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 8 October 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 28 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 418 176 160
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.45% 6.44% 5.93%
As % of the Vendors category 19.94% 12.87% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 126 107
10th Percentile £350 £360 £356
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.61% -1.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £675
90th Percentile £612 £669 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 3
10th Percentile £17.36 - £16.72
25th Percentile £17.51 - £19.30
Median hourly rate £32.15 - £23.60
75th Percentile £53.75 - £23.80
90th Percentile - - £23.92
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -56.49%

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 2,096 1,368 1,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.35% 50.07% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 889 792
10th Percentile £306 £247 £228
25th Percentile £402 £361 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £497
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -4.33% +4.53%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
England median daily rate £519 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +2.37% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 62 29
10th Percentile £13.31 £15.74 £13.37
25th Percentile £14.56 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.79 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +47.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.00 £50.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.16%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +13 340 £459 -12.57% 93
East Midlands -1 68 £550 +29.79% 55
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 28 (6.70%) Confluence
2 25 (5.98%) SAS
3 18 (4.31%) WebLogic
4 14 (3.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.44%) Tuxedo
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 22 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (5.02%) Oracle Receivables
3 19 (4.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 14 (3.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 13 (3.11%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (1.20%) iTrent
7 5 (1.20%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.96%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (0.48%) Maximo
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
11 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (22.49%) AWS
2 56 (13.40%) OCI
3 39 (9.33%) Azure
4 14 (3.35%) PaaS
5 13 (3.11%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.15%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 8 (1.91%) GitHub
8 7 (1.67%) SaaS
9 6 (1.44%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.20%) Tricentis Tosca
11 4 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.96%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.96%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.96%) Serverless
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon EMR
12 3 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) PuTTY
2 1 (0.24%) Telnet
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) VSAN
2 1 (0.24%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.48%) Oracle Reports
2 43 (10.29%) Pentaho
3 36 (8.61%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (8.61%) Oracle Database
4 27 (6.46%) SQL Server
5 21 (5.02%) MySQL
6 17 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.35%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.11%) Power BI
9 11 (2.63%) Ingres
9 11 (2.63%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 9 (2.15%) Oracle Exadata
11 8 (1.91%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (1.67%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 7 (1.67%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 6 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 63 (15.07%) GitLab
2 60 (14.35%) JIRA
3 50 (11.96%) Git
4 27 (6.46%) Zephyr
5 23 (5.50%) Postman
6 16 (3.83%) Selenium
7 15 (3.59%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (3.11%) Maven
9 11 (2.63%) Artifactory
9 11 (2.63%) Jenkins
10 9 (2.15%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.15%) JUnit
11 8 (1.91%) Gatling
12 5 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.20%) Toad
13 4 (0.96%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
15 1 (0.24%) Gradle
15 1 (0.24%) Mockito
15 1 (0.24%) NeoLoad
General
1 97 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.01%) Finance
3 74 (17.70%) Public Sector
4 40 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.46%) Local Government
6 10 (2.39%) General Ledger
6 10 (2.39%) Police
7 8 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.67%) Military
9 6 (1.44%) Billing
9 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.20%) Legal
10 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.96%) Retail
12 3 (0.72%) Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Advertising
14 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (13.64%) Data Engineer
2 51 (12.20%) Lead
3 40 (9.57%) Developer
4 34 (8.13%) Analyst
5 28 (6.70%) Administrator
6 27 (6.46%) Architect
7 25 (5.98%) Consultant
7 25 (5.98%) Oracle Consultant
8 24 (5.74%) Senior
9 20 (4.78%) DBA
10 19 (4.55%) Oracle Developer
11 18 (4.31%) Test Analyst
12 17 (4.07%) Project Manager
12 17 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.83%) Finance Manager
13 16 (3.83%) Oracle Project Manager
14 14 (3.35%) Trainer
15 13 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.11%) Oracle Architect
15 13 (3.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (33.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (4.78%) REST
3 15 (3.59%) .NET
4 13 (3.11%) JSON
4 13 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
5 12 (2.87%) React
5 12 (2.87%) SOAP
6 11 (2.63%) Middleware
7 9 (2.15%) Playwright
8 8 (1.91%) Spring
9 7 (1.67%) Web Services
9 7 (1.67%) XML
10 6 (1.44%) Terraform
11 5 (1.20%) ADO
11 5 (1.20%) COM
11 5 (1.20%) Flash
11 5 (1.20%) ODBC
12 4 (0.96%) OAuth
13 3 (0.72%) JWT
13 3 (0.72%) Spring.NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (1.91%) Replication
4 7 (1.67%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.44%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.44%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.20%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.20%) e-Learning
6 5 (1.20%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.96%) Learning Management System
7 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.96%) Private Cloud
7 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
7 4 (0.96%) SCADA
7 4 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.66%) Linux
2 25 (5.98%) Unix
3 14 (3.35%) Windows
4 5 (1.20%) SUSE
5 2 (0.48%) AIX
5 2 (0.48%) HPUX
6 1 (0.24%) Solaris
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (30.38%) Agile
2 103 (24.64%) Migration
3 96 (22.97%) ETL
4 80 (19.14%) ERP
5 73 (17.46%) Test Automation
6 72 (17.22%) Data Migration
7 67 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (11.96%) Data Modelling
11 46 (11.00%) Validation
12 42 (10.05%) Mentoring
13 40 (9.57%) CI/CD
13 40 (9.57%) System Testing
14 39 (9.33%) Data Integration
15 37 (8.85%) Integration Testing
15 37 (8.85%) Scrum
16 36 (8.61%) User Acceptance Testing
17 35 (8.37%) End-to-End Testing
17 35 (8.37%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 155 (37.08%) SQL
2 40 (9.57%) Java
3 37 (8.85%) PL/SQL
4 21 (5.02%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.78%) Python
6 14 (3.35%) C
7 12 (2.87%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.91%) ProC
9 6 (1.44%) VB
9 6 (1.44%) VB6
10 3 (0.72%) Bash
10 3 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.48%) Bicep
11 2 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.24%) C#
12 1 (0.24%) C++
12 1 (0.24%) COBOL
12 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 171 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 154 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (5.98%) ISTQB
5 13 (3.11%) ACCA
5 13 (3.11%) CIMA
6 11 (2.63%) Oracle Certification
7 9 (2.15%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.15%) Degree
7 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.15%) OCP
8 8 (1.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.44%) CCAB
10 5 (1.20%) ISEB
11 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.72%) PMP
12 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.29%) QA
2 27 (6.46%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.63%) GDPR
4 9 (2.15%) WCAG
5 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.44%) FATCA
7 4 (0.96%) SLA
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.48%) IFRS
9 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.24%) GMP
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) GxP
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.87%) Docker
2 5 (1.20%) GPFS
2 5 (1.20%) NFS
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.72%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.96%) Grafana
3 3 (0.72%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (0.72%) vRealize
4 2 (0.48%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) Kibana
5 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 70 (16.75%) Talend
2 42 (10.05%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.09%) Informatica
4 26 (6.22%) SAP
5 21 (5.02%) Denodo
6 13 (3.11%) IBM
7 8 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.20%) Actian
8 5 (1.20%) MathWorks
8 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.20%) Sage
8 5 (1.20%) Siemens
8 5 (1.20%) Workday
9 4 (0.96%) Adobe
9 4 (0.96%) Kronos
9 4 (0.96%) webMethods
10 3 (0.72%) Cisco
10 3 (0.72%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.72%) Salesforce