Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Oracle Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the Midlands is £333, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 138 138
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +66
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.037% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.040% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £362
25th Percentile £316 £413 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £425 £418
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +1.80% -25.78%
75th Percentile £357 £438 £426
90th Percentile £362 - -
England median daily rate £530 £500 £401
% change year-on-year +6.00% +24.61% -25.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,468 2,502 2,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 93.08% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,620 1,555 1,918
10th Percentile £225 £225 £218
25th Percentile £360 £357 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 100 116
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.40 £15.08 £16.62
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +12.50% +13.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £36.44
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.96 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +74.26%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Midlands

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Midlands

Oracle DBA
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
West Midlands - 6 £333 - 4
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Oracle DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (66.67%) Unix
3 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (50.00%) High Availability
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) Database Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) Database Security
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) High Availability
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Database Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Database Security
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) OCP
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SAP