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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 42 41
Rank change year-on-year +25 -1 -14
Contract jobs citing Oracle 346 75 73
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.17% 4.66% 3.64%
As % of the Vendors category 22.78% 9.96% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 52 50
10th Percentile £350 £385 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £481
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -1.30% -10.88%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £618
90th Percentile £582 £663 £701
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.10% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile - - £17.70
25th Percentile £51.25 - £21.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.95 - -
England median hourly rate £41.36 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.28% +44.23% -52.73%

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 1,519 753 898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.66% 46.77% 44.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 473 612
10th Percentile £315 £208 £250
25th Percentile £401 £325 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £645 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 31 45
10th Percentile £18.00 £15.13 £11.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.83 £13.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £30.00 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +78.36% -17.36%
75th Percentile £51.25 £42.61 £28.75
90th Percentile £65.25 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £26.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -3.27% -28.77%

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 17 July 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
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 17 July 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 +20 205 £458 -10.63% 11
Birmingham +20 69 £525 - 8
Warwickshire -25 22 £400 -11.11% 6
Coventry -23 12 £326 -23.37% 1
Staffordshire +3 7 £900 +2095.12% 11
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 67 (19.36%) SAS
2 37 (10.69%) Confluence
3 18 (5.20%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (4.34%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (2.89%) Tuxedo
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 5 (1.45%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.29%) Apache
9 1 (0.29%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.29%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Notepad++
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (5.49%) Oracle Receivables
2 17 (4.91%) Oracle General Ledger
2 17 (4.91%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (4.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.73%) Oracle HRMS
5 3 (0.87%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.29%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 111 (32.08%) AWS
2 45 (13.01%) Azure
3 15 (4.34%) PaaS
4 13 (3.76%) OCI
5 12 (3.47%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.89%) GitHub
7 6 (1.73%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.73%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (1.73%) Serverless
8 5 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.87%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (0.87%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) Firewall
2 5 (1.45%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.45%) WinSCP
3 3 (0.87%) SSL
3 3 (0.87%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.92%) Pentaho
2 56 (16.18%) Oracle Reports
3 45 (13.01%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (13.01%) Oracle Database
4 25 (7.23%) SQL Server
5 21 (6.07%) MySQL
6 19 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (5.20%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 15 (4.34%) Ingres
8 15 (4.34%) Relational Database
9 14 (4.05%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (4.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 12 (3.47%) Power BI
11 10 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.60%) RDBMS
13 8 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (2.31%) Metadata
14 6 (1.73%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.45%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 68 (19.65%) JIRA
2 65 (18.79%) GitLab
3 46 (13.29%) Git
4 32 (9.25%) Zephyr
5 26 (7.51%) Postman
6 21 (6.07%) Jenkins
7 11 (3.18%) Artifactory
8 10 (2.89%) Selenium
9 8 (2.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.16%) CA Gen
11 4 (1.16%) JUnit
11 4 (1.16%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.58%) Gatling
13 2 (0.58%) JMeter
13 2 (0.58%) Maven
14 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
General
1 82 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 72 (20.81%) Public Sector
3 69 (19.94%) Finance
4 43 (12.43%) Local Government
5 19 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.18%) Legal
7 7 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.87%) Advertising
8 3 (0.87%) Billing
8 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.58%) Police
9 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Banking
10 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 93 (26.88%) Data Engineer
2 29 (8.38%) Lead
3 25 (7.23%) Analyst
3 25 (7.23%) Senior
4 20 (5.78%) Tester
5 19 (5.49%) Architect
5 19 (5.49%) Finance Manager
6 18 (5.20%) QA Tester
7 17 (4.91%) Release Manager
8 16 (4.62%) DBA
9 14 (4.05%) Finance Systems Manager
10 13 (3.76%) Developer
10 13 (3.76%) SAS Engineer
11 12 (3.47%) Administrator
11 12 (3.47%) Test Analyst
12 11 (3.18%) Accountant
12 11 (3.18%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.18%) Senior Accountant
12 11 (3.18%) Senior Systems Accountant
12 11 (3.18%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (19.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (2.60%) ADO
3 8 (2.31%) Flash
4 7 (2.02%) COM
4 7 (2.02%) ODBC
5 5 (1.45%) JSON
5 5 (1.45%) Middleware
5 5 (1.45%) Spring
6 4 (1.16%) Kafka
6 4 (1.16%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.16%) Web Services
7 3 (0.87%) REST
7 3 (0.87%) XML
8 2 (0.58%) .NET
8 2 (0.58%) ActiveX
8 2 (0.58%) Playwright
8 2 (0.58%) pytest
8 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.58%) React
9 1 (0.29%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.34%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (3.47%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.18%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.18%) Data Structures
4 10 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.60%) Replication
6 8 (2.31%) SCADA
7 6 (1.73%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.16%) IoT
8 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.16%) Robotics
9 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.58%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.87%) Unix
2 34 (9.83%) Linux
3 5 (1.45%) SUSE
4 4 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.16%) Windows
5 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) HPUX
6 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (35.84%) Agile
2 121 (34.97%) ETL
3 81 (23.41%) Migration
4 80 (23.12%) Test Automation
5 59 (17.05%) CI/CD
5 59 (17.05%) Data Integration
6 57 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (16.18%) Data Modelling
8 53 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (14.45%) Data Migration
10 48 (13.87%) ERP
11 46 (13.29%) Scrum
12 45 (13.01%) Data Pipeline
13 42 (12.14%) Analytics
13 42 (12.14%) DevOps
14 37 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (10.12%) Validation
16 33 (9.54%) Integration Testing
16 33 (9.54%) Test Management
16 33 (9.54%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 181 (52.31%) SQL
2 43 (12.43%) PL/SQL
3 26 (7.51%) Python
4 22 (6.36%) Java
5 15 (4.34%) Shell Script
6 14 (4.05%) C
7 10 (2.89%) Bash
7 10 (2.89%) VB
8 8 (2.31%) ProC
8 8 (2.31%) VB6
9 5 (1.45%) Bicep
10 4 (1.16%) Perl
11 3 (0.87%) HiveQL
11 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (59.83%) Security Cleared
2 193 (55.78%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.94%) ISTQB
4 9 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.31%) OCP
5 8 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
6 6 (1.73%) Degree
7 3 (0.87%) ACCA
7 3 (0.87%) CCAB
7 3 (0.87%) CIMA
7 3 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.58%) PMP
8 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.27%) QA
2 27 (7.80%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.60%) FATCA
3 9 (2.60%) SLA
4 5 (1.45%) GDPR
4 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.58%) PMO
5 2 (0.58%) WCAG
6 1 (0.29%) GAAP
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
6 1 (0.29%) IFRS
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (4.34%) Docker
2 8 (2.31%) GPFS
2 8 (2.31%) NFS
3 7 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.73%) vSphere
5 3 (0.87%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.87%) HDFS
5 3 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.31%) Terraform
3 7 (2.02%) Grafana
4 6 (1.73%) vRealize
5 3 (0.87%) Ansible
5 3 (0.87%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.87%) VxRail
6 2 (0.58%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.58%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 99 (28.61%) Talend
2 60 (17.34%) Informatica
3 41 (11.85%) Denodo
4 35 (10.12%) Microsoft
5 18 (5.20%) SAP
6 14 (4.05%) IBM
7 11 (3.18%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.89%) Cloudera
8 10 (2.89%) Sage
9 9 (2.60%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.60%) VMware
10 7 (2.02%) Actian
11 6 (1.73%) Cisco
12 5 (1.45%) Databricks
12 5 (1.45%) MathWorks
12 5 (1.45%) Siemens
13 3 (0.87%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.87%) HP
14 1 (0.29%) Atlassian
14 1 (0.29%) NetCracker