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 15 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 36 35
Rank change year-on-year +15 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing Oracle 406 121 122
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.84% 5.10% 4.18%
As % of the Vendors category 19.64% 11.14% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 92 82
10th Percentile £350 £319 £350
25th Percentile £413 £385 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £638 £699
England median daily rate £525 £525 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 8
10th Percentile £20.42 - £18.50
25th Percentile £49.06 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.36 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.28% +44.23% -52.73%

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 2,067 1,086 1,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.98% 45.75% 43.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,357 688 852
10th Percentile £304 £212 £228
25th Percentile £400 £325 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £598
90th Percentile £650 £675 £672
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 59 78
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.81 £11.02
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.44 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +61.17% -27.99%
75th Percentile £40.03 £31.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £47.42
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
% change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +19 344 £459 -3.37% 62
East Midlands +1 54 £525 +28.05% 30
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 (16.50%) SAS
2 37 (9.11%) Confluence
3 18 (4.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (2.46%) Tuxedo
6 9 (2.22%) WebLogic
7 6 (1.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.49%) Apache
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.25%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.25%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.23%) Notepad++
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.67%) Oracle Payables
1 23 (5.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (4.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 19 (4.68%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.72%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.48%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.74%) iTrent
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 112 (27.59%) AWS
2 55 (13.55%) Azure
3 27 (6.65%) OCI
4 19 (4.68%) PaaS
5 16 (3.94%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.46%) GitHub
8 6 (1.48%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (1.48%) SaaS
8 6 (1.48%) Serverless
9 5 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.74%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.72%) Firewall
2 5 (1.23%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.23%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.74%) SSL
3 3 (0.74%) VSAN
4 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (15.27%) Oracle Reports
2 59 (14.53%) Pentaho
3 49 (12.07%) Oracle Database
4 47 (11.58%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (7.64%) SQL Server
6 22 (5.42%) MySQL
7 20 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (4.68%) Relational Database
9 18 (4.43%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 16 (3.94%) Power BI
11 15 (3.69%) Ingres
12 14 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
12 14 (3.45%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 11 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (2.46%) RDBMS
15 9 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.97%) Metadata
16 8 (1.97%) MongoDB
17 5 (1.23%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 68 (16.75%) JIRA
2 65 (16.01%) GitLab
3 46 (11.33%) Git
4 32 (7.88%) Zephyr
5 26 (6.40%) Postman
6 21 (5.17%) Jenkins
7 12 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (2.71%) Artifactory
9 10 (2.46%) Selenium
10 8 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.99%) CA Gen
11 4 (0.99%) JUnit
11 4 (0.99%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.74%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.49%) Gatling
13 2 (0.49%) JMeter
13 2 (0.49%) Maven
General
1 102 (25.12%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.65%) Finance
3 74 (18.23%) Public Sector
4 44 (10.84%) Local Government
5 37 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.71%) Legal
7 7 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.48%) Billing
9 5 (1.23%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.99%) Police
11 3 (0.74%) Advertising
11 3 (0.74%) Banking
11 3 (0.74%) Retail
12 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 90 (22.17%) Data Engineer
2 37 (9.11%) Lead
3 29 (7.14%) Analyst
3 29 (7.14%) Architect
4 28 (6.90%) Developer
4 28 (6.90%) Senior
5 21 (5.17%) DBA
6 20 (4.93%) Tester
7 19 (4.68%) Finance Manager
8 18 (4.43%) QA Tester
9 17 (4.19%) Accountant
9 17 (4.19%) Administrator
9 17 (4.19%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (4.19%) Release Manager
10 16 (3.94%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.94%) Systems Accountant
11 15 (3.69%) Consultant
12 14 (3.45%) Finance Systems Manager
12 14 (3.45%) Oracle Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (22.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (2.71%) Flash
3 9 (2.22%) ADO
4 8 (1.97%) Middleware
5 7 (1.72%) COM
5 7 (1.72%) JSON
5 7 (1.72%) ODBC
5 7 (1.72%) REST
6 5 (1.23%) .NET
6 5 (1.23%) Spring
6 5 (1.23%) Web Services
7 4 (0.99%) Kafka
7 4 (0.99%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.99%) XML
8 2 (0.49%) ActiveX
8 2 (0.49%) Playwright
8 2 (0.49%) pytest
8 2 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.49%) React
9 1 (0.25%) Java SE
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.19%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.20%) Replication
4 12 (2.96%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.72%) SCADA
7 6 (1.48%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.99%) IoT
9 4 (0.99%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.99%) Robotics
10 3 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.49%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.32%) Unix
2 40 (9.85%) Linux
3 6 (1.48%) Windows
4 5 (1.23%) SUSE
5 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.49%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) AIX
8 1 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (32.76%) ETL
2 127 (31.28%) Agile
3 106 (26.11%) Migration
4 80 (19.70%) Test Automation
5 73 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (17.73%) ERP
7 68 (16.75%) Data Migration
8 62 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (14.78%) CI/CD
10 58 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 56 (13.79%) Data Integration
11 56 (13.79%) Validation
12 50 (12.32%) DevOps
13 47 (11.58%) Scrum
14 44 (10.84%) Analytics
15 42 (10.34%) Data Pipeline
15 42 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (8.37%) Integration Testing
16 34 (8.37%) System Testing
16 34 (8.37%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 197 (48.52%) SQL
2 50 (12.32%) PL/SQL
3 29 (7.14%) Python
4 23 (5.67%) Java
5 15 (3.69%) Shell Script
6 14 (3.45%) C
7 10 (2.46%) Bash
7 10 (2.46%) VB
8 8 (1.97%) ProC
8 8 (1.97%) VB6
9 6 (1.48%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.23%) Bicep
11 4 (0.99%) Perl
12 3 (0.74%) HiveQL
13 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) C++
14 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 215 (52.96%) Security Cleared
2 199 (49.01%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.91%) ISTQB
4 12 (2.96%) Degree
5 11 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.46%) ACCA
6 10 (2.46%) CIMA
6 10 (2.46%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.97%) OCP
8 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.74%) CCAB
9 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.49%) PMP
10 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.85%) QA
2 30 (7.39%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.22%) FATCA
3 9 (2.22%) SLA
4 8 (1.97%) GDPR
5 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.74%) IFRS
6 3 (0.74%) PMO
6 3 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.74%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) GAAP
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.69%) Docker
2 11 (2.71%) GPFS
2 11 (2.71%) NFS
3 9 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (1.97%) vSphere
5 4 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.74%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.74%) HDFS
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.97%) Terraform
2 8 (1.97%) vRealize
3 7 (1.72%) Grafana
4 4 (0.99%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) VxRail
6 2 (0.49%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.49%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.25%) SELinux
7 1 (0.25%) systemd
Vendors
1 96 (23.65%) Talend
2 60 (14.78%) Informatica
3 45 (11.08%) Microsoft
4 41 (10.10%) Denodo
5 26 (6.40%) SAP
6 17 (4.19%) IBM
7 15 (3.69%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.71%) VMware
9 10 (2.46%) Cloudera
9 10 (2.46%) Sage
10 9 (2.22%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.97%) Cisco
12 7 (1.72%) Actian
13 5 (1.23%) Databricks
13 5 (1.23%) MathWorks
13 5 (1.23%) Siemens
14 4 (0.99%) Workday
15 3 (0.74%) Dynatrace
15 3 (0.74%) Google
16 2 (0.49%) JD Edwards