Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 514 505
Rank change year-on-year -70 -9 +44
Contract Oracle DBA jobs 108 52 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 31 23
10th Percentile £404 £316 £313
25th Percentile £418 £365 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.95% -5.13% +18.90%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £638
90th Percentile £696 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +18.61% -7.69% +10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £42.63 -
90th Percentile - £63.55 -
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 adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 49,938 31,221 33,983
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.64% 90.95% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,355 19,779 20,508
10th Percentile £328 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £619 £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 4,233 1,754 1,296
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.50 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £38.14
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -34.05% -15.26%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.19% -32.99% -15.73%

Oracle DBA Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Oracle DBA job postings 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 Oracle DBA jobs over the 6 months to 31 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 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Oracle DBA jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -59 88 £525 +5.00% 7
UK excluding London -47 72 £534 +18.61% 6
North of England -51 31 £435 +19.18% 1
Work from Home -45 26 £475 +5.56% 8
North West -15 23 £435 -3.33%
South East -45 20 £550 +10.00%
London -75 16 £501 -11.02% 4
South West -25 10 £760 +9.75% 2
Yorkshire -46 6 £600 +67.83%
Scotland -13 4 £375 - 2
Wales -7 3 £500 - 1
North East - 3 £625 - 1
West Midlands -42 2 £450 +35.34%
Midlands -51 2 £450 +35.34%
East of England - 2 £487 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, Oracle DBA contract job ads cited 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 Oracle DBA job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Oracle100.0%108
2Oracle Database76.9%83
3Security Cleared57.4%62
4SQL53.7%58
5Data Guard41.7%45
6Performance Tuning39.8%43
7SC Cleared37.0%40
8Oracle RMAN36.1%39
9Oracle RAC34.3%37
10SQL Server30.6%33
11Linux29.6%32
12Disaster Recovery24.1%26
12DV Cleared24.1%26
12High Availability24.1%26
15AWS22.2%24
15PL/SQL22.2%24
15Unix22.2%24
18ITIL20.4%22
19Database Security17.6%19
20Oracle EBS16.7%18
21Microsoft15.7%17
21Migration15.7%17
23Oracle Enterprise Manager14.8%16
24Oracle Database 11g13.9%15
24PostgreSQL13.9%15
24Root Cause Analysis13.9%15
27Oracle Database 12c13.0%14
27WebLogic13.0%14
29Oracle Certification12.0%13
29Oracle Database 10g12.0%13

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
1SQL DBA34.3%37
2Administrator29.6%32
3SC Cleared DBA13.0%14
4Senior Oracle DBA11.1%12
5DV Cleared DBA8.3%9
6Oracle Specialist6.5%7
7Oracle Applications DBA4.6%5
7Support Specialist4.6%5
9Oracle SQL Server DBA1.9%2
9PostgreSQL DBA1.9%2
9Solaris Administrator1.9%2
9Unix Administrator1.9%2
9Unix DBA1.9%2
14MySQL DBA0.9%1
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