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 30 July 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
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 -11
Contract jobs citing Oracle 431 119 112
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 9.27% 4.88% 4.13%
As % of the Vendors category 20.66% 10.80% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 89 78
10th Percentile £350 £340 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% - -12.04%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £628 £663 £661
England median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 3
10th Percentile £17.97 - £16.00
25th Percentile £42.50 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £22.00
90th Percentile - - £23.20
England median hourly rate £39.50 £37.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +5.33% -2.60% -30.00%

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 2,086 1,102 1,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.88% 45.16% 44.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,368 703 846
10th Percentile £311 £208 £256
25th Percentile £400 £325 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £569 £569 £600
90th Percentile £656 £643 £675
England median daily rate £510 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 61 41
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.81 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.38 £13.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +60.70% -30.44%
75th Percentile £43.77 £31.00 £32.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +41.27% -10.18% -29.20%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +22 366 £459 -3.37% 56
East Midlands +6 56 £525 +25.75% 13
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 64 (14.85%) SAS
2 36 (8.35%) Confluence
3 19 (4.41%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (3.94%) WebLogic
5 15 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (2.32%) Tuxedo
7 6 (1.39%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Apache
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.16%) Notepad++
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.34%) Oracle Payables
1 23 (5.34%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (4.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 18 (4.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (2.09%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.62%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.62%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.39%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.70%) iTrent
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payroll
9 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (28.07%) AWS
2 62 (14.39%) Azure
3 34 (7.89%) OCI
4 19 (4.41%) PaaS
5 17 (3.94%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.32%) GitHub
8 6 (1.39%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (1.39%) SaaS
8 6 (1.39%) Serverless
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.70%) GCP
11 3 (0.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.62%) Firewall
2 5 (1.16%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.16%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.70%) SSL
3 3 (0.70%) VSAN
4 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.39%) Oracle Reports
1 62 (14.39%) Pentaho
2 48 (11.14%) Oracle Database
3 46 (10.67%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (7.42%) SQL Server
5 30 (6.96%) MySQL
6 22 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (3.94%) Power BI
8 16 (3.71%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.71%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 14 (3.25%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (3.25%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 13 (3.02%) Ingres
11 11 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.09%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.86%) RDBMS
14 6 (1.39%) Metadata
15 5 (1.16%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 73 (16.94%) JIRA
2 66 (15.31%) GitLab
3 50 (11.60%) Git
4 32 (7.42%) Zephyr
5 26 (6.03%) Postman
6 21 (4.87%) Jenkins
7 12 (2.78%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (2.78%) Selenium
8 11 (2.55%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.62%) Maven
10 6 (1.39%) JUnit
10 6 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.93%) CA Gen
11 4 (0.93%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.93%) Gatling
11 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.70%) Toad
General
1 104 (24.13%) Social Skills
2 100 (23.20%) Finance
3 78 (18.10%) Public Sector
4 42 (9.74%) Local Government
5 38 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.09%) Legal
7 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.62%) Police
9 6 (1.39%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.16%) Billing
10 5 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.70%) Advertising
11 3 (0.70%) Banking
11 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.70%) Retail
12 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 92 (21.35%) Data Engineer
2 41 (9.51%) Lead
3 33 (7.66%) Architect
4 32 (7.42%) Analyst
5 30 (6.96%) Developer
6 26 (6.03%) Senior
7 23 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (5.10%) DBA
9 20 (4.64%) Tester
10 19 (4.41%) Administrator
10 19 (4.41%) Finance Manager
11 18 (4.18%) QA Tester
12 17 (3.94%) Consultant
12 17 (3.94%) Oracle Developer
12 17 (3.94%) Release Manager
13 16 (3.71%) Project Manager
13 16 (3.71%) Test Analyst
14 15 (3.48%) Accountant
15 14 (3.25%) Finance Systems Manager
15 14 (3.25%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (22.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (2.32%) REST
3 9 (2.09%) Flash
3 9 (2.09%) JSON
3 9 (2.09%) Middleware
4 8 (1.86%) XML
5 7 (1.62%) .NET
5 7 (1.62%) ADO
6 6 (1.39%) COM
6 6 (1.39%) ODBC
7 5 (1.16%) Web Services
8 4 (0.93%) Kafka
8 4 (0.93%) Playwright
8 4 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.93%) React
8 4 (0.93%) SOAP
8 4 (0.93%) Spring
9 3 (0.70%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.46%) pytest
11 1 (0.23%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.41%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.78%) Replication
4 11 (2.55%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.09%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.09%) SCADA
7 8 (1.86%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.39%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.39%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.93%) IoT
10 4 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.93%) Robotics
11 3 (0.70%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.46%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.37%) Unix
2 41 (9.51%) Linux
3 10 (2.32%) Windows
4 5 (1.16%) SUSE
5 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.46%) HPUX
7 1 (0.23%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (31.09%) Agile
2 133 (30.86%) ETL
3 113 (26.22%) Migration
4 85 (19.72%) Test Automation
5 77 (17.87%) ERP
6 75 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (16.24%) Data Migration
8 65 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (14.15%) CI/CD
10 59 (13.69%) Data Integration
11 58 (13.46%) Data Modelling
11 58 (13.46%) Validation
12 50 (11.60%) DevOps
13 48 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 47 (10.90%) Analytics
15 46 (10.67%) Scrum
16 45 (10.44%) Data Pipeline
17 37 (8.58%) Test Scripting
18 36 (8.35%) Integration Testing
18 36 (8.35%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 200 (46.40%) SQL
2 49 (11.37%) PL/SQL
3 35 (8.12%) Java
4 29 (6.73%) Python
5 18 (4.18%) Shell Script
6 14 (3.25%) C
6 14 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.32%) Bash
8 8 (1.86%) ProC
8 8 (1.86%) VB
9 7 (1.62%) VB6
10 5 (1.16%) Bicep
11 3 (0.70%) HiveQL
11 3 (0.70%) Perl
12 2 (0.46%) R
12 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.23%) C++
13 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 222 (51.51%) Security Cleared
2 205 (47.56%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.26%) ISTQB
4 17 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.78%) Degree
5 12 (2.78%) Oracle Certification
6 10 (2.32%) ACCA
6 10 (2.32%) CIMA
6 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.32%) OCP
7 6 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.93%) ISEB
9 3 (0.70%) CCAB
10 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.46%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.46%) PMP
11 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.28%) QA
2 32 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.09%) FATCA
3 9 (2.09%) GDPR
4 8 (1.86%) SLA
5 5 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.16%) WCAG
6 3 (0.70%) IFRS
6 3 (0.70%) PMO
6 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) GAAP
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 17 (3.94%) Docker
2 9 (2.09%) GPFS
2 9 (2.09%) NFS
3 7 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.39%) vSphere
5 4 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.70%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.70%) HDFS
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 36 (8.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.86%) Terraform
3 7 (1.62%) Grafana
4 6 (1.39%) vRealize
5 4 (0.93%) Ansible
6 3 (0.70%) VxRail
7 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.46%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.23%) SELinux
8 1 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 98 (22.74%) Talend
2 59 (13.69%) Informatica
3 49 (11.37%) Microsoft
4 41 (9.51%) Denodo
5 29 (6.73%) SAP
6 15 (3.48%) IBM
7 13 (3.02%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.32%) Cloudera
8 10 (2.32%) Sage
9 9 (2.09%) VMware
10 8 (1.86%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.39%) Actian
11 6 (1.39%) Cisco
12 5 (1.16%) Databricks
12 5 (1.16%) MathWorks
12 5 (1.16%) Siemens
13 4 (0.93%) Workday
14 3 (0.70%) Google
14 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.70%) webMethods