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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 209 247
Rank change year-on-year -33 +38 +26
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 142 154 156
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.95% 1.13% 0.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.80% 5.21% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 119 127
10th Percentile £385 - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £535 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +9.74% +3.17%
75th Percentile £544 £616 £588
90th Percentile £663 £699 £653
England median daily rate £471 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -14.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 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 £74.68 £92.50 £90.50
% change year-on-year -19.26% +2.21% +13.13%

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 2,956 2,957 3,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.87% 21.67% 19.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,015 2,677
10th Percentile £351 £363 £381
25th Percentile £415 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £699 £678
90th Percentile £749 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 31 42
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £20.98
25th Percentile £29.56 £28.60 £25.90
Median hourly rate £54.00 £42.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -2.86% -1.27%
75th Percentile £76.88 £59.75 £54.03
90th Percentile £90.00 £78.75 £64.43
England median hourly rate £51.36 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +23.76% -2.35% -25.26%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -15 8 £525 +0.96%
East London +3 4 £478 +19.50%
South London -6 4 £300 -58.62%
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 (11.97%) IIS
2 15 (10.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.04%) HCL Notes
4 9 (6.34%) Mendix
5 5 (3.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (2.11%) LiveLink
7 2 (1.41%) Confluence
8 1 (0.70%) Apache
8 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.70%) Appian
8 1 (0.70%) JBoss
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.70%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (13.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.70%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.70%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.65%) Azure
2 16 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.04%) AWS
4 10 (7.04%) Azure Functions
4 10 (7.04%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (7.04%) Azure Service Bus
4 10 (7.04%) Power Automate
4 10 (7.04%) PowerApps
4 10 (7.04%) Serverless
5 9 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.93%) Collibra
7 6 (4.23%) Azure API Management
8 5 (3.52%) OCI
9 4 (2.82%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.11%) Google Ads
11 2 (1.41%) GCP
11 2 (1.41%) GitHub
12 1 (0.70%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.75%) Internet
2 5 (3.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.70%) LAN
3 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (23.24%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (7.75%) Power BI
4 9 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (6.34%) Metadata
5 8 (5.63%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (4.93%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (4.23%) Oracle Exadata
7 6 (4.23%) Oracle ODI
8 5 (3.52%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (3.52%) RDBMS
8 5 (3.52%) Tableau
9 4 (2.82%) DataStage
9 4 (2.82%) EDRMS
9 4 (2.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (2.82%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (2.82%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (9.15%) JIRA
2 8 (5.63%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.63%) JUnit
3 6 (4.23%) SoapUI
4 5 (3.52%) Toad
5 4 (2.82%) Ant
6 3 (2.11%) Git
6 3 (2.11%) Maven
6 3 (2.11%) Mockito
6 3 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.41%) GitLab
7 2 (1.41%) Postman
7 2 (1.41%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.41%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.41%) Subversion
7 2 (1.41%) Xcode
7 2 (1.41%) XCTest
8 1 (0.70%) Selenium
8 1 (0.70%) TestComplete
General
1 55 (38.73%) Finance
2 40 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 35 (24.65%) Banking
4 17 (11.97%) Financial Institution
5 12 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.34%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.52%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Retail
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (48.59%) Developer
2 30 (21.13%) C# Developer
3 18 (12.68%) DBA
3 18 (12.68%) Oracle DBA
4 12 (8.45%) Oracle Developer
5 11 (7.75%) Administrator
6 10 (7.04%) C# WPF Developer
6 10 (7.04%) Power Platform Developer
6 10 (7.04%) WPF Developer
7 9 (6.34%) Architect
8 8 (5.63%) .NET Developer
8 8 (5.63%) C# .NET Developer
8 8 (5.63%) Linux Administrator
9 7 (4.93%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 7 (4.93%) SC Cleared DBA
9 7 (4.93%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (4.23%) Applications Developer
10 6 (4.23%) C# WCF Developer
10 6 (4.23%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (29.58%) .NET
2 24 (16.90%) .NET Framework
3 16 (11.27%) WPF
4 14 (9.86%) Kafka
4 14 (9.86%) WinForms
5 13 (9.15%) React
6 10 (7.04%) REST
6 10 (7.04%) SOAP
7 9 (6.34%) HTML
7 9 (6.34%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (6.34%) Middleware
7 9 (6.34%) XML
8 6 (4.23%) CSS
8 6 (4.23%) HTML5
8 6 (4.23%) IBM Integration Bus
8 6 (4.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 6 (4.23%) Spring
8 6 (4.23%) WCF
9 5 (3.52%) .NET Core
9 5 (3.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (6.34%) Low-Code
2 5 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.52%) Replication
3 4 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (2.11%) Clustering
5 2 (1.41%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.41%) Derivative
5 2 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.41%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.41%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.13%) Windows
2 27 (19.01%) Linux
3 16 (11.27%) Unix
4 6 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.52%) AIX
5 5 (3.52%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.24%) DevOps
1 33 (23.24%) Migration
2 30 (21.13%) Agile
3 28 (19.72%) ETL
4 26 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (18.31%) Performance Tuning
5 25 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (14.08%) Data Migration
7 19 (13.38%) Data Analysis
7 19 (13.38%) Unit Testing
8 18 (12.68%) CI/CD
9 16 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (10.56%) Data Modelling
10 15 (10.56%) SDLC
11 14 (9.86%) High Availability
12 13 (9.15%) Decision-Making
13 12 (8.45%) API Integration
13 12 (8.45%) Data Management
14 10 (7.04%) AI
14 10 (7.04%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 96 (67.61%) SQL
2 63 (44.37%) PL/SQL
3 46 (32.39%) C#
4 22 (15.49%) Java
4 22 (15.49%) T-SQL
5 20 (14.08%) Python
6 16 (11.27%) VB
7 15 (10.56%) JavaScript
7 15 (10.56%) VBA
8 12 (8.45%) Shell Script
9 10 (7.04%) Formula Language
9 10 (7.04%) LotusScript
9 10 (7.04%) Perl
10 6 (4.23%) Korn
11 5 (3.52%) Bash
12 4 (2.82%) PHP
12 4 (2.82%) TypeScript
12 4 (2.82%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.41%) C++
13 2 (1.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 39 (27.46%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.45%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.82%) Degree
5 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.41%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.41%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.70%) OCP
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.08%) QA
2 6 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.82%) SEPA
4 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.41%) MiFID
4 2 (1.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.70%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (7.04%) Oracle RAC
2 5 (3.52%) Docker
3 2 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.70%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (4.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.23%) Data Guard
2 6 (4.23%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (2.11%) Terraform
4 2 (1.41%) Ansible
4 2 (1.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.70%) Ambari
5 1 (0.70%) Foglight
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.70%) Puppet
5 1 (0.70%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 142 (100.00%) Oracle
2 22 (15.49%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.27%) Citrix
4 10 (7.04%) Lotus
5 9 (6.34%) Kofax
6 7 (4.93%) IBM
7 5 (3.52%) Databricks
8 4 (2.82%) Alteryx
9 3 (2.11%) Pega
9 3 (2.11%) Splunk
9 3 (2.11%) VMware
10 2 (1.41%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (1.41%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.41%) Informatica
10 2 (1.41%) OpenText
10 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.41%) SAP
11 1 (0.70%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.70%) Siebel