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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 175 248
Rank change year-on-year -62 +73 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 138 227 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 1.39% 0.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.81% 6.09% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 158 140
10th Percentile £359 £363 £382
25th Percentile £385 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -18.50% +21.21% -22.72%
75th Percentile £475 £616 £538
90th Percentile £580 £699 £653
England median daily rate £415 £520 £480
% change year-on-year -20.19% +8.33% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.83
25th Percentile £100.00 - £52.69
Median hourly rate £105.00 - £60.75
75th Percentile £110.00 - £69.19
90th Percentile - - £73.28
England median hourly rate £90.00 £61.60 £58.59
% change year-on-year +46.10% +5.14% +17.18%

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 2,868 3,729 4,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.29% 22.87% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,000 2,675 3,039
10th Percentile £375 £363 £399
25th Percentile £425 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 38
10th Percentile £28.26 £26.00 £19.05
25th Percentile £33.75 £36.25 £35.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.25 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -13.95% -2.27%
75th Percentile £69.75 £55.00 £71.99
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £44.25 £36.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +22.07% -34.09% +22.22%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Oracle Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Database 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 0 16 £415 -15.74% 4
East London +7 4 £478 +59.19% 1
West London -5 2 £415 -27.83%
South London -6 1 - - 2
Oracle Database
England

Oracle Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.25%) IIS
2 6 (4.35%) Confluence
3 5 (3.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (3.62%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.90%) HCL Notes
4 4 (2.90%) JBoss
4 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.17%) Apache
5 3 (2.17%) LiveLink
5 3 (2.17%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.45%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.72%) CICS
7 1 (0.72%) Mendix
7 1 (0.72%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 30 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (2.90%) Temenos T24
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.72%) OpenText MBPM
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.72%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.72%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.57%) Azure
2 12 (8.70%) AWS
3 7 (5.07%) OCI
3 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.35%) GitHub
5 4 (2.90%) Azure API Management
5 4 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (2.90%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.90%) Serverless
6 3 (2.17%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.17%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.72%) GCP
8 1 (0.72%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.52%) Internet
2 4 (2.90%) HTTP
3 1 (0.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.80%) Oracle Exadata
4 7 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 6 (4.35%) Redis
6 5 (3.62%) Oracle Database 11g
6 5 (3.62%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (3.62%) Power BI
6 5 (3.62%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.90%) EDRMS
7 4 (2.90%) Oracle ODI
7 4 (2.90%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.90%) Tableau
8 3 (2.17%) Hadoop
8 3 (2.17%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (2.17%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (13.77%) JIRA
2 10 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.52%) JUnit
3 9 (6.52%) SoapUI
4 7 (5.07%) Git
4 7 (5.07%) Maven
5 6 (4.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (4.35%) Mockito
5 6 (4.35%) Postman
5 6 (4.35%) REST Assured
5 6 (4.35%) SonarQube
5 6 (4.35%) Subversion
5 6 (4.35%) Xcode
5 6 (4.35%) XCTest
6 5 (3.62%) Ant
6 5 (3.62%) IBM UrbanCode
7 4 (2.90%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.90%) Toad
8 3 (2.17%) CircleCI
8 3 (2.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 55 (39.86%) Finance
2 37 (26.81%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.67%) Banking
4 16 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.45%) French Language
8 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.72%) Back Office
9 1 (0.72%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.72%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.72%) Local Government
9 1 (0.72%) Police
9 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (47.83%) Developer
2 30 (21.74%) C# Developer
3 28 (20.29%) C# WPF Developer
3 28 (20.29%) WPF Developer
4 21 (15.22%) .NET Developer
4 21 (15.22%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (12.32%) DBA
6 15 (10.87%) Oracle DBA
7 11 (7.97%) Analyst
8 9 (6.52%) C# WCF Developer
8 9 (6.52%) WCF Developer
9 8 (5.80%) Administrator
10 7 (5.07%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) Lead
10 7 (5.07%) Oracle Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (4.35%) Siebel Developer
12 5 (3.62%) Payments Analyst
12 5 (3.62%) Senior
12 5 (3.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (26.09%) .NET
2 30 (21.74%) .NET Framework
3 29 (21.01%) WPF
4 15 (10.87%) Kafka
4 15 (10.87%) REST
5 12 (8.70%) HTML
6 11 (7.97%) SOAP
7 10 (7.25%) Spring
7 10 (7.25%) Spring Boot
8 9 (6.52%) CSS
8 9 (6.52%) Middleware
8 9 (6.52%) WCF
8 9 (6.52%) Web Services
8 9 (6.52%) WinForms
9 8 (5.80%) HTML5
9 8 (5.80%) Swagger
9 8 (5.80%) XML
10 6 (4.35%) AngularJS
10 6 (4.35%) Bootstrap
10 6 (4.35%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.80%) Replication
1 8 (5.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.90%) Clustering
4 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.90%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.45%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.45%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.45%) NHS
7 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.72%) HACMP
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.72%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.26%) Windows
2 31 (22.46%) Linux
3 20 (14.49%) Unix
4 9 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.35%) AIX
6 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.17%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.45%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.19%) Agile
2 28 (20.29%) Migration
3 18 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (12.32%) Performance Tuning
5 16 (11.59%) DevOps
6 14 (10.14%) Data Analysis
6 14 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (9.42%) Data Modelling
8 12 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.70%) Microservices
8 12 (8.70%) SDLC
9 11 (7.97%) ETL
10 10 (7.25%) CI/CD
10 10 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (7.25%) Data Migration
10 10 (7.25%) Database Migration
10 10 (7.25%) Integration Patterns
10 10 (7.25%) Mentoring
10 10 (7.25%) Multithreading
10 10 (7.25%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 95 (68.84%) SQL
2 61 (44.20%) PL/SQL
3 40 (28.99%) C#
4 30 (21.74%) Java
5 29 (21.01%) VB
6 28 (20.29%) VBA
7 19 (13.77%) VB.NET
8 16 (11.59%) JavaScript
9 14 (10.14%) Shell Script
10 13 (9.42%) T-SQL
11 11 (7.97%) Python
12 8 (5.80%) Bash
12 8 (5.80%) C++
13 6 (4.35%) Groovy
14 5 (3.62%) Perl
15 4 (2.90%) Korn
16 3 (2.17%) Formula Language
16 3 (2.17%) LotusScript
16 3 (2.17%) TypeScript
17 2 (1.45%) sed
Qualifications
1 23 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.80%) Degree
4 6 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.45%) OCP
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.45%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.72%) CISA
6 1 (0.72%) CRISC
6 1 (0.72%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.14%) QA
2 7 (5.07%) SEPA
3 4 (2.90%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.45%) GDPR
4 2 (1.45%) ITGC
4 2 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (10.14%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (5.80%) Docker
3 5 (3.62%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 2 (1.45%) GPFS
4 2 (1.45%) NFS
4 2 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.72%) Samba
Systems Management
1 12 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.52%) Data Guard
3 8 (5.80%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (3.62%) Grafana
4 5 (3.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 5 (3.62%) Terraform
4 5 (3.62%) Tivoli
5 4 (2.90%) Ansible
5 4 (2.90%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.17%) Ambari
6 3 (2.17%) Puppet
6 3 (2.17%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.72%) Control-M
7 1 (0.72%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 138 (100.00%) Oracle
2 10 (7.25%) Citrix
3 9 (6.52%) IBM
4 8 (5.80%) Red Hat
4 8 (5.80%) Splunk
5 6 (4.35%) CA Agile Central
5 6 (4.35%) Dynatrace
5 6 (4.35%) Siebel
6 5 (3.62%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.90%) Lotus
7 4 (2.90%) Temenos
8 3 (2.17%) OpenText
8 3 (2.17%) Perforce
8 3 (2.17%) SAP
8 3 (2.17%) VMware
9 2 (1.45%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.45%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.45%) Databricks
9 2 (1.45%) Delphix
9 2 (1.45%) UiPath