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 28 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 47
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing Oracle 285 114 99
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.61% 5.63% 3.63%
As % of the Vendors category 15.82% 11.69% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 84 68
10th Percentile £360 £322 £309
25th Percentile £414 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £497 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +4.53% -12.04%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £602
90th Percentile £640 £721 £641
England median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +3.18%
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 1,802 975 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.10% 48.17% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 642 801
10th Percentile £250 £201 £213
25th Percentile £381 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -3.23%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £600
90th Percentile £641 £689 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.33% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 34 77
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.17 £10.92
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.00 £12.28
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.76 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +20.19% -11.13%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £34.75 £35.00 £36.20
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% +19.23% -21.21%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +13 252 £500 -4.76% 50
East Midlands -22 29 £525 +23.53% 12
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 74 (25.96%) SAS
2 13 (4.56%) Confluence
2 13 (4.56%) WebLogic
3 7 (2.46%) Apache
4 4 (1.40%) Tuxedo
5 2 (0.70%) Liferay
5 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Geronimo
6 1 (0.35%) Apache ServiceMix
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (3.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (3.86%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (3.16%) Oracle Cash Management
3 9 (3.16%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (2.81%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (2.11%) Primavera
6 5 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.70%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.11%) AWS
2 25 (8.77%) Azure
3 18 (6.32%) OCI
4 10 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.46%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.11%) SaaS
7 4 (1.40%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.70%) GCP
8 2 (0.70%) GitHub
8 2 (0.70%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.35%) IaaS
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.35%) PaaS
9 1 (0.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) VSAN
2 2 (0.70%) Wireless
3 1 (0.35%) BGP
3 1 (0.35%) DMVPN
3 1 (0.35%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.35%) Firewall
3 1 (0.35%) IPsec
3 1 (0.35%) OSPF
3 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.95%) Pentaho
2 52 (18.25%) Oracle Database
3 36 (12.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 31 (10.88%) Oracle Reports
5 23 (8.07%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (6.32%) MySQL
7 12 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (3.86%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.86%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.51%) Power BI
10 9 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.81%) Metadata
11 8 (2.81%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.40%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.40%) IDMS
12 4 (1.40%) Ingres
12 4 (1.40%) Metadata Repository
13 3 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (1.05%) RDBMS
13 3 (1.05%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 54 (18.95%) Git
1 54 (18.95%) JIRA
2 36 (12.63%) Jenkins
3 29 (10.18%) GitLab
4 13 (4.56%) Zephyr
5 12 (4.21%) Selenium
6 11 (3.86%) Postman
7 10 (3.51%) JUnit
8 6 (2.11%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.40%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.40%) Toad
11 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.05%) Gatling
11 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.70%) JMeter
12 2 (0.70%) Maven
12 2 (0.70%) Mockito
General
1 87 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.70%) Finance
3 41 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.56%) Local Government
5 11 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.81%) General Ledger
7 7 (2.46%) Legal
7 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.40%) Advertising
8 4 (1.40%) Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Back Office
9 3 (1.05%) Retail
10 2 (0.70%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Billing
11 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 55 (19.30%) Data Engineer
2 30 (10.53%) Analyst
3 23 (8.07%) Consultant
4 20 (7.02%) Architect
4 20 (7.02%) Senior
5 19 (6.67%) Lead
6 17 (5.96%) DBA
6 17 (5.96%) Release Manager
6 17 (5.96%) Storage Analyst
7 13 (4.56%) Oracle Consultant
7 13 (4.56%) Oracle DBA
7 13 (4.56%) SAS Engineer
7 13 (4.56%) Tester
8 12 (4.21%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 10 (3.51%) Accountant
9 10 (3.51%) QA Tester
10 9 (3.16%) Senior Accountant
10 9 (3.16%) Test Analyst
11 8 (2.81%) Data Architect
11 8 (2.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (6.32%) Flash
3 12 (4.21%) REST
4 10 (3.51%) Spring
5 9 (3.16%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.16%) XML
6 7 (2.46%) JSON
6 7 (2.46%) pytest
7 6 (2.11%) .NET
7 6 (2.11%) ADO
8 5 (1.75%) Middleware
8 5 (1.75%) Playwright
9 3 (1.05%) JDBC
9 3 (1.05%) React
9 3 (1.05%) Web Services
10 2 (0.70%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.70%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.70%) OpenID
10 2 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.70%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.32%) Linux Command Line
1 18 (6.32%) Replication
2 11 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.51%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.40%) Robotics
6 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.70%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.18%) Linux
2 28 (9.82%) Unix
3 13 (4.56%) Windows
4 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.04%) Agile
2 76 (26.67%) ETL
3 70 (24.56%) CI/CD
4 62 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (20.70%) Test Automation
6 56 (19.65%) Scrum
7 55 (19.30%) Migration
8 48 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (16.49%) Analytics
9 47 (16.49%) Data Integration
10 44 (15.44%) DevOps
10 44 (15.44%) ERP
11 43 (15.09%) Data Modelling
12 42 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (11.93%) Data Pipeline
15 33 (11.58%) Data Migration
16 31 (10.88%) Test Scripting
17 30 (10.53%) Validation
18 29 (10.18%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 117 (41.05%) SQL
2 28 (9.82%) Java
3 20 (7.02%) PL/SQL
3 20 (7.02%) Python
4 12 (4.21%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.75%) Perl
6 4 (1.40%) Bash
6 4 (1.40%) VB
7 3 (1.05%) HiveQL
7 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.70%) C#
8 2 (0.70%) PHP
8 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.70%) VB6
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
9 1 (0.35%) COBOL
9 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.35%) Scala
9 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 147 (51.58%) Security Cleared
2 139 (48.77%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.56%) ISTQB
4 7 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.46%) Degree
5 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.40%) OCP
7 4 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.05%) ACCA
8 3 (1.05%) CIMA
8 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.70%) ISEB
9 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.70%) PMP
9 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.42%) Data Quality
1 24 (8.42%) QA
2 8 (2.81%) SLA
3 5 (1.75%) PMO
4 4 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.05%) FATCA
5 3 (1.05%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.05%) WCAG
6 2 (0.70%) ITGC
7 1 (0.35%) GAAP
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (11.93%) Docker
2 18 (6.32%) GPFS
2 18 (6.32%) NFS
3 15 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.26%) vSphere
4 4 (1.40%) HDFS
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (16.84%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.26%) vRealize
3 7 (2.46%) Grafana
4 5 (1.75%) Ansible
5 4 (1.40%) Kibana
5 4 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.05%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.05%) Terraform
6 3 (1.05%) VxRail
7 2 (0.70%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 67 (23.51%) Talend
2 34 (11.93%) Denodo
3 33 (11.58%) Informatica
4 20 (7.02%) SAP
5 19 (6.67%) Microsoft
6 18 (6.32%) Cisco
6 18 (6.32%) IBM
6 18 (6.32%) ServiceNow
7 15 (5.26%) VMware
8 7 (2.46%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.11%) Sage
9 6 (2.11%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.75%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.40%) Cloudera
11 4 (1.40%) Splunk
12 2 (0.70%) Actian
12 2 (0.70%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.70%) HP
12 2 (0.70%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.70%) webMethods