Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Oracle Database Administrator
England > North of England

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the North of England is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 173 189
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 9 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.22% 0.024% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.026% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £316 - £411
25th Percentile £333 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £450 - £516
90th Percentile £500 - £525
England median daily rate £530 £500 £401
% change year-on-year +6.00% +24.61% -25.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,818 3,833 4,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 92.16% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,530 2,099 3,234
10th Percentile £220 £263 £263
25th Percentile £370 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 233 218
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.00 £17.81
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +18.18% +31.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +74.26%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the North of England

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North of England

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle DBA in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle DBA in the North of England

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North of England

Oracle DBA
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Yorkshire - 8 £358 - 8
North West -9 1 £450 -
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Oracle DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (44.44%) DevOps
4 4 (44.44%) MySQL
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (33.33%) Data Guard
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Unix
5 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) FastAPI
6 2 (22.22%) API Integration
6 2 (22.22%) Line Management
6 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
6 2 (22.22%) Ansible
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
6 2 (22.22%) SQL
6 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
6 2 (22.22%) SLA
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Change Management
6 2 (22.22%) yum
6 2 (22.22%) Git

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (44.44%) MySQL
3 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
3 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
4 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Front Office
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) FastAPI
2 1 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (11.11%) Kafka
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) API Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Line Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Database Security
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (11.11%) Server Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Data Guard
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) yum
3 1 (11.11%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) EMC
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft