Oracle Contract Job Trends in the North West

Oracle
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 10 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 42 47
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 -19
Contract jobs citing Oracle 142 107 84
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.57% 4.87% 3.46%
As % of the Vendors category 8.55% 9.54% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 89 51
10th Percentile £404 £313 £400
25th Percentile £429 £358 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £447 £505
Median % change year-on-year +11.97% -11.49% -8.18%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £676 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £21.61 - -
25th Percentile £24.72 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.56% - -
75th Percentile £46.80 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £54.56 - -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -56.49%

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,660 1,122 1,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 41.74% 51.02% 41.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 726 520
10th Percentile £263 £301 £312
25th Percentile £400 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £590 £607 £590
90th Percentile £650 £710 £675
England median daily rate £515 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.58% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 86 50
10th Percentile £14.35 £13.00 £15.96
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.80 £24.46
Median hourly rate £29.00 £22.63 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +28.15% -36.00% +1.03%
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.12 £46.18
90th Percentile £84.83 £68.63 £57.02
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.18%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Oracle job vacancy trend in the North West

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Oracle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the North West over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the North West

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Oracle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the North West over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the North West

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester -28 59 £435 -18.12% 150
Cumbria - 44 £525 - 3
Lancashire -5 20 £625 - 6
Cheshire -33 12 £497 +29.43% 7
Merseyside -11 5 £441 -32.15% 1
Oracle
England

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (1.41%) Confluence
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (1.41%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (4.23%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.42%) AWS
2 16 (11.27%) OCI
3 12 (8.45%) Azure
4 7 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.11%) GitHub
6 2 (1.41%) GCP
6 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.70%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.70%) Serverless
7 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.82%) DNS
2 2 (1.41%) FTP
2 2 (1.41%) VSAN
3 1 (0.70%) BGP
3 1 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.70%) DHCP
3 1 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.70%) Firewall
3 1 (0.70%) MPLS
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
3 1 (0.70%) OSPF
3 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
3 1 (0.70%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (26.76%) SQL Server
2 34 (23.94%) Oracle Database
3 27 (19.01%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (17.61%) Relational Database
5 20 (14.08%) MySQL
6 18 (12.68%) RDBMS
7 13 (9.15%) Oracle Exadata
8 10 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (4.23%) DataStage
9 6 (4.23%) Db2
10 4 (2.82%) PowerCenter
11 3 (2.11%) MongoDB
11 3 (2.11%) NoSQL
12 2 (1.41%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database 12c
12 2 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (1.41%) Power BI
13 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 18 (12.68%) Git
2 15 (10.56%) GitLab
3 4 (2.82%) ClearCase
4 3 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.11%) JIRA
5 2 (1.41%) JDeveloper
5 2 (1.41%) Rational Robot
5 2 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.41%) Toad
5 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio Coded UI
6 1 (0.70%) JUnit
6 1 (0.70%) Maven
6 1 (0.70%) Mockito
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (21.83%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.13%) Finance
3 18 (12.68%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.56%) Banking
5 14 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Military
7 5 (3.52%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.11%) Billing
8 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.11%) Retail
9 2 (1.41%) Police
10 1 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.70%) German Language
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Legal
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (30.28%) DBA
2 30 (21.13%) Administrator
3 28 (19.72%) Unix Engineer
4 22 (15.49%) Oracle DBA
5 19 (13.38%) SQL DBA
6 17 (11.97%) Senior
7 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Developer
9 9 (6.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Analyst
11 6 (4.23%) Architect
11 6 (4.23%) SC Cleared DBA
12 5 (3.52%) Consultant
12 5 (3.52%) DataStage Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Oracle Consultant
12 5 (3.52%) Test Manager
12 5 (3.52%) Transformation Manager
13 4 (2.82%) Data Architect
13 4 (2.82%) Oracle Architect
13 4 (2.82%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.97%) Terraform
2 13 (9.15%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 10 (7.04%) XML
4 8 (5.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (2.82%) .NET
5 4 (2.82%) JSON
5 4 (2.82%) WinForms
5 4 (2.82%) WPF
6 3 (2.11%) Flash
6 3 (2.11%) REST
7 2 (1.41%) COM
7 2 (1.41%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.41%) HTML
7 2 (1.41%) Kafka
7 2 (1.41%) Oracle Streams
7 2 (1.41%) Spring
7 2 (1.41%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.41%) Web Services
7 2 (1.41%) XSD
7 2 (1.41%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.04%) Public Cloud
2 8 (5.63%) Replication
3 5 (3.52%) Clustering
3 5 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.70%) CMDB
6 1 (0.70%) FPGA
6 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.70%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (31.69%) Solaris
1 45 (31.69%) Unix
2 27 (19.01%) Linux
3 18 (12.68%) AIX
4 8 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.11%) HPUX
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle Linux
5 3 (2.11%) SUSE
6 1 (0.70%) Windows
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.80%) Migration
2 27 (19.01%) Disaster Recovery
2 27 (19.01%) High Availability
3 26 (18.31%) Performance Tuning
4 20 (14.08%) Project Delivery
5 19 (13.38%) ERP
6 18 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (11.97%) Data Migration
7 17 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (11.27%) Agile
9 15 (10.56%) DevOps
9 15 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (10.56%) ITIL
9 15 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (9.15%) Change Management
10 13 (9.15%) CI/CD
10 13 (9.15%) Data Integration
10 13 (9.15%) Data Modelling
10 13 (9.15%) Test Automation
11 11 (7.75%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (38.03%) SQL
2 16 (11.27%) Python
3 9 (6.34%) Shell Script
4 8 (5.63%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.82%) C#
5 4 (2.82%) VB
5 4 (2.82%) VB6
6 3 (2.11%) Bash
7 2 (1.41%) Java
7 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.70%) Korn
8 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (54.93%) Security Cleared
2 71 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.34%) Degree
5 6 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.82%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (2.11%) CISSP
8 2 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.41%) OCP
8 2 (1.41%) RHCE
9 1 (0.70%) APMG
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.70%) CCIE
9 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.11%) GDPR
3 2 (1.41%) GRC
3 2 (1.41%) IFRS
3 2 (1.41%) IFRS 17
3 2 (1.41%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.70%) NIST
4 1 (0.70%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (16.20%) Oracle RAC
2 5 (3.52%) NFS
3 4 (2.82%) Docker
3 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.11%) GPFS
5 2 (1.41%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (16.90%) Data Guard
2 15 (10.56%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (9.86%) Ansible
4 4 (2.82%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.11%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.11%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (1.41%) Nagios
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (1.41%) PowerBroker
6 2 (1.41%) Tivoli
6 2 (1.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.41%) vRealize
6 2 (1.41%) VxRail
7 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.04%) IBM
3 9 (6.34%) SAP
4 7 (4.93%) Informatica
4 7 (4.93%) Red Hat
5 6 (4.23%) Teradata
6 4 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.82%) VMware
7 3 (2.11%) Cisco
7 3 (2.11%) HP
7 3 (2.11%) Infor
7 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.41%) IFS
8 2 (1.41%) Veritas
9 1 (0.70%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.70%) Databricks
9 1 (0.70%) Mellanox
9 1 (0.70%) Solarflare
9 1 (0.70%) Varonis
9 1 (0.70%) Workday