Oracle RAC Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Oracle RAC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 111 111
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +62
Contract jobs citing Oracle RAC 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.099% 0.053% 0.052%
As % of the System Software category 0.52% 0.47% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Oracle RAC falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 381 213 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.82% 11.28% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 147 208
10th Percentile £224 £167 £162
25th Percentile £400 £315 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £421
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +18.69% +5.31%
75th Percentile £581 £618 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £17.53
25th Percentile £54.75 £31.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.85% +71.05% +0.74%
75th Percentile £58.25 £33.75 £28.19
90th Percentile - - £28.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £51.25 £43.75
% change year-on-year -41.46% +17.14% +86.17%

Oracle RAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle RAC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Oracle RAC job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Oracle RAC
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Oracle RAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Oracle RAC

Oracle RAC
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Oracle RAC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Oracle RAC

Oracle RAC
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle RAC within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Birmingham - 2 - -
Oracle RAC
England

Oracle RAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared DBA
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared DBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP