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 21 February 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
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 32 43
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -20
Contract jobs citing Oracle 265 116 102
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.19% 5.63% 3.73%
As % of the Vendors category 14.90% 11.69% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 82 68
10th Percentile £365 £321 £309
25th Percentile £437 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £497 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.73% +4.53% -12.04%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £610
90th Percentile £645 £724 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £566
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.87% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £15.30 - -
25th Percentile £17.06 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.60 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -9.23% -56.67%
75th Percentile £22.50 - £26.50
90th Percentile £24.00 - -
England median hourly rate £41.86 £53.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.03% +103.85% -58.40%

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 1,778 992 1,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.22% 48.11% 46.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,140 651 799
10th Percentile £238 £200 £213
25th Percentile £386 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +0.46%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £600
90th Percentile £639 £689 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 33 75
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.09 £10.91
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £12.28
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +21.76% -11.13%
75th Percentile £25.15 £31.76 £23.75
90th Percentile £33.75 £40.58 £28.75
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.89 £27.76
% change year-on-year -22.87% +11.29% -18.46%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +7 229 £515 -1.90% 62
East Midlands -21 32 £525 +23.53% 20
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 70 (26.42%) SAS
2 15 (5.66%) WebLogic
3 9 (3.40%) Apache
4 6 (2.26%) Confluence
5 2 (0.75%) Liferay
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.75%) Tuxedo
6 1 (0.38%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Geronimo
6 1 (0.38%) Apache ServiceMix
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Documentum
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (6.79%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (4.91%) Oracle General Ledger
2 13 (4.91%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (3.77%) Oracle Cash Management
4 9 (3.40%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (3.40%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (2.26%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (2.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (2.26%) Primavera
6 5 (1.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.75%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.26%) AWS
2 28 (10.57%) Azure
3 17 (6.42%) OCI
4 7 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.64%) OpenShift
5 6 (2.26%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.26%) SaaS
6 4 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.51%) Tricentis Tosca
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (0.75%) GCP
7 2 (0.75%) GitHub
7 2 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) IaaS
8 1 (0.38%) PaaS
8 1 (0.38%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) VSAN
1 2 (0.75%) Wireless
2 1 (0.38%) BGP
2 1 (0.38%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.38%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.38%) IPsec
2 1 (0.38%) OSPF
2 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.62%) Oracle Database
2 49 (18.49%) Pentaho
3 36 (13.58%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 20 (7.55%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.15%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.15%) MySQL
7 9 (3.40%) Metadata
8 8 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (3.02%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.64%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.26%) Power BI
11 5 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.51%) Ingres
12 4 (1.51%) Metadata Repository
13 3 (1.13%) RDBMS
13 3 (1.13%) SQLPlus
14 2 (0.75%) EDMS
14 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
14 2 (0.75%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 49 (18.49%) Git
2 40 (15.09%) JIRA
3 33 (12.45%) Jenkins
4 22 (8.30%) GitLab
5 12 (4.53%) Selenium
6 10 (3.77%) JUnit
7 6 (2.26%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (1.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.51%) Toad
9 4 (1.51%) Zephyr
10 3 (1.13%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.13%) Gatling
10 3 (1.13%) Postman
10 3 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.75%) CA Gen
11 2 (0.75%) JMeter
11 2 (0.75%) Maven
11 2 (0.75%) Mockito
12 1 (0.38%) Hudson
General
1 84 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.26%) Finance
3 38 (14.34%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.15%) Local Government
5 10 (3.77%) General Ledger
6 7 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.26%) Legal
8 5 (1.89%) Banking
9 3 (1.13%) Back Office
9 3 (1.13%) Retail
10 2 (0.75%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Billing
11 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (18.11%) Data Engineer
2 27 (10.19%) Analyst
3 23 (8.68%) Consultant
4 21 (7.92%) Architect
5 20 (7.55%) Lead
6 19 (7.17%) Senior
7 17 (6.42%) Release Manager
8 16 (6.04%) Storage Analyst
9 14 (5.28%) DBA
10 13 (4.91%) Oracle Consultant
10 13 (4.91%) SAS Engineer
11 12 (4.53%) Oracle DBA
12 11 (4.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 9 (3.40%) Accountant
14 8 (3.02%) Data Architect
14 8 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
14 8 (3.02%) Senior Accountant
14 8 (3.02%) Test Specialist
15 7 (2.64%) Developer
15 7 (2.64%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (15.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (6.79%) Flash
3 12 (4.53%) REST
4 10 (3.77%) Spring
4 10 (3.77%) XML
5 9 (3.40%) Spring Boot
6 7 (2.64%) ADO
6 7 (2.64%) JSON
6 7 (2.64%) pytest
7 6 (2.26%) .NET
8 5 (1.89%) Middleware
8 5 (1.89%) Playwright
9 3 (1.13%) JDBC
9 3 (1.13%) React
9 3 (1.13%) Web Services
10 2 (0.75%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.75%) OpenID
10 2 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.75%) WebCenter
10 2 (0.75%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Linux Command Line
1 18 (6.79%) Replication
2 12 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.40%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.13%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.13%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.75%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.75%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.75%) Robotics
7 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.38%) FMCG
7 1 (0.38%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.70%) Linux
2 24 (9.06%) Unix
3 15 (5.66%) Windows
4 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.70%) Agile
2 66 (24.91%) CI/CD
3 61 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (22.64%) ETL
5 50 (18.87%) Scrum
6 49 (18.49%) Migration
7 47 (17.74%) Data Integration
8 46 (17.36%) ERP
8 46 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (17.36%) Test Automation
9 45 (16.98%) Analytics
10 42 (15.85%) Data Modelling
10 42 (15.85%) DevOps
11 40 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (12.83%) Data Pipeline
14 30 (11.32%) Enterprise Architecture
15 29 (10.94%) Validation
16 27 (10.19%) Architectural Patterns
16 27 (10.19%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 103 (38.87%) SQL
2 25 (9.43%) Java
3 16 (6.04%) Python
4 15 (5.66%) PL/SQL
5 12 (4.53%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.89%) Perl
7 4 (1.51%) Bash
7 4 (1.51%) VB
8 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.75%) C#
9 2 (0.75%) PHP
9 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.75%) VB6
10 1 (0.38%) Bicep
10 1 (0.38%) COBOL
10 1 (0.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (47.92%) Security Cleared
2 119 (44.91%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.02%) Degree
3 8 (3.02%) ISTQB
4 7 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.51%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.13%) ACCA
6 3 (1.13%) CIMA
6 3 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.75%) ISEB
7 2 (0.75%) OCP
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.75%) PMP
7 2 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.04%) QA
3 8 (3.02%) SLA
4 4 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.51%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.51%) PMO
5 3 (1.13%) FATCA
5 3 (1.13%) WCAG
6 2 (0.75%) ITGC
7 1 (0.38%) GAAP
7 1 (0.38%) IFRS
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (12.83%) Docker
2 18 (6.79%) GPFS
2 18 (6.79%) NFS
3 15 (5.66%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.66%) vSphere
4 3 (1.13%) Oracle Clusterware
4 3 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.38%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 48 (18.11%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.66%) vRealize
3 4 (1.51%) Grafana
3 4 (1.51%) Kibana
3 4 (1.51%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (1.13%) Data Guard
4 3 (1.13%) Terraform
5 2 (0.75%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.75%) VxRail
6 1 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 58 (21.89%) Talend
2 31 (11.70%) Denodo
3 27 (10.19%) Informatica
4 20 (7.55%) Cisco
5 19 (7.17%) SAP
6 18 (6.79%) IBM
6 18 (6.79%) ServiceNow
7 16 (6.04%) Microsoft
8 15 (5.66%) VMware
9 9 (3.40%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.26%) Splunk
11 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.51%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.51%) Cloudera
12 4 (1.51%) Sage
13 2 (0.75%) Actian
13 2 (0.75%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.75%) Remedy
13 2 (0.75%) webMethods