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 18 March 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
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 31 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 -28
Contract jobs citing Oracle 287 102 91
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.43% 5.42% 3.30%
As % of the Vendors category 15.69% 11.32% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 76 65
10th Percentile £358 £320 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.47% -12.04%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £606
90th Percentile £645 £659 £645
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £15.30 - £22.75
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 £40.21 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +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 1,829 901 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 47.36% 47.87% 43.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 606 779
10th Percentile £263 £200 £213
25th Percentile £381 £357 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £681 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 35 81
10th Percentile £13.42 £12.52 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.45 £13.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.51 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +18.27% -11.68%
75th Percentile £26.91 £29.50 £26.50
90th Percentile £47.50 £33.70 £41.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.76% +21.60% -28.57%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +13 257 £487 -6.42% 43
East Midlands -39 26 £525 +23.53% 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 72 (25.09%) SAS
2 13 (4.53%) Confluence
3 12 (4.18%) WebLogic
4 6 (2.09%) Apache
5 4 (1.39%) Tuxedo
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (1.05%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.70%) Liferay
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Geronimo
8 1 (0.35%) Apache ServiceMix
8 1 (0.35%) IIS
8 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (4.88%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (3.83%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (3.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (3.14%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (2.79%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (2.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (1.74%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (1.74%) Primavera
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle HRMS
9 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.35%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.00%) AWS
2 31 (10.80%) Azure
3 18 (6.27%) OCI
4 10 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.44%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.74%) GitHub
7 5 (1.74%) SaaS
8 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.39%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.05%) GCP
9 3 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.05%) Serverless
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) Firewall
2 3 (1.05%) VSAN
3 2 (0.70%) SSL
4 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.47%) Pentaho
2 52 (18.12%) Oracle Database
3 34 (11.85%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (11.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 22 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (6.62%) MySQL
6 13 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (4.18%) MongoDB
7 12 (4.18%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.48%) Power BI
9 9 (3.14%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.79%) Metadata
11 5 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.39%) IDMS
12 4 (1.39%) Ingres
12 4 (1.39%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (1.39%) RDBMS
13 3 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (1.05%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 49 (17.07%) Git
1 49 (17.07%) JIRA
2 31 (10.80%) Jenkins
3 29 (10.10%) GitLab
4 13 (4.53%) Zephyr
5 11 (3.83%) Postman
5 11 (3.83%) Selenium
6 10 (3.48%) JUnit
7 6 (2.09%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (1.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.39%) CA Gen
9 4 (1.39%) Toad
10 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.05%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.05%) Gatling
10 3 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.70%) JMeter
11 2 (0.70%) Maven
11 2 (0.70%) Mockito
General
1 89 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 57 (19.86%) Finance
3 47 (16.38%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.27%) Local Government
5 14 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.48%) Legal
7 7 (2.44%) General Ledger
8 5 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.39%) Advertising
10 3 (1.05%) Back Office
10 3 (1.05%) Banking
10 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Retail
11 2 (0.70%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Billing
12 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (20.56%) Data Engineer
2 31 (10.80%) Analyst
3 22 (7.67%) Architect
3 22 (7.67%) Consultant
3 22 (7.67%) Senior
4 19 (6.62%) Lead
5 18 (6.27%) DBA
5 18 (6.27%) Release Manager
5 18 (6.27%) Storage Analyst
6 13 (4.53%) Oracle Consultant
6 13 (4.53%) Oracle DBA
7 12 (4.18%) Accountant
7 12 (4.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (4.18%) Tester
8 11 (3.83%) SAS Engineer
8 11 (3.83%) Senior Accountant
9 10 (3.48%) Data Architect
9 10 (3.48%) QA Tester
9 10 (3.48%) Senior Systems Accountant
9 10 (3.48%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (6.27%) Flash
3 11 (3.83%) REST
4 10 (3.48%) Spring
5 9 (3.14%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.14%) XML
6 7 (2.44%) JSON
6 7 (2.44%) pytest
7 6 (2.09%) .NET
7 6 (2.09%) ADO
8 5 (1.74%) Playwright
9 4 (1.39%) Middleware
10 3 (1.05%) JDBC
10 3 (1.05%) Kafka
10 3 (1.05%) React
11 2 (0.70%) Gherkin
11 2 (0.70%) OpenID
11 2 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.70%) Spring Batch
11 2 (0.70%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.62%) Replication
2 18 (6.27%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (4.53%) Data Structures
4 12 (4.18%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.09%) SCADA
7 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.39%) Robotics
9 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.05%) IoT
9 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.70%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.80%) Linux
2 27 (9.41%) Unix
3 14 (4.88%) Windows
4 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.75%) Agile
2 78 (27.18%) ETL
3 68 (23.69%) CI/CD
4 59 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (18.47%) Migration
5 53 (18.47%) Test Automation
6 51 (17.77%) Scrum
7 47 (16.38%) Data Integration
8 45 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (14.98%) Analytics
10 43 (14.98%) DevOps
11 42 (14.63%) Data Modelling
11 42 (14.63%) ERP
12 35 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (11.15%) Data Pipeline
14 31 (10.80%) Validation
15 30 (10.45%) Data Migration
15 30 (10.45%) Test Scripting
16 28 (9.76%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (41.81%) SQL
2 28 (9.76%) Java
3 21 (7.32%) PL/SQL
3 21 (7.32%) Python
4 12 (4.18%) Shell Script
5 6 (2.09%) Bash
6 5 (1.74%) Perl
7 4 (1.39%) Bicep
7 4 (1.39%) VB
8 3 (1.05%) HiveQL
8 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.70%) C#
9 2 (0.70%) PHP
9 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.70%) VB6
10 1 (0.35%) COBOL
10 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 146 (50.87%) Security Cleared
2 138 (48.08%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.53%) ISTQB
4 8 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.09%) Degree
5 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.39%) OCP
7 4 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.70%) ACCA
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.70%) CIMA
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%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.36%) QA
2 23 (8.01%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.14%) SLA
4 5 (1.74%) PMO
5 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.05%) FATCA
6 3 (1.05%) GDPR
6 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.05%) WCAG
7 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.70%) ITGC
8 1 (0.35%) GAAP
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (10.10%) Docker
2 18 (6.27%) GPFS
2 18 (6.27%) NFS
3 17 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (5.23%) vSphere
5 4 (1.39%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.05%) HDFS
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle Clusterware
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (14.98%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.23%) vRealize
3 7 (2.44%) Grafana
4 6 (2.09%) Ansible
4 6 (2.09%) Terraform
5 4 (1.39%) Kibana
5 4 (1.39%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.05%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.05%) VxRail
7 2 (0.70%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 66 (23.00%) Talend
2 40 (13.94%) Informatica
3 29 (10.10%) Denodo
4 24 (8.36%) Microsoft
5 23 (8.01%) SAP
6 18 (6.27%) IBM
6 18 (6.27%) ServiceNow
7 17 (5.92%) VMware
8 16 (5.57%) Cisco
9 7 (2.44%) Sage
10 6 (2.09%) Cloudera
10 6 (2.09%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.09%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.74%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.39%) Databricks
13 3 (1.05%) Splunk
14 2 (0.70%) Actian
14 2 (0.70%) HP
14 2 (0.70%) PagerDuty
14 2 (0.70%) webMethods