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 3 months leading up to 15 March 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.

3 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 30 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 147 49 59
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 6.97% 5.36% 3.73%
As % of the Vendors category 15.22% 10.43% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 41 43
10th Percentile £357 £320 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +8.89% -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £588
90th Percentile £645 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £22.75
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.63 £55.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -31.58% +111.54% -57.55%

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 966 470 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.78% 51.42% 40.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 302 389
10th Percentile £263 £200 £200
25th Percentile £393 £359 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £592 £600
90th Percentile £645 £689 £698
England median daily rate £500 £523 £513
% change year-on-year -4.31% +1.95% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 21 65
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.75 £10.90
25th Percentile £14.25 £15.09 £11.36
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.20 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +16.63% -20.90%
75th Percentile £27.50 £23.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £47.50 £31.76 £42.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.35% +36.90% -41.67%

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 3 months to 15 March 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
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 3 months to 15 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +7 139 £450 -13.46% 49
East Midlands -30 5 £550 +29.41% 22
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 72 (25.17%) SAS
2 13 (4.55%) Confluence
3 12 (4.20%) WebLogic
4 6 (2.10%) Apache
5 4 (1.40%) Tuxedo
6 2 (0.70%) Liferay
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Geronimo
7 1 (0.35%) Apache ServiceMix
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (5.24%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (4.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (3.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (3.15%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (2.80%) Oracle Cash Management
5 8 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (1.75%) Primavera
8 4 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
11 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.35%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.73%) AWS
2 27 (9.44%) Azure
3 18 (6.29%) OCI
4 11 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.45%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.10%) SaaS
8 4 (1.40%) GitHub
8 4 (1.40%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) VSAN
2 2 (0.70%) Firewall
3 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.53%) Pentaho
2 52 (18.18%) Oracle Database
3 34 (11.89%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (11.89%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 23 (8.04%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (6.29%) MySQL
6 12 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.85%) Power BI
7 11 (3.85%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.80%) Metadata
9 8 (2.80%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.40%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.40%) IDMS
10 4 (1.40%) Ingres
10 4 (1.40%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.05%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.05%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 49 (17.13%) Git
1 49 (17.13%) JIRA
2 31 (10.84%) Jenkins
3 29 (10.14%) GitLab
4 13 (4.55%) Zephyr
5 12 (4.20%) Selenium
6 11 (3.85%) Postman
7 10 (3.50%) JUnit
8 6 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.40%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.40%) Toad
11 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.05%) Gatling
11 3 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.70%) JMeter
12 2 (0.70%) Maven
12 2 (0.70%) Mockito
General
1 88 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.63%) Finance
3 45 (15.73%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.94%) Local Government
5 12 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.15%) Legal
7 7 (2.45%) General Ledger
8 6 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.40%) Advertising
10 3 (1.05%) Back Office
10 3 (1.05%) Banking
10 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Retail
11 2 (0.70%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Billing
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (20.63%) Data Engineer
2 32 (11.19%) Analyst
3 22 (7.69%) Architect
3 22 (7.69%) Consultant
4 21 (7.34%) Senior
5 18 (6.29%) Release Manager
5 18 (6.29%) Storage Analyst
6 17 (5.94%) DBA
6 17 (5.94%) Lead
7 13 (4.55%) Oracle Consultant
7 13 (4.55%) Oracle DBA
7 13 (4.55%) Tester
8 12 (4.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 11 (3.85%) Accountant
9 11 (3.85%) SAS Engineer
10 10 (3.50%) Data Architect
10 10 (3.50%) QA Tester
10 10 (3.50%) Senior Accountant
11 9 (3.15%) Systems Accountant
11 9 (3.15%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (6.29%) Flash
3 11 (3.85%) REST
4 10 (3.50%) Spring
5 9 (3.15%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.15%) XML
6 7 (2.45%) JSON
6 7 (2.45%) pytest
7 6 (2.10%) .NET
7 6 (2.10%) ADO
8 5 (1.75%) Playwright
9 4 (1.40%) Middleware
10 3 (1.05%) JDBC
10 3 (1.05%) React
11 2 (0.70%) Gherkin
11 2 (0.70%) JPA
11 2 (0.70%) Kafka
11 2 (0.70%) OAuth
11 2 (0.70%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.70%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.29%) Linux Command Line
1 18 (6.29%) Replication
2 12 (4.20%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.10%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.40%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.40%) Robotics
7 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.05%) SCADA
7 3 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.70%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.70%) IoT
8 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.35%) FMCG
9 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.79%) Linux
2 27 (9.44%) Unix
3 12 (4.20%) Windows
4 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.87%) Agile
2 77 (26.92%) ETL
3 68 (23.78%) CI/CD
4 58 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (18.88%) Migration
5 54 (18.88%) Test Automation
6 51 (17.83%) Scrum
7 47 (16.43%) Data Integration
8 44 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (15.03%) Analytics
9 43 (15.03%) ERP
9 43 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (14.69%) Data Modelling
10 42 (14.69%) DevOps
11 36 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (11.19%) Data Pipeline
13 31 (10.84%) Data Migration
13 31 (10.84%) Test Scripting
13 31 (10.84%) Validation
14 27 (9.44%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 116 (40.56%) SQL
2 28 (9.79%) Java
3 22 (7.69%) Python
4 20 (6.99%) PL/SQL
5 12 (4.20%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.10%) Bash
7 5 (1.75%) Perl
8 4 (1.40%) VB
9 3 (1.05%) Bicep
9 3 (1.05%) HiveQL
9 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.70%) C#
10 2 (0.70%) PHP
10 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.70%) VB6
11 1 (0.35%) COBOL
11 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.35%) Scala
11 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 144 (50.35%) Security Cleared
2 136 (47.55%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.55%) ISTQB
4 8 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.10%) Degree
5 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.40%) OCP
7 4 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.70%) ACCA
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.70%) CIMA
9 2 (0.70%) ISEB
9 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.70%) PMP
9 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.39%) QA
2 22 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.15%) SLA
4 5 (1.75%) PMO
5 4 (1.40%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.05%) FATCA
6 3 (1.05%) WCAG
7 2 (0.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.70%) ITGC
8 1 (0.35%) GAAP
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (10.14%) Docker
2 18 (6.29%) GPFS
2 18 (6.29%) NFS
3 15 (5.24%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.24%) vSphere
4 4 (1.40%) HDFS
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (15.03%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.24%) vRealize
3 7 (2.45%) Grafana
4 5 (1.75%) Ansible
4 5 (1.75%) Terraform
5 4 (1.40%) Kibana
5 4 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.05%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.05%) VxRail
7 2 (0.70%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 66 (23.08%) Talend
2 39 (13.64%) Informatica
3 29 (10.14%) Denodo
4 22 (7.69%) SAP
5 21 (7.34%) Microsoft
6 18 (6.29%) IBM
6 18 (6.29%) ServiceNow
7 16 (5.59%) Cisco
8 15 (5.24%) VMware
9 7 (2.45%) Sage
10 6 (2.10%) Cloudera
10 6 (2.10%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.10%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.75%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.05%) Databricks
12 3 (1.05%) Splunk
13 2 (0.70%) Actian
13 2 (0.70%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.70%) Remedy
13 2 (0.70%) webMethods