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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 193 234
Rank change year-on-year -46 +41 +20
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 141 197 173
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.32% 0.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.74% 6.18% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 148 140
10th Percentile £359 £385 £374
25th Percentile £404 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £546 £411
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% +32.83% -13.42%
75th Percentile £549 £639 £576
90th Percentile £663 £699 £638
England median daily rate £448 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -18.55% +14.58% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 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 £105.00 £82.50 £88.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% -6.78% +60.91%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 2,977 3,186 3,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.59% 21.38% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,068 2,196 2,596
10th Percentile £361 £363 £382
25th Percentile £415 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £573
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -0.83% -4.58%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 38
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £20.13
25th Percentile £30.42 £27.67 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.50 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -5.56% -16.28%
75th Percentile £67.38 £58.25 £61.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.25 £69.00
England median hourly rate £54.35 £38.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +41.17% -16.63% -16.04%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +2 13 £439 -12.83% 2
East London +4 4 £478 +59.33% 1
South London 0 3 £300 -58.62% 3
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 15 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.93%) IIS
3 11 (7.80%) HCL Notes
4 7 (4.96%) Mendix
5 5 (3.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (2.84%) Confluence
6 4 (2.84%) JBoss
7 3 (2.13%) Apache
7 3 (2.13%) LiveLink
8 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (1.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.42%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.71%) CICS
9 1 (0.71%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (16.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Oracle 11i
1 4 (2.84%) Temenos T24
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.71%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.71%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.71%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 32 (22.70%) Azure
2 13 (9.22%) Power Platform
3 11 (7.80%) AWS
3 11 (7.80%) PowerApps
4 10 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.09%) Power Automate
5 9 (6.38%) Serverless
6 8 (5.67%) Azure Functions
6 8 (5.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.26%) Azure API Management
8 4 (2.84%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.84%) GitHub
8 4 (2.84%) OCI
9 3 (2.13%) Collibra
9 3 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.42%) GCP
10 2 (1.42%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.38%) Internet
2 5 (3.55%) HTTP
3 1 (0.71%) LAN
3 1 (0.71%) SAN
3 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (20.57%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (9.93%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (8.51%) Power BI
5 7 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 6 (4.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (4.26%) Oracle Exadata
6 6 (4.26%) Oracle ODI
6 6 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (4.26%) RDBMS
7 5 (3.55%) Metadata
7 5 (3.55%) Oracle BI EE
7 5 (3.55%) Redis
7 5 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.84%) EDRMS
8 4 (2.84%) Oracle Database 10g
8 4 (2.84%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (2.84%) SQLPlus
8 4 (2.84%) Tableau
9 3 (2.13%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 14 (9.93%) JIRA
2 12 (8.51%) Jenkins
3 10 (7.09%) JUnit
4 9 (6.38%) SoapUI
5 6 (4.26%) Git
5 6 (4.26%) Maven
6 5 (3.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (3.55%) Mockito
6 5 (3.55%) Postman
6 5 (3.55%) REST Assured
6 5 (3.55%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.55%) Subversion
6 5 (3.55%) Toad
6 5 (3.55%) Xcode
6 5 (3.55%) XCTest
7 4 (2.84%) Ant
8 3 (2.13%) Bitbucket
8 3 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (1.42%) CircleCI
General
1 55 (39.01%) Finance
2 45 (31.91%) Social Skills
3 30 (21.28%) Banking
4 13 (9.22%) Financial Institution
4 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.55%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Retail
8 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (48.94%) Developer
2 28 (19.86%) C# Developer
3 17 (12.06%) C# WPF Developer
3 17 (12.06%) WPF Developer
4 15 (10.64%) .NET Developer
4 15 (10.64%) C# .NET Developer
5 12 (8.51%) Oracle Developer
6 11 (7.80%) Power Platform Developer
7 9 (6.38%) DBA
7 9 (6.38%) Oracle DBA
8 8 (5.67%) Administrator
8 8 (5.67%) Analyst
8 8 (5.67%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) C# WCF Developer
9 7 (4.96%) Lead
9 7 (4.96%) WCF Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Architect
10 6 (4.26%) Site Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 5 (3.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (26.24%) .NET
2 24 (17.02%) .NET Framework
3 20 (14.18%) WPF
4 16 (11.35%) Kafka
5 15 (10.64%) REST
6 12 (8.51%) SOAP
6 12 (8.51%) WinForms
7 11 (7.80%) HTML
8 10 (7.09%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (6.38%) CSS
9 9 (6.38%) Middleware
9 9 (6.38%) Spring
10 8 (5.67%) HTML5
10 8 (5.67%) Spring Boot
10 8 (5.67%) XML
11 7 (4.96%) Swagger
11 7 (4.96%) WCF
11 7 (4.96%) Web Services
12 6 (4.26%) Hibernate
12 6 (4.26%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.09%) Low-Code
2 8 (5.67%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.26%) Replication
4 4 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.13%) Clustering
5 3 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.42%) Derivative
6 2 (1.42%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.42%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.42%) NHS
6 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (26.24%) Windows
2 28 (19.86%) Linux
3 22 (15.60%) Unix
4 8 (5.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (5.67%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.96%) AIX
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (30.50%) Agile
2 29 (20.57%) DevOps
3 28 (19.86%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (18.44%) Migration
4 26 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (17.02%) Performance Tuning
6 23 (16.31%) ETL
7 19 (13.48%) Data Modelling
8 18 (12.77%) CI/CD
8 18 (12.77%) Unit Testing
9 17 (12.06%) SDLC
10 14 (9.93%) Data Analysis
10 14 (9.93%) Data Migration
10 14 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (8.51%) Scrum
12 11 (7.80%) Data Management
12 11 (7.80%) Decision-Making
13 10 (7.09%) Analytics
14 9 (6.38%) API Integration
14 9 (6.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 103 (73.05%) SQL
2 65 (46.10%) PL/SQL
3 42 (29.79%) C#
4 27 (19.15%) Java
5 21 (14.89%) JavaScript
6 20 (14.18%) VB
7 19 (13.48%) T-SQL
7 19 (13.48%) VBA
8 15 (10.64%) Shell Script
9 14 (9.93%) Python
10 10 (7.09%) Formula Language
10 10 (7.09%) LotusScript
10 10 (7.09%) Perl
10 10 (7.09%) VB.NET
11 7 (4.96%) C++
12 6 (4.26%) Bash
12 6 (4.26%) Korn
13 5 (3.55%) Groovy
14 4 (2.84%) PHP
15 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 24 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.09%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.55%) Degree
5 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.42%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.71%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.71%) OCP
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.06%) QA
2 5 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.13%) SEPA
4 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) MiFID
4 2 (1.42%) NIST
4 2 (1.42%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.71%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 10 (7.09%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (5.67%) Docker
3 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) Samba
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (3.55%) Data Guard
4 3 (2.13%) Ambari
4 3 (2.13%) Grafana
4 3 (2.13%) Puppet
4 3 (2.13%) Terraform
4 3 (2.13%) ZABBIX
5 2 (1.42%) Ansible
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.71%) Control-M
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.71%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 141 (100.00%) Oracle
2 21 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 14 (9.93%) Citrix
4 11 (7.80%) Lotus
5 7 (4.96%) Kofax
6 6 (4.26%) IBM
6 6 (4.26%) Splunk
7 5 (3.55%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (3.55%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.84%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.84%) Temenos
9 3 (2.13%) Alteryx
9 3 (2.13%) Databricks
9 3 (2.13%) VMware
10 2 (1.42%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.42%) OpenText
10 2 (1.42%) Pega
10 2 (1.42%) SAP
11 1 (0.71%) Reuters
11 1 (0.71%) Siebel