Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 509 512
Rank change year-on-year -74 +3 +47
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 106 56 52
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 35 24
10th Percentile £413 £330 £313
25th Percentile £431 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £496
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.77% +18.86%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £650
90th Percentile £706 £696 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +18.65% -5.13% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,844 30,247 34,978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.91% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,853 19,090 21,121
10th Percentile £325 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,177 1,669 1,428
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.80 £15.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +63.24% -38.77% -8.72%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.32 £25.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +61.28% -39.76% -6.74%

Oracle DBA Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle DBA Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle DBA over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle DBA in the UK

Oracle DBA Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle DBA Top 16 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 DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 -95 92 £548 -0.45% 8
UK excluding London -50 77 £549 +18.65% 6
North of England -45 29 £435 +19.18% 2
Work from Home -69 26 £525 +13.51% 3
North West -23 23 £435 -3.33% 1
South East -42 23 £550 +10.00%
London -85 15 £510 -9.77% 3
South West -35 9 £760 +9.75% 1
Midlands -45 9 £550 +65.41% 2
West Midlands -45 6 £550 +65.41% 2
Yorkshire -36 5 £481 +34.62% 1
Wales -10 3 £500 - 1
Scotland -26 2 £375 -
East of England - 2 £487 -
East Midlands - 2 £463 -
North East - 1 £501 -

Oracle DBA Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Oracle DBA 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 DBA in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Oracle100.0%106
2Oracle Database78.3%83
3Security Cleared66.0%70
4SQL56.6%60
5SC Cleared42.5%45
6Data Guard37.7%40
7Performance Tuning36.8%39
8Oracle RMAN34.9%37
9Oracle RAC30.2%32
10DV Cleared29.2%31
11SQL Server27.4%29
12Linux26.4%28
12PL/SQL26.4%28
14Unix24.5%26
15High Availability23.6%25
16ITIL20.8%22
17AWS19.8%21
18Oracle Database 11g18.9%20
19Disaster Recovery17.0%18
20Root Cause Analysis14.2%15
21Microsoft13.2%14
21Oracle Database 12c13.2%14
21Oracle EBS13.2%14
21PostgreSQL13.2%14
25Database Security12.3%13
25Migration12.3%13
25Oracle Database 10g12.3%13
25Oracle Enterprise Manager12.3%13
25WebLogic12.3%13
30Problem-Solving11.3%12

Oracle DBA Skill Set 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.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Administrator38.7%41
2SQL DBA34.9%37
3SC Cleared DBA13.2%14
4DV Cleared DBA8.5%9
5Oracle Specialist7.5%8
6Senior Oracle DBA6.6%7
7Oracle Applications DBA4.7%5
7Support Specialist4.7%5
9PostgreSQL DBA3.8%4
10Oracle SQL Server DBA1.9%2
10Solaris Administrator1.9%2
10Unix Administrator1.9%2
10Unix DBA1.9%2
14Database Specialist0.9%1
14MySQL DBA0.9%1
14Oracle Database Engineer0.9%1
Oracle DBA jobs