Oracle Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Oracle
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Oracle products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Oracle over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 41 51
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 -30
Contract jobs citing Oracle 273 61 58
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 8.93% 4.46% 3.01%
As % of the Vendors category 19.64% 9.52% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 48 40
10th Percentile £351 £375 £350
25th Percentile £408 £422 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £520 £536
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% -2.99% -0.56%
75th Percentile £534 £612 £638
90th Percentile £631 £670 £708
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £18.82 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.95 - -
England median hourly rate £41.86 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year +0.37% +60.38% -58.40%

All Vendors
West Midlands

Oracle falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,390 641 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 45.47% 46.82% 43.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 419 531
10th Percentile £306 £182 £255
25th Percentile £400 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% +6.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £596 £600
90th Percentile £645 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 23 53
10th Percentile £19.02 £12.25 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £33.24 £18.51 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +79.58% -7.22% +1.77%
75th Percentile £53.75 £29.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £70.06 £31.54 £55.00
England median hourly rate £30.15 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.64% +22.22% -44.10%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Oracle job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the West Midlands

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the West Midlands

Oracle
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Shropshire +15 153 £457 -8.87% 19
Birmingham -5 43 £475 -17.39% 15
Coventry 0 22 £402 -
Warwickshire -18 18 £525 +10.53%
Wolverhampton - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £738 -
Staffordshire -3 1 £375 +26.90%
Oracle
England

Oracle
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:

Application Platforms
1 66 (24.18%) SAS
2 20 (7.33%) Confluence
3 12 (4.40%) WebLogic
4 10 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.66%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (2.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 5 (1.83%) Apache
7 4 (1.47%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.73%) Liferay
8 2 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.37%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.37%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.83%) Notepad++
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
1 7 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (2.20%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (2.20%) Oracle HRMS
2 6 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.37%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 78 (28.57%) AWS
2 36 (13.19%) Azure
3 10 (3.66%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.30%) OCI
5 6 (2.20%) PaaS
6 5 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.83%) Serverless
7 4 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.47%) GitHub
7 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.47%) SaaS
7 4 (1.47%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.20%) Firewall
2 5 (1.83%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.83%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.47%) VSAN
4 3 (1.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (20.51%) Pentaho
2 46 (16.85%) Oracle Reports
3 39 (14.29%) Oracle Database
4 37 (13.55%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (7.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 16 (5.86%) MySQL
7 11 (4.03%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.66%) BusinessObjects
8 10 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (3.66%) Power BI
9 9 (3.30%) Metadata
9 9 (3.30%) Relational Database
9 9 (3.30%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 6 (2.20%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.83%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 4 (1.47%) IDMS
12 4 (1.47%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 55 (20.15%) JIRA
2 40 (14.65%) GitLab
3 39 (14.29%) Git
4 24 (8.79%) Zephyr
5 22 (8.06%) Postman
6 20 (7.33%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.93%) Selenium
8 5 (1.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.47%) CA Gen
9 4 (1.47%) Toad
10 3 (1.10%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.73%) JMeter
11 2 (0.73%) JUnit
11 2 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.37%) Gatling
12 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
General
1 62 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.22%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.55%) Finance
4 22 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.06%) Local Government
5 11 (4.03%) Legal
6 6 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.10%) Advertising
9 2 (0.73%) Aeronautics
9 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Back Office
10 1 (0.37%) Billing
10 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.37%) Law
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Retail
10 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 82 (30.04%) Data Engineer
2 33 (12.09%) Analyst
3 18 (6.59%) Architect
3 18 (6.59%) Senior
4 16 (5.86%) DBA
4 16 (5.86%) SAS Engineer
4 16 (5.86%) Storage Analyst
4 16 (5.86%) Test Analyst
5 15 (5.49%) Release Manager
6 13 (4.76%) Tester
7 12 (4.40%) Accountant
8 11 (4.03%) Lead
8 11 (4.03%) Oracle DBA
8 11 (4.03%) QA Tester
8 11 (4.03%) Senior Accountant
8 11 (4.03%) Senior Systems Accountant
8 11 (4.03%) Systems Accountant
9 10 (3.66%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 10 (3.66%) Oracle Specialist
10 8 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (6.23%) Flash
3 7 (2.56%) Spring
3 7 (2.56%) XML
4 6 (2.20%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.83%) REST
6 4 (1.47%) ADO
6 4 (1.47%) Middleware
7 3 (1.10%) JSON
7 3 (1.10%) Kafka
8 2 (0.73%) ActiveX
8 2 (0.73%) COM
8 2 (0.73%) ODBC
8 2 (0.73%) Oracle ADF
8 2 (0.73%) pytest
9 1 (0.37%) Apache Axis
9 1 (0.37%) JDBC
9 1 (0.37%) JSP
9 1 (0.37%) Servlets
9 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.06%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (6.23%) Replication
3 12 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.03%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.30%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.20%) SCADA
7 4 (1.47%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.47%) Robotics
8 3 (1.10%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.10%) IoT
8 3 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.10%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.37%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.29%) Unix
2 35 (12.82%) Linux
3 13 (4.76%) Windows
4 5 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (36.26%) ETL
2 90 (32.97%) Agile
3 62 (22.71%) Test Automation
4 59 (21.61%) Migration
5 56 (20.51%) CI/CD
6 52 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (16.48%) Scrum
8 44 (16.12%) Data Integration
9 42 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (14.29%) Analytics
11 37 (13.55%) DevOps
12 36 (13.19%) Data Modelling
13 33 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
13 33 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (11.72%) Business Intelligence
14 32 (11.72%) Test Scripting
15 31 (11.36%) Data Migration
16 27 (9.89%) Change Management
17 26 (9.52%) Validation
18 25 (9.16%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 142 (52.01%) SQL
2 23 (8.42%) PL/SQL
3 22 (8.06%) Java
4 20 (7.33%) Python
5 16 (5.86%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.56%) Bash
7 5 (1.83%) Perl
8 4 (1.47%) Bicep
8 4 (1.47%) VB
9 3 (1.10%) HiveQL
10 2 (0.73%) VB6
11 1 (0.37%) C
11 1 (0.37%) C++
11 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 159 (58.24%) Security Cleared
2 148 (54.21%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.59%) ISTQB
4 9 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.56%) Degree
6 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.47%) OCP
8 4 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMP
9 3 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) ISEB
10 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.37%) ACCA
11 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.16%) QA
2 21 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.30%) FATCA
4 7 (2.56%) SLA
5 4 (1.47%) GDPR
5 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.10%) PMO
7 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) GAAP
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.37%) ITGC
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (7.69%) Docker
2 17 (6.23%) GPFS
2 17 (6.23%) NFS
3 16 (5.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (4.76%) vSphere
5 5 (1.83%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.83%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.10%) HDFS
6 3 (1.10%) Oracle Clusterware
6 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (12.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.76%) vRealize
3 8 (2.93%) Terraform
4 7 (2.56%) Grafana
5 5 (1.83%) Ansible
6 4 (1.47%) Data Guard
6 4 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (1.47%) VxRail
7 2 (0.73%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.73%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 79 (28.94%) Talend
2 53 (19.41%) Informatica
3 31 (11.36%) Denodo
4 24 (8.79%) Microsoft
5 20 (7.33%) SAP
6 17 (6.23%) IBM
6 17 (6.23%) ServiceNow
7 16 (5.86%) VMware
8 14 (5.13%) Cisco
9 10 (3.66%) Sage
10 7 (2.56%) Cloudera
10 7 (2.56%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.83%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.47%) Databricks
13 2 (0.73%) Actian
13 2 (0.73%) Ariba
13 2 (0.73%) HP
13 2 (0.73%) Splunk
13 2 (0.73%) webMethods