Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in Scotland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 109 138
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.27% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £501 -
25th Percentile £525 £502 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% - -
75th Percentile £575 £514 -
90th Percentile - £517 -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,373 1,479 2,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 91.86% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 882 1,396
10th Percentile £216 £208 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £637 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 46 98
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.13 £12.29
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.46 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.75 £22.94 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% -49.03% +153.95%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £66.20 £34.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £33.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year -10.27% -8.21% +2.71%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in Scotland

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Scotland

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Scotland

Oracle DBA
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Edinburgh -2 2 £550 +8.64% 1
Oracle DBA
UK

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 Scotland region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Delphix
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ZFS
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Delphix
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat