OCA Contract Job Trends in the South West

Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for OCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 106 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing OCA 6 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.60% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 1.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 0
10th Percentile £521 £556 -
25th Percentile £541 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% - -
75th Percentile £745 £588 -
90th Percentile £788 £625 -
England median daily rate £550 £575 -
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,449 911 1,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.35% 55.01% 55.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 598 1,178
10th Percentile £356 £250 £346
25th Percentile £450 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £640 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £734 £732
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 77 191
10th Percentile £17.69 £25.26 £23.63
25th Percentile £20.00 £55.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £51.50 £39.92
% change year-on-year -46.60% +29.01% -20.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

OCA job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OCA in the South West over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OCA in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OCA

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Wiltshire -23 5 £630 +9.57% 5
Bristol - 1 £500 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Bitbucket
1 5 (83.33%) Git
2 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) System Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Service Management
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) NsoIT
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 3 (50.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) MCSA
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) RHCA
2 3 (50.00%) RHCE
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (50.00%) Progress Chef
2 3 (50.00%) Puppet
2 3 (50.00%) Terraform
3 2 (33.33%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (50.00%) Veeam
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft