Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Oracle Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 4 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% - 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile - - £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - £450
South East median daily rate £500 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,573 1,981 2,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 91.46% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,130 1,713
10th Percentile £255 £263 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £613 £615
90th Percentile £653 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £506 £510
% change year-on-year -1.23% -0.74% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 86 100
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.03
25th Percentile £15.91 £25.99 £24.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.77 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -56.47% +14.34% +189.97%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.40 £67.97
90th Percentile £84.70 £95.63 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.02 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.95% +11.05% +74.24%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Oracle DBA
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 DBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Berkshire - 3 £500 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 2
Oracle DBA
South East

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Oracle DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Database Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) OCI
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SOA
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Unix
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Linux

Oracle DBA Skill Set
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 3 (75.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Database Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) SOA
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft