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 17 September 2025, 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 154 156 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.81% 5.76% 6.46%
As % of the Vendors category 12.05% 12.55% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 102 103
10th Percentile £358 £357 £353
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £659 £631
90th Percentile £673 £750 £738
England median daily rate £510 £550 £571
% change year-on-year -7.27% -3.72% +3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £15.90 £68.00
25th Percentile - £17.25 £70.00
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £87.50
Median % change year-on-year - -77.14% +150.00%
75th Percentile - £22.25 £91.25
90th Percentile - £23.30 £93.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £34.55 £58.59
% change year-on-year +8.55% -41.04% +60.96%

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 1,278 1,243 1,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.23% 45.87% 51.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 803 968
10th Percentile £235 £250 £210
25th Percentile £358 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £645 £688 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 33 42
10th Percentile £14.99 £12.75 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.27 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.94% -15.00% +13.90%
75th Percentile £33.16 £35.00 £40.31
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.25 £42.75
% change year-on-year -24.36% -22.22% +78.80%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Oracle as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle 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 17 September 2025.

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
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 17 September 2025. 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 -5 115 £525 -4.55% 49
East Midlands -8 35 £410 -3.53% 45
Oracle
England

Oracle
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (18.18%) SAS
2 17 (11.04%) WebLogic
3 15 (9.74%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (8.44%) Apache
5 10 (6.49%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 8 (5.19%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (1.95%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (1.30%) CICS
8 2 (1.30%) FileNet
8 2 (1.30%) JBoss
8 2 (1.30%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.65%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.65%) CMS
9 1 (0.65%) Confluence
9 1 (0.65%) Documentum
9 1 (0.65%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.65%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.65%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 8 (5.19%) Oracle ERP
1 8 (5.19%) Oracle HRMS
2 7 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.90%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (3.25%) SAP PM
5 4 (2.60%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (2.60%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (2.60%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (1.95%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (1.95%) Primavera
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.65%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.32%) Azure
2 38 (24.68%) AWS
3 13 (8.44%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (5.19%) OCI
4 8 (5.19%) PaaS
5 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.25%) Collibra
8 4 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.60%) GitHub
8 4 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.60%) Serverless
9 3 (1.95%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.30%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.60%) Firewall
2 3 (1.95%) HTTP
2 3 (1.95%) HTTPS
2 3 (1.95%) SSL
3 2 (1.30%) BGP
3 2 (1.30%) DMVPN
3 2 (1.30%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.30%) IPsec
3 2 (1.30%) OSPF
3 2 (1.30%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.30%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.65%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (0.65%) VLAN
4 1 (0.65%) WAN
4 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.58%) Oracle Database
2 18 (11.69%) Pentaho
3 13 (8.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 11 (7.14%) SQL Server
5 10 (6.49%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (6.49%) Relational Database
5 10 (6.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (5.19%) MySQL
8 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (3.90%) Delta Lake
9 5 (3.25%) DB2
9 5 (3.25%) GIS
9 5 (3.25%) Power BI
10 4 (2.60%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.95%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.95%) OLTP
12 2 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 30 (19.48%) Git
2 26 (16.88%) JIRA
3 24 (15.58%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.90%) Selenium
5 5 (3.25%) Maven
6 4 (2.60%) GitLab
7 3 (1.95%) JUnit
8 2 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.30%) Eclipse
8 2 (1.30%) IntelliJ
8 2 (1.30%) Mockito
8 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.30%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.30%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.30%) TestPartner
9 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.65%) Gradle
9 1 (0.65%) Postman
9 1 (0.65%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 60 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.13%) Finance
3 24 (15.58%) Public Sector
4 23 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.04%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.25%) General Ledger
6 5 (3.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.95%) Banking
7 3 (1.95%) Marketing
7 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.30%) Electronics
8 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Military
9 1 (0.65%) Publishing
9 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (11.04%) Developer
2 14 (9.09%) Oracle Specialist
3 13 (8.44%) Senior
4 10 (6.49%) Lead
5 8 (5.19%) Analyst
5 8 (5.19%) Java Developer
6 7 (4.55%) Architect
6 7 (4.55%) Data Engineer
6 7 (4.55%) Monitoring Engineer
6 7 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (3.90%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Release Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Tester
8 5 (3.25%) Consultant
8 5 (3.25%) Oracle Project Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Test Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) Data Architect
9 4 (2.60%) Senior Developer
9 4 (2.60%) Software Manager
9 4 (2.60%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (7.14%) .NET
2 11 (7.14%) REST
3 9 (5.84%) Spring
4 6 (3.90%) Kafka
4 6 (3.90%) React
4 6 (3.90%) Spring Boot
5 5 (3.25%) CSS
5 5 (3.25%) HTML
5 5 (3.25%) Web Services
6 4 (2.60%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.60%) Flash
6 4 (2.60%) RAML
6 4 (2.60%) RESTful
6 4 (2.60%) SOAP
6 4 (2.60%) XML
7 3 (1.95%) JPA
7 3 (1.95%) Lambda Expressions
7 3 (1.95%) Middleware
7 3 (1.95%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.55%) SCADA
4 6 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.25%) IoT
6 4 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.60%) Replication
7 3 (1.95%) State Machine
8 2 (1.30%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.30%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.30%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.30%) VSAM
9 1 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.65%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.29%) Linux
2 18 (11.69%) Unix
3 17 (11.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.47%) Analytics
1 50 (32.47%) Business Intelligence
2 48 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (29.22%) CI/CD
4 41 (26.62%) DevOps
5 40 (25.97%) Agile
6 39 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (23.38%) Migration
8 32 (20.78%) Data Integration
9 31 (20.13%) Test Strategy
10 30 (19.48%) Test Automation
11 29 (18.83%) ETL
12 27 (17.53%) Scrum
13 24 (15.58%) Data Modelling
14 22 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
15 21 (13.64%) ERP
16 20 (12.99%) Deployment Automation
16 20 (12.99%) Visualisation
17 19 (12.34%) Service Management
18 18 (11.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 79 (51.30%) SQL
2 17 (11.04%) Java
3 15 (9.74%) PL/SQL
4 12 (7.79%) JavaScript
5 11 (7.14%) C#
5 11 (7.14%) Python
6 5 (3.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (3.25%) PHP
7 3 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.30%) Bicep
8 2 (1.30%) COBOL
8 2 (1.30%) JCL
8 2 (1.30%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.30%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.65%) Bash
9 1 (0.65%) C
9 1 (0.65%) Korn
9 1 (0.65%) R
9 1 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 43 (27.92%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.19%) Degree
4 5 (3.25%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.95%) OCP
7 2 (1.30%) CCNP
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.65%) ACCA
8 1 (0.65%) CCNA
8 1 (0.65%) CIMA
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.65%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.88%) Data Quality
2 13 (8.44%) SLA
3 11 (7.14%) GDPR
3 11 (7.14%) QA
4 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (18.83%) Docker
2 4 (2.60%) GPFS
2 4 (2.60%) NFS
2 4 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.60%) vSphere
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.65%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 30 (19.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.60%) vRealize
3 2 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (1.30%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.30%) Terraform
4 1 (0.65%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.69%) Cisco
2 18 (11.69%) Denodo
2 18 (11.69%) Talend
3 17 (11.04%) SAP
4 13 (8.44%) AppDynamics
4 13 (8.44%) Dynatrace
4 13 (8.44%) Splunk
5 10 (6.49%) IBM
6 6 (3.90%) Databricks
6 6 (3.90%) Informatica
7 5 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.60%) Adobe
8 4 (2.60%) VMware
9 3 (1.95%) Workday
10 2 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (1.30%) Cognos
10 2 (1.30%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.30%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.30%) UiPath