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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 210 237
Rank change year-on-year -75 +27 +46
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 127 138 152
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 1.09% 0.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.00% 4.91% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 118 121
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £610
90th Percentile £667 £729 £688
England median daily rate £481 £533 £486
% change year-on-year -9.62% +9.57% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £91.25 £91.25
Median hourly rate - £92.50 £92.50
75th Percentile - £93.75 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £88.50
% change year-on-year -19.26% +4.52% +22.07%

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 3,173 2,809 3,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.05% 22.18% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,164 2,001 2,732
10th Percentile £363 £375 £377
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
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 23 30 39
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £28.56 £28.60 £26.02
Median hourly rate £46.50 £42.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% -5.00% +3.14%
75th Percentile £66.88 £60.25 £53.13
90th Percentile £89.50 £77.63 £65.03
England median hourly rate £50.00 £33.81 £40.25
% change year-on-year +47.91% -16.01% -28.63%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -13 8 £538 +3.37% 5
South London -12 3 £300 -58.62%
East London -4 2 £416 +4.00% 1
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 16 (12.60%) IIS
1 16 (12.60%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.66%) HCL Notes
3 10 (7.87%) Mendix
4 4 (3.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (2.36%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.36%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.57%) nginx
7 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.79%) Appian
7 1 (0.79%) JBoss
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.79%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.79%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.20%) Azure
2 19 (14.96%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (8.66%) Azure Functions
3 11 (8.66%) Azure Logic Apps
3 11 (8.66%) Azure Service Bus
3 11 (8.66%) Power Automate
3 11 (8.66%) Power Platform
3 11 (8.66%) PowerApps
3 11 (8.66%) Serverless
4 10 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.09%) AWS
6 8 (6.30%) Collibra
7 6 (4.72%) Azure API Management
8 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
8 4 (3.15%) OCI
9 3 (2.36%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.57%) GCP
11 1 (0.79%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.66%) Internet
2 7 (5.51%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) LAN
3 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (30.71%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.45%) Metadata
3 11 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (8.66%) Power BI
4 8 (6.30%) Relational Database
5 7 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (4.72%) RDBMS
6 6 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (3.15%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (3.15%) SQLPlus
8 3 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (2.36%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (2.36%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.36%) Tableau
9 2 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 9 (7.09%) JIRA
2 6 (4.72%) JUnit
3 5 (3.94%) Toad
4 4 (3.15%) Ant
4 4 (3.15%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.15%) SoapUI
5 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.79%) Git
6 1 (0.79%) GitLab
6 1 (0.79%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.79%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.79%) JMeter
6 1 (0.79%) Mockito
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.79%) Selenium
6 1 (0.79%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.79%) TestDirector
General
1 49 (38.58%) Finance
2 37 (29.13%) Banking
3 32 (25.20%) Social Skills
4 15 (11.81%) Financial Institution
5 8 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.51%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.94%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (52.76%) Developer
2 31 (24.41%) C# Developer
3 15 (11.81%) DBA
3 15 (11.81%) Oracle DBA
4 12 (9.45%) Architect
5 11 (8.66%) Power Platform Developer
6 10 (7.87%) Oracle Developer
7 9 (7.09%) Administrator
8 8 (6.30%) Applications Developer
8 8 (6.30%) C# Application Developer
9 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared DBA
10 6 (4.72%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (4.72%) Site Engineer
10 6 (4.72%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Data Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Lead
11 5 (3.94%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 5 (3.94%) SQL Developer
11 5 (3.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (37.80%) .NET
2 26 (20.47%) .NET Framework
3 16 (12.60%) React
4 14 (11.02%) WinForms
5 11 (8.66%) WPF
6 10 (7.87%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (7.09%) HTML
7 9 (7.09%) XML
8 7 (5.51%) Kafka
8 7 (5.51%) Middleware
8 7 (5.51%) SOAP
9 6 (4.72%) .NET Core
9 6 (4.72%) CSS
9 6 (4.72%) IBM Integration Bus
10 4 (3.15%) HTML5
11 3 (2.36%) JMS
11 3 (2.36%) REST
11 3 (2.36%) Spring
11 3 (2.36%) WCF
12 2 (1.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (7.87%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.51%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.51%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.15%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (3.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.36%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.36%) Derivative
5 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.36%) Market Risk
5 3 (2.36%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.79%) Clustering
7 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.83%) Windows
2 21 (16.54%) Linux
3 11 (8.66%) Unix
4 10 (7.87%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.94%) AIX
6 4 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.36%) Solaris
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (29.13%) DevOps
2 27 (21.26%) ETL
3 24 (18.90%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (18.11%) Data Analysis
4 23 (18.11%) Performance Tuning
5 22 (17.32%) CI/CD
5 22 (17.32%) Unit Testing
6 21 (16.54%) Agile
6 21 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.75%) Migration
8 17 (13.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (11.81%) AI
9 15 (11.81%) Data Management
9 15 (11.81%) Data Migration
10 14 (11.02%) High Availability
11 13 (10.24%) API Integration
11 13 (10.24%) Decision-Making
11 13 (10.24%) SDLC
12 12 (9.45%) Data Governance
12 12 (9.45%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 82 (64.57%) SQL
2 54 (42.52%) PL/SQL
3 51 (40.16%) C#
4 23 (18.11%) T-SQL
5 21 (16.54%) Python
6 15 (11.81%) Java
7 14 (11.02%) JavaScript
8 11 (8.66%) Formula Language
8 11 (8.66%) LotusScript
8 11 (8.66%) VB
8 11 (8.66%) VBA
9 10 (7.87%) Perl
10 6 (4.72%) Korn
10 6 (4.72%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.15%) PHP
11 4 (3.15%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (25.98%) Security Cleared
2 24 (18.90%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.45%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) Degree
5 3 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.57%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.90%) QA
2 4 (3.15%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.15%) SEPA
3 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.57%) MiFID
3 2 (1.57%) NIST
3 2 (1.57%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (4.72%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (3.15%) Docker
3 2 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.15%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (2.36%) Terraform
3 2 (1.57%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.79%) Foglight
4 1 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ZFS
4 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 127 (100.00%) Oracle
2 24 (18.90%) Microsoft
3 20 (15.75%) Citrix
4 11 (8.66%) Lotus
5 10 (7.87%) IBM
5 10 (7.87%) Kofax
6 5 (3.94%) Databricks
7 3 (2.36%) Pega
7 3 (2.36%) VMware
8 2 (1.57%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.57%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.57%) Informatica
8 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.79%) Google
9 1 (0.79%) Perforce
9 1 (0.79%) Reuters