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 13 November 2025, 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
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 26 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -20
Contract jobs citing Oracle 228 165 127
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.57% 6.19% 4.65%
As % of the Vendors category 14.86% 13.37% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 110 77
10th Percentile £360 £362 £350
25th Percentile £436 £425 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% +10.53% -12.04%
75th Percentile £566 £672 £625
90th Percentile £650 £751 £733
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £16.72 £68.00
25th Percentile - £19.30 £70.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.60 £87.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -73.03% +45.83%
75th Percentile - £23.80 £91.25
90th Percentile - £23.92 £93.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £24.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +56.25% -59.32% +7.27%

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 1,534 1,234 1,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 50.95% 46.30% 51.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 791 933
10th Percentile £260 £250 £220
25th Percentile £365 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 30 45
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.54 £12.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.67 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +22.05% +11.43%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £34.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.54% -22.47% +73.08%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 +1 183 £523 -5.00% 52
East Midlands +1 42 £475 +11.76% 20
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 59 (25.88%) SAS
2 18 (7.89%) WebLogic
3 15 (6.58%) Apache
4 12 (5.26%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.88%) Confluence
7 2 (0.88%) FileNet
7 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.44%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.44%) CICS
8 1 (0.44%) CMS
8 1 (0.44%) Documentum
8 1 (0.44%) IIS
8 1 (0.44%) JBoss
8 1 (0.44%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.44%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.44%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 16 (7.02%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (5.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 11 (4.82%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (3.51%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (3.07%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (3.07%) Primavera
6 6 (2.63%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle HRMS
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle iProcurement
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.88%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.88%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (21.05%) AWS
2 38 (16.67%) Azure
3 14 (6.14%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (3.51%) OCI
5 7 (3.07%) PaaS
5 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.63%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.75%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.32%) ChatGPT
8 3 (1.32%) GitHub
8 3 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.88%) GCP
9 2 (0.88%) SaaS
9 2 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.44%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) BGP
1 2 (0.88%) DMVPN
1 2 (0.88%) EIGRP
1 2 (0.88%) Firewall
1 2 (0.88%) IPsec
1 2 (0.88%) OSPF
1 2 (0.88%) Unified Communications
1 2 (0.88%) Wireless
1 2 (0.88%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.44%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (0.44%) VLAN
2 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.54%) Oracle Database
2 36 (15.79%) Pentaho
3 35 (15.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (5.70%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (4.82%) MySQL
5 11 (4.82%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 10 (4.39%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.63%) Metadata
9 6 (2.63%) MongoDB
10 5 (2.19%) Power BI
10 5 (2.19%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.75%) DB2
11 4 (1.75%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.32%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (1.32%) OLTP
13 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
13 2 (0.88%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 40 (17.54%) Git
2 37 (16.23%) JIRA
3 34 (14.91%) Jenkins
4 14 (6.14%) GitLab
5 13 (5.70%) Selenium
6 11 (4.82%) JUnit
7 4 (1.75%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.75%) Maven
7 4 (1.75%) Mockito
7 4 (1.75%) Toad
8 3 (1.32%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.88%) Gatling
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.88%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.44%) JMeter
10 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
General
1 93 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.25%) Finance
3 36 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.51%) General Ledger
7 6 (2.63%) Banking
7 6 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.32%) Marketing
9 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.88%) Back Office
10 2 (0.88%) Electronics
10 2 (0.88%) Local Government
10 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (9.65%) Data Engineer
2 21 (9.21%) Analyst
3 20 (8.77%) Consultant
4 17 (7.46%) Release Manager
4 17 (7.46%) Senior
5 16 (7.02%) Lead
6 15 (6.58%) Developer
7 11 (4.82%) Oracle Consultant
8 10 (4.39%) Test Analyst
9 9 (3.95%) DBA
9 9 (3.95%) Oracle DBA
9 9 (3.95%) Oracle Specialist
9 9 (3.95%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.51%) Monitoring Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Oracle Project Manager
11 7 (3.07%) Architect
11 7 (3.07%) Functional Consultant
11 7 (3.07%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (5.70%) .NET
3 11 (4.82%) REST
4 10 (4.39%) Spring
5 9 (3.95%) Flash
6 7 (3.07%) Spring Boot
6 7 (3.07%) XML
7 6 (2.63%) JSON
8 5 (2.19%) pytest
9 4 (1.75%) HTML
9 4 (1.75%) Middleware
9 4 (1.75%) Playwright
9 4 (1.75%) SOAP
10 3 (1.32%) Hibernate
10 3 (1.32%) JDBC
10 3 (1.32%) React
11 2 (0.88%) JPA
11 2 (0.88%) OAuth
11 2 (0.88%) OpenID
11 2 (0.88%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.14%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.95%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (3.95%) Replication
3 7 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.32%) SCADA
8 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.88%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.44%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.72%) Linux
2 25 (10.96%) Windows
3 23 (10.09%) Unix
4 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.82%) Agile
1 68 (29.82%) CI/CD
2 66 (28.95%) Analytics
3 57 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (24.12%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (24.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (23.25%) DevOps
6 51 (22.37%) Migration
7 48 (21.05%) Scrum
7 48 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 46 (20.18%) Data Integration
9 42 (18.42%) ETL
10 37 (16.23%) Data Modelling
10 37 (16.23%) Test Strategy
11 36 (15.79%) ERP
12 34 (14.91%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (12.72%) Deployment Automation
14 27 (11.84%) Data Virtualisation
15 25 (10.96%) Data Analytics
16 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (38.60%) SQL
2 21 (9.21%) Java
3 15 (6.58%) PL/SQL
4 13 (5.70%) Python
5 9 (3.95%) C#
6 7 (3.07%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.07%) PHP
6 7 (3.07%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.88%) COBOL
8 2 (0.88%) Scala
8 2 (0.88%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.44%) Bash
9 1 (0.44%) C
9 1 (0.44%) JCL
9 1 (0.44%) Korn
9 1 (0.44%) Perl
9 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 91 (39.91%) Security Cleared
2 80 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.07%) Degree
4 4 (1.75%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.32%) ACCA
5 3 (1.32%) CIMA
5 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.88%) CCNP
6 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.88%) ISEB
6 2 (0.88%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.88%) OCP
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.44%) CCNA
7 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.44%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.40%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.58%) QA
3 14 (6.14%) SLA
4 5 (2.19%) GDPR
5 4 (1.75%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.75%) PMO
6 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.32%) WCAG
7 1 (0.44%) ITGC
7 1 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (17.98%) Docker
2 9 (3.95%) GPFS
2 9 (3.95%) NFS
2 9 (3.95%) VMware ESXi
2 9 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.95%) vSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.44%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 44 (19.30%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.95%) vRealize
3 3 (1.32%) Grafana
3 3 (1.32%) Kibana
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.88%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (16.23%) Talend
2 28 (12.28%) Denodo
3 24 (10.53%) Cisco
4 21 (9.21%) Microsoft
5 16 (7.02%) SAP
6 15 (6.58%) Dynatrace
6 15 (6.58%) IBM
6 15 (6.58%) Splunk
7 14 (6.14%) AppDynamics
8 10 (4.39%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.95%) VMware
10 8 (3.51%) Informatica
11 5 (2.19%) Adobe
12 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.32%) webMethods
12 3 (1.32%) Workday
13 2 (0.88%) Automation Anywhere
13 2 (0.88%) Juniper
13 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.88%) UiPath