Oracle Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Oracle
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring knowledge or experience of Oracle products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Oracle over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 3 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.19% 2.78% 4.66%
As % of the Vendors category 3.33% 5.49% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile £613 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £638 £494 -
90th Percentile - £498 -
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -15.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £38.21 - £36.94
25th Percentile £39.64 - -
Median hourly rate £43.15 £30.40 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -33.74% +13.03%
75th Percentile £45.54 - £47.79
90th Percentile £46.30 - £48.43
North West median hourly rate £41.86 £30.40 £36.94
% change year-on-year +37.68% -17.70% -8.99%

All Vendors
Lancashire

Oracle falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 90 91 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 35.57% 50.56% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 50 37
10th Percentile £209 £408 £298
25th Percentile £314 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +7.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £614 £720
90th Percentile £693 £663 £778
North West median daily rate £469 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% -1.60% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 37
10th Percentile £29.42 - -
25th Percentile £42.03 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +83.57% +79.02% -62.21%
75th Percentile £67.92 £51.34 £43.10
90th Percentile £74.26 £63.00 £46.18
North West median hourly rate £31.36 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -3.52% +102.37% -57.17%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Oracle job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Oracle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Oracle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Oracle

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Preston -2 1 - -
Oracle
North West

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) ClearCase
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Rational Robot
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Coded UI
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) WinForms
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) COM
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) XSD
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) SOLID
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VB
1 2 (66.67%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared