Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring OLTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OLTP over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 186 | 216 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +30 | +42 |
| Contract jobs citing OLTP | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.018% | 0.089% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 0.17% | 0.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £663 | £495 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.97% | -10.09% | -4.35% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East
OLTP falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 412 | 605 | 823 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 13.74% | 11.09% | 14.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 285 | 372 | 579 |
| 10th Percentile | £321 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £388 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £484 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.41% | -7.90% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £623 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £688 | £682 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £528 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.57% | -4.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 35 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.85 | £18.20 | £22.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.50 | £22.61 | £26.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £58.91 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.59% | +4.72% | +150.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £65.23 | £74.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.62 | £80.00 | £75.68 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.05 | £40.13 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.12% | -30.22% | +27.78% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing OLTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OLTP in the South East.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OLTP in the South East.