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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 496 520
Rank change year-on-year -21 +24 +79
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 135 43 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 28 47
10th Percentile £392 £405 £324
25th Percentile £480 £447 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £581 £661
90th Percentile £688 £712 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £425
% change year-on-year -4.35% +35.29% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year - +167.86% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year - +167.86% -

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 48,135 29,273 40,238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.98% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,133 18,680 25,890
10th Percentile £325 £287 £285
25th Percentile £417 £400 £409
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 3,254 1,329 2,797
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.75 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.44 £16.65
Median hourly rate £42.59 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.03% -29.47% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -37.13% +1.14%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -19 121 £550 - 8
UK excluding London -36 100 £550 -4.35% 7
North of England -31 41 £630 +22.93% 5
South East -38 32 £550 +4.76% 2
North West -23 20 £650 +44.44% 5
Yorkshire -30 20 £525 -8.70%
London -77 20 £500 -3.33% 1
Work from Home -54 17 £550 +10.00% 6
South West -29 11 £760 +6.67%
Midlands -48 11 £506 -
West Midlands -55 7 £550 -
East Midlands - 3 £463 -
Scotland -15 2 - -
Wales - 2 £500 -
North East - 1 £501 -
East of England - 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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.

1 135 (100.00%) Oracle
2 111 (82.22%) Oracle Database
3 78 (57.78%) Security Cleared
4 53 (39.26%) SQL
5 49 (36.30%) Oracle RMAN
5 49 (36.30%) SC Cleared
6 39 (28.89%) High Availability
7 37 (27.41%) Oracle RAC
7 37 (27.41%) SQL Server
8 35 (25.93%) Data Guard
9 34 (25.19%) DV Cleared
10 33 (24.44%) Performance Tuning
11 32 (23.70%) Linux
12 28 (20.74%) ITIL
12 28 (20.74%) Unix
13 22 (16.30%) PL/SQL
13 22 (16.30%) PostgreSQL
14 21 (15.56%) AWS
15 20 (14.81%) Oracle Database 11g
16 18 (13.33%) Migration
16 18 (13.33%) Oracle Database 12c
16 18 (13.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
17 17 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
18 16 (11.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
19 14 (10.37%) Microsoft
19 14 (10.37%) Shell Script
20 12 (8.89%) Root Cause Analysis
21 11 (8.15%) Azure
21 11 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
22 10 (7.41%) Database Security

Oracle DBA 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 6 (4.44%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.48%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Oracle Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.44%) Teamcenter
3 3 (2.22%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.56%) AWS
2 11 (8.15%) Azure
3 7 (5.19%) OCI
4 1 (0.74%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (0.74%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (82.22%) Oracle Database
2 37 (27.41%) SQL Server
3 22 (16.30%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (14.81%) Oracle Database 11g
5 18 (13.33%) Oracle Database 12c
6 8 (5.93%) MySQL
6 8 (5.93%) Oracle Database 10g
6 8 (5.93%) Oracle Exadata
6 8 (5.93%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (3.70%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (2.22%) RDBMS
9 3 (2.22%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.48%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.48%) Db2
10 2 (1.48%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.48%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle APEX
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.48%) GitLab
2 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Developer 2000
General
1 12 (8.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.15%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.93%) Finance
4 2 (1.48%) Banking
4 2 (1.48%) Military
4 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.74%) Billing
5 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.74%) International Banking
5 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.74%) Legal
5 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (2.22%) Middleware
3 2 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.48%) REST
4 1 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.44%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.96%) Replication
4 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.74%) Life Science
5 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 32 (23.70%) Linux
2 28 (20.74%) Unix
3 6 (4.44%) Windows
4 5 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.70%) Solaris
5 4 (2.96%) AIX
5 4 (2.96%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.74%) HPUX
7 1 (0.74%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.89%) High Availability
2 33 (24.44%) Performance Tuning
3 28 (20.74%) ITIL
4 18 (13.33%) Migration
5 17 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (8.89%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (7.41%) Database Security
8 10 (7.41%) Release Management
9 8 (5.93%) Change Management
9 8 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (5.93%) Database Tuning
9 8 (5.93%) Performance Optimisation
10 7 (5.19%) SQL Optimisation
11 6 (4.44%) Runbook
11 6 (4.44%) Security Hardening
11 6 (4.44%) Security Patching
12 5 (3.70%) Mentoring
12 5 (3.70%) Proactive Monitoring
12 5 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (39.26%) SQL
2 22 (16.30%) PL/SQL
3 14 (10.37%) Shell Script
4 10 (7.41%) Korn
5 8 (5.93%) Python
6 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.74%) Bash
7 1 (0.74%) JCL
7 1 (0.74%) RPG
7 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (57.78%) Security Cleared
2 49 (36.30%) SC Cleared
3 34 (25.19%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.93%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (2.96%) Degree
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.48%) OCP
8 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.93%) SLA
2 7 (5.19%) QA
3 4 (2.96%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.74%) NIST
4 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (27.41%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (36.30%) Oracle RMAN
2 35 (25.93%) Data Guard
3 18 (13.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (2.96%) Ansible
5 3 (2.22%) Terraform
6 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.74%) Foglight
Vendors
1 135 (100.00%) Oracle
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.48%) Remedy
4 1 (0.74%) Commvault
4 1 (0.74%) EMC
4 1 (0.74%) IBM
4 1 (0.74%) NetCracker
4 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.74%) Wonderware