Oracle Database Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 240 259
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 -42
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 165 114 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.91% 0.76% 0.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.35% 5.09% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 72 108
10th Percentile £205 £413 £376
25th Percentile £325 £472 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £628 £525
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% +19.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £540 £663 £650
90th Percentile £629 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £484
% change year-on-year -18.18% +13.70% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - £56.65 £37.60
Median hourly rate - £58.30 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year - -6.04% +64.15%
75th Percentile - £59.95 £77.33
90th Percentile - - £85.08
UK median hourly rate £105.00 £75.40 £63.00
% change year-on-year +39.26% +19.68% +26.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,597 2,240 2,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.35% 14.98% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,800 1,407 2,010
10th Percentile £310 £313 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £535
% change year-on-year -5.12% -1.50% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 52 93
10th Percentile £20.75 £18.05 £15.36
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.94 £20.82
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.24 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +83.57% -41.02% +2.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.56 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.40 £46.18
% change year-on-year +43.09% -34.17% -7.64%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Oracle Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in the UK excluding London

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Oracle Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
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 Oracle Database within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands -12 40 £523 +5.98% 5
West Midlands 0 38 £520 +1.76% 5
South East -35 38 £406 -37.50% 11
North of England -25 34 £450 -10.89% 6
Yorkshire -31 19 £465 -17.88%
Scotland +8 17 £723 +20.67% 2
East of England -9 17 £127 -
North West -26 15 £450 -4.51% 6
Wales +12 12 £375 +123.49% 1
South West -4 7 £463 +2.78% 2
East Midlands -20 2 £563 +40.63%
Oracle Database
UK

Oracle Database
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (14.55%) SAS
2 19 (11.52%) WebLogic
3 10 (6.06%) Apache
3 10 (6.06%) IIS
3 10 (6.06%) iPlanet
3 10 (6.06%) JBoss
3 10 (6.06%) WebSphere
3 10 (6.06%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (4.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (3.64%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (1.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.61%) Liferay
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.21%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 41 (24.85%) AWS
2 25 (15.15%) Azure
3 15 (9.09%) GitHub
4 14 (8.48%) OpenShift
5 10 (6.06%) OCI
6 8 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.24%) Amazon S3
7 7 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.24%) PaaS
8 6 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.42%) Serverless
9 4 (2.42%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.82%) Azure Storage
10 3 (1.82%) dbt
10 3 (1.82%) IaaS
10 3 (1.82%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.82%) SaaS
11 2 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.06%) Kerberos
2 5 (3.03%) LAN
2 5 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.21%) Firewall
4 1 (0.61%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 23 (13.94%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 15 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (7.88%) MySQL
5 11 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (6.06%) Relational Database
7 9 (5.45%) Oracle Database 12c
8 7 (4.24%) Pentaho
8 7 (4.24%) RDBMS
8 7 (4.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 5 (3.03%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (2.42%) Data Lake
10 4 (2.42%) Metadata
10 4 (2.42%) MongoDB
10 4 (2.42%) Oracle Database 11g
10 4 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.82%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (1.82%) Oracle BI EE
11 3 (1.82%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 38 (23.03%) Git
2 23 (13.94%) Jenkins
3 10 (6.06%) Bitbucket Server
3 10 (6.06%) CA Release Automation
3 10 (6.06%) Oracle Forms
4 9 (5.45%) GitLab
5 8 (4.85%) ClearCase
5 8 (4.85%) JIRA
5 8 (4.85%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (4.24%) CircleCI
6 7 (4.24%) JUnit
6 7 (4.24%) Selenium
7 5 (3.03%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (1.21%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.21%) Maven
8 2 (1.21%) Mockito
9 1 (0.61%) Deequ
9 1 (0.61%) Hudson
9 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 63 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.91%) Finance
4 16 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.24%) Banking
6 4 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.21%) Aeronautics
8 2 (1.21%) Back Office
8 2 (1.21%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.21%) Legal
8 2 (1.21%) Local Government
9 1 (0.61%) Advertising
9 1 (0.61%) Law
9 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (21.82%) DBA
1 36 (21.82%) Oracle DBA
2 20 (12.12%) Architect
3 14 (8.48%) Applications Support
4 13 (7.88%) Analyst
5 12 (7.27%) Developer
5 12 (7.27%) ERP Support
6 11 (6.67%) Senior
6 11 (6.67%) Support Analyst
6 11 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
6 11 (6.67%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.67%) Technical Support Analyst
7 10 (6.06%) Consultant
8 8 (4.85%) Lead
8 8 (4.85%) Release Manager
8 8 (4.85%) Technical Architect
9 7 (4.24%) Automation Engineer
9 7 (4.24%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.64%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.91%) OAuth
2 15 (9.09%) REST
3 12 (7.27%) OpenID
4 10 (6.06%) FastAPI
4 10 (6.06%) LDAP
4 10 (6.06%) SAML
5 9 (5.45%) SOAP
6 8 (4.85%) JSON
6 8 (4.85%) OAuth2
6 8 (4.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 7 (4.24%) XML
8 6 (3.64%) OpenAPI
8 6 (3.64%) Swagger
8 6 (3.64%) XSD
9 5 (3.03%) pytest
10 3 (1.82%) .NET
10 3 (1.82%) HTML
10 3 (1.82%) JPA
11 2 (1.21%) JDBC
11 2 (1.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.06%) Enterprise Cloud
1 10 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (4.24%) Virtual Team
3 6 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.03%) NHS
5 3 (1.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.82%) Replication
6 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) Clustering
7 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) FMCG
7 1 (0.61%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (29.09%) Linux
2 37 (22.42%) Windows
3 24 (14.55%) Unix
4 18 (10.91%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.24%) Windows 7
6 6 (3.64%) AIX
6 6 (3.64%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.21%) VMS
9 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (33.94%) DevOps
3 45 (27.27%) Agile
4 43 (26.06%) CI/CD
5 28 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (15.15%) Migration
7 21 (12.73%) ERP
8 20 (12.12%) Analytics
8 20 (12.12%) Architectural Patterns
8 20 (12.12%) Data Integration
8 20 (12.12%) Performance Tuning
8 20 (12.12%) Scrum
9 19 (11.52%) Data Modelling
9 19 (11.52%) Task Automation
9 19 (11.52%) Validation
10 18 (10.91%) Enterprise Architecture
10 18 (10.91%) Risk Assessment
10 18 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (10.30%) Integration Patterns
12 16 (9.70%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 77 (46.67%) SQL
2 40 (24.24%) Shell Script
3 34 (20.61%) PL/SQL
4 27 (16.36%) Python
5 13 (7.88%) Java
6 10 (6.06%) Groovy
7 9 (5.45%) C
8 7 (4.24%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.42%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.42%) Perl
10 3 (1.82%) C#
11 2 (1.21%) C++
12 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.61%) JCL
12 1 (0.61%) Korn
12 1 (0.61%) PHP
12 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.61%) Scala
12 1 (0.61%) VBA
12 1 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 40 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.27%) Degree
4 8 (4.85%) AWS Certification
5 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.64%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (3.03%) HNC
7 5 (3.03%) HND
7 5 (3.03%) MCP
7 5 (3.03%) MCSE
7 5 (3.03%) OCP
8 3 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.21%) OCA
10 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.64%) GDPR
3 5 (3.03%) SLA
4 3 (1.82%) QA
5 2 (1.21%) WCAG
6 1 (0.61%) RMADS
System Software
1 23 (13.94%) Docker
2 20 (12.12%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (7.27%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.85%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.61%) KVM
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 24 (14.55%) Kubernetes
2 23 (13.94%) Data Guard
3 17 (10.30%) Oracle RMAN
4 15 (9.09%) Ansible
5 12 (7.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 12 (7.27%) Terraform
6 10 (6.06%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (6.06%) CA Wily
6 10 (6.06%) Grafana
6 10 (6.06%) yum
7 8 (4.85%) Progress Chef
7 8 (4.85%) Prometheus
7 8 (4.85%) Tivoli
8 5 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.21%) Control-M
9 2 (1.21%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (1.21%) Kibana
9 2 (1.21%) systemd
10 1 (0.61%) Foglight
Vendors
1 165 (100.00%) Oracle
2 50 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.70%) IBM
4 11 (6.67%) Citrix
5 10 (6.06%) AppDynamics
5 10 (6.06%) Broadcom
5 10 (6.06%) Splunk
6 8 (4.85%) NetApp
7 7 (4.24%) Denodo
7 7 (4.24%) Talend
8 5 (3.03%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.42%) Sybase
10 3 (1.82%) StreamSets
11 2 (1.21%) NEC
11 2 (1.21%) SAP
11 2 (1.21%) Teradata
11 2 (1.21%) VMware
12 1 (0.61%) Apple
12 1 (0.61%) BT
12 1 (0.61%) EMC