMAN
5 16 (34.78%) Oracle RAC
5 16 (34.78%) Performance Tuning
6 15 (32.61%) SQL
7 14 (30.43%) Linux
7 14 (30.43%) PL/SQL
8 13 (28.26%) Python
9 12 (26.09%) Azure
9 12 (26.09%) Migration
9 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (23.91%) MySQL
10 11 (23.91%) Unix
11 10 (21.74%) Line Management
11 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (19.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 9 (19.57%) Oracle Exadata
12 9 (19.57%) Shell Script
13 8 (17.39%) DevOps
13 8 (17.39%) Oracle GoldenGate
13 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
13 8 (17.39%) Windows
14 7 (15.22%) AWS
14 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
15 6 (13.04%) Agile
15 6 (13.04%) Change Management
15 6 (13.04%) Microsoft

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 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) SaaS
4 2 (4.35%) OCI
5 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (97.83%) Oracle Database
2 11 (23.91%) MySQL
3 9 (19.57%) Oracle Exadata
4 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
5 6 (13.04%) Oracle Database 12c
5 6 (13.04%) Relational Database
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (6.52%) RDBMS
7 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
8 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.17%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.17%) Toad
General
1 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (15.22%) Finance
1 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) Banking
4 3 (6.52%) Electronics
4 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Back Office
6 1 (2.17%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (4.35%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (13.04%) Replication
3 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (30.43%) Linux
2 11 (23.91%) Unix
3 8 (17.39%) Windows
4 3 (6.52%) Solaris
5 1 (2.17%) AIX
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Performance Tuning
2 12 (26.09%) Migration
2 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.74%) Line Management
3 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (17.39%) DevOps
6 6 (13.04%) Agile
6 6 (13.04%) Change Management
7 5 (10.87%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
7 5 (10.87%) Database Migration
7 5 (10.87%) High Availability
8 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
8 4 (8.70%) Database Security
8 4 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
9 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (6.52%) ITIL
9 3 (6.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (32.61%) SQL
2 14 (30.43%) PL/SQL
3 13 (28.26%) Python
4 9 (19.57%) Shell Script
5 3 (6.52%) Bash
5 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.17%) Perl
6 1 (2.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) OCP
3 5 (10.87%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (34.78%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (6.52%) NFS
Systems Management
1 22 (47.83%) Data Guard
2 21 (45.65%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (19.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Ansible
4 2 (4.35%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (4.35%) yum
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) SAP
4 2 (4.35%) Sybase
5 1 (2.17%) Delphix
5 1 (2.17%) EMC
5 1 (2.17%) NEC
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat