Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OLTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 380 | 349 | 390 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -31 | +41 | +99 |
| Contract jobs citing OLTP | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.049% | 0.033% | 0.082% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.35% | 0.22% | 0.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £468 | - | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £476 | £604 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £496 | £608 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.38% | +21.60% | -21.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £565 | £612 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £661 | - | £587 |
| UK median daily rate | £600 | £600 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London
OLTP 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 UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 2,604 | 2,232 | 2,825 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 14.32% | 14.95% | 14.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,803 | 1,396 | 2,016 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £313 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.94% | -1.10% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 50 | 93 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.96 | £18.45 | £15.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.31 | £21.56 | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.10 | £27.24 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +105.97% | -41.02% | +1.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.19 | £64.50 | £64.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.90 | £65.66 | £77.90 |
| UK median hourly rate | £47.61 | £30.40 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +56.61% | -34.17% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OLTP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OLTP.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OLTP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OLTP.
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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLTP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -45 | 6 | £480 | - | 3 |
| North West | -23 | 4 | £485 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +7 | 2 | £700 | +15.13% | |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £475 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £508 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £508 | - | |
| OLTP UK |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: