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 11 August 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
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 30 29
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 436 149 127
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 9.21% 5.98% 4.80%
As % of the Vendors category 20.42% 12.84% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 112 86
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £402 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.87% +1.50% -7.41%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £599
90th Percentile £619 £688 £731
England median daily rate £525 £520 £543
% change year-on-year +0.96% -4.15% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 3
10th Percentile £17.97 - £16.00
25th Percentile £24.10 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £22.00
90th Percentile - - £23.20
England median hourly rate £39.03 £37.50 £29.30
% change year-on-year +4.07% +28.01% -48.90%

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 2,135 1,160 1,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.10% 46.57% 45.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,376 740 829
10th Percentile £313 £220 £263
25th Percentile £400 £344 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £572 £600
90th Percentile £656 £645 £675
England median daily rate £510 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.52% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 60 34
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.81 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.47 £14.06
Median hourly rate £20.62 £25.15 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +49.52% -25.24%
75th Percentile £33.99 £31.00 £38.44
90th Percentile £65.77 £50.00 £55.88
England median hourly rate £34.00 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.19% -16.17% -20.00%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +14 365 £459 -11.48% 58
East Midlands +7 62 £525 +28.05% 21
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 63 (14.45%) SAS
2 35 (8.03%) Confluence
3 21 (4.82%) Oracle Workflow
4 16 (3.67%) WebLogic
5 15 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (2.29%) Tuxedo
7 6 (1.38%) 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 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.15%) Notepad++
3 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (5.50%) Oracle Payables
1 24 (5.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (4.36%) Oracle General Ledger
2 19 (4.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (2.52%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (1.61%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (1.38%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.69%) iTrent
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (27.75%) AWS
2 57 (13.07%) Azure
3 39 (8.94%) OCI
4 19 (4.36%) PaaS
4 19 (4.36%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.29%) GitHub
7 7 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (1.61%) SaaS
7 7 (1.61%) Serverless
8 6 (1.38%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.15%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.69%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.61%) Firewall
2 5 (1.15%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.15%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.69%) SSL
3 3 (0.69%) VSAN
4 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (14.45%) Oracle Reports
2 60 (13.76%) Pentaho
3 51 (11.70%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (9.63%) Oracle Database
5 30 (6.88%) SQL Server
6 28 (6.42%) MySQL
7 23 (5.28%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (4.36%) Power BI
9 16 (3.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 15 (3.44%) BusinessObjects
10 15 (3.44%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 12 (2.75%) Relational Database
12 11 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (2.52%) Ingres
13 9 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.83%) MongoDB
14 8 (1.83%) Oracle Exadata
15 7 (1.61%) Metadata
15 7 (1.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 80 (18.35%) JIRA
2 64 (14.68%) GitLab
3 57 (13.07%) Git
4 37 (8.49%) Zephyr
5 32 (7.34%) Postman
6 22 (5.05%) Jenkins
7 13 (2.98%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (2.75%) Selenium
9 11 (2.52%) Artifactory
10 7 (1.61%) Maven
11 6 (1.38%) JUnit
12 5 (1.15%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.15%) Gatling
12 5 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.92%) CA Gen
13 4 (0.92%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.69%) Toad
15 2 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 109 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 102 (23.39%) Finance
3 81 (18.58%) Public Sector
4 43 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.17%) Local Government
6 8 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.61%) General Ledger
7 7 (1.61%) Legal
7 7 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.61%) Police
8 5 (1.15%) Billing
8 5 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.69%) Advertising
9 3 (0.69%) Banking
9 3 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.69%) Retail
10 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 90 (20.64%) Data Engineer
2 40 (9.17%) Lead
3 35 (8.03%) Analyst
4 31 (7.11%) Architect
5 29 (6.65%) Developer
6 25 (5.73%) Senior
7 23 (5.28%) Tester
8 22 (5.05%) DBA
9 21 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (4.59%) Finance Manager
10 20 (4.59%) QA Tester
11 19 (4.36%) Administrator
12 18 (4.13%) Consultant
13 17 (3.90%) Oracle Developer
13 17 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 17 (3.90%) Release Manager
13 17 (3.90%) Test Analyst
14 15 (3.44%) Oracle Consultant
14 15 (3.44%) Oracle Project Manager
15 14 (3.21%) Finance Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (23.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (2.52%) REST
3 10 (2.29%) Middleware
4 8 (1.83%) .NET
4 8 (1.83%) Flash
5 7 (1.61%) JSON
6 6 (1.38%) SOAP
7 5 (1.15%) ADO
7 5 (1.15%) COM
7 5 (1.15%) Kafka
7 5 (1.15%) ODBC
7 5 (1.15%) Playwright
7 5 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.15%) React
8 4 (0.92%) Spring
8 4 (0.92%) Web Services
8 4 (0.92%) XML
9 2 (0.46%) PySpark
9 2 (0.46%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.23%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.13%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.75%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.52%) Replication
5 10 (2.29%) SCADA
6 8 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.15%) IoT
9 5 (1.15%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.92%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.92%) Robotics
11 3 (0.69%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.69%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.32%) Unix
2 38 (8.72%) Linux
3 10 (2.29%) Windows
4 5 (1.15%) SUSE
5 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.46%) HPUX
6 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (31.88%) Agile
2 135 (30.96%) ETL
3 119 (27.29%) Migration
4 89 (20.41%) Test Automation
5 82 (18.81%) ERP
6 76 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (17.20%) Data Migration
8 64 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (14.68%) Data Modelling
9 62 (14.22%) CI/CD
10 61 (13.99%) Data Integration
11 55 (12.61%) Validation
12 54 (12.39%) Analytics
13 50 (11.47%) DevOps
14 47 (10.78%) Data Pipeline
14 47 (10.78%) Scrum
15 46 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 42 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (9.63%) Integration Testing
17 41 (9.40%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 201 (46.10%) SQL
2 48 (11.01%) PL/SQL
3 30 (6.88%) Java
4 28 (6.42%) Python
5 15 (3.44%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.21%) C
6 14 (3.21%) Shell Script
7 10 (2.29%) Bash
8 8 (1.83%) ProC
9 6 (1.38%) Bicep
9 6 (1.38%) VB
9 6 (1.38%) VB6
10 3 (0.69%) HiveQL
10 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.46%) Perl
11 2 (0.46%) R
12 1 (0.23%) C++
12 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 216 (49.54%) Security Cleared
2 199 (45.64%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.11%) ISTQB
4 15 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.75%) Degree
5 12 (2.75%) Oracle Certification
6 11 (2.52%) ACCA
6 11 (2.52%) CIMA
7 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.29%) OCP
8 8 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.92%) ISEB
10 3 (0.69%) CCAB
11 2 (0.46%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.46%) PMP
12 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.09%) QA
2 35 (8.03%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.75%) GDPR
4 7 (1.61%) SLA
5 6 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.38%) FATCA
5 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.38%) WCAG
6 3 (0.69%) IFRS
6 3 (0.69%) PMO
6 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) GAAP
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 20 (4.59%) Docker
2 8 (1.83%) GPFS
2 8 (1.83%) NFS
3 7 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.38%) vSphere
5 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.69%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.69%) HDFS
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 38 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.06%) Terraform
3 7 (1.61%) Grafana
4 6 (1.38%) vRealize
5 4 (0.92%) Ansible
6 3 (0.69%) VxRail
7 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.23%) SELinux
8 1 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 93 (21.33%) Talend
2 58 (13.30%) Informatica
3 50 (11.47%) Microsoft
4 38 (8.72%) Denodo
5 30 (6.88%) SAP
6 14 (3.21%) IBM
7 12 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.29%) Cloudera
8 10 (2.29%) Sage
9 9 (2.06%) VMware
10 7 (1.61%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.38%) Cisco
11 6 (1.38%) Databricks
12 5 (1.15%) Actian
12 5 (1.15%) MathWorks
12 5 (1.15%) Siemens
12 5 (1.15%) Workday
13 3 (0.69%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.69%) JD Edwards
13 3 (0.69%) Salesforce