Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 525 548
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +90
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 77 23 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.075% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.081% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 9 34
10th Percentile £316 £455 £350
25th Percentile £364 £483 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £519 £631
90th Percentile £606 £545 £714
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £506 £446
% change year-on-year -16.15% +13.45% -6.05%

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 38,124 28,451 41,052
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 92.87% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,974 17,854 27,035
10th Percentile £309 £290 £275
25th Percentile £408 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 836 2,340
10th Percentile £14.64 £16.38 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.49 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.08% -7.14% -6.67%

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 27 February 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 14 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 27 February 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 -22 70 £485 -7.71% 15
UK excluding London -32 51 £425 -16.15% 13
London -35 19 £500 -4.76% 2
South East -18 16 £452 - 5
Work from Home -7 14 £453 -9.40% 4
North of England -53 13 £355 - 7
West Midlands - 13 £365 -
Midlands - 13 £365 -
Yorkshire -54 12 £353 - 6
South West - 5 £606 - 1
Scotland +12 2 £550 +8.64%
North West -28 1 £375 - 1
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £675 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 77 (100.00%) Oracle
2 69 (89.61%) Oracle Database
3 35 (45.45%) SQL
4 25 (32.47%) Oracle RMAN
5 24 (31.17%) Security Cleared
6 23 (29.87%) PL/SQL
7 22 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
7 22 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
8 21 (27.27%) Data Guard
9 20 (25.97%) Migration
10 18 (23.38%) MySQL
11 17 (22.08%) High Availability
11 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (22.08%) Unix
12 16 (20.78%) Linux
13 15 (19.48%) AWS
13 15 (19.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 14 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (18.18%) Azure
14 14 (18.18%) SQL Server
15 13 (16.88%) SC Cleared
15 13 (16.88%) Shell Script
16 12 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (15.58%) Data Migration
16 12 (15.58%) Python
17 11 (14.29%) DevOps
18 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
18 10 (12.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
19 9 (11.69%) DV Cleared
19 9 (11.69%) Oracle Reports

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 4 (5.19%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.60%) Liferay
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.30%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.48%) AWS
2 14 (18.18%) Azure
3 6 (7.79%) Amazon S3
4 4 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (5.19%) OCI
5 3 (3.90%) Azure Storage
5 3 (3.90%) SaaS
6 2 (2.60%) IaaS
6 2 (2.60%) PaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (89.61%) Oracle Database
2 18 (23.38%) MySQL
3 14 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 9 (11.69%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (7.79%) MongoDB
5 6 (7.79%) Oracle Exadata
5 6 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (6.49%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (6.49%) Relational Database
6 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (5.19%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (5.19%) DynamoDB
7 4 (5.19%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (5.19%) SQLPlus
8 2 (2.60%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (2.60%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (2.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Oracle APEX
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.30%) Toad
General
1 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
2 7 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.19%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 1 (1.30%) Back Office
6 1 (1.30%) Finance
6 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.30%) Local Government
6 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (7.79%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.49%) Replication
4 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.30%) Life Science
6 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.08%) Unix
2 16 (20.78%) Linux
3 5 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.19%) Solaris
5 3 (3.90%) Windows
6 2 (2.60%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
2 20 (25.97%) Migration
3 17 (22.08%) High Availability
3 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.58%) Data Migration
5 11 (14.29%) DevOps
6 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
7 7 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
7 7 (9.09%) Statistics
8 6 (7.79%) Change Management
8 6 (7.79%) CI/CD
8 6 (7.79%) Database Security
8 6 (7.79%) Database Tuning
8 6 (7.79%) Line Management
8 6 (7.79%) Task Automation
9 5 (6.49%) Agile
9 5 (6.49%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (45.45%) SQL
2 23 (29.87%) PL/SQL
3 13 (16.88%) Shell Script
4 12 (15.58%) Python
5 3 (3.90%) Bash
5 3 (3.90%) Korn
5 3 (3.90%) Perl
5 3 (3.90%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.30%) JCL
6 1 (1.30%) PHP
6 1 (1.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (31.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.09%) Oracle Certification
5 6 (7.79%) OCP
6 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) SLA
2 4 (5.19%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.30%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.30%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.90%) NFS
3 3 (3.90%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 25 (32.47%) Oracle RMAN
2 21 (27.27%) Data Guard
3 15 (19.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.60%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (2.60%) Foglight
5 2 (2.60%) systemd
6 1 (1.30%) Ansible
6 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Oracle
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) Commvault
5 1 (1.30%) EMC
5 1 (1.30%) NEC
5 1 (1.30%) Wonderware