Oracle Specialist Contract Job Trends

Oracle Specialist
UK

The median Oracle Specialist daily rate in the UK is £548, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 500 526
Rank change year-on-year -135 +26 +83
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Specialist 37 50 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.068% 0.15% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.17% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 35 20
10th Percentile - £366 -
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £504
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -10.67% -22.50%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £559
90th Percentile £684 £800 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £548 £505 £425
% change year-on-year +8.42% +18.82% -37.50%

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 50,324 30,039 35,625
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 91.06% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,923 18,938 22,148
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.32%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,732 1,556 1,742
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.67 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.06 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £70.16 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +12.50%

Oracle Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Oracle Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Oracle Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Oracle Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Specialist over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Specialist in the UK

Oracle Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Oracle Specialist
Top 12 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 10 September 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 -128 35 £548 +21.67% 4
UK excluding London -116 25 £548 +8.42% 3
London -88 9 £575 +35.29% 3
North of England - 9 £675 -
West Midlands -49 8 £450 +5.88%
Midlands -60 8 £450 +5.88%
North West - 8 £675 -
South East -69 5 £548 -21.79% 2
Work from Home -80 4 £600 -7.69% 5
South West - 2 £600 -
North East - 1 £650 -
East of England - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, Oracle Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Oracle
2 17 (45.95%) SQL
3 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
4 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
5 12 (32.43%) Oracle Database
6 9 (24.32%) PL/SQL
7 8 (21.62%) ITIL
8 7 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (18.92%) Linux
8 7 (18.92%) Oracle RMAN
9 6 (16.22%) Data Guard
9 6 (16.22%) Oracle HRMS
9 6 (16.22%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (16.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 6 (16.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (16.22%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (16.22%) Workflow
10 5 (13.51%) AWS
10 5 (13.51%) ERP
10 5 (13.51%) Migration
11 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
11 4 (10.81%) IaaS
11 4 (10.81%) OCI
11 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (10.81%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (10.81%) RDBMS
11 4 (10.81%) Relational Database
11 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (10.81%) Validation

Oracle Specialist 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 (16.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (8.11%) Confluence
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (5.41%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
2 4 (10.81%) IaaS
2 4 (10.81%) OCI
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (10.81%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (10.81%) RDBMS
2 4 (10.81%) Relational Database
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (5.41%) SQLite
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Liquibase
3 1 (2.70%) GitLab
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.81%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Billing
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Unix
3 2 (5.41%) Solaris
4 1 (2.70%) HPUX
4 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) ITIL
3 7 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (16.22%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (16.22%) Workflow
5 5 (13.51%) ERP
5 5 (13.51%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (10.81%) Validation
7 3 (8.11%) Dashboard Development
7 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
7 3 (8.11%) Data Management
7 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Visualisation
8 2 (5.41%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (5.41%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) SQL
2 9 (24.32%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
1 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) Oracle RMAN
2 6 (16.22%) Data Guard
3 1 (2.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) NetCracker