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 2 October 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 430 168 160
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.62% 6.19% 5.95%
As % of the Vendors category 20.21% 12.51% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 122 106
10th Percentile £350 £360 £356
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £540 £552 £672
90th Percentile £606 £674 £750
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 3
10th Percentile £17.36 - £16.72
25th Percentile £17.82 - £19.30
Median hourly rate £48.75 - £23.60
75th Percentile £53.75 - £23.80
90th Percentile - - £23.92
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £28.80
% change year-on-year +11.23% +30.23% -48.64%

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 2,128 1,343 1,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.65% 49.50% 45.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 875 786
10th Percentile £306 £243 £229
25th Percentile £402 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 59 29
10th Percentile £13.38 £15.56 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £18.51 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.29 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.30% +47.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £29.81 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +15 351 £459 -12.57% 114
East Midlands +2 69 £550 +29.79% 55
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 33 (7.67%) SAS
2 28 (6.51%) Confluence
3 17 (3.95%) WebLogic
4 16 (3.72%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.40%) Tuxedo
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.16%) Notepad++
3 4 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.35%) Oracle Payables
2 22 (5.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (4.65%) Oracle General Ledger
4 15 (3.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 13 (3.02%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.63%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (1.16%) iTrent
7 5 (1.16%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.93%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (0.47%) Maximo
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
11 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 98 (22.79%) AWS
2 51 (11.86%) OCI
3 41 (9.53%) Azure
4 14 (3.26%) PaaS
5 13 (3.02%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.63%) GitHub
7 7 (1.63%) SaaS
8 6 (1.40%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.40%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 5 (1.16%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.93%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.93%) Serverless
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.16%) PuTTY
1 5 (1.16%) WinSCP
2 2 (0.47%) VSAN
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.86%) Oracle Reports
2 44 (10.23%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (9.07%) Pentaho
4 37 (8.60%) Oracle Database
5 27 (6.28%) SQL Server
6 21 (4.88%) MySQL
7 18 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.26%) MongoDB
9 13 (3.02%) Power BI
10 12 (2.79%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (2.79%) Relational Database
11 11 (2.56%) Ingres
12 9 (2.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 9 (2.09%) Oracle Exadata
12 9 (2.09%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 9 (2.09%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 8 (1.86%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.63%) Metadata
15 6 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 67 (15.58%) GitLab
2 60 (13.95%) JIRA
3 52 (12.09%) Git
4 29 (6.74%) Zephyr
5 25 (5.81%) Postman
6 16 (3.72%) Selenium
7 15 (3.49%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (3.02%) Maven
9 11 (2.56%) Artifactory
9 11 (2.56%) Jenkins
10 9 (2.09%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.09%) JUnit
11 8 (1.86%) Gatling
12 5 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.70%) Toad
15 1 (0.23%) Gradle
15 1 (0.23%) Mockito
15 1 (0.23%) NeoLoad
General
1 104 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.86%) Finance
3 74 (17.21%) Public Sector
4 42 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.51%) Local Government
6 10 (2.33%) General Ledger
6 10 (2.33%) Police
7 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.40%) Billing
9 6 (1.40%) Military
10 5 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.16%) Legal
10 5 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.70%) Banking
11 3 (0.70%) Retail
12 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Advertising
13 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (15.35%) Data Engineer
2 51 (11.86%) Lead
3 36 (8.37%) Developer
4 32 (7.44%) Analyst
5 30 (6.98%) Administrator
6 27 (6.28%) Architect
7 24 (5.58%) Senior
8 23 (5.35%) Consultant
8 23 (5.35%) Oracle Consultant
9 21 (4.88%) DBA
10 18 (4.19%) Oracle Developer
10 18 (4.19%) Project Manager
11 17 (3.95%) Finance Manager
11 17 (3.95%) Oracle Project Manager
11 17 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (3.72%) Test Analyst
13 15 (3.49%) Tester
14 14 (3.26%) Trainer
15 13 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.02%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (32.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (4.65%) REST
3 15 (3.49%) .NET
4 13 (3.02%) JSON
4 13 (3.02%) RabbitMQ
5 12 (2.79%) React
5 12 (2.79%) SOAP
6 11 (2.56%) Middleware
7 9 (2.09%) Playwright
8 8 (1.86%) Spring
9 7 (1.63%) Web Services
10 6 (1.40%) Flash
10 6 (1.40%) Terraform
11 5 (1.16%) ADO
11 5 (1.16%) COM
11 5 (1.16%) ODBC
11 5 (1.16%) XML
12 4 (0.93%) OAuth
13 3 (0.70%) Kafka
13 3 (0.70%) Spring.NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.09%) Replication
4 8 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.63%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.40%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.40%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.40%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.16%) e-Learning
7 5 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.93%) SCADA
8 4 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.70%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.37%) Linux
2 35 (8.14%) Unix
3 11 (2.56%) Windows
4 5 (1.16%) SUSE
5 2 (0.47%) AIX
5 2 (0.47%) HPUX
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (30.70%) Agile
2 112 (26.05%) Migration
3 103 (23.95%) ETL
4 80 (18.60%) ERP
5 74 (17.21%) Data Migration
6 72 (16.74%) Test Automation
7 68 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (11.86%) Data Modelling
11 47 (10.93%) Validation
12 44 (10.23%) CI/CD
13 42 (9.77%) System Testing
14 41 (9.53%) Data Integration
15 40 (9.30%) Mentoring
16 39 (9.07%) Integration Testing
17 37 (8.60%) End-to-End Testing
17 37 (8.60%) Scrum
18 35 (8.14%) Test Scripting
18 35 (8.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 165 (38.37%) SQL
2 41 (9.53%) PL/SQL
3 38 (8.84%) Java
4 21 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.65%) Python
6 16 (3.72%) Shell Script
7 14 (3.26%) C
8 8 (1.86%) ProC
9 6 (1.40%) VB
9 6 (1.40%) VB6
10 3 (0.70%) Bash
10 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) Bicep
11 2 (0.47%) R
12 1 (0.23%) C#
12 1 (0.23%) C++
12 1 (0.23%) COBOL
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 182 (42.33%) Security Cleared
2 164 (38.14%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (6.05%) ISTQB
4 13 (3.02%) ACCA
4 13 (3.02%) CIMA
5 11 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
6 9 (2.09%) Degree
6 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.09%) OCP
7 7 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.40%) CCAB
8 6 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.93%) ISEB
10 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.70%) PMP
11 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
12 1 (0.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.00%) QA
2 28 (6.51%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.79%) GDPR
4 9 (2.09%) WCAG
5 8 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.40%) FATCA
7 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) IFRS
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.23%) GMP
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) GxP
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.26%) Docker
2 6 (1.40%) GPFS
2 6 (1.40%) NFS
3 4 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.93%) vSphere
4 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (7.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.93%) Grafana
2 4 (0.93%) vRealize
3 3 (0.70%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.47%) VxRail
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Kibana
Vendors
1 69 (16.05%) Talend
2 44 (10.23%) Microsoft
3 39 (9.07%) Informatica
4 26 (6.05%) Denodo
5 24 (5.58%) SAP
6 14 (3.26%) IBM
7 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.16%) Actian
8 5 (1.16%) MathWorks
8 5 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.16%) Sage
8 5 (1.16%) Siemens
8 5 (1.16%) Workday
9 4 (0.93%) Adobe
9 4 (0.93%) Cisco
9 4 (0.93%) Kronos
9 4 (0.93%) VMware
10 3 (0.70%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.70%) Salesforce