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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 231 235
Rank change year-on-year -60 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 139 130 177
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.72% 0.99% 1.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.07% 4.61% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 99 128
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £486
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -16.15% +2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £738 £700
England median daily rate £525 £449 £479
% change year-on-year +16.99% -6.27% -3.28%
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 3,415 2,818 4,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.68% 21.51% 23.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,309 1,971 3,047
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £709 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 33
10th Percentile £18.44 £25.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £27.50
Median hourly rate £43.50 £40.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -14.74% -20.83%
75th Percentile £60.56 £59.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £79.50 £71.40
England median hourly rate £38.25 £33.94 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.70% -15.15% -30.43%

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 3 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 3 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 -11 16 £645 +49.13% 4
West London -12 11 - - 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 19 (13.67%) IIS
2 6 (4.32%) Appian
2 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.60%) Camunda
3 5 (3.60%) Confluence
3 5 (3.60%) HCL Notes
3 5 (3.60%) Mendix
3 5 (3.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (2.88%) JBoss
4 4 (2.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (2.88%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.16%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.44%) nginx
7 1 (0.72%) SAS
7 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Finacle
2 6 (4.32%) OpenText MBPM
2 6 (4.32%) Oracle BPM
2 6 (4.32%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.88%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (2.16%) Temenos T24
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.72%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.72%) Endur
6 1 (0.72%) Findur
6 1 (0.72%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.72%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.72%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.72%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.11%) Azure
2 9 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.76%) AWS
4 7 (5.04%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.60%) Collibra
5 5 (3.60%) OCI
5 5 (3.60%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.88%) GCP
6 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Functions
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.16%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.16%) Google Ads
7 3 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.16%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.16%) Serverless
8 2 (1.44%) GitHub
8 2 (1.44%) IaaS
8 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.72%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.91%) Internet
2 2 (1.44%) HTTP
3 1 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (32.37%) SQL Server
2 19 (13.67%) Relational Database
3 16 (11.51%) RDBMS
4 9 (6.47%) Metadata
5 8 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (5.04%) Power BI
7 6 (4.32%) Oracle Exadata
8 5 (3.60%) Data Mart
8 5 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.88%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (2.16%) DataStage
10 3 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.44%) Delta Lake
11 2 (1.44%) MongoDB
11 2 (1.44%) MySQL
11 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.44%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 9 (6.47%) JIRA
2 6 (4.32%) GitLab
3 4 (2.88%) Git
4 3 (2.16%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.44%) JMeter
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.72%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.72%) JUnit
6 1 (0.72%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.72%) Mockito
6 1 (0.72%) PeopleTools
6 1 (0.72%) VersionOne
General
1 57 (41.01%) Finance
2 47 (33.81%) Banking
3 32 (23.02%) Social Skills
4 23 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.19%) Back Office
5 10 (7.19%) Front Office
6 9 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.60%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.72%) International Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.72%) Police
10 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (41.01%) Developer
2 32 (23.02%) C# Developer
3 21 (15.11%) DBA
4 20 (14.39%) Oracle DBA
5 13 (9.35%) Architect
6 11 (7.91%) Applications Support
6 11 (7.91%) Data Engineer
7 10 (7.19%) Lead
7 10 (7.19%) Oracle Developer
7 10 (7.19%) Systems Support
8 8 (5.76%) Senior
9 6 (4.32%) Applications Developer
9 6 (4.32%) C# Application Developer
9 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared DBA
10 5 (3.60%) BPM Developer
10 5 (3.60%) Database Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Oracle Architect
10 5 (3.60%) Oracle Database Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Power Platform Developer
10 5 (3.60%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (34.53%) .NET
2 34 (24.46%) .NET Framework
3 11 (7.91%) WinForms
3 11 (7.91%) WPF
4 9 (6.47%) React
5 7 (5.04%) .NET Core
5 7 (5.04%) CSS
5 7 (5.04%) HTML
5 7 (5.04%) Middleware
6 6 (4.32%) Kafka
7 5 (3.60%) JSON
7 5 (3.60%) REST
8 4 (2.88%) Spring
8 4 (2.88%) XML
8 4 (2.88%) YAML
9 3 (2.16%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 3 (2.16%) SOAP
9 3 (2.16%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.39%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (9.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 10 (7.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.76%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (4.32%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.88%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.72%) Clustering
10 1 (0.72%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.72%) Derivative
10 1 (0.72%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.06%) Windows
2 15 (10.79%) Linux
3 12 (8.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.32%) Unix
5 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.16%) Solaris
6 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.72%) AIX
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.78%) DevOps
2 32 (23.02%) Data Analysis
3 30 (21.58%) Migration
3 30 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (18.71%) CI/CD
5 25 (17.99%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (16.55%) AI
6 23 (16.55%) Performance Tuning
7 21 (15.11%) Agile
7 21 (15.11%) ETL
8 18 (12.95%) Decision-Making
9 17 (12.23%) Mentoring
10 16 (11.51%) Generative AI
10 16 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (11.51%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (10.79%) Unit Testing
12 14 (10.07%) Change Management
13 12 (8.63%) Data Modelling
13 12 (8.63%) High Availability
14 10 (7.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (63.31%) SQL
2 56 (40.29%) PL/SQL
3 49 (35.25%) C#
4 31 (22.30%) T-SQL
5 30 (21.58%) Python
6 11 (7.91%) Java
6 11 (7.91%) VB
6 11 (7.91%) VBA
7 10 (7.19%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.04%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.32%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.16%) Formula Language
10 3 (2.16%) LotusScript
11 2 (1.44%) C
11 2 (1.44%) ProC
12 1 (0.72%) C++
12 1 (0.72%) Groovy
12 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.72%) RPG
12 1 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.47%) Degree
4 6 (4.32%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.44%) PMP
7 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.72%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (17.99%) QA
2 3 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.72%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (2.88%) Docker
3 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.72%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (6.47%) Oracle RMAN
1 9 (6.47%) Terraform
2 8 (5.76%) Data Guard
3 6 (4.32%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.60%) Ansible
5 2 (1.44%) Grafana
5 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) Foglight
6 1 (0.72%) Kibana
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.72%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 139 (100.00%) Oracle
2 27 (19.42%) Citrix
3 13 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 11 (7.91%) Databricks
5 9 (6.47%) IBM
6 5 (3.60%) Kofax
6 5 (3.60%) Lotus
6 5 (3.60%) OpenText
7 4 (2.88%) Google
8 3 (2.16%) Alteryx
8 3 (2.16%) jBASE
8 3 (2.16%) Temenos
8 3 (2.16%) VMware
9 2 (1.44%) Murex
9 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.44%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.72%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.72%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.72%) Talend