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 16 November 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
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 26 39
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing Oracle 224 161 129
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.43% 6.07% 4.60%
As % of the Vendors category 14.49% 13.14% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 108 77
10th Percentile £360 £400 £350
25th Percentile £440 £432 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +10.53% -12.04%
75th Percentile £568 £675 £625
90th Percentile £650 £763 £733
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £15.86 £68.00
25th Percentile - £17.15 £70.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.80 £87.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% -77.37% +45.83%
75th Percentile - £21.95 £91.25
90th Percentile - £22.94 £93.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £23.60 £59.00
% change year-on-year +58.90% -60.00% +12.38%

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 1,546 1,225 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.26% 46.16% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,014 785 964
10th Percentile £261 £252 £220
25th Percentile £367 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 30 45
10th Percentile £16.35 £13.44 £12.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.96 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.99% +7.49% +11.43%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.79% +73.92%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 +2 182 £525 -4.55% 48
East Midlands 0 39 £475 +11.76% 19
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 59 (26.34%) SAS
2 18 (8.04%) WebLogic
3 15 (6.70%) Apache
4 12 (5.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.89%) Confluence
7 2 (0.89%) FileNet
7 2 (0.89%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.45%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.45%) CICS
8 1 (0.45%) CMS
8 1 (0.45%) Documentum
8 1 (0.45%) IIS
8 1 (0.45%) JBoss
8 1 (0.45%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.45%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.89%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.45%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 15 (6.70%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (4.91%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (4.91%) Oracle General Ledger
3 10 (4.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (3.57%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (2.68%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (2.68%) Primavera
6 5 (2.23%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.79%) Oracle HRMS
7 4 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.34%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (1.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.89%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.89%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle iProcurement
10 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.88%) AWS
2 39 (17.41%) Azure
3 14 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (3.13%) OCI
4 7 (3.13%) PaaS
4 7 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.68%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.79%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.34%) ChatGPT
7 3 (1.34%) GitHub
7 3 (1.34%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (0.89%) GCP
8 2 (0.89%) SaaS
8 2 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.89%) BGP
1 2 (0.89%) DMVPN
1 2 (0.89%) EIGRP
1 2 (0.89%) Firewall
1 2 (0.89%) IPsec
1 2 (0.89%) OSPF
1 2 (0.89%) Unified Communications
1 2 (0.89%) Wireless
1 2 (0.89%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.45%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (0.45%) VLAN
2 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.86%) Oracle Database
2 36 (16.07%) Pentaho
3 35 (15.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (5.80%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (4.91%) MySQL
5 11 (4.91%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (4.02%) SQL Server
7 7 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.68%) Metadata
8 6 (2.68%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.23%) Power BI
9 5 (2.23%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.79%) DB2
10 4 (1.79%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 3 (1.34%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (1.34%) OLTP
12 2 (0.89%) EDMS
12 2 (0.89%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 40 (17.86%) Git
2 37 (16.52%) JIRA
3 34 (15.18%) Jenkins
4 15 (6.70%) GitLab
5 13 (5.80%) Selenium
6 9 (4.02%) JUnit
7 4 (1.79%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.79%) Maven
7 4 (1.79%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (1.79%) Toad
8 3 (1.34%) Gatling
9 2 (0.89%) Mockito
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.89%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.45%) Gradle
10 1 (0.45%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.45%) JMeter
10 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 91 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.32%) Finance
3 34 (15.18%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.04%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.57%) General Ledger
7 6 (2.68%) Banking
8 5 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.34%) Marketing
9 3 (1.34%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.89%) Back Office
10 2 (0.89%) Electronics
10 2 (0.89%) Local Government
10 2 (0.89%) Retail
11 1 (0.45%) Advertising
11 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.45%) Military
11 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (9.82%) Data Engineer
2 20 (8.93%) Analyst
3 18 (8.04%) Consultant
4 17 (7.59%) Lead
4 17 (7.59%) Release Manager
4 17 (7.59%) Senior
5 12 (5.36%) Developer
6 10 (4.46%) Test Analyst
7 9 (4.02%) DBA
7 9 (4.02%) Oracle Consultant
7 9 (4.02%) Oracle DBA
7 9 (4.02%) Oracle Specialist
7 9 (4.02%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.57%) Monitoring Engineer
8 8 (3.57%) Oracle Project Manager
9 7 (3.13%) Architect
9 7 (3.13%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (2.68%) Data Architect
10 6 (2.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (5.80%) .NET
3 10 (4.46%) REST
4 9 (4.02%) Flash
5 8 (3.57%) Spring
5 8 (3.57%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.68%) XML
7 5 (2.23%) JSON
7 5 (2.23%) Playwright
7 5 (2.23%) pytest
8 4 (1.79%) HTML
8 4 (1.79%) Middleware
8 4 (1.79%) SOAP
9 3 (1.34%) React
9 3 (1.34%) WireMock
10 2 (0.89%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.89%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.89%) OpenID
10 2 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.89%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (4.02%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (4.02%) Replication
3 6 (2.68%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.34%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.34%) SCADA
6 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.89%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.45%) FMCG
7 1 (0.45%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.45%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.95%) Linux
2 25 (11.16%) Windows
3 21 (9.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.91%) CI/CD
2 66 (29.46%) Analytics
3 65 (29.02%) Agile
4 56 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (24.55%) Business Intelligence
6 54 (24.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (23.21%) DevOps
8 51 (22.77%) Migration
9 49 (21.88%) Test Automation
10 46 (20.54%) Data Integration
11 45 (20.09%) Scrum
12 42 (18.75%) ETL
13 37 (16.52%) Data Modelling
13 37 (16.52%) Test Strategy
14 34 (15.18%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (15.18%) ERP
15 29 (12.95%) Deployment Automation
16 27 (12.05%) Data Virtualisation
17 25 (11.16%) Data Analytics
18 24 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (38.84%) SQL
2 19 (8.48%) Java
3 14 (6.25%) PL/SQL
4 13 (5.80%) Python
5 9 (4.02%) C#
6 7 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.13%) PHP
6 7 (3.13%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.34%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.89%) COBOL
8 2 (0.89%) Scala
8 2 (0.89%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.45%) Bash
9 1 (0.45%) C
9 1 (0.45%) JCL
9 1 (0.45%) Korn
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (40.18%) Security Cleared
2 81 (36.16%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.13%) Degree
4 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.34%) ACCA
5 3 (1.34%) CIMA
5 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.89%) CCNP
6 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.89%) ISEB
6 2 (0.89%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.89%) OCP
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.45%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.45%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.61%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.80%) QA
2 13 (5.80%) SLA
3 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.79%) GDPR
3 4 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 4 (1.79%) PMO
4 3 (1.34%) WCAG
5 1 (0.45%) ITGC
5 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (18.30%) Docker
2 9 (4.02%) GPFS
2 9 (4.02%) NFS
2 9 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
2 9 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.02%) vSphere
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 45 (20.09%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.02%) vRealize
3 4 (1.79%) Grafana
3 4 (1.79%) Kibana
4 3 (1.34%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.89%) Ansible
5 2 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.89%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (16.52%) Talend
2 28 (12.50%) Denodo
3 24 (10.71%) Cisco
4 21 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 16 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 16 (7.14%) SAP
5 16 (7.14%) Splunk
6 15 (6.70%) IBM
7 14 (6.25%) AppDynamics
8 10 (4.46%) ServiceNow
9 9 (4.02%) VMware
10 8 (3.57%) Informatica
11 5 (2.23%) Adobe
12 3 (1.34%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.34%) webMethods
12 3 (1.34%) Workday
13 2 (0.89%) Ariba
13 2 (0.89%) Juniper
13 2 (0.89%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.89%) SolarWinds