Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £437, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 503 544
Rank change year-on-year -24 +41 +98
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 85 24 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.079% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.085% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 10 37
10th Percentile £316 £459 £358
25th Percentile £365 £487 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £631
90th Percentile £606 £575 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £406 £506 £425
% change year-on-year -19.80% +19.12% -11.69%

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 39,202 28,292 41,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 92.81% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,554 17,968 27,109
10th Percentile £310 £291 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £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 2,408 853 2,419
10th Percentile £14.82 £16.23 £13.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.43 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.00 £34.08
Median % change year-on-year - -0.23% -15.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.20 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.54% -7.14% -11.50%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -23 77 £435 -19.16% 20
UK excluding London -31 60 £406 -19.80% 18
South East -26 20 £432 - 7
North of England -47 18 £365 - 10
London -32 17 £500 -6.98% 2
Work from Home -10 16 £469 -6.20% 5
Yorkshire -45 15 £360 - 7
Midlands - 13 £365 -
West Midlands - 13 £365 -
South West - 5 £606 -
North West -22 3 £375 - 3
Scotland +9 2 £550 +8.64%
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £675 -

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

For the 6 months to 6 March 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 85 (100.00%) Oracle
2 72 (84.71%) Oracle Database
3 32 (37.65%) SQL
4 28 (32.94%) Oracle RMAN
5 25 (29.41%) Oracle RAC
6 24 (28.24%) Security Cleared
7 22 (25.88%) Performance Tuning
8 21 (24.71%) PL/SQL
8 21 (24.71%) Unix
9 20 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 19 (22.35%) Data Guard
10 19 (22.35%) High Availability
10 19 (22.35%) Migration
10 19 (22.35%) SQL Server
11 18 (21.18%) MySQL
11 18 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (20.00%) Shell Script
13 16 (18.82%) Linux
14 15 (17.65%) AWS
15 14 (16.47%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
16 13 (15.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
17 12 (14.12%) Azure
17 12 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 12 (14.12%) Data Migration
18 11 (12.94%) DevOps
19 10 (11.76%) Python
20 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
20 9 (10.59%) Oracle Reports
20 9 (10.59%) SLA

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 (4.71%) WebLogic
2 3 (3.53%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.35%) Liferay
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.18%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.65%) AWS
2 12 (14.12%) Azure
3 6 (7.06%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (4.71%) OCI
5 3 (3.53%) Azure Storage
5 3 (3.53%) SaaS
6 2 (2.35%) IaaS
6 2 (2.35%) PaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (84.71%) Oracle Database
2 19 (22.35%) SQL Server
3 18 (21.18%) MySQL
4 14 (16.47%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (10.59%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (7.06%) MongoDB
7 6 (7.06%) Oracle Database 12c
8 5 (5.88%) Relational Database
9 4 (4.71%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (4.71%) DynamoDB
9 4 (4.71%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (4.71%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (4.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (4.71%) SQLPlus
10 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (2.35%) Oracle Database 10g
11 2 (2.35%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (2.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.18%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) Toad
General
1 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
2 8 (9.41%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
6 2 (2.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.18%) Back Office
7 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Local Government
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (1.18%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.47%) Enterprise Cloud
2 7 (8.24%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.53%) Replication
4 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.18%) Life Science
5 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.71%) Unix
2 16 (18.82%) Linux
3 6 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.71%) Solaris
5 3 (3.53%) Windows
6 2 (2.35%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.18%) OpenVMS
7 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Performance Tuning
2 19 (22.35%) High Availability
2 19 (22.35%) Migration
3 18 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (14.12%) Data Migration
5 11 (12.94%) DevOps
6 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (9.41%) ITIL
8 7 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (8.24%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (8.24%) Release Management
9 6 (7.06%) Change Management
9 6 (7.06%) CI/CD
9 6 (7.06%) Database Security
9 6 (7.06%) Database Tuning
9 6 (7.06%) Line Management
9 6 (7.06%) Performance Monitoring
9 6 (7.06%) Statistics
9 6 (7.06%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (37.65%) SQL
2 21 (24.71%) PL/SQL
3 17 (20.00%) Shell Script
4 10 (11.76%) Python
5 8 (9.41%) Korn
6 3 (3.53%) Perl
6 3 (3.53%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.18%) Bash
7 1 (1.18%) JCL
7 1 (1.18%) PHP
7 1 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (28.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.41%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.24%) Oracle Certification
5 6 (7.06%) OCP
6 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.18%) Degree
8 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) SLA
2 4 (4.71%) GDPR
3 1 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (29.41%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.53%) NFS
3 3 (3.53%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 28 (32.94%) Oracle RMAN
2 20 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 19 (22.35%) Data Guard
4 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.35%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (2.35%) Foglight
5 2 (2.35%) systemd
6 1 (1.18%) Ansible
6 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) Oracle
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.06%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.18%) Commvault
5 1 (1.18%) EMC
5 1 (1.18%) NEC
5 1 (1.18%) Wonderware