Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 441 486
Rank change year-on-year -30 +45 +87
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 117 25 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 15 31
10th Percentile £365 £374 £313
25th Percentile £431 £431 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £461
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +13.76% -4.85%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £644
90th Percentile £675 £590 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £28.00
UK median hourly rate - - £28.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 38,465 21,947 33,912
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.32% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,812 14,594 22,464
10th Percentile £322 £293 £283
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,684 883 2,505
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -22.00% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.94 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.55
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.38% -24.58% -18.89%

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 27 May 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 IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
North of England -38 36 £650 +26.83%
South East -31 32 £550 +10.00% 5
London -59 25 £500 -4.76% 3
Yorkshire -35 20 £525 -8.70%
North West -26 15 £650 +44.44%
Midlands - 15 £525 -
West Midlands - 11 £550 -
South West - 5 £606 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £463 -
North East - 1 £501 -
East of England - 1 £400 - 2
Oracle DBA
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, 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.

1 117 (100.00%) Oracle
2 99 (84.62%) Oracle Database
3 57 (48.72%) Security Cleared
4 47 (40.17%) Oracle RMAN
5 44 (37.61%) SQL
6 38 (32.48%) High Availability
7 37 (31.62%) SC Cleared
8 31 (26.50%) Oracle RAC
9 30 (25.64%) Performance Tuning
10 29 (24.79%) Linux
11 28 (23.93%) Data Guard
12 26 (22.22%) SQL Server
13 24 (20.51%) PL/SQL
13 24 (20.51%) Unix
14 23 (19.66%) AWS
15 22 (18.80%) DV Cleared
16 21 (17.95%) Migration
17 19 (16.24%) PostgreSQL
18 18 (15.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
19 17 (14.53%) Oracle Database 12c
20 16 (13.68%) ITIL
20 16 (13.68%) Oracle GoldenGate
20 16 (13.68%) Shell Script
21 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
22 13 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
22 13 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
22 13 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
23 12 (10.26%) Amazon RDS
24 11 (9.40%) Oracle Database 11g
25 10 (8.55%) Korn

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 8 (6.84%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.56%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.71%) Liferay
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (5.98%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (5.13%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (2.56%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.66%) AWS
2 8 (6.84%) OCI
3 6 (5.13%) Amazon S3
3 6 (5.13%) Azure
4 3 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (2.56%) Azure Storage
4 3 (2.56%) PaaS
5 2 (1.71%) IaaS
6 1 (0.85%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (84.62%) Oracle Database
2 26 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 19 (16.24%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (14.53%) Oracle Database 12c
5 13 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (10.26%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (9.40%) Oracle Database 11g
8 9 (7.69%) MySQL
9 7 (5.98%) MongoDB
10 6 (5.13%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (3.42%) DynamoDB
11 4 (3.42%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (3.42%) SQLPlus
12 3 (2.56%) Oracle Database 10g
12 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (1.71%) DB2
13 2 (1.71%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Oracle APEX
2 4 (3.42%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Developer 2000
General
1 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
1 10 (8.55%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.98%) Finance
3 2 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (1.71%) Banking
3 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.85%) Billing
4 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (0.85%) International Banking
4 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.85%) Legal
4 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.85%) Military
4 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.68%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (2.56%) Middleware
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.71%) REST
4 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.71%) Replication
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.85%) Life Science
5 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.79%) Linux
2 24 (20.51%) Unix
3 8 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.42%) Oracle Linux
4 4 (3.42%) Windows
5 3 (2.56%) AIX
6 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.85%) HPUX
7 1 (0.85%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.85%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.48%) High Availability
2 30 (25.64%) Performance Tuning
3 21 (17.95%) Migration
4 16 (13.68%) ITIL
5 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (8.55%) Performance Optimisation
7 10 (8.55%) Release Management
8 9 (7.69%) Database Security
8 9 (7.69%) Database Tuning
9 8 (6.84%) Data Migration
9 8 (6.84%) DevOps
10 7 (5.98%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (5.98%) Runbook
10 7 (5.98%) SQL Optimisation
10 7 (5.98%) Task Automation
11 6 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (5.13%) Performance Monitoring
11 6 (5.13%) Statistics
12 5 (4.27%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.61%) SQL
2 24 (20.51%) PL/SQL
3 16 (13.68%) Shell Script
4 10 (8.55%) Korn
5 7 (5.98%) Python
6 2 (1.71%) Perl
7 1 (0.85%) Bash
7 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.85%) RPG
7 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (48.72%) Security Cleared
2 37 (31.62%) SC Cleared
3 22 (18.80%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.13%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (4.27%) OCP
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.71%) Degree
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) QA
2 4 (3.42%) SLA
3 3 (2.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) NIST
4 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (26.50%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.56%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 47 (40.17%) Oracle RMAN
2 28 (23.93%) Data Guard
3 18 (15.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (2.56%) Ansible
4 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.71%) Foglight
5 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.71%) systemd
5 2 (1.71%) Terraform
6 1 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 117 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.42%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.85%) EMC
4 1 (0.85%) IBM
4 1 (0.85%) NetCracker
4 1 (0.85%) Wonderware