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 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
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 37 49
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 -28
Contract jobs citing Oracle 330 89 99
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.03% 4.68% 3.61%
As % of the Vendors category 17.21% 10.16% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 68 68
10th Percentile £358 £320 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -11.71%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £602
90th Percentile £636 £658 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £18.24 - £22.75
25th Percentile £23.75 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £55.55 - -
England median hourly rate £41.86 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year +0.37% +60.38% -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 1,917 876 1,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 46.64% 46.11% 42.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 589 747
10th Percentile £263 £200 £213
25th Percentile £388 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - -
75th Percentile £549 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 36 81
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.59 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.33 £13.81 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.36 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year +36.20% +17.62% -21.98%
75th Percentile £47.50 £29.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £33.38 £45.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +0.87% +27.78% -41.56%

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 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 16 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 16 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 +19 298 £475 -7.09% 40
East Midlands -25 28 £525 +23.53% 27
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 93 (28.18%) SAS
2 18 (5.45%) Confluence
3 14 (4.24%) WebLogic
4 11 (3.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 10 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.82%) Apache
6 6 (1.82%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 4 (1.21%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.61%) Liferay
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.30%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.30%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.52%) Notepad++
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (3.03%) Oracle General Ledger
3 10 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.82%) Oracle HRMS
5 5 (1.52%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.61%) Primavera
8 2 (0.61%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.30%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (23.33%) AWS
2 39 (11.82%) Azure
3 16 (4.85%) OCI
4 9 (2.73%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.12%) OpenShift
7 6 (1.82%) PaaS
8 5 (1.52%) SaaS
9 4 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.21%) GitHub
9 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.21%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.91%) Serverless
11 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.82%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.52%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.21%) VSAN
4 3 (0.91%) SSL
5 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.88%) Pentaho
2 53 (16.06%) Oracle Database
3 49 (14.85%) Oracle Reports
4 42 (12.73%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 37 (11.21%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (5.15%) MySQL
7 14 (4.24%) Metadata
7 14 (4.24%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.64%) Relational Database
9 11 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.03%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 9 (2.73%) MongoDB
11 9 (2.73%) Power BI
12 8 (2.42%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.52%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.52%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.21%) IDMS
15 4 (1.21%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 59 (17.88%) JIRA
2 50 (15.15%) Git
3 39 (11.82%) GitLab
4 34 (10.30%) Jenkins
5 21 (6.36%) Zephyr
6 19 (5.76%) Postman
7 14 (4.24%) Selenium
8 7 (2.12%) JUnit
9 5 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.52%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.21%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.21%) Toad
11 3 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.61%) JMeter
13 1 (0.30%) Gatling
13 1 (0.30%) Hudson
General
1 87 (26.36%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.79%) Finance
3 53 (16.06%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.58%) Local Government
6 11 (3.33%) Legal
7 7 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.82%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.21%) Advertising
11 3 (0.91%) Back Office
11 3 (0.91%) Retail
12 2 (0.61%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.61%) Banking
12 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Billing
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 80 (24.24%) Data Engineer
2 36 (10.91%) Analyst
3 25 (7.58%) Release Manager
4 23 (6.97%) Architect
5 20 (6.06%) Senior
6 19 (5.76%) Storage Analyst
7 18 (5.45%) Consultant
7 18 (5.45%) Lead
7 18 (5.45%) SAS Engineer
8 16 (4.85%) DBA
9 14 (4.24%) Accountant
9 14 (4.24%) Test Analyst
9 14 (4.24%) Tester
10 13 (3.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (3.64%) Systems Accountant
12 11 (3.33%) Oracle Consultant
12 11 (3.33%) QA Tester
12 11 (3.33%) Senior Accountant
12 11 (3.33%) Senior Systems Accountant
13 10 (3.03%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (13.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (5.76%) Flash
3 12 (3.64%) REST
4 9 (2.73%) XML
5 7 (2.12%) pytest
5 7 (2.12%) Spring
6 6 (1.82%) JSON
6 6 (1.82%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.52%) ADO
7 5 (1.52%) Middleware
8 3 (0.91%) Kafka
9 2 (0.61%) ActiveX
9 2 (0.61%) COM
9 2 (0.61%) ODBC
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (0.61%) WebCenter
10 1 (0.30%) Apache Axis
10 1 (0.30%) Java SE
10 1 (0.30%) JDBC
10 1 (0.30%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.27%) Linux Command Line
2 20 (6.06%) Replication
3 14 (4.24%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.12%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.82%) SCADA
7 4 (1.21%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.21%) Robotics
8 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.91%) IoT
8 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.91%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.61%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.30%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.30%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.52%) Linux
1 38 (11.52%) Unix
2 14 (4.24%) Windows
3 5 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (33.03%) ETL
2 106 (32.12%) Agile
3 79 (23.94%) CI/CD
4 76 (23.03%) Migration
5 69 (20.91%) Test Automation
6 63 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (18.79%) Data Integration
7 62 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (16.97%) Analytics
8 56 (16.97%) Scrum
9 53 (16.06%) DevOps
10 50 (15.15%) Data Modelling
11 44 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
11 44 (13.33%) Validation
12 41 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
12 41 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (12.12%) Data Migration
13 40 (12.12%) ERP
14 37 (11.21%) Test Scripting
15 30 (9.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (46.06%) SQL
2 28 (8.48%) PL/SQL
3 25 (7.58%) Java
4 22 (6.67%) Python
5 16 (4.85%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.12%) Bash
7 5 (1.52%) Perl
8 4 (1.21%) Bicep
8 4 (1.21%) VB
9 3 (0.91%) HiveQL
10 2 (0.61%) VB6
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) COBOL
11 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 180 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 168 (50.91%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.55%) ISTQB
4 10 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.03%) Degree
5 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.21%) ACCA
7 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.21%) CIMA
7 4 (1.21%) OCP
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.91%) PMP
8 3 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.61%) ISEB
9 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 25 (7.58%) QA
3 9 (2.73%) SLA
4 5 (1.52%) PMO
5 4 (1.21%) FATCA
5 4 (1.21%) GDPR
5 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.61%) ITGC
7 1 (0.30%) GAAP
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (10.61%) Docker
2 19 (5.76%) GPFS
2 19 (5.76%) NFS
2 19 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.85%) VMware ESXi
3 16 (4.85%) vSphere
4 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.91%) HDFS
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 47 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.85%) vRealize
3 6 (1.82%) Ansible
3 6 (1.82%) Terraform
4 5 (1.52%) Grafana
5 4 (1.21%) VxRail
6 3 (0.91%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.61%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) SELinux
8 1 (0.30%) systemd
Vendors
1 83 (25.15%) Talend
2 47 (14.24%) Informatica
3 38 (11.52%) Denodo
4 27 (8.18%) Microsoft
5 22 (6.67%) SAP
6 21 (6.36%) ServiceNow
7 19 (5.76%) IBM
7 19 (5.76%) VMware
8 17 (5.15%) Cisco
9 7 (2.12%) Cloudera
9 7 (2.12%) Sage
10 6 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.52%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.52%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.21%) Databricks
13 3 (0.91%) Google
14 2 (0.61%) HP
14 2 (0.61%) JD Edwards
14 2 (0.61%) Remedy
14 2 (0.61%) webMethods