Oracle DBA Contract Job Trends in Wales

Oracle Database Administrator
UK > Wales

As of 16 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in Wales.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 47 48
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.26% 0.69% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.76% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £473 £508
25th Percentile - £480 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £530 £553
90th Percentile - £534 £563
UK median daily rate £510 £496 £418
% change year-on-year +2.77% +18.86% -20.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 337 396 451
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.76% 91.03% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 223 345
10th Percentile £190 £134 £158
25th Percentile £263 £209 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +4.71% -12.82%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £569
90th Percentile £638 £627 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 55 26
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.60 £24.96
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% +2.57% +55.98%
75th Percentile £22.00 £40.00 £41.56
90th Percentile £30.75 £52.50 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in Wales

Oracle DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Wales

Oracle DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in Wales

Oracle DBA
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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
South Wales +5 1 - -
Oracle DBA
UK

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle