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 5 June 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
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 40 34
Rank change year-on-year +19 -6 -6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 369 103 123
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.48% 4.95% 4.41%
As % of the Vendors category 18.75% 10.49% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 81 84
10th Percentile £350 £319 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +5.56% -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £600 £638 £676
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 8
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile £51.25 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.95 - -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £31.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year +33.03% +20.60% -57.55%

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 1,968 982 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.25% 47.21% 42.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 630 762
10th Percentile £277 £207 £213
25th Percentile £400 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.06% -5.26%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £688
England median daily rate £505 £519 £515
% change year-on-year -2.77% +0.85% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 43 80
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.81 £10.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.17 £12.74
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.87 £15.24
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% +23.84% -26.41%
75th Percentile £40.03 £31.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £68.27 £48.65 £46.14
England median hourly rate £33.98 £27.38 £23.50
% change year-on-year +24.13% +16.49% -38.96%

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 5 June 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
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 5 June 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 +22 320 £459 -9.11% 72
East Midlands -16 42 £525 +34.27% 22
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 76 (20.60%) SAS
2 37 (10.03%) Confluence
3 15 (4.07%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (4.07%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (3.25%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 5 (1.36%) Apache
7 4 (1.08%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.54%) Liferay
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.27%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.36%) Notepad++
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.88%) Oracle Payables
1 18 (4.88%) Oracle Receivables
2 16 (4.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 14 (3.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (1.63%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.63%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 109 (29.54%) AWS
2 47 (12.74%) Azure
3 20 (5.42%) OCI
4 15 (4.07%) PaaS
5 12 (3.25%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.71%) SaaS
7 7 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.63%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.36%) Serverless
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.08%) GitHub
10 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) Firewall
2 5 (1.36%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.36%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.08%) VSAN
4 3 (0.81%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.72%) Pentaho
2 56 (15.18%) Oracle Reports
3 52 (14.09%) Oracle Database
4 47 (12.74%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (6.78%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 18 (4.88%) MySQL
7 15 (4.07%) SQL Server
8 14 (3.79%) BusinessObjects
8 14 (3.79%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 12 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.25%) Power BI
9 12 (3.25%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.44%) Metadata
11 6 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.63%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.36%) Ingres
12 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.36%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 69 (18.70%) JIRA
2 63 (17.07%) GitLab
3 38 (10.30%) Git
4 32 (8.67%) Zephyr
5 26 (7.05%) Postman
6 22 (5.96%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.98%) Artifactory
8 8 (2.17%) Selenium
9 5 (1.36%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.08%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.08%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.54%) JMeter
12 2 (0.54%) JUnit
13 1 (0.27%) Hudson
13 1 (0.27%) NeoLoad
General
1 91 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.78%) Finance
3 60 (16.26%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.94%) Local Government
5 29 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.98%) Legal
7 6 (1.63%) Billing
7 6 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.36%) General Ledger
8 5 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.81%) Advertising
9 3 (0.81%) Banking
9 3 (0.81%) Retail
10 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.27%) Law
11 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.27%) Police
11 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 91 (24.66%) Data Engineer
2 33 (8.94%) Architect
3 32 (8.67%) Lead
4 30 (8.13%) Analyst
5 23 (6.23%) Release Manager
6 21 (5.69%) DBA
7 20 (5.42%) Senior
7 20 (5.42%) Tester
8 19 (5.15%) Developer
9 18 (4.88%) QA Tester
10 17 (4.61%) Accountant
11 16 (4.34%) SAS Engineer
11 16 (4.34%) Systems Accountant
12 15 (4.07%) Oracle DBA
12 15 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.79%) Consultant
14 13 (3.52%) Oracle Developer
14 13 (3.52%) Project Manager
14 13 (3.52%) Storage Analyst
15 12 (3.25%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (18.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (4.34%) Flash
3 9 (2.44%) Middleware
4 8 (2.17%) REST
5 5 (1.36%) JSON
5 5 (1.36%) Spring
5 5 (1.36%) Web Services
6 4 (1.08%) ADO
6 4 (1.08%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.08%) XML
7 3 (0.81%) .NET
7 3 (0.81%) Kafka
8 2 (0.54%) ActiveX
8 2 (0.54%) COM
8 2 (0.54%) ODBC
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle ADF
8 2 (0.54%) pytest
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.27%) Itk
9 1 (0.27%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.42%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (4.61%) Replication
3 12 (3.25%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.63%) SCADA
7 5 (1.36%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.08%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.08%) Robotics
9 3 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.81%) IoT
9 3 (0.81%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.27%) Chip and PIN
11 1 (0.27%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.45%) Unix
2 42 (11.38%) Linux
3 9 (2.44%) Windows
4 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.54%) HPUX
7 1 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.27%) Solaris
7 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (34.96%) ETL
2 112 (30.35%) Agile
3 100 (27.10%) Migration
4 77 (20.87%) Test Automation
5 64 (17.34%) CI/CD
6 61 (16.53%) Data Integration
7 60 (16.26%) ERP
8 57 (15.45%) Data Migration
9 55 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (14.36%) Data Modelling
12 50 (13.55%) Validation
13 44 (11.92%) DevOps
13 44 (11.92%) Scrum
14 42 (11.38%) Analytics
15 41 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
16 38 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (9.49%) System Testing
18 34 (9.21%) Test Scripting
19 32 (8.67%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 182 (49.32%) SQL
2 43 (11.65%) PL/SQL
3 26 (7.05%) Python
4 18 (4.88%) Java
5 13 (3.52%) Shell Script
6 9 (2.44%) Bash
7 4 (1.08%) Bicep
7 4 (1.08%) Perl
7 4 (1.08%) VB
8 3 (0.81%) HiveQL
9 2 (0.54%) C
9 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.54%) VB6
10 1 (0.27%) C++
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.27%) ProC
Qualifications
1 203 (55.01%) Security Cleared
2 191 (51.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.50%) ISTQB
4 11 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.71%) Degree
6 9 (2.44%) ACCA
6 9 (2.44%) CIMA
7 5 (1.36%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.08%) OCP
9 3 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.81%) PMP
9 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.54%) CCAB
10 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.21%) QA
2 26 (7.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.44%) FATCA
4 8 (2.17%) SLA
5 4 (1.08%) GDPR
5 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.81%) IFRS
6 3 (0.81%) PMO
6 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) GAAP
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.27%) ITGC
7 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (4.34%) GPFS
1 16 (4.34%) NFS
2 14 (3.79%) Docker
3 12 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (2.98%) vSphere
5 6 (1.63%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.81%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.81%) HDFS
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 25 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.98%) vRealize
3 7 (1.90%) Grafana
3 7 (1.90%) Terraform
4 5 (1.36%) Data Guard
4 5 (1.36%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (1.08%) Ansible
5 4 (1.08%) VxRail
6 2 (0.54%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.54%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) SELinux
7 1 (0.27%) systemd
Vendors
1 97 (26.29%) Talend
2 61 (16.53%) Informatica
3 41 (11.11%) Denodo
4 29 (7.86%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.96%) SAP
6 20 (5.42%) ServiceNow
7 18 (4.88%) IBM
8 14 (3.79%) VMware
9 11 (2.98%) Cisco
10 9 (2.44%) Cloudera
10 9 (2.44%) Sage
11 6 (1.63%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.63%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.36%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.08%) Databricks
14 3 (0.81%) Google
15 2 (0.54%) Actian
15 2 (0.54%) HP
15 2 (0.54%) JD Edwards
15 2 (0.54%) NetCracker