Oracle Database Contracts in the South East

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Oracle Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Oracle Database over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 147 171
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +12
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 24 56 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 1.00% 0.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.25% 8.82% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 31
10th Percentile £220 £400 £413
25th Percentile £238 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £604 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.29% +9.73% +5.77%
75th Percentile £538 £674 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £436 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
10th Percentile - £59.62 £54.00
25th Percentile - - £56.80
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year - +5.14% +160.40%
75th Percentile - - £69.86
90th Percentile - - £74.23
England median hourly rate £83.75 £61.60 £61.30
% change year-on-year +35.96% +0.50% +44.22%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

Oracle Database 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 457 635 787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.61% 11.34% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 403 552
10th Percentile £278 £313 £325
25th Percentile £375 £400 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £553 £608 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 29 40
10th Percentile £13.25 £18.20 £22.05
25th Percentile £22.18 £24.43 £30.79
Median hourly rate £24.00 £48.18 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.19% -12.40% +144.44%
75th Percentile £32.05 £61.60 £70.00
90th Percentile £36.25 £65.37 £75.00
England median hourly rate £34.25 £38.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.04% -33.04% +41.17%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Oracle Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Database in the South East

Oracle Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Oracle Database in the South East

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in the South East over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in the South East

Oracle Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Oracle Database in the South East

Oracle Database
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 Oracle Database within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 July 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
Thames Valley -13 10 £700 +53.85% 3
West Sussex - 10 £270 - 2
Berkshire -12 8 £700 +53.85%
Hampshire +24 3 £525 -20.45% 1
Buckinghamshire +9 2 - - 2
Surrey +13 1 £550 -4.35% 2
Oracle Database
England

Oracle Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
2 2 (8.33%) NetWeaver
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (8.33%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (4.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) GCP
1 3 (12.50%) OCI
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Miro
3 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (8.33%) Sybase IQ
4 1 (4.17%) MySQL
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) DBeaver
1 2 (8.33%) GitLab
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Automotive
4 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) DBA
2 6 (25.00%) Applications Support
3 4 (16.67%) Consultant
3 4 (16.67%) ERP Support
3 4 (16.67%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Applications Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Applications Support Specialist
5 2 (8.33%) Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle Architect
5 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL DBA
6 1 (4.17%) Environment Manager
6 1 (4.17%) ERP Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Migration Manager
6 1 (4.17%) SAP Implementation Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Technical Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) SAP Basis
2 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) jQuery
2 1 (4.17%) Middleware
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (4.17%) React
2 1 (4.17%) RESTful
2 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) VMS
3 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Unix
4 1 (4.17%) Windows
4 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) ERP
2 9 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Database Migration
4 5 (20.83%) High Availability
4 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (12.50%) Database Tuning
5 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (12.50%) Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Workflow
6 2 (8.33%) BCP
6 2 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) CRM
6 2 (8.33%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.33%) Data Validation
6 2 (8.33%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Java
2 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.33%) Perl
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) C#
4 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Data Guard
4 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.83%) SAP
4 3 (12.50%) Sybase
5 2 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (8.33%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.17%) VMware