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 29 June 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
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 37 35
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Oracle 402 111 121
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.94% 5.03% 4.08%
As % of the Vendors category 19.88% 10.94% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 84 81
10th Percentile £350 £319 £350
25th Percentile £413 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £627 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £539
% change year-on-year - -2.55% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
10th Percentile £47.92 - £18.50
25th Percentile £51.25 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.35 - -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +44.23% -54.22%

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 2,022 1,015 1,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.95% 46.03% 43.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,339 641 833
10th Percentile £304 £200 £226
25th Percentile £400 £320 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £451
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -0.11% -5.16%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £685
England median daily rate £510 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 56 81
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.81 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.34 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.91 £25.08 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +60.69% -27.99%
75th Percentile £39.29 £32.29 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £45.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.45 £24.65
% change year-on-year +32.33% +7.30% -34.27%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +24 347 £459 -3.37% 41
East Midlands -1 48 £525 +34.27% 16
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 74 (18.41%) SAS
2 37 (9.20%) Confluence
3 18 (4.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (2.49%) Tuxedo
5 10 (2.49%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.49%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 5 (1.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.50%) 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 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.24%) Notepad++
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (5.22%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (5.22%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (4.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 17 (4.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (1.99%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.74%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.74%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.49%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.25%) iTrent
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 118 (29.35%) AWS
2 51 (12.69%) Azure
3 23 (5.72%) OCI
4 16 (3.98%) PaaS
5 13 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.24%) GitHub
7 9 (2.24%) SaaS
8 6 (1.49%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.24%) Serverless
10 4 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.49%) Firewall
2 5 (1.24%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.24%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.00%) VSAN
4 3 (0.75%) SSL
5 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (15.42%) Pentaho
2 60 (14.93%) Oracle Reports
3 50 (12.44%) Oracle Database
4 46 (11.44%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (5.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 22 (5.47%) SQL Server
6 18 (4.48%) MySQL
6 18 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.73%) Ingres
8 14 (3.48%) BusinessObjects
8 14 (3.48%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 13 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (3.23%) Power BI
10 12 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (2.49%) RDBMS
12 9 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.99%) Metadata
14 7 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.74%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.24%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 69 (17.16%) JIRA
2 65 (16.17%) GitLab
3 44 (10.95%) Git
4 32 (7.96%) Zephyr
5 26 (6.47%) Postman
6 22 (5.47%) Jenkins
7 12 (2.99%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (2.74%) Artifactory
9 9 (2.24%) Selenium
10 8 (1.99%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.00%) CA Gen
11 4 (1.00%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.75%) JUnit
12 3 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.50%) JMeter
14 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.25%) Hudson
14 1 (0.25%) NeoLoad
General
1 95 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 91 (22.64%) Finance
3 72 (17.91%) Public Sector
4 42 (10.45%) Local Government
5 31 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.74%) Legal
7 7 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.49%) Billing
9 5 (1.24%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.75%) Advertising
11 3 (0.75%) Banking
11 3 (0.75%) Police
11 3 (0.75%) Retail
12 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.25%) Law
13 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 95 (23.63%) Data Engineer
2 37 (9.20%) Lead
3 32 (7.96%) Analyst
3 32 (7.96%) Architect
4 28 (6.97%) Senior
5 24 (5.97%) Developer
6 21 (5.22%) Release Manager
7 20 (4.98%) Tester
8 18 (4.48%) QA Tester
9 17 (4.23%) Accountant
9 17 (4.23%) DBA
9 17 (4.23%) Finance Manager
9 17 (4.23%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (4.23%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.98%) Consultant
10 16 (3.98%) SAS Engineer
10 16 (3.98%) Systems Accountant
11 15 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.48%) Oracle Project Manager
13 12 (2.99%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (21.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (3.48%) Flash
3 9 (2.24%) ADO
4 8 (1.99%) Middleware
4 8 (1.99%) REST
5 7 (1.74%) COM
5 7 (1.74%) ODBC
6 6 (1.49%) JSON
7 5 (1.24%) Spring
7 5 (1.24%) Web Services
8 4 (1.00%) .NET
8 4 (1.00%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.00%) XML
9 3 (0.75%) Kafka
10 2 (0.50%) ActiveX
10 2 (0.50%) pytest
11 1 (0.25%) JDBC
11 1 (0.25%) JSP
11 1 (0.25%) OLE
11 1 (0.25%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.48%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (3.73%) Replication
3 12 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 12 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.49%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.49%) Low-Code
5 6 (1.49%) SCADA
6 5 (1.24%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.00%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.00%) Robotics
8 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.75%) IoT
8 3 (0.75%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.50%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.93%) Unix
2 44 (10.95%) Linux
3 9 (2.24%) Windows
4 5 (1.24%) SUSE
5 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.50%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) AIX
8 1 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (33.33%) ETL
2 129 (32.09%) Agile
3 109 (27.11%) Migration
4 79 (19.65%) Test Automation
5 70 (17.41%) ERP
6 66 (16.42%) Data Migration
6 66 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (16.17%) CI/CD
8 61 (15.17%) Data Integration
9 60 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (14.18%) Validation
11 56 (13.93%) Data Modelling
12 48 (11.94%) DevOps
13 46 (11.44%) Scrum
14 44 (10.95%) Analytics
15 43 (10.70%) Data Pipeline
16 39 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (8.71%) System Testing
18 34 (8.46%) Test Scripting
19 33 (8.21%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 198 (49.25%) SQL
2 50 (12.44%) PL/SQL
3 27 (6.72%) Python
4 20 (4.98%) Java
5 14 (3.48%) C
6 13 (3.23%) Shell Script
7 10 (2.49%) Bash
7 10 (2.49%) VB
8 8 (1.99%) ProC
8 8 (1.99%) VB6
9 5 (1.24%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.00%) Bicep
10 4 (1.00%) Perl
11 3 (0.75%) HiveQL
12 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.25%) C++
13 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 220 (54.73%) Security Cleared
2 204 (50.75%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.97%) ISTQB
4 11 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.49%) ACCA
5 10 (2.49%) CIMA
5 10 (2.49%) Degree
6 6 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.00%) OCP
8 3 (0.75%) CCAB
8 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.50%) PMP
9 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.95%) QA
2 30 (7.46%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.24%) FATCA
3 9 (2.24%) SLA
4 5 (1.24%) GDPR
5 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.75%) IFRS
6 3 (0.75%) PMO
6 3 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.50%) WCAG
8 1 (0.25%) GAAP
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.73%) Docker
2 14 (3.48%) GPFS
2 14 (3.48%) NFS
3 11 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.49%) vSphere
5 4 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.75%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.75%) HDFS
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.49%) vRealize
3 7 (1.74%) Grafana
3 7 (1.74%) Terraform
4 4 (1.00%) Ansible
4 4 (1.00%) VxRail
5 2 (0.50%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.50%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.25%) SELinux
6 1 (0.25%) systemd
Vendors
1 101 (25.12%) Talend
2 63 (15.67%) Informatica
3 42 (10.45%) Denodo
4 35 (8.71%) Microsoft
5 25 (6.22%) SAP
6 20 (4.98%) IBM
7 18 (4.48%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.23%) VMware
9 10 (2.49%) Cisco
9 10 (2.49%) Cloudera
10 9 (2.24%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.24%) Sage
11 7 (1.74%) Actian
12 6 (1.49%) Dynatrace
13 5 (1.24%) MathWorks
13 5 (1.24%) Siemens
14 4 (1.00%) Databricks
15 3 (0.75%) Google
15 3 (0.75%) Salesforce
16 2 (0.50%) NetCracker