Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £436, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 499 541
Rank change year-on-year -36 +42 +105
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 91 25 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.085% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.091% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 10 38
10th Percentile £316 £459 £343
25th Percentile £365 £487 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.85% - -
75th Percentile £545 £533 £623
90th Percentile £606 £575 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £506 £421
% change year-on-year -17.04% +20.18% -13.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £28.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £28.00

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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,662 27,424 41,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.92% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,771 17,715 27,123
10th Percentile £313 £296 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.40%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 874 2,496
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.36 £12.96
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.71% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £75.79 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -19.90%

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 14 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 14 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 -22 83 £432 -19.58% 18
UK excluding London -17 69 £420 -17.04% 14
North of England -43 26 £365 - 8
South East -31 21 £430 - 5
Yorkshire -39 18 £360 - 5
Work from Home -20 16 £469 -6.20% 3
London -52 16 £500 -6.98% 4
Midlands - 13 £365 -
West Midlands - 13 £365 -
North West -27 8 £650 - 3
South West - 5 £606 -
Scotland +9 2 £550 +8.64%
Northern Ireland -2 1 £675 -
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 91 (100.00%) Oracle
2 76 (83.52%) Oracle Database
3 36 (39.56%) SQL
4 33 (36.26%) Oracle RMAN
5 30 (32.97%) Security Cleared
6 25 (27.47%) Oracle RAC
7 24 (26.37%) High Availability
7 24 (26.37%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (24.18%) Unix
9 21 (23.08%) SQL Server
10 20 (21.98%) Linux
10 20 (21.98%) PL/SQL
10 20 (21.98%) SC Cleared
11 19 (20.88%) Migration
11 19 (20.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 18 (19.78%) Data Guard
12 18 (19.78%) MySQL
12 18 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (19.78%) Shell Script
13 17 (18.68%) AWS
14 14 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (14.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
16 12 (13.19%) Data Migration
17 11 (12.09%) Oracle Database 12c
17 11 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
18 10 (10.99%) DevOps
18 10 (10.99%) SLA
19 9 (9.89%) Azure
19 9 (9.89%) ITIL

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 (4.40%) WebLogic
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.20%) Liferay
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (5.49%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.10%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.68%) AWS
2 9 (9.89%) Azure
3 6 (6.59%) Amazon S3
4 5 (5.49%) OCI
5 4 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.30%) Azure Storage
7 2 (2.20%) IaaS
7 2 (2.20%) PaaS
7 2 (2.20%) SaaS
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (83.52%) Oracle Database
2 21 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 18 (19.78%) MySQL
4 13 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (12.09%) Oracle Database 12c
5 11 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (9.89%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (6.59%) MongoDB
8 5 (5.49%) Relational Database
9 4 (4.40%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (4.40%) DynamoDB
9 4 (4.40%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (4.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (4.40%) SQLPlus
10 3 (3.30%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (3.30%) RDBMS
10 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (2.20%) Oracle Database 10g
11 2 (2.20%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Toad
General
1 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
2 8 (8.79%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.40%) Finance
6 2 (2.20%) Legal
7 1 (1.10%) Back Office
7 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.10%) Local Government
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Military
7 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (2.20%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (1.10%) JSON
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Enterprise Cloud
2 7 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.20%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.10%) Life Science
5 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.10%) Replication
5 1 (1.10%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.18%) Unix
2 20 (21.98%) Linux
3 8 (8.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.40%) Oracle Linux
5 3 (3.30%) Solaris
5 3 (3.30%) Windows
6 1 (1.10%) AIX
6 1 (1.10%) OpenVMS
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.37%) High Availability
1 24 (26.37%) Performance Tuning
2 19 (20.88%) Migration
3 18 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.19%) Data Migration
6 10 (10.99%) DevOps
7 9 (9.89%) ITIL
7 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.79%) Release Management
9 7 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (6.59%) Agile
10 6 (6.59%) Change Management
10 6 (6.59%) CI/CD
10 6 (6.59%) Database Security
10 6 (6.59%) Database Tuning
10 6 (6.59%) Line Management
10 6 (6.59%) Performance Monitoring
10 6 (6.59%) Statistics
10 6 (6.59%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (39.56%) SQL
2 20 (21.98%) PL/SQL
3 18 (19.78%) Shell Script
4 9 (9.89%) Korn
4 9 (9.89%) Python
5 3 (3.30%) Perl
6 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.10%) JCL
7 1 (1.10%) PHP
7 1 (1.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (32.97%) Security Cleared
2 20 (21.98%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.79%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (5.49%) OCP
6 3 (3.30%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.10%) Degree
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) SLA
2 4 (4.40%) QA
3 3 (3.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.10%) NIST
4 1 (1.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (27.47%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.30%) Oracle Clusterware
4 2 (2.20%) NFS
Systems Management
1 33 (36.26%) Oracle RMAN
2 19 (20.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 18 (19.78%) Data Guard
4 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.20%) Ansible
5 2 (2.20%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (2.20%) Foglight
5 2 (2.20%) systemd
5 2 (2.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.59%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.10%) Commvault
5 1 (1.10%) EMC
5 1 (1.10%) NEC
5 1 (1.10%) Wonderware