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 14 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
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Oracle 427 186 156
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.54% 6.74% 5.87%
As % of the Vendors category 20.06% 13.33% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 135 104
10th Percentile £350 £360 £358
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% -4.19% +4.88%
75th Percentile £552 £564 £675
90th Percentile £607 £683 £750
England median daily rate £525 £510 £549
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.02% -2.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.72
25th Percentile £17.36 - £19.30
Median hourly rate £19.29 - £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% -57.50%

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 2,129 1,395 1,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.58% 50.58% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 905 778
10th Percentile £306 £250 £224
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
England median daily rate £515 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.58% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 63 27
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.87 £13.96
25th Percentile £14.56 £18.51 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.79 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +47.94% -12.82%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £47.50 £50.00 £57.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -21.35%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +13 351 £459 -12.57% 60
East Midlands -5 66 £550 +23.94% 38
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 27 (6.32%) Confluence
2 25 (5.85%) SAS
3 20 (4.68%) WebLogic
4 13 (3.04%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.41%) Tuxedo
7 3 (0.70%) Apache
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (4.92%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (4.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 18 (4.22%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (3.04%) Oracle ERP
4 13 (3.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (1.64%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (1.17%) iTrent
6 5 (1.17%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.94%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.47%) Maximo
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 101 (23.65%) AWS
2 61 (14.29%) OCI
3 39 (9.13%) Azure
4 15 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.28%) PaaS
6 10 (2.34%) GitHub
6 10 (2.34%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 9 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (1.64%) SaaS
8 7 (1.64%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (1.41%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.94%) Serverless
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) IPsec
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) Telnet
2 1 (0.23%) VPN
2 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.48%) Oracle Reports
2 46 (10.77%) Pentaho
3 36 (8.43%) Oracle Database
4 35 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (6.09%) SQL Server
6 24 (5.62%) MySQL
7 21 (4.92%) MongoDB
8 17 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (3.51%) Power BI
10 12 (2.81%) Relational Database
11 11 (2.58%) Ingres
11 11 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 10 (2.34%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (2.11%) Oracle Exadata
14 7 (1.64%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 7 (1.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 70 (16.39%) GitLab
2 61 (14.29%) JIRA
3 55 (12.88%) Git
4 27 (6.32%) Zephyr
5 23 (5.39%) Postman
6 18 (4.22%) Selenium
7 15 (3.51%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (3.04%) Maven
9 12 (2.81%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.81%) JUnit
10 11 (2.58%) Artifactory
10 11 (2.58%) Gatling
10 11 (2.58%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.64%) Toad
12 5 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.94%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.70%) SonarQube
15 1 (0.23%) Gradle
15 1 (0.23%) NeoLoad
General
1 100 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 90 (21.08%) Finance
3 76 (17.80%) Public Sector
4 35 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.85%) Local Government
6 10 (2.34%) Police
7 9 (2.11%) General Ledger
8 8 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.87%) Military
9 6 (1.41%) Billing
9 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.94%) Legal
10 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.94%) Retail
11 3 (0.70%) Banking
12 2 (0.47%) Automotive
12 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Advertising
13 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (13.11%) Data Engineer
2 50 (11.71%) Lead
3 39 (9.13%) Developer
4 35 (8.20%) Analyst
5 28 (6.56%) Administrator
6 27 (6.32%) Architect
7 26 (6.09%) Consultant
7 26 (6.09%) Oracle Consultant
8 22 (5.15%) Senior
9 20 (4.68%) DBA
9 20 (4.68%) Test Analyst
10 19 (4.45%) Oracle Developer
11 17 (3.98%) Project Manager
11 17 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (3.75%) Oracle Project Manager
13 15 (3.51%) Finance Manager
14 14 (3.28%) Java Engineer
14 14 (3.28%) Trainer
15 13 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.04%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (31.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (4.68%) RabbitMQ
2 20 (4.68%) REST
3 17 (3.98%) JSON
4 16 (3.75%) .NET
4 16 (3.75%) React
5 12 (2.81%) Playwright
5 12 (2.81%) SOAP
6 11 (2.58%) Middleware
7 9 (2.11%) XML
8 8 (1.87%) Spring
9 7 (1.64%) Web Services
10 6 (1.41%) Terraform
11 5 (1.17%) ADO
11 5 (1.17%) COM
11 5 (1.17%) Flash
11 5 (1.17%) ODBC
12 4 (0.94%) OAuth
12 4 (0.94%) Spring.NET
13 3 (0.70%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (3.28%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (1.87%) Replication
4 6 (1.41%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.17%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.17%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.17%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.17%) Low-Code
5 5 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.94%) Learning Management System
6 4 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.94%) Private Cloud
6 4 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.94%) Reference Data
6 4 (0.94%) SCADA
7 3 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.49%) Linux
2 24 (5.62%) Unix
3 16 (3.75%) Windows
4 5 (1.17%) SUSE
5 2 (0.47%) AIX
5 2 (0.47%) HPUX
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (31.15%) Agile
2 104 (24.36%) Migration
3 93 (21.78%) ETL
4 79 (18.50%) ERP
5 78 (18.27%) Test Automation
6 75 (17.56%) Data Migration
7 67 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (11.71%) Validation
11 49 (11.48%) Data Modelling
12 45 (10.54%) Mentoring
13 44 (10.30%) CI/CD
13 44 (10.30%) System Testing
14 42 (9.84%) Data Integration
14 42 (9.84%) Test Scripting
15 39 (9.13%) Scrum
16 38 (8.90%) Integration Testing
17 37 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
18 36 (8.43%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 160 (37.47%) SQL
2 48 (11.24%) Java
3 35 (8.20%) PL/SQL
4 25 (5.85%) JavaScript
5 22 (5.15%) Python
6 13 (3.04%) C
7 11 (2.58%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.87%) ProC
9 6 (1.41%) VB
9 6 (1.41%) VB6
10 3 (0.70%) Bash
10 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) Bicep
11 2 (0.47%) R
12 1 (0.23%) C#
12 1 (0.23%) COBOL
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 173 (40.52%) Security Cleared
2 156 (36.53%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (6.56%) ISTQB
5 12 (2.81%) ACCA
5 12 (2.81%) CIMA
6 11 (2.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (2.58%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (2.34%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.11%) Degree
8 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.11%) OCP
9 7 (1.64%) ISEB
10 6 (1.41%) CCAB
11 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.70%) PMP
12 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
13 1 (0.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.30%) QA
2 26 (6.09%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.81%) GDPR
3 12 (2.81%) WCAG
4 11 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.41%) FATCA
6 4 (0.94%) SLA
7 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.47%) IFRS
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.23%) GMP
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) GxP
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (3.51%) Docker
2 5 (1.17%) GPFS
2 5 (1.17%) NFS
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.70%) vSphere
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.64%) Grafana
3 3 (0.70%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.70%) vRealize
4 2 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Kibana
5 1 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 69 (16.16%) Talend
2 42 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 37 (8.67%) Informatica
4 32 (7.49%) SAP
5 21 (4.92%) Denodo
6 13 (3.04%) IBM
7 7 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.41%) Cloudera
8 6 (1.41%) webMethods
9 5 (1.17%) Actian
9 5 (1.17%) Kronos
9 5 (1.17%) MathWorks
9 5 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.17%) Sage
9 5 (1.17%) Siemens
9 5 (1.17%) Workday
10 4 (0.94%) Adobe
11 3 (0.70%) Cisco
11 3 (0.70%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.70%) Salesforce