Oracle Database Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 77 109
Rank change year-on-year -39 +32 +35
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 12 47 36
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.59% 2.23% 1.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.32% 13.82% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 32
10th Percentile £411 £596 £403
25th Percentile £416 £619 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -30.27% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £519 £663 £663
90th Percentile £566 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £400 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -38.46% +4.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56.65 £86.75
Median hourly rate - £58.30 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year - -34.12% -
75th Percentile - £59.95 £90.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £58.30 £88.50
% change year-on-year - -34.12% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 278 340 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.74% 16.14% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 215 267
10th Percentile £325 £363 £315
25th Percentile £413 £416 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £642 £640
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 12
10th Percentile - £36.86 £34.14
25th Percentile £23.50 £41.25 £54.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £48.18 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.19% -21.66% +164.52%
75th Percentile £24.50 £64.73 £73.94
90th Percentile - - £79.78
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £48.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -16.98% -3.64% +125.63%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in the Thames Valley

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Buckinghamshire +10 8 £431 -31.00% 2
Berkshire -42 4 £491 -24.50% 4
Oracle Database
South East

Oracle Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) OCI
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
3 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Relational Database
2 3 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Database 12c
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle ODI
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (16.67%) RDBMS
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) DBA
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SQL DBA
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 3 (25.00%) REST
1 3 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Unix
2 1 (8.33%) VMS
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (41.67%) ERP
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) High Availability
4 4 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (25.00%) ETL
5 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Data Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Database Tuning
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) SOA
6 2 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (16.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) VMware