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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 217 255
Rank change year-on-year -51 +38 +12
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 136 131 142
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 1.06% 0.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.18% 4.72% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 103 104
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £435 £531
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -18.12% +25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £628 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £494 £550
% change year-on-year +1.27% -10.23% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £46.80 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -49.41% +50.16% -15.03%

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 3,251 2,773 3,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.26% 22.43% 21.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,207 1,951 2,830
10th Percentile £363 £380 £377
25th Percentile £425 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £838 £826
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 36
10th Percentile £18.19 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.32 £25.93
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60.88 £58.75 £55.94
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.75 £69.75
England median hourly rate £45.90 £32.43 £40.25
% change year-on-year +41.54% -19.43% -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 14 May 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 14 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
Central London -18 7 £565 +29.14% 6
West London -18 5 - - 2
South London -10 3 £300 -58.62%
East London -8 1 £416 +2.07% 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 17 (12.50%) IIS
2 15 (11.03%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.82%) HCL Notes
3 12 (8.82%) Mendix
4 4 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.21%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.21%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.47%) nginx
7 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.74%) Appian
7 1 (0.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.74%) JBoss
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Finacle
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.74%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.74%) Endur
3 1 (0.74%) Findur
3 1 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.74%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.26%) Azure
2 18 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (9.56%) Power Platform
4 12 (8.82%) PowerApps
5 10 (7.35%) AWS
5 10 (7.35%) Azure Functions
5 10 (7.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (7.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 10 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.35%) Power Automate
5 10 (7.35%) Serverless
6 8 (5.88%) Collibra
7 4 (2.94%) OCI
7 4 (2.94%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.21%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.21%) GCP
8 3 (2.21%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.47%) GitHub
9 2 (1.47%) IaaS
9 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.82%) Internet
2 4 (2.94%) HTTP
3 1 (0.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (32.35%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.03%) Relational Database
3 13 (9.56%) Power BI
3 13 (9.56%) RDBMS
4 11 (8.09%) Metadata
5 9 (6.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (5.15%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (3.68%) DataStage
9 4 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.94%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (2.21%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (2.21%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (2.21%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.47%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.88%) JIRA
2 5 (3.68%) GitLab
3 4 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.94%) Toad
4 3 (2.21%) JUnit
4 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.47%) Git
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.74%) Ant
6 1 (0.74%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.74%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.74%) JMeter
6 1 (0.74%) Mockito
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.74%) SoapUI
General
1 53 (38.97%) Finance
2 42 (30.88%) Banking
3 31 (22.79%) Social Skills
4 15 (11.03%) Financial Institution
5 13 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.94%) Back Office
8 4 (2.94%) Front Office
8 4 (2.94%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (50.00%) Developer
2 34 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 22 (16.18%) DBA
4 21 (15.44%) Oracle DBA
5 12 (8.82%) Power Platform Developer
6 11 (8.09%) Oracle Developer
7 9 (6.62%) Administrator
7 9 (6.62%) Architect
7 9 (6.62%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Applications Developer
8 8 (5.88%) C# Application Developer
9 7 (5.15%) SC Cleared DBA
10 6 (4.41%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (4.41%) Senior
11 5 (3.68%) .NET Developer
11 5 (3.68%) Applications Support
11 5 (3.68%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 5 (3.68%) SQL Developer
11 5 (3.68%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (36.76%) .NET
2 29 (21.32%) .NET Framework
3 16 (11.76%) React
4 15 (11.03%) WinForms
5 12 (8.82%) WPF
6 10 (7.35%) HTML
6 10 (7.35%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (5.88%) CSS
8 7 (5.15%) .NET Core
8 7 (5.15%) Kafka
8 7 (5.15%) Middleware
9 6 (4.41%) XML
10 4 (2.94%) REST
10 4 (2.94%) Spring
10 4 (2.94%) YAML
11 3 (2.21%) HTML5
11 3 (2.21%) JSON
11 3 (2.21%) SOAP
11 3 (2.21%) Spring Boot
12 2 (1.47%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (8.82%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.21%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.21%) Derivative
6 3 (2.21%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.21%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.74%) Clustering
8 1 (0.74%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.06%) Windows
2 17 (12.50%) Linux
3 11 (8.09%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.88%) Unix
5 3 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.21%) Solaris
6 2 (1.47%) AIX
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.68%) DevOps
2 29 (21.32%) Performance Tuning
3 28 (20.59%) ETL
4 27 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (19.12%) CI/CD
6 25 (18.38%) Data Analysis
7 22 (16.18%) Migration
7 22 (16.18%) Unit Testing
8 21 (15.44%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (13.97%) Agile
11 18 (13.24%) AI
12 17 (12.50%) Decision-Making
13 16 (11.76%) High Availability
14 14 (10.29%) API Integration
14 14 (10.29%) SDLC
15 13 (9.56%) Data Management
15 13 (9.56%) Data Migration
15 13 (9.56%) Generative AI
16 11 (8.09%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 86 (63.24%) SQL
2 61 (44.85%) PL/SQL
3 52 (38.24%) C#
4 28 (20.59%) T-SQL
5 25 (18.38%) Python
6 18 (13.24%) JavaScript
7 12 (8.82%) VB
7 12 (8.82%) VBA
8 10 (7.35%) Formula Language
8 10 (7.35%) Java
8 10 (7.35%) LotusScript
9 8 (5.88%) Shell Script
10 7 (5.15%) TypeScript
11 6 (4.41%) Perl
12 4 (2.94%) PHP
13 2 (1.47%) Korn
14 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.74%) RPG
14 1 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (16.91%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) Degree
4 4 (2.94%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.47%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMP
6 1 (0.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (19.85%) QA
2 6 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.47%) SEPA
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.74%) NIST
4 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (4.41%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (2.94%) Docker
3 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.74%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.88%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (5.15%) Data Guard
3 6 (4.41%) Terraform
4 5 (3.68%) Ansible
5 4 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.47%) Grafana
7 2 (1.47%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.74%) Foglight
8 1 (0.74%) Kibana
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.74%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 136 (100.00%) Oracle
2 26 (19.12%) Microsoft
3 22 (16.18%) Citrix
4 12 (8.82%) Kofax
4 12 (8.82%) Lotus
5 8 (5.88%) Databricks
6 7 (5.15%) IBM
7 5 (3.68%) Alteryx
8 3 (2.21%) Google
8 3 (2.21%) VMware
9 2 (1.47%) Informatica
9 2 (1.47%) Pega
9 2 (1.47%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.74%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.74%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.74%) Murex
10 1 (0.74%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.74%) Talend