Oracle Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Oracle
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Oracle products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Oracle over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 37 37
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Oracle 334 97 120
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.71% 4.91% 4.46%
As % of the Vendors category 17.08% 10.59% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 75 82
10th Percentile £350 £320 £350
25th Percentile £413 £383 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% - -12.04%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £593
90th Percentile £600 £638 £684
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
10th Percentile £47.54 - £18.50
25th Percentile £51.25 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.35 - -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +37.20% +16.92% -58.40%

All Vendors
Midlands

Oracle falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,955 916 1,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.12% 46.38% 41.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 602 725
10th Percentile £265 £200 £206
25th Percentile £395 £325 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £645 £661 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 36 80
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.80 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.77 £12.74
Median hourly rate £24.41 £18.51 £15.24
Median % change year-on-year +31.89% +21.48% -26.41%
75th Percentile £40.03 £23.98 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £45.99 £42.94
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -41.56%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Oracle job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Oracle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Oracle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the Midlands

Oracle
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
West Midlands +19 284 £460 -10.68% 44
East Midlands -19 43 £525 +28.05% 26
Oracle
England

Oracle
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:

Application Platforms
1 67 (20.06%) SAS
2 30 (8.98%) Confluence
3 12 (3.59%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (3.59%) WebLogic
4 10 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.80%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 5 (1.50%) Apache
7 4 (1.20%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.60%) Liferay
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.30%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.30%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.50%) Notepad++
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (5.39%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (4.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 14 (4.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (3.89%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (2.69%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (1.80%) Oracle HRMS
8 5 (1.50%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
11 1 (0.30%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 91 (27.25%) AWS
2 38 (11.38%) Azure
3 20 (5.99%) OCI
4 12 (3.59%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.99%) PaaS
5 10 (2.99%) SaaS
6 8 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.50%) Serverless
8 4 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.20%) GitHub
8 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) Firewall
2 5 (1.50%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.50%) VSAN
2 5 (1.50%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.90%) SSL
4 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (15.57%) Oracle Reports
1 52 (15.57%) Pentaho
2 44 (13.17%) Oracle Database
3 42 (12.57%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.99%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 15 (4.49%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.19%) BusinessObjects
6 14 (4.19%) MySQL
7 12 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.59%) Power BI
7 12 (3.59%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.69%) Metadata
8 9 (2.69%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 6 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.80%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.50%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.50%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 4 (1.20%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 60 (17.96%) JIRA
2 52 (15.57%) GitLab
3 31 (9.28%) Git
4 27 (8.08%) Zephyr
5 22 (6.59%) Postman
6 18 (5.39%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.69%) Selenium
8 7 (2.10%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.50%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.20%) CA Gen
11 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.60%) JMeter
12 2 (0.60%) JUnit
13 1 (0.30%) Hudson
13 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
General
1 78 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.06%) Finance
3 48 (14.37%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.08%) Local Government
6 11 (3.29%) Legal
7 6 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.80%) General Ledger
7 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.20%) Billing
8 4 (1.20%) Retail
9 3 (0.90%) Advertising
10 2 (0.60%) Banking
10 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Law
11 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 83 (24.85%) Data Engineer
2 32 (9.58%) Architect
3 31 (9.28%) Analyst
4 23 (6.89%) Lead
5 21 (6.29%) DBA
6 20 (5.99%) Senior
7 18 (5.39%) Release Manager
8 17 (5.09%) Tester
9 16 (4.79%) Accountant
9 16 (4.79%) Developer
10 15 (4.49%) Oracle DBA
10 15 (4.49%) SAS Engineer
10 15 (4.49%) Storage Analyst
10 15 (4.49%) Systems Accountant
11 14 (4.19%) QA Tester
11 14 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.89%) Consultant
12 13 (3.89%) Test Analyst
13 12 (3.59%) Project Manager
14 11 (3.29%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (17.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (5.39%) Flash
3 8 (2.40%) Middleware
3 8 (2.40%) REST
4 5 (1.50%) ADO
4 5 (1.50%) JSON
4 5 (1.50%) Spring
5 4 (1.20%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.20%) XML
6 3 (0.90%) .NET
6 3 (0.90%) Kafka
7 2 (0.60%) ActiveX
7 2 (0.60%) COM
7 2 (0.60%) ODBC
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.60%) pytest
7 2 (0.60%) Web Services
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Camel
8 1 (0.30%) Itk
8 1 (0.30%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.59%) Linux Command Line
2 19 (5.69%) Replication
3 12 (3.59%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.80%) SCADA
7 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.20%) Robotics
8 3 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.90%) IoT
8 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.30%) Chip and PIN
10 1 (0.30%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.30%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.27%) Unix
2 39 (11.68%) Linux
3 8 (2.40%) Windows
4 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) AIX
6 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.30%) HPUX
6 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (34.43%) ETL
2 100 (29.94%) Agile
3 83 (24.85%) Migration
4 67 (20.06%) Test Automation
5 55 (16.47%) CI/CD
6 50 (14.97%) ERP
7 49 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (14.67%) Data Integration
7 49 (14.67%) Data Migration
8 48 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (14.07%) Data Modelling
10 43 (12.87%) Scrum
10 43 (12.87%) Validation
11 39 (11.68%) Data Pipeline
12 37 (11.08%) Analytics
12 37 (11.08%) DevOps
13 34 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (10.18%) Test Scripting
14 30 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (8.98%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 163 (48.80%) SQL
2 38 (11.38%) PL/SQL
3 24 (7.19%) Python
4 17 (5.09%) Java
5 13 (3.89%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.40%) Bash
7 4 (1.20%) Bicep
7 4 (1.20%) Perl
7 4 (1.20%) VB
8 3 (0.90%) HiveQL
9 2 (0.60%) VB6
10 1 (0.30%) C
10 1 (0.30%) C++
10 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 180 (53.89%) Security Cleared
2 170 (50.90%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.69%) ISTQB
4 12 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.99%) Degree
6 6 (1.80%) ACCA
6 6 (1.80%) CIMA
7 5 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.20%) OCP
9 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.90%) PMP
9 3 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.68%) QA
2 23 (6.89%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.69%) FATCA
4 7 (2.10%) SLA
5 4 (1.20%) GDPR
5 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.90%) IFRS
6 3 (0.90%) PMO
6 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) GAAP
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.30%) ITGC
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (5.39%) GPFS
1 18 (5.39%) NFS
2 14 (4.19%) Docker
2 14 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.89%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (3.89%) vSphere
4 6 (1.80%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.90%) HDFS
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 24 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.89%) vRealize
3 7 (2.10%) Grafana
3 7 (2.10%) Terraform
4 5 (1.50%) Data Guard
4 5 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (1.50%) VxRail
5 4 (1.20%) Ansible
6 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.60%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) SELinux
7 1 (0.30%) systemd
Vendors
1 85 (25.45%) Talend
2 57 (17.07%) Informatica
3 34 (10.18%) Denodo
4 29 (8.68%) Microsoft
5 21 (6.29%) SAP
6 19 (5.69%) IBM
6 19 (5.69%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.79%) VMware
8 13 (3.89%) Cisco
9 9 (2.69%) Sage
10 8 (2.40%) Cloudera
11 7 (2.10%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.80%) Dynatrace
13 4 (1.20%) Databricks
13 4 (1.20%) Red Hat
14 3 (0.90%) Google
15 2 (0.60%) Actian
15 2 (0.60%) HP
15 2 (0.60%) JD Edwards
16 1 (0.30%) IFS