Oracle Database Contract Job Trends in London

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 221 243
Rank change year-on-year -66 +22 +45
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 131 129 153
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 1.02% 0.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.99% 4.60% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 109 117
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £520 £486
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +7.00% +21.50%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £631
90th Percentile £690 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.02% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year -19.26% +230.36% -61.38%

All Database & BI Skills
London

Oracle Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,280 2,805 3,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.96% 22.15% 20.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,262 1,991 2,750
10th Percentile £363 £375 £377
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £552 £558
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% -0.99% -3.04%
75th Percentile £631 £712 £696
90th Percentile £749 £834 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 33 38
10th Percentile £18.53 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £30.74 £28.60 £25.48
Median hourly rate £45.50 £42.50 £45.53
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% -6.65% +4.35%
75th Percentile £61.13 £60.75 £54.03
90th Percentile £85.50 £78.50 £63.98
England median hourly rate £48.72 £32.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year +47.82% -17.60% -28.19%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in London

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in London over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in London

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Database within the London region over the 6 months to 8 April 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
Central London -21 7 £550 +17.33% 5
South London -13 3 £300 -58.62%
East London -2 2 £416 +4.00% 1
West London -20 2 - - 2
Oracle Database
England

Oracle Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 17 (12.98%) IIS
2 16 (12.21%) SharePoint
3 11 (8.40%) HCL Notes
4 10 (7.63%) Mendix
5 5 (3.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (2.29%) Tomcat
6 3 (2.29%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.53%) nginx
8 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.76%) Appian
8 1 (0.76%) JBoss
8 1 (0.76%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Oracle 11i
1 4 (3.05%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.29%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.76%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.76%) Endur
3 1 (0.76%) Finacle
3 1 (0.76%) Findur
3 1 (0.76%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.76%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.43%) Azure
2 19 (14.50%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (9.16%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.40%) Azure Functions
4 11 (8.40%) Azure Logic Apps
4 11 (8.40%) Azure Service Bus
4 11 (8.40%) Power Automate
4 11 (8.40%) PowerApps
4 11 (8.40%) Serverless
5 10 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.11%) Collibra
7 7 (5.34%) AWS
8 6 (4.58%) Azure API Management
9 4 (3.05%) OCI
10 3 (2.29%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.29%) Google Ads
10 3 (2.29%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.76%) Apigee
11 1 (0.76%) GCP
11 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.16%) Internet
2 7 (5.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (31.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.69%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (9.16%) Power BI
4 11 (8.40%) Metadata
5 9 (6.87%) Relational Database
6 7 (5.34%) RDBMS
7 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (3.05%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (3.05%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (2.29%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (2.29%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.29%) Tableau
11 2 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.53%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) JIRA
2 6 (4.58%) JUnit
3 5 (3.82%) Toad
4 4 (3.05%) Ant
4 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.05%) SoapUI
5 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.76%) Git
6 1 (0.76%) GitLab
6 1 (0.76%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.76%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.76%) JMeter
6 1 (0.76%) Mockito
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.76%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.76%) TestDirector
General
1 50 (38.17%) Finance
2 39 (29.77%) Banking
3 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Back Office
10 1 (0.76%) Front Office
10 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (51.91%) Developer
2 33 (25.19%) C# Developer
3 17 (12.98%) DBA
3 17 (12.98%) Oracle DBA
4 11 (8.40%) Architect
4 11 (8.40%) Power Platform Developer
5 9 (6.87%) Administrator
5 9 (6.87%) Oracle Developer
6 8 (6.11%) Applications Developer
6 8 (6.11%) C# Application Developer
7 7 (5.34%) SC Cleared DBA
8 6 (4.58%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (4.58%) Site Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Analyst
9 5 (3.82%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Lead
9 5 (3.82%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 5 (3.82%) SQL Developer
9 5 (3.82%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (38.17%) .NET
2 28 (21.37%) .NET Framework
3 16 (12.21%) React
4 15 (11.45%) WinForms
5 12 (9.16%) WPF
6 10 (7.63%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (6.87%) HTML
7 9 (6.87%) XML
8 7 (5.34%) .NET Core
8 7 (5.34%) Kafka
8 7 (5.34%) Middleware
8 7 (5.34%) SOAP
9 6 (4.58%) CSS
9 6 (4.58%) IBM Integration Bus
10 4 (3.05%) HTML5
11 3 (2.29%) JMS
11 3 (2.29%) REST
11 3 (2.29%) Spring
11 3 (2.29%) WCF
11 3 (2.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.45%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (7.63%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (3.05%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.29%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.29%) Derivative
6 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.29%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.76%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.90%) Windows
2 20 (15.27%) Linux
3 11 (8.40%) Unix
4 10 (7.63%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.82%) AIX
6 4 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.29%) Solaris
8 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.53%) DevOps
2 27 (20.61%) ETL
3 24 (18.32%) Data Analysis
3 24 (18.32%) Performance Tuning
4 23 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (16.79%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (16.79%) Unit Testing
6 21 (16.03%) CI/CD
7 19 (14.50%) Agile
7 19 (14.50%) Migration
8 17 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (11.45%) AI
9 15 (11.45%) Data Management
9 15 (11.45%) Data Migration
9 15 (11.45%) High Availability
10 13 (9.92%) API Integration
10 13 (9.92%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.92%) SDLC
11 12 (9.16%) Data Governance
12 11 (8.40%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 82 (62.60%) SQL
2 55 (41.98%) PL/SQL
3 53 (40.46%) C#
4 24 (18.32%) T-SQL
5 23 (17.56%) Python
6 15 (11.45%) JavaScript
7 14 (10.69%) Java
8 12 (9.16%) VB
8 12 (9.16%) VBA
9 11 (8.40%) Formula Language
9 11 (8.40%) LotusScript
10 10 (7.63%) Perl
11 7 (5.34%) Shell Script
12 6 (4.58%) Korn
12 6 (4.58%) TypeScript
13 4 (3.05%) PHP
14 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.03%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.16%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) Degree
5 3 (2.29%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.53%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.53%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (19.08%) QA
2 4 (3.05%) SEPA
3 3 (2.29%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.53%) NIST
4 2 (1.53%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.76%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (3.82%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (2.29%) Docker
3 2 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (3.82%) Data Guard
3 3 (2.29%) Ansible
3 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (1.53%) Terraform
5 1 (0.76%) Foglight
5 1 (0.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 131 (100.00%) Oracle
2 25 (19.08%) Microsoft
3 20 (15.27%) Citrix
4 11 (8.40%) IBM
4 11 (8.40%) Lotus
5 10 (7.63%) Kofax
6 5 (3.82%) Databricks
7 3 (2.29%) Pega
8 2 (1.53%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.53%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.53%) Informatica
8 2 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.53%) VMware
9 1 (0.76%) Google
9 1 (0.76%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.76%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.76%) Perforce
9 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow