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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 207 247
Rank change year-on-year -30 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 135 163 163
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.93% 1.18% 0.88%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.64% 5.46% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 123 134
10th Percentile £385 - £382
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £535 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +18.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £549 £621 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £638
England median daily rate £452 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -17.91% +10.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.00 £91.25 £91.25
Median hourly rate £105.00 £92.50 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% - +42.31%
75th Percentile £110.00 £93.75 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.68 £92.50 £88.50
% change year-on-year -19.26% +4.52% +10.63%

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 2,908 2,988 3,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.03% 21.66% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,006 2,040 2,621
10th Percentile £352 £363 £382
25th Percentile £415 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £558
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +1.35% -7.08%
75th Percentile £644 £699 £680
90th Percentile £750 £834 £775
England median daily rate £500 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 43
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £29.56 £27.64 £26.02
Median hourly rate £46.50 £40.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -4.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £73.50 £57.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £89.00 £79.13 £64.35
England median hourly rate £44.25 £38.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year +16.11% -10.33% -25.26%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -7 8 £525 +0.96% 1
East London +1 4 £478 +19.50%
South London -2 4 £300 -58.62%
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 (11.85%) IIS
1 16 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.41%) HCL Notes
3 9 (6.67%) Mendix
4 5 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (2.22%) LiveLink
6 2 (1.48%) Apache
6 2 (1.48%) Confluence
6 2 (1.48%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.74%) Appian
7 1 (0.74%) JBoss
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.74%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.48%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.74%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.44%) Azure
2 13 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (8.15%) AWS
3 11 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.41%) Azure Functions
4 10 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (7.41%) Azure Service Bus
4 10 (7.41%) Power Automate
4 10 (7.41%) PowerApps
4 10 (7.41%) Serverless
5 9 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.44%) Azure API Management
7 5 (3.70%) Collibra
7 5 (3.70%) OCI
8 4 (2.96%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.22%) GCP
9 3 (2.22%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.48%) GitHub
11 1 (0.74%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.41%) Internet
2 5 (3.70%) HTTP
3 1 (0.74%) LAN
3 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (8.15%) Power BI
4 9 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (5.93%) Relational Database
6 7 (5.19%) Metadata
6 7 (5.19%) Oracle Exadata
6 7 (5.19%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (4.44%) Oracle ODI
7 6 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.70%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (3.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (3.70%) RDBMS
8 5 (3.70%) Tableau
9 4 (2.96%) DataStage
9 4 (2.96%) EDRMS
9 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (2.96%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (2.22%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (6.67%) JIRA
2 8 (5.93%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.93%) JUnit
3 6 (4.44%) SoapUI
4 5 (3.70%) Toad
5 4 (2.96%) Ant
6 3 (2.22%) Git
6 3 (2.22%) Maven
6 3 (2.22%) Mockito
7 2 (1.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.48%) GitLab
7 2 (1.48%) Postman
7 2 (1.48%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.48%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.48%) Subversion
7 2 (1.48%) Xcode
7 2 (1.48%) XCTest
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.74%) Selenium
8 1 (0.74%) TestComplete
General
1 51 (37.78%) Finance
2 38 (28.15%) Social Skills
3 33 (24.44%) Banking
4 16 (11.85%) Financial Institution
5 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.74%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Retail
9 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (48.89%) Developer
2 27 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 16 (11.85%) DBA
3 16 (11.85%) Oracle DBA
4 12 (8.89%) C# WPF Developer
4 12 (8.89%) Oracle Developer
4 12 (8.89%) WPF Developer
5 11 (8.15%) Administrator
6 10 (7.41%) .NET Developer
6 10 (7.41%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (7.41%) Power Platform Developer
7 8 (5.93%) Linux Administrator
8 7 (5.19%) Architect
8 7 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 7 (5.19%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (4.44%) C# WCF Developer
9 6 (4.44%) SC Cleared DBA
9 6 (4.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (28.15%) .NET
2 22 (16.30%) .NET Framework
3 17 (12.59%) WPF
4 14 (10.37%) Kafka
5 13 (9.63%) WinForms
6 11 (8.15%) REST
7 10 (7.41%) React
7 10 (7.41%) SOAP
8 9 (6.67%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (6.67%) Middleware
8 9 (6.67%) XML
9 7 (5.19%) HTML
10 6 (4.44%) HTML5
10 6 (4.44%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (4.44%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 6 (4.44%) WCF
11 5 (3.70%) Spring
12 4 (2.96%) CSS
12 4 (2.96%) Spring Boot
12 4 (2.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.67%) Low-Code
2 8 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.70%) Replication
4 4 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.22%) Clustering
5 3 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.48%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.48%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.48%) Derivative
6 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.48%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.48%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (22.96%) Windows
2 26 (19.26%) Linux
3 16 (11.85%) Unix
4 7 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.70%) AIX
5 5 (3.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.70%) Migration
2 30 (22.22%) Agile
2 30 (22.22%) DevOps
3 27 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (19.26%) ETL
4 26 (19.26%) Performance Tuning
5 20 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (14.07%) Data Migration
7 18 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 18 (13.33%) Unit Testing
8 17 (12.59%) Data Analysis
9 15 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 15 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (11.11%) SDLC
10 12 (8.89%) API Integration
10 12 (8.89%) Data Management
10 12 (8.89%) High Availability
11 10 (7.41%) Analytics
11 10 (7.41%) Business Continuity
12 9 (6.67%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 94 (69.63%) SQL
2 63 (46.67%) PL/SQL
3 42 (31.11%) C#
4 21 (15.56%) T-SQL
5 20 (14.81%) Java
6 17 (12.59%) VB
7 16 (11.85%) JavaScript
7 16 (11.85%) VBA
8 15 (11.11%) Python
9 12 (8.89%) Shell Script
10 10 (7.41%) Formula Language
10 10 (7.41%) LotusScript
10 10 (7.41%) Perl
11 6 (4.44%) Korn
11 6 (4.44%) VB.NET
12 5 (3.70%) Bash
13 4 (2.96%) PHP
14 2 (1.48%) C++
14 2 (1.48%) Groovy
14 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (27.41%) Security Cleared
2 29 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.96%) Degree
5 3 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.48%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) OCP
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.33%) QA
2 6 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.22%) SEPA
4 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.48%) MiFID
4 2 (1.48%) NIST
4 2 (1.48%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
System Software
1 11 (8.15%) Oracle RAC
2 5 (3.70%) Docker
3 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.44%) Data Guard
1 6 (4.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.48%) Ansible
4 2 (1.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.74%) Ambari
5 1 (0.74%) Foglight
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.74%) Puppet
5 1 (0.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (100.00%) Oracle
2 20 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.11%) Citrix
4 10 (7.41%) Lotus
5 9 (6.67%) Kofax
6 6 (4.44%) IBM
7 4 (2.96%) Alteryx
7 4 (2.96%) Databricks
8 3 (2.22%) Pega
8 3 (2.22%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.22%) Splunk
8 3 (2.22%) VMware
9 2 (1.48%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (1.48%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.48%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.48%) Informatica
9 2 (1.48%) OpenText
9 2 (1.48%) SAP
10 1 (0.74%) Perforce
10 1 (0.74%) Siebel