Oracle Database Developer Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Developer
UK

The median Oracle Database Developer daily rate in the UK is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 558 612
Rank change year-on-year -17 +54 +197
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Database Developer 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.018% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £521 £338 £308
25th Percentile £528 £361 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +37.19% -11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £561 £613 £475
90th Percentile £563 £740 £535
UK excluding London median daily rate - £345 £450
% change year-on-year - -23.33% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 32,630 33,866 43,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.82% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,686 20,426 29,351
10th Percentile £280 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,921 1,265 1,542
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55.85 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +83.67%

Oracle Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle Database Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Database Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle Database Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle Database Developer job vacancies in the UK

Oracle Database Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle Database Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle Database Developer job vacancies in the UK

Oracle Database Developer
Top 4 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 21 November 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
England -12 4 £549 -8.54% 3
London -9 2 £549 -8.54% 3
UK excluding London -35 2 - - 3
South East - 2 - - 3

Oracle Database Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Oracle Database Developer 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 featuring Oracle Database Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Database Migration
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
3 2 (50.00%) PHP
3 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Oracle Database Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (50.00%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Database Migration
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Perl
2 2 (50.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle