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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 217 244
Rank change year-on-year -61 +27 +37
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 139 135 154
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.79% 1.06% 0.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.24% 4.76% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 108 115
10th Percentile £404 - £377
25th Percentile £408 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £436 £495
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% -11.87% +23.75%
75th Percentile £550 £642 £631
90th Percentile £665 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £63.59 £92.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -31.25% +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 3,279 2,836 3,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.70% 22.25% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,250 2,002 2,798
10th Percentile £361 £375 £376
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £553 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.69% -2.17%
75th Percentile £630 £713 £700
90th Percentile £749 £838 £825
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 36
10th Percentile £20.68 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £31.03 £28.60 £25.59
Median hourly rate £46.50 £40.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -17.77% -1.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £58.75 £54.34
90th Percentile £84.00 £75.50 £64.14
England median hourly rate £47.54 £33.11 £40.00
% change year-on-year +43.58% -17.23% -32.54%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -24 7 £550 +25.71% 3
West London -21 4 - - 1
South London -8 3 £300 -58.62%
East London -5 2 £416 +4.00% 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 19 (13.67%) IIS
2 16 (11.51%) SharePoint
3 13 (9.35%) HCL Notes
4 12 (8.63%) Mendix
5 4 (2.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (2.16%) Tomcat
6 3 (2.16%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.44%) nginx
8 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.72%) Appian
8 1 (0.72%) Confluence
8 1 (0.72%) JBoss
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.88%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (2.16%) Finacle
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.72%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.72%) Endur
4 1 (0.72%) Findur
4 1 (0.72%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.72%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 34 (24.46%) Azure
2 19 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.07%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.35%) PowerApps
5 11 (7.91%) Azure Functions
5 11 (7.91%) Azure Logic Apps
5 11 (7.91%) Azure Service Bus
5 11 (7.91%) Power Automate
5 11 (7.91%) Serverless
6 10 (7.19%) AWS
6 10 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.76%) Collibra
8 5 (3.60%) Azure API Management
8 5 (3.60%) OCI
9 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.16%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.16%) Google Ads
11 2 (1.44%) IaaS
11 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.35%) Internet
2 7 (5.04%) HTTP
3 1 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (31.65%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.07%) Power BI
3 13 (9.35%) Relational Database
4 11 (7.91%) Metadata
4 11 (7.91%) RDBMS
5 9 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (5.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.88%) SQLPlus
9 3 (2.16%) DataStage
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle Database 10g
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.19%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) JUnit
2 5 (3.60%) Toad
3 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.16%) Ant
4 3 (2.16%) SoapUI
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.72%) Git
6 1 (0.72%) GitLab
6 1 (0.72%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.72%) JMeter
6 1 (0.72%) Mockito
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.72%) Selenium
6 1 (0.72%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.72%) TestDirector
General
1 55 (39.57%) Finance
2 42 (30.22%) Banking
3 35 (25.18%) Social Skills
4 15 (10.79%) Financial Institution
5 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.16%) Back Office
8 3 (2.16%) Front Office
9 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (53.24%) Developer
2 36 (25.90%) C# Developer
3 21 (15.11%) DBA
3 21 (15.11%) Oracle DBA
4 13 (9.35%) Power Platform Developer
5 11 (7.91%) Oracle Developer
6 9 (6.47%) Administrator
6 9 (6.47%) Architect
7 8 (5.76%) Applications Developer
7 8 (5.76%) C# Application Developer
8 7 (5.04%) SC Cleared DBA
9 6 (4.32%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Linux Administrator
10 5 (3.60%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.60%) Analyst
10 5 (3.60%) Database Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 5 (3.60%) Oracle Database Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) SQL Developer
10 5 (3.60%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (38.13%) .NET
2 31 (22.30%) .NET Framework
3 16 (11.51%) React
3 16 (11.51%) WinForms
4 13 (9.35%) WPF
5 10 (7.19%) HTML
5 10 (7.19%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (5.76%) CSS
6 8 (5.76%) XML
7 7 (5.04%) .NET Core
7 7 (5.04%) Kafka
7 7 (5.04%) Middleware
8 6 (4.32%) SOAP
9 5 (3.60%) IBM Integration Bus
9 5 (3.60%) REST
10 4 (2.88%) YAML
11 3 (2.16%) HTML5
11 3 (2.16%) Spring
12 2 (1.44%) Ajax
12 2 (1.44%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.79%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (8.63%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.04%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (2.88%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.16%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.16%) Derivative
6 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.16%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.72%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (24.46%) Windows
2 20 (14.39%) Linux
3 11 (7.91%) Unix
3 11 (7.91%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.60%) AIX
5 4 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.16%) Solaris
7 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.50%) DevOps
2 28 (20.14%) Performance Tuning
3 27 (19.42%) ETL
4 26 (18.71%) Data Analysis
4 26 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (17.99%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (16.55%) CI/CD
6 23 (16.55%) Unit Testing
7 21 (15.11%) Agile
7 21 (15.11%) Migration
8 19 (13.67%) AI
8 19 (13.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (11.51%) High Availability
10 15 (10.79%) API Integration
10 15 (10.79%) Data Migration
10 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
11 14 (10.07%) Data Management
11 14 (10.07%) Generative AI
12 13 (9.35%) SDLC
13 11 (7.91%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 89 (64.03%) SQL
2 63 (45.32%) PL/SQL
3 55 (39.57%) C#
4 28 (20.14%) T-SQL
5 24 (17.27%) Python
6 16 (11.51%) JavaScript
7 13 (9.35%) VB
7 13 (9.35%) VBA
8 12 (8.63%) Java
9 11 (7.91%) Formula Language
9 11 (7.91%) LotusScript
10 9 (6.47%) Perl
10 9 (6.47%) Shell Script
11 6 (4.32%) TypeScript
12 5 (3.60%) Korn
13 4 (2.88%) PHP
14 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.72%) RPG
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.04%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.88%) Degree
4 4 (2.88%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.44%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.14%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.16%) SEPA
4 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.44%) NIST
4 2 (1.44%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (2.16%) 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 8 (5.76%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (5.04%) Data Guard
3 5 (3.60%) Ansible
4 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (2.16%) Terraform
5 1 (0.72%) Foglight
5 1 (0.72%) Grafana
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.72%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 139 (100.00%) Oracle
2 27 (19.42%) Microsoft
3 23 (16.55%) Citrix
4 13 (9.35%) Lotus
5 12 (8.63%) Kofax
6 10 (7.19%) IBM
7 6 (4.32%) Databricks
8 3 (2.16%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.44%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.44%) Informatica
9 2 (1.44%) Pega
9 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.44%) VMware
10 1 (0.72%) Google
10 1 (0.72%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.72%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.72%) Perforce
10 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow