Oracle Database Engineer Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Engineer
UK

The median Oracle Database Engineer daily rate in the UK is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 514 580
Rank change year-on-year -121 +66 +97
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Database Engineer 17 18 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.059% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.064% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 4
10th Percentile - £362 £537
25th Percentile £310 £388 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -30.43% -
75th Percentile £636 £567 £638
90th Percentile £638 £588 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 £510 £575
% change year-on-year -37.22% -11.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.68 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.68 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 47,423 28,164 40,143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.05% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,738 18,025 25,769
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,196 1,261 2,867
10th Percentile £15.61 £13.78 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.23 £17.33 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% -28.00% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

Oracle Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle Database Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Database Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Database Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database Engineer over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database Engineer in the UK

Oracle Database Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Database Engineer
Top 8 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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 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 -111 16 £450 +14.80% 3
UK excluding London -97 11 £320 -37.22% 3
London -82 5 £625 +92.31%
South West - 5 - -
South East - 4 £320 -
Work from Home -53 3 £450 +13.07% 3
Midlands - 2 £450 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £450 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 2026, Oracle Database Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Oracle
2 14 (82.35%) Oracle Database
3 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (47.06%) Shell Script
5 7 (41.18%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (41.18%) SQL
6 6 (35.29%) DevOps
6 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
7 5 (29.41%) Unix
8 4 (23.53%) Ansible
8 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
8 4 (23.53%) Containerisation
8 4 (23.53%) Data Guard
8 4 (23.53%) High Availability
8 4 (23.53%) ITIL
8 4 (23.53%) Korn
8 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
8 4 (23.53%) OpenShift
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL
8 4 (23.53%) Python
8 4 (23.53%) Release Management
8 4 (23.53%) YAML

Oracle Database Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) OpenShift
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) Oracle Database
2 7 (41.18%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
4 4 (23.53%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (11.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
6 1 (5.88%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (5.88%) Pentaho
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 4 (23.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
2 4 (23.53%) Containerisation
2 4 (23.53%) High Availability
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
2 4 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (23.53%) Release Management
3 2 (11.76%) Logistics
4 1 (5.88%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (5.88%) Database Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (5.88%) ETL
4 1 (5.88%) IT Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.88%) SDLC
4 1 (5.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Shell Script
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 4 (23.53%) Korn
3 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL
3 4 (23.53%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (23.53%) Ansible
2 4 (23.53%) Data Guard
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Denodo
3 1 (5.88%) Informatica
3 1 (5.88%) Talend