Oracle Database Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 42 36
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 10 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.46% 1.15% 3.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.64% 9.76% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile £304 £228 £210
25th Percentile £309 £318 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £488 £371
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +31.40% -29.67%
75th Percentile £388 £522 £545
90th Percentile - £531 £616
Wales median daily rate £350 £488 £371
% change year-on-year -28.21% +31.40% -29.67%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 39 41 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 13.49% 11.75% 19.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 29 58
10th Percentile £302 £166 £213
25th Percentile £372 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £520 £438
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +18.86% -21.88%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £568
90th Percentile £638 £638 £683
Wales median daily rate £455 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £24.27 - £17.85
25th Percentile £26.42 - £19.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £31.88 - £24.88
90th Percentile £33.00 - £25.55
Wales median hourly rate £30.00 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in South Wales

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Oracle Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Oracle Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Cardiff +4 10 £350 -28.21% 2
Oracle Database
Wales

Oracle Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 6 (60.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 6 (60.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (10.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle SOA Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) SOA Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) BPM Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Oracle Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Operator
5 1 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) JSON
1 6 (60.00%) OAuth
1 6 (60.00%) OAuth2
1 6 (60.00%) OpenAPI
1 6 (60.00%) REST
1 6 (60.00%) SOAP
1 6 (60.00%) Swagger
1 6 (60.00%) XML
1 6 (60.00%) XSD
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) API Design
1 6 (60.00%) API Management
1 6 (60.00%) BPEL
1 6 (60.00%) DevOps
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (60.00%) SDLC
1 6 (60.00%) SOA
1 6 (60.00%) Thought Leadership
1 6 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) ETL
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transition
3 1 (10.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (10.00%) JCL
3 1 (10.00%) Korn
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) BMC
2 1 (10.00%) BT
2 1 (10.00%) Xerox
2 1 (10.00%) Zscaler