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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 108 -
Rank change year-on-year -30 - -
Contract jobs citing OCA 3 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.087% 0.62% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 1.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 0
10th Percentile £508 - -
25th Percentile £521 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% - -
75th Percentile £564 £606 -
90th Percentile - £625 -
England median daily rate £553 £575 -
% change year-on-year -3.91% - -

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 1,471 960 1,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.72% 54.30% 53.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 599 1,135
10th Percentile £340 £215 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.54%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £663
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 101 192
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £21.26
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -48.82% -2.31%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £48.61 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +51.91% -20.57% -26.75%

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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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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 10 June 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 -16 2 £553 -3.91%
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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Bitbucket
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) NsoIT
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 3 (100.00%) RHCA
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 3 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware