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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 233 235
Rank change year-on-year -69 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 137 135 181
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 1.00% 1.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.93% 4.66% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 102 131
10th Percentile £404 £366 £363
25th Percentile £416 £385 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £486
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -16.15% +3.13%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £599
90th Percentile £680 £736 £700
England median daily rate £525 £438 £484
% change year-on-year +20.03% -9.56% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £83.75 £61.60
% change year-on-year -50.20% +35.96% -9.74%

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 3,488 2,899 4,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.70% 21.47% 23.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,352 2,031 3,059
10th Percentile £363 £381 £370
25th Percentile £435 £449 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 32
10th Percentile £18.94 £25.40 £20.98
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £26.56
Median hourly rate £41.00 £42.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -9.19% -27.17%
75th Percentile £60.12 £61.25 £52.56
90th Percentile £76.50 £79.25 £71.95
England median hourly rate £38.25 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.33% -36.00%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -5 17 £645 +54.95% 3
West London -9 11 - - 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 19 (13.87%) IIS
2 8 (5.84%) Oracle Workflow
3 6 (4.38%) Appian
4 5 (3.65%) Camunda
4 5 (3.65%) Confluence
4 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.92%) HCL Notes
5 4 (2.92%) JBoss
5 4 (2.92%) Mendix
5 4 (2.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (2.92%) WebLogic
6 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (2.19%) Tomcat
7 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (1.46%) nginx
8 1 (0.73%) SAS
8 1 (0.73%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Finacle
2 9 (6.57%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (4.38%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (4.38%) Oracle BPM
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (2.19%) Temenos T24
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.73%) Endur
7 1 (0.73%) Findur
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.73%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.60%) Azure
2 8 (5.84%) AWS
2 8 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.38%) OCI
3 6 (4.38%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.65%) Collibra
5 4 (2.92%) GCP
5 4 (2.92%) OpenShift
5 4 (2.92%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.19%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.46%) GitHub
7 2 (1.46%) IaaS
7 2 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.46%) SaaS
7 2 (1.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.03%) Internet
2 2 (1.46%) HTTP
3 1 (0.73%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (32.85%) SQL Server
2 19 (13.87%) Relational Database
3 16 (11.68%) RDBMS
4 9 (6.57%) Metadata
5 8 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (4.38%) Oracle Exadata
6 6 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (4.38%) Power BI
7 5 (3.65%) Data Mart
7 5 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.92%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (2.19%) DataStage
9 3 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (2.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (1.46%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.46%) MySQL
10 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.46%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 9 (6.57%) JIRA
2 6 (4.38%) GitLab
3 5 (3.65%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.92%) Git
5 3 (2.19%) JDeveloper
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.46%) JMeter
6 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.73%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.73%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.73%) JUnit
7 1 (0.73%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.73%) Mockito
7 1 (0.73%) PeopleTools
7 1 (0.73%) VersionOne
General
1 58 (42.34%) Finance
2 47 (34.31%) Banking
3 32 (23.36%) Social Skills
4 23 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.30%) Back Office
5 10 (7.30%) Front Office
6 9 (6.57%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.19%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.46%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.73%) International Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Local Government
10 1 (0.73%) Police
10 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (43.07%) Developer
2 32 (23.36%) C# Developer
3 17 (12.41%) DBA
4 16 (11.68%) Oracle DBA
5 14 (10.22%) Architect
6 13 (9.49%) Oracle Developer
7 11 (8.03%) Applications Support
7 11 (8.03%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Lead
8 10 (7.30%) Systems Support
9 9 (6.57%) Senior
10 6 (4.38%) Applications Developer
10 6 (4.38%) C# Application Developer
10 6 (4.38%) Oracle Architect
11 5 (3.65%) BPM Developer
11 5 (3.65%) Database Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Lead Data Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) SQL Developer
12 4 (2.92%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (34.31%) .NET
2 34 (24.82%) .NET Framework
3 11 (8.03%) WinForms
3 11 (8.03%) WPF
4 8 (5.84%) React
5 7 (5.11%) .NET Core
5 7 (5.11%) CSS
5 7 (5.11%) HTML
5 7 (5.11%) Middleware
5 7 (5.11%) XML
6 6 (4.38%) Kafka
7 5 (3.65%) JSON
7 5 (3.65%) REST
8 4 (2.92%) Spring
8 4 (2.92%) YAML
9 3 (2.19%) SOAP
9 3 (2.19%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
10 2 (1.46%) OAuth2
10 2 (1.46%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.60%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (9.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 10 (7.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.84%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.65%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.19%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.73%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.73%) Clustering
10 1 (0.73%) Derivative
10 1 (0.73%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.73%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.47%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Linux
3 12 (8.76%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.57%) Unix
5 3 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.19%) Solaris
6 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.73%) AIX
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.20%) DevOps
2 32 (23.36%) Data Analysis
3 31 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (21.90%) Migration
5 25 (18.25%) CI/CD
5 25 (18.25%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (16.79%) AI
6 23 (16.79%) Performance Tuning
7 21 (15.33%) Agile
7 21 (15.33%) ETL
8 18 (13.14%) Decision-Making
9 17 (12.41%) Mentoring
10 16 (11.68%) Generative AI
10 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (11.68%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (10.22%) Change Management
11 14 (10.22%) Unit Testing
12 13 (9.49%) Data Modelling
13 12 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (8.03%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 89 (64.96%) SQL
2 58 (42.34%) PL/SQL
3 48 (35.04%) C#
4 31 (22.63%) T-SQL
5 30 (21.90%) Python
6 11 (8.03%) Java
6 11 (8.03%) VB
6 11 (8.03%) VBA
7 9 (6.57%) JavaScript
7 9 (6.57%) Shell Script
8 7 (5.11%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.46%) C
9 2 (1.46%) Formula Language
9 2 (1.46%) LotusScript
9 2 (1.46%) ProC
10 1 (0.73%) C++
10 1 (0.73%) Groovy
10 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.73%) RPG
10 1 (0.73%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.57%) Degree
4 6 (4.38%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.73%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (18.25%) QA
2 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.73%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.73%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (4.38%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (2.92%) Docker
3 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.73%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.30%) Terraform
2 8 (5.84%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (5.11%) Data Guard
3 7 (5.11%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.65%) Ansible
5 2 (1.46%) Grafana
5 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.73%) Kibana
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.73%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 137 (100.00%) Oracle
2 27 (19.71%) Citrix
3 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
4 11 (8.03%) Databricks
5 9 (6.57%) IBM
6 5 (3.65%) OpenText
7 4 (2.92%) Google
7 4 (2.92%) Kofax
7 4 (2.92%) Lotus
8 3 (2.19%) Alteryx
8 3 (2.19%) jBASE
8 3 (2.19%) Temenos
8 3 (2.19%) VMware
9 2 (1.46%) Murex
9 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.46%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.73%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.73%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.73%) Talend