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 24 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
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -10
Contract jobs citing Oracle 419 113 117
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 9.02% 4.70% 4.18%
As % of the Vendors category 20.14% 10.41% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 84 84
10th Percentile £350 £340 £350
25th Percentile £413 £396 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -2.63% -12.04%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £619 £663 £676
England median daily rate £525 £521 £533
% change year-on-year +0.82% -2.21% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 3
10th Percentile £17.97 - £16.00
25th Percentile £42.50 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £22.00
90th Percentile - - £23.20
England median hourly rate £39.50 £37.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +5.33% -2.60% -30.00%

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 2,080 1,085 1,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.80% 45.17% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 685 863
10th Percentile £306 £208 £250
25th Percentile £400 £322 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -3.74% -1.58%
75th Percentile £569 £572 £596
90th Percentile £654 £650 £672
England median daily rate £510 £510 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 60 50
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.81 £11.23
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.34 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +70.51% -33.21%
75th Percentile £45.63 £31.19 £26.23
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £55.13
England median hourly rate £35.81 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year +42.39% -6.85% -29.92%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +26 357 £459 -3.37% 49
East Midlands +4 54 £525 +25.75% 14
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 (15.99%) SAS
2 36 (8.59%) Confluence
3 18 (4.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (4.06%) WebLogic
5 15 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (2.39%) Tuxedo
7 6 (1.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.48%) Apache
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.24%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.19%) Notepad++
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (5.25%) Oracle Payables
1 22 (5.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (4.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 18 (4.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.67%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.43%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.72%) iTrent
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 115 (27.45%) AWS
2 57 (13.60%) Azure
3 30 (7.16%) OCI
4 19 (4.53%) PaaS
5 16 (3.82%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.39%) GitHub
8 6 (1.43%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (1.43%) SaaS
8 6 (1.43%) Serverless
9 5 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.72%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.67%) Firewall
2 5 (1.19%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.19%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.72%) SSL
3 3 (0.72%) VSAN
4 1 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.80%) Oracle Reports
1 62 (14.80%) Pentaho
2 50 (11.93%) Oracle Database
3 47 (11.22%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (7.40%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.97%) MySQL
6 20 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (4.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 17 (4.06%) Relational Database
9 16 (3.82%) Power BI
10 14 (3.34%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (3.34%) Ingres
10 14 (3.34%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 11 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.15%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.91%) Metadata
14 7 (1.67%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.19%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 73 (17.42%) JIRA
2 65 (15.51%) GitLab
3 49 (11.69%) Git
4 32 (7.64%) Zephyr
5 26 (6.21%) Postman
6 21 (5.01%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.63%) Artifactory
7 11 (2.63%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (2.39%) Selenium
9 7 (1.67%) Maven
9 7 (1.67%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.95%) CA Gen
10 4 (0.95%) JUnit
10 4 (0.95%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.72%) Toad
12 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.48%) Gatling
General
1 99 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 98 (23.39%) Finance
3 76 (18.14%) Public Sector
4 43 (10.26%) Local Government
5 37 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.39%) Legal
7 8 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.43%) Police
9 5 (1.19%) Billing
9 5 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.95%) General Ledger
10 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.72%) Advertising
11 3 (0.72%) Banking
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 93 (22.20%) Data Engineer
2 39 (9.31%) Lead
3 31 (7.40%) Analyst
3 31 (7.40%) Architect
4 30 (7.16%) Developer
5 27 (6.44%) Senior
6 20 (4.77%) DBA
6 20 (4.77%) Tester
7 19 (4.53%) Finance Manager
7 19 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.30%) QA Tester
9 17 (4.06%) Administrator
9 17 (4.06%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (4.06%) Release Manager
10 16 (3.82%) Accountant
10 16 (3.82%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.82%) Test Analyst
11 15 (3.58%) Consultant
11 15 (3.58%) Systems Accountant
12 14 (3.34%) Finance Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (21.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (2.39%) Middleware
3 9 (2.15%) Flash
4 8 (1.91%) REST
4 8 (1.91%) XML
5 7 (1.67%) ADO
5 7 (1.67%) JSON
6 6 (1.43%) COM
6 6 (1.43%) ODBC
7 5 (1.19%) .NET
7 5 (1.19%) Web Services
8 4 (0.95%) Kafka
8 4 (0.95%) Spring
9 3 (0.72%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.48%) Playwright
10 2 (0.48%) pytest
10 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.48%) React
10 2 (0.48%) SOAP
11 1 (0.24%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.53%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.63%) Replication
4 10 (2.39%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.15%) SCADA
6 7 (1.67%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.43%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.43%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.95%) IoT
8 4 (0.95%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.95%) Robotics
9 3 (0.72%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.72%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 50 (11.93%) Unix
2 41 (9.79%) Linux
3 10 (2.39%) Windows
4 5 (1.19%) SUSE
5 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.48%) HPUX
7 1 (0.24%) AIX
7 1 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (31.50%) ETL
2 131 (31.26%) Agile
3 109 (26.01%) Migration
4 83 (19.81%) Test Automation
5 74 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (17.18%) ERP
7 68 (16.23%) Data Migration
8 64 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (14.32%) Data Modelling
10 59 (14.08%) CI/CD
10 59 (14.08%) Data Integration
10 59 (14.08%) Validation
11 50 (11.93%) DevOps
12 47 (11.22%) Scrum
13 45 (10.74%) Analytics
13 45 (10.74%) Data Pipeline
14 41 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (8.59%) Test Scripting
16 34 (8.11%) Integration Testing
16 34 (8.11%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 203 (48.45%) SQL
2 49 (11.69%) PL/SQL
3 32 (7.64%) Java
4 29 (6.92%) Python
5 18 (4.30%) Shell Script
6 14 (3.34%) C
7 10 (2.39%) Bash
8 9 (2.15%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.91%) ProC
9 8 (1.91%) VB
10 7 (1.67%) VB6
11 5 (1.19%) Bicep
12 3 (0.72%) HiveQL
12 3 (0.72%) Perl
13 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.24%) C++
14 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (53.22%) Security Cleared
2 206 (49.16%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.44%) ISTQB
4 15 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.86%) Degree
6 10 (2.39%) ACCA
6 10 (2.39%) CIMA
6 10 (2.39%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.91%) OCP
8 6 (1.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.95%) ISEB
10 3 (0.72%) CCAB
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.48%) PMP
12 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.79%) QA
2 31 (7.40%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.15%) FATCA
3 9 (2.15%) GDPR
4 8 (1.91%) SLA
5 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.72%) IFRS
6 3 (0.72%) PMO
6 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.72%) WCAG
7 1 (0.24%) GAAP
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.58%) Docker
2 9 (2.15%) GPFS
2 9 (2.15%) NFS
3 7 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.43%) vSphere
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.72%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.72%) HDFS
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 31 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.91%) Terraform
3 7 (1.67%) Grafana
4 6 (1.43%) vRealize
5 4 (0.95%) Ansible
6 3 (0.72%) VxRail
7 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.48%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.24%) SELinux
8 1 (0.24%) systemd
Vendors
1 99 (23.63%) Talend
2 60 (14.32%) Informatica
3 46 (10.98%) Microsoft
4 41 (9.79%) Denodo
5 29 (6.92%) SAP
6 15 (3.58%) IBM
7 13 (3.10%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.39%) Cloudera
8 10 (2.39%) Sage
9 9 (2.15%) VMware
10 8 (1.91%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.67%) Actian
12 6 (1.43%) Cisco
13 5 (1.19%) Databricks
13 5 (1.19%) MathWorks
13 5 (1.19%) Siemens
14 4 (0.95%) Workday
15 3 (0.72%) Google
15 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
15 3 (0.72%) webMethods