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 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
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Oracle 413 116 115
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.93% 4.85% 4.08%
As % of the Vendors category 20.02% 10.76% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 86 81
10th Percentile £350 £317 £350
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -5.26% -12.04%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £633 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile £17.97 - £16.50
25th Percentile £42.50 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £22.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £24.63
90th Percentile - - £25.75
England median hourly rate £40.25 £37.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +7.33% +41.51% -51.82%

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 2,063 1,078 1,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.61% 45.05% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 674 855
10th Percentile £306 £202 £250
25th Percentile £400 £321 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -3.74% -1.58%
75th Percentile £568 £563 £596
90th Percentile £650 £651 £672
England median daily rate £510 £510 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 60 58
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.81 £11.19
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.47 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +70.51% -34.44%
75th Percentile £40.03 £31.19 £25.88
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £52.83
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £26.03
% change year-on-year +41.15% -3.38% -30.59%

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 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 21 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 21 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 +24 351 £459 -3.37% 46
East Midlands -1 54 £525 +28.05% 16
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 (16.22%) SAS
2 37 (8.96%) Confluence
3 18 (4.36%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.66%) WebLogic
6 10 (2.42%) Tuxedo
7 6 (1.45%) 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 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.21%) Notepad++
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (5.33%) Oracle Payables
1 22 (5.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (4.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 18 (4.36%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (2.18%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.69%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.45%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.73%) iTrent
7 3 (0.73%) 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
1 113 (27.36%) AWS
2 55 (13.32%) Azure
3 30 (7.26%) OCI
4 19 (4.60%) PaaS
5 17 (4.12%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.42%) GitHub
8 6 (1.45%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (1.45%) SaaS
8 6 (1.45%) Serverless
9 5 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.69%) Firewall
2 5 (1.21%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.21%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.73%) SSL
3 3 (0.73%) VSAN
4 1 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (15.01%) Pentaho
2 61 (14.77%) Oracle Reports
3 50 (12.11%) Oracle Database
4 47 (11.38%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (7.51%) SQL Server
6 22 (5.33%) MySQL
7 20 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (4.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 17 (4.12%) Power BI
9 17 (4.12%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (3.39%) Ingres
10 14 (3.39%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 11 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.18%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.94%) Metadata
13 8 (1.94%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.21%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 72 (17.43%) JIRA
2 65 (15.74%) GitLab
3 45 (10.90%) Git
4 32 (7.75%) Zephyr
5 26 (6.30%) Postman
6 21 (5.08%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.66%) Artifactory
7 11 (2.66%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (2.42%) Selenium
9 7 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.97%) CA Gen
10 4 (0.97%) JUnit
10 4 (0.97%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.73%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.48%) Gatling
12 2 (0.48%) Maven
12 2 (0.48%) Toad
General
1 100 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 97 (23.49%) Finance
3 77 (18.64%) Public Sector
4 43 (10.41%) Local Government
5 37 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.42%) Legal
7 8 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.45%) Billing
8 6 (1.45%) Police
9 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.97%) General Ledger
10 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.73%) Advertising
11 3 (0.73%) Banking
11 3 (0.73%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 93 (22.52%) Data Engineer
2 39 (9.44%) Lead
3 30 (7.26%) Analyst
4 29 (7.02%) Architect
4 29 (7.02%) Developer
5 27 (6.54%) Senior
6 21 (5.08%) DBA
7 20 (4.84%) Tester
8 19 (4.60%) Finance Manager
9 18 (4.36%) QA Tester
10 17 (4.12%) Administrator
10 17 (4.12%) Oracle Developer
10 17 (4.12%) Release Manager
11 16 (3.87%) Accountant
11 16 (3.87%) Project Manager
11 16 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.63%) Consultant
12 15 (3.63%) Systems Accountant
12 15 (3.63%) Test Analyst
13 14 (3.39%) Finance Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (22.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (2.18%) Flash
2 9 (2.18%) Middleware
3 7 (1.69%) ADO
3 7 (1.69%) JSON
3 7 (1.69%) REST
3 7 (1.69%) XML
4 6 (1.45%) COM
4 6 (1.45%) ODBC
5 5 (1.21%) .NET
5 5 (1.21%) Spring
5 5 (1.21%) Web Services
6 4 (0.97%) Kafka
6 4 (0.97%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.48%) Playwright
7 2 (0.48%) pytest
7 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.48%) React
8 1 (0.24%) Itk
8 1 (0.24%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
1 15 (3.63%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (2.66%) Cloud Native
2 11 (2.66%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.66%) Replication
3 10 (2.42%) Data Structures
4 8 (1.94%) SCADA
5 6 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.45%) Low-Code
6 4 (0.97%) IoT
6 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.97%) Private Cloud
6 4 (0.97%) Robotics
7 3 (0.73%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.24%) Chip and PIN
9 1 (0.24%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.11%) Unix
2 38 (9.20%) Linux
3 9 (2.18%) Windows
4 5 (1.21%) SUSE
5 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.48%) HPUX
8 1 (0.24%) AIX
8 1 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (31.96%) ETL
2 127 (30.75%) Agile
3 106 (25.67%) Migration
4 81 (19.61%) Test Automation
5 74 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (17.68%) ERP
7 68 (16.46%) Data Migration
8 61 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (14.77%) Data Modelling
9 60 (14.53%) CI/CD
10 59 (14.29%) Data Integration
11 58 (14.04%) Validation
12 50 (12.11%) DevOps
13 48 (11.62%) Scrum
14 45 (10.90%) Analytics
14 45 (10.90%) Data Pipeline
15 41 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (8.47%) Test Scripting
17 34 (8.23%) Integration Testing
17 34 (8.23%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 200 (48.43%) SQL
2 49 (11.86%) PL/SQL
3 29 (7.02%) Python
4 24 (5.81%) Java
5 15 (3.63%) Shell Script
6 14 (3.39%) C
7 10 (2.42%) Bash
8 8 (1.94%) ProC
8 8 (1.94%) VB
9 7 (1.69%) VB6
10 6 (1.45%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.21%) Bicep
12 4 (0.97%) Perl
13 3 (0.73%) HiveQL
14 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.24%) C++
15 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 220 (53.27%) Security Cleared
2 203 (49.15%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.30%) ISTQB
4 12 (2.91%) Degree
5 10 (2.42%) ACCA
5 10 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.42%) CIMA
5 10 (2.42%) Oracle Certification
6 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.94%) OCP
7 5 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.73%) CCAB
9 3 (0.73%) ISEB
10 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.48%) PMP
11 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.69%) QA
2 31 (7.51%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.18%) FATCA
3 9 (2.18%) GDPR
4 8 (1.94%) SLA
5 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.73%) IFRS
6 3 (0.73%) PMO
6 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.73%) WCAG
7 1 (0.24%) GAAP
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.63%) Docker
2 9 (2.18%) GPFS
2 9 (2.18%) NFS
3 7 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.45%) vSphere
5 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.73%) HDFS
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.94%) Terraform
3 7 (1.69%) Grafana
4 6 (1.45%) vRealize
5 4 (0.97%) Ansible
6 3 (0.73%) 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 (23.97%) Talend
2 60 (14.53%) Informatica
3 46 (11.14%) Microsoft
4 41 (9.93%) Denodo
5 29 (7.02%) SAP
6 15 (3.63%) IBM
7 13 (3.15%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.42%) Cloudera
8 10 (2.42%) Sage
9 9 (2.18%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.18%) VMware
10 7 (1.69%) Actian
11 6 (1.45%) Cisco
12 5 (1.21%) Databricks
12 5 (1.21%) MathWorks
12 5 (1.21%) Siemens
13 4 (0.97%) Workday
14 3 (0.73%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.73%) Google
14 3 (0.73%) Salesforce