Oracle Database 12c Contract Job Trends
Oracle Database 12c
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Database 12c skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 662 | 546 | 566 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -116 | +20 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 12c | 26 | 20 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.047% | 0.060% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.32% | 0.33% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 16 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £497 | £338 | £549 |
| 25th Percentile | £509 | £391 | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £571 | £431 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.29% | -31.00% | +32.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £469 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £553 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £548 | £431 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.96% | -15.85% | +7.89% |
All Database & BI Skills
UK
Oracle Database 12c 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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 8,152 | 6,041 | 6,654 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.83% | 18.14% | 17.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,418 | 4,060 | 4,471 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £340 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £500 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -5.66% | -1.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £735 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.56% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 309 | 81 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.13 | £20.75 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £29.00 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.18 | £40.00 | £31.55 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.45% | +26.80% | -37.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £64.75 | £59.34 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £80.00 | £71.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £41.36 | £36.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.88% | +20.00% | -40.00% |
Oracle Database 12c Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Database 12c relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Oracle Database 12c Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Database 12c.
Oracle Database 12c Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database 12c over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Oracle Database 12c Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Database 12c.
Oracle Database 12c Top 10 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Database 12c within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -109 | 19 | £536 | +19.17% | 5 |
| London | -90 | 8 | £539 | +19.67% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | -102 | 8 | £548 | +26.96% | 2 |
| Work from Home | -85 | 7 | £575 | +30.68% | 2 |
| South East | -59 | 4 | £625 | +42.86% | 1 |
| North of England | -54 | 3 | £525 | +40.00% | |
| North West | -44 | 2 | £525 | +40.00% | |
| Midlands | -44 | 1 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | -51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £488 | - |
Oracle Database 12c Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oracle Database | 100.0% | 26 |
| 2 | Oracle Database 11g | 61.5% | 16 |
| 3 | Oracle Database 10g | 46.2% | 12 |
| 4 | Amazon RDS | 23.1% | 6 |
| 4 | PostgreSQL | 23.1% | 6 |
| 4 | SQL Server | 23.1% | 6 |
| 7 | Relational Database | 15.4% | 4 |
| 8 | Data Warehouse | 11.5% | 3 |
| 8 | Oracle Exadata | 11.5% | 3 |
| 10 | Db2 | 7.7% | 2 |
| 10 | MongoDB | 7.7% | 2 |
| 10 | RDBMS | 7.7% | 2 |
| 10 | SQLite | 7.7% | 2 |
| 10 | SQLPlus | 7.7% | 2 |
| 15 | Data Mining | 3.8% | 1 |
| 15 | MySQL | 3.8% | 1 |
| 15 | NoSQL | 3.8% | 1 |
| 15 | OLAP | 3.8% | 1 |
| 15 | OLTP | 3.8% | 1 |
| 15 | Oracle ODI | 3.8% | 1 |