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 1 April 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
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 33 47
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 -23
Contract jobs citing Oracle 303 90 98
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.65% 4.82% 3.53%
As % of the Vendors category 16.14% 10.24% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 71 67
10th Percentile £356 £319 £350
25th Percentile £413 £411 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% +2.11% -11.71%
75th Percentile £543 £581 £603
90th Percentile £638 £663 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £15.88 - £22.75
25th Percentile £18.53 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £32.19 - £26.50
90th Percentile £45.13 - -
England median hourly rate £40.21 £53.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.14% +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 1,877 879 1,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 47.41% 47.08% 43.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 600 770
10th Percentile £263 £200 £213
25th Percentile £386 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 36 80
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.59 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.81 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.41 £18.51 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year +21.04% +18.62% -14.49%
75th Percentile £29.38 £30.17 £26.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £35.00 £43.44
England median hourly rate £25.77 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -11.35% +21.13% -33.33%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +13 273 £492 -3.74% 55
East Midlands -28 25 £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 85 (28.05%) SAS
2 13 (4.29%) WebLogic
3 12 (3.96%) Confluence
4 8 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.64%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (2.31%) Apache
6 5 (1.65%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 4 (1.32%) Tuxedo
8 3 (0.99%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.66%) Liferay
10 1 (0.33%) Apache Geronimo
10 1 (0.33%) Apache ServiceMix
10 1 (0.33%) IIS
10 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (5.61%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (4.62%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (3.96%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (3.63%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (2.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (2.31%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (1.98%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.65%) Oracle HRMS
9 4 (1.32%) Oracle Assets
10 3 (0.99%) Primavera
11 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
11 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 2 (0.66%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
12 1 (0.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 74 (24.42%) AWS
2 39 (12.87%) Azure
3 16 (5.28%) OCI
4 9 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.97%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.31%) OpenShift
6 6 (1.98%) PaaS
7 5 (1.65%) SaaS
8 4 (1.32%) GitHub
8 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.32%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (0.99%) GCP
9 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.99%) Serverless
10 2 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.98%) Firewall
2 3 (0.99%) SSL
2 3 (0.99%) VSAN
3 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.14%) Pentaho
2 57 (18.81%) Oracle Database
3 40 (13.20%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 38 (12.54%) Oracle Reports
5 22 (7.26%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (6.60%) MySQL
7 13 (4.29%) SQL Server
8 11 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (3.63%) Relational Database
9 10 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (3.30%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.97%) Power BI
11 8 (2.64%) Metadata
11 8 (2.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 5 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.32%) IDMS
13 4 (1.32%) Ingres
13 4 (1.32%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (1.32%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.99%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 52 (17.16%) JIRA
2 51 (16.83%) Git
3 34 (11.22%) Jenkins
4 30 (9.90%) GitLab
5 13 (4.29%) Zephyr
6 11 (3.63%) Postman
7 10 (3.30%) Selenium
8 9 (2.97%) JUnit
9 5 (1.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.65%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.32%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.32%) Toad
11 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.66%) JMeter
12 2 (0.66%) Maven
12 2 (0.66%) Mockito
12 2 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
13 1 (0.33%) Hudson
General
1 87 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.47%) Finance
3 47 (15.51%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.93%) Local Government
5 10 (3.30%) Legal
6 6 (1.98%) General Ledger
6 6 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Advertising
9 3 (0.99%) Back Office
9 3 (0.99%) Banking
9 3 (0.99%) Retail
10 2 (0.66%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Law
11 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (21.12%) Data Engineer
2 31 (10.23%) Analyst
3 23 (7.59%) Architect
4 22 (7.26%) Release Manager
5 21 (6.93%) Consultant
6 18 (5.94%) DBA
6 18 (5.94%) Lead
6 18 (5.94%) Senior
6 18 (5.94%) Storage Analyst
7 14 (4.62%) SAS Engineer
8 13 (4.29%) Oracle DBA
9 12 (3.96%) Accountant
9 12 (3.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (3.96%) Oracle Consultant
9 12 (3.96%) Tester
10 10 (3.30%) Data Architect
10 10 (3.30%) QA Tester
10 10 (3.30%) Senior Accountant
10 10 (3.30%) Senior Systems Accountant
10 10 (3.30%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (5.94%) Flash
3 11 (3.63%) REST
4 9 (2.97%) Spring
4 9 (2.97%) XML
5 8 (2.64%) JSON
5 8 (2.64%) Spring Boot
6 7 (2.31%) pytest
7 6 (1.98%) ADO
8 5 (1.65%) Middleware
9 3 (0.99%) JDBC
9 3 (0.99%) Kafka
9 3 (0.99%) Playwright
10 2 (0.66%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.66%) GraalVM
10 2 (0.66%) JPA
10 2 (0.66%) OAuth
10 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.66%) OpenID
10 2 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.27%) Replication
2 18 (5.94%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (4.29%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.31%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.31%) SCADA
6 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.32%) Robotics
8 3 (0.99%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.99%) IoT
8 3 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.66%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.66%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.33%) FMCG
10 1 (0.33%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.89%) Linux
2 28 (9.24%) Unix
3 15 (4.95%) Windows
4 5 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.68%) Agile
2 87 (28.71%) ETL
3 76 (25.08%) CI/CD
4 63 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (19.14%) Migration
6 57 (18.81%) Data Integration
7 56 (18.48%) Test Automation
8 54 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (17.49%) DevOps
9 53 (17.49%) Scrum
10 52 (17.16%) Analytics
11 45 (14.85%) Data Modelling
11 45 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (13.20%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (13.20%) ERP
13 38 (12.54%) Data Pipeline
13 38 (12.54%) Validation
14 31 (10.23%) Change Management
14 31 (10.23%) Data Migration
15 30 (9.90%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 129 (42.57%) SQL
2 27 (8.91%) Java
3 23 (7.59%) Python
4 21 (6.93%) PL/SQL
5 12 (3.96%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.31%) Bash
7 5 (1.65%) Perl
8 4 (1.32%) Bicep
8 4 (1.32%) VB
9 3 (0.99%) HiveQL
10 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.66%) VB6
11 1 (0.33%) COBOL
11 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 154 (50.83%) Security Cleared
2 145 (47.85%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.29%) ISTQB
4 10 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.97%) Degree
6 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.32%) OCP
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.99%) PMP
9 3 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.66%) ACCA
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.66%) CIMA
10 2 (0.66%) ISEB
10 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.57%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.26%) QA
3 10 (3.30%) SLA
4 6 (1.98%) PMO
5 3 (0.99%) FATCA
5 3 (0.99%) GDPR
5 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.99%) WCAG
6 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.66%) ITGC
7 1 (0.33%) GAAP
7 1 (0.33%) IFRS
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (10.89%) Docker
2 18 (5.94%) GPFS
2 18 (5.94%) NFS
2 18 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.95%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (4.95%) vSphere
4 5 (1.65%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.99%) HDFS
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle Clusterware
6 3 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (15.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.95%) vRealize
3 7 (2.31%) Grafana
4 6 (1.98%) Ansible
4 6 (1.98%) Terraform
5 4 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.99%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.99%) Kibana
6 3 (0.99%) VxRail
7 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.66%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.33%) SELinux
8 1 (0.33%) systemd
Vendors
1 72 (23.76%) Talend
2 42 (13.86%) Informatica
3 34 (11.22%) Denodo
4 26 (8.58%) Microsoft
5 22 (7.26%) SAP
6 19 (6.27%) ServiceNow
7 18 (5.94%) IBM
7 18 (5.94%) VMware
8 16 (5.28%) Cisco
9 7 (2.31%) Cloudera
9 7 (2.31%) Sage
10 6 (1.98%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.65%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.65%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.32%) Databricks
13 2 (0.66%) Actian
13 2 (0.66%) Ariba
13 2 (0.66%) Remedy
13 2 (0.66%) Splunk
13 2 (0.66%) webMethods