OCA Contract Job Trends in the South East

Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for OCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OCA 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.14% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £379 - -
25th Percentile £441 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £550 - -
England median daily rate £550 £575 -
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

OCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,288 1,190 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 46.46% 38.01% 44.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,532 752 1,400
10th Percentile £300 £263 £248
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% +2.83%
75th Percentile £605 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 75 177
10th Percentile £15.62 £20.03 £18.73
25th Percentile £19.34 £29.18 £41.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £56.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -49.78% -2.67% +22.74%
75th Percentile £81.00 £65.62 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £79.34 £83.41
England median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -48.67% +15.29% -10.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OCA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

OCA job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OCA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OCA in the South East over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OCA in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OCA within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Surrey - 7 £500 -
OCA
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 2 (28.57%) OCI
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) GitLab
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) QA Leader
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (28.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Data Management
1 7 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 7 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 7 (100.00%) ERP
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GDPR
1 7 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle