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 September 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
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 28 27
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 426 155 157
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 8.80% 5.87% 5.76%
As % of the Vendors category 20.28% 12.36% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 113 104
10th Percentile £350 £358 £356
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% -1.90% -2.05%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £653
90th Percentile £600 £673 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £17.36 - £15.90
25th Percentile £17.97 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £22.25
90th Percentile - - £23.30
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £34.55
% change year-on-year +11.23% +8.55% -39.74%

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 2,101 1,254 1,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.38% 47.50% 45.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 828 814
10th Percentile £306 £235 £252
25th Percentile £403 £358 £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 £644 £688
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 51 34
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.81 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.66 £18.87 £14.37
Median hourly rate £19.41 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% +47.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £32.44 £40.74
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -16.97%

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 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +15 349 £459 -12.57% 69
East Midlands +7 69 £525 +28.05% 25
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 45 (10.56%) SAS
2 28 (6.57%) Confluence
3 23 (5.40%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (3.29%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 6 (1.41%) Tuxedo
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.23%) Apache
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.17%) Notepad++
3 4 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (6.10%) Oracle Payables
2 25 (5.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 21 (4.93%) Oracle General Ledger
4 19 (4.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 12 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.64%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.64%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (1.41%) Oracle HRMS
8 4 (0.94%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.70%) iTrent
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payroll
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.18%) AWS
2 53 (12.44%) Azure
3 37 (8.69%) OCI
4 18 (4.23%) PaaS
5 14 (3.29%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.88%) GitHub
8 7 (1.64%) SaaS
9 6 (1.41%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.17%) Serverless
11 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (0.70%) GCP
12 3 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.17%) Firewall
1 5 (1.17%) PuTTY
1 5 (1.17%) WinSCP
2 3 (0.70%) SSL
3 2 (0.47%) VSAN
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.21%) Oracle Reports
2 43 (10.09%) Pentaho
3 41 (9.62%) Oracle Database
4 39 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (6.34%) SQL Server
6 22 (5.16%) MySQL
7 17 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (3.52%) Relational Database
8 15 (3.52%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 15 (3.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 14 (3.29%) Power BI
10 12 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (2.58%) Ingres
12 9 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 9 (2.11%) Oracle Exadata
12 9 (2.11%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.88%) MongoDB
14 7 (1.64%) Metadata
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 62 (14.55%) JIRA
2 59 (13.85%) GitLab
3 44 (10.33%) Git
4 27 (6.34%) Zephyr
5 23 (5.40%) Postman
6 15 (3.52%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (3.29%) Jenkins
7 14 (3.29%) Selenium
8 11 (2.58%) Artifactory
9 9 (2.11%) Maven
10 7 (1.64%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.64%) JUnit
11 6 (1.41%) Gatling
12 5 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.94%) 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
1 102 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 98 (23.00%) Finance
3 70 (16.43%) Public Sector
4 48 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.51%) Local Government
6 10 (2.35%) General Ledger
7 8 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.88%) Police
8 6 (1.41%) Legal
9 5 (1.17%) Billing
9 5 (1.17%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.94%) Military
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%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (16.20%) Data Engineer
2 53 (12.44%) Lead
3 32 (7.51%) Analyst
4 31 (7.28%) Administrator
5 28 (6.57%) Developer
6 27 (6.34%) Architect
7 23 (5.40%) Consultant
8 22 (5.16%) Senior
9 21 (4.93%) Oracle Consultant
10 20 (4.69%) DBA
10 20 (4.69%) Finance Manager
11 19 (4.46%) Project Manager
11 19 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (4.23%) Oracle Project Manager
13 17 (3.99%) Oracle Developer
13 17 (3.99%) Release Manager
14 16 (3.76%) Test Analyst
15 14 (3.29%) Trainer
16 13 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 13 (3.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (32.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.52%) REST
3 11 (2.58%) .NET
3 11 (2.58%) SOAP
4 10 (2.35%) Middleware
5 9 (2.11%) JSON
6 8 (1.88%) React
7 7 (1.64%) Playwright
7 7 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (1.64%) Terraform
8 6 (1.41%) Flash
9 5 (1.17%) ADO
9 5 (1.17%) COM
9 5 (1.17%) ODBC
9 5 (1.17%) Spring
9 5 (1.17%) Web Services
9 5 (1.17%) XML
10 4 (0.94%) Kafka
11 2 (0.47%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (3.76%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (2.35%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.11%) Replication
5 8 (1.88%) SCADA
6 7 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.41%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.41%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.17%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.17%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.17%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.94%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.94%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.94%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.94%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.70%) IoT
10 3 (0.70%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.22%) Linux
1 35 (8.22%) Unix
2 14 (3.29%) Windows
3 5 (1.17%) SUSE
4 4 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.47%) AIX
5 2 (0.47%) HPUX
6 1 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (28.64%) Agile
2 115 (27.00%) Migration
3 105 (24.65%) ETL
4 76 (17.84%) ERP
5 73 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (16.90%) Data Migration
7 71 (16.67%) Test Automation
8 57 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (13.15%) Validation
10 53 (12.44%) Data Modelling
10 53 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 52 (12.21%) CI/CD
12 50 (11.74%) Data Integration
13 43 (10.09%) Analytics
14 39 (9.15%) DevOps
14 39 (9.15%) Mentoring
15 36 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (8.45%) Data Pipeline
16 34 (7.98%) Integration Testing
16 34 (7.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 167 (39.20%) SQL
2 44 (10.33%) PL/SQL
3 28 (6.57%) Java
4 18 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 18 (4.23%) Python
5 14 (3.29%) C
6 12 (2.82%) Shell Script
7 8 (1.88%) ProC
8 6 (1.41%) VB
8 6 (1.41%) VB6
9 4 (0.94%) Bash
10 3 (0.70%) Bicep
10 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) R
12 1 (0.23%) C#
12 1 (0.23%) C++
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 182 (42.72%) Security Cleared
2 166 (38.97%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.40%) ISTQB
4 17 (3.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.82%) ACCA
5 12 (2.82%) CIMA
6 11 (2.58%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (2.35%) Degree
8 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.11%) OCP
9 7 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.94%) CCAB
10 4 (0.94%) ISEB
10 4 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.94%) PMP
11 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.23%) CISSP
13 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.92%) QA
2 35 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.82%) GDPR
4 8 (1.88%) WCAG
5 7 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.41%) FATCA
7 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.17%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) IFRS
8 2 (0.47%) PMO
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
System Software
1 17 (3.99%) Docker
2 6 (1.41%) GPFS
2 6 (1.41%) NFS
3 5 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.94%) vSphere
5 3 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (7.28%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.17%) Grafana
3 4 (0.94%) vRealize
4 3 (0.70%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.47%) VxRail
6 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.23%) Kibana
6 1 (0.23%) SELinux
6 1 (0.23%) systemd
Vendors
1 73 (17.14%) Talend
2 50 (11.74%) Microsoft
3 38 (8.92%) Informatica
4 31 (7.28%) Denodo
5 26 (6.10%) SAP
6 12 (2.82%) IBM
7 10 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.64%) VMware
9 5 (1.17%) Actian
9 5 (1.17%) MathWorks
9 5 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.17%) Sage
9 5 (1.17%) Siemens
9 5 (1.17%) Workday
10 4 (0.94%) Adobe
10 4 (0.94%) Cisco
10 4 (0.94%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.70%) Google
11 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.70%) webMethods