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 4 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
4 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 37 56
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 -36
Contract jobs citing Oracle 290 67 53
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.75% 4.99% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 20.49% 10.28% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 51 36
10th Percentile £358 £375 £350
25th Percentile £414 £434 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% -1.54% -4.07%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £628
90th Percentile £624 £663 £703
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £15.88 - -
25th Percentile £18.53 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £32.19 - £26.50
90th Percentile £45.13 - -
England median hourly rate £37.63 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year -9.75% +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 1,415 652 824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 47.58% 48.51% 42.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 439 528
10th Percentile £305 £200 £257
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -8.72%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £689 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 23 53
10th Percentile £15.82 £12.25 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.68 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.00 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +32.37% -4.76% +10.83%
75th Percentile £47.50 £30.34 £26.98
90th Percentile £70.47 £34.35 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% +23.40% -37.33%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +5 159 £470 -1.47% 22
Birmingham +1 46 £475 -11.63% 19
Coventry -3 25 £439 - 2
Warwickshire -10 22 £525 -16.00% 7
Wolverhampton - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £738 -
Staffordshire -2 1 £375 +26.90% 1
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 91 (31.38%) SAS
2 12 (4.14%) Confluence
2 12 (4.14%) WebLogic
3 10 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.10%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.72%) Apache
5 5 (1.72%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (1.38%) Tuxedo
7 2 (0.69%) Liferay
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Geronimo
8 1 (0.34%) Apache ServiceMix
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.38%) Notepad++
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.72%) Oracle HRMS
3 5 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.03%) Primavera
6 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.34%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.21%) AWS
2 36 (12.41%) Azure
3 12 (4.14%) OCI
4 9 (3.10%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.41%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.07%) PaaS
7 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.72%) SaaS
8 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.38%) GitHub
8 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.38%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.03%) Serverless
10 2 (0.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.07%) Firewall
2 4 (1.38%) PuTTY
2 4 (1.38%) WinSCP
3 3 (1.03%) SSL
3 3 (1.03%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (20.00%) Pentaho
2 56 (19.31%) Oracle Database
3 42 (14.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 37 (12.76%) Oracle Reports
5 29 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (6.21%) MySQL
7 13 (4.48%) Metadata
8 11 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (3.45%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
10 9 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (3.10%) Power BI
10 9 (3.10%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.76%) MongoDB
12 7 (2.41%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.72%) SAS Data Integration Studio
14 4 (1.38%) IDMS
14 4 (1.38%) Ingres
14 4 (1.38%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 54 (18.62%) JIRA
2 53 (18.28%) Git
3 38 (13.10%) GitLab
4 34 (11.72%) Jenkins
5 15 (5.17%) Zephyr
6 13 (4.48%) Postman
7 9 (3.10%) JUnit
7 9 (3.10%) Selenium
8 5 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.38%) CA Gen
9 4 (1.38%) Toad
10 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.69%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.69%) JMeter
11 2 (0.69%) Maven
11 2 (0.69%) Mockito
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.34%) Deequ
General
1 78 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 41 (14.14%) Finance
4 21 (7.24%) Local Government
5 18 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.45%) Legal
7 6 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.38%) Advertising
9 3 (1.03%) Back Office
9 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Retail
11 1 (0.34%) Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.34%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 77 (26.55%) Data Engineer
2 29 (10.00%) Analyst
3 22 (7.59%) Architect
3 22 (7.59%) Release Manager
4 19 (6.55%) SAS Engineer
5 18 (6.21%) Storage Analyst
6 17 (5.86%) DBA
7 15 (5.17%) Senior
8 13 (4.48%) Lead
8 13 (4.48%) Tester
9 12 (4.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (4.14%) Oracle DBA
10 11 (3.79%) Accountant
10 11 (3.79%) QA Tester
11 10 (3.45%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.45%) Senior Accountant
11 10 (3.45%) Senior Systems Accountant
11 10 (3.45%) Systems Accountant
12 9 (3.10%) Consultant
12 9 (3.10%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (6.21%) Flash
3 9 (3.10%) REST
3 9 (3.10%) Spring
4 8 (2.76%) Spring Boot
4 8 (2.76%) XML
5 7 (2.41%) pytest
6 6 (2.07%) JSON
7 4 (1.38%) ADO
7 4 (1.38%) Middleware
8 3 (1.03%) JDBC
8 3 (1.03%) Kafka
8 3 (1.03%) Playwright
9 2 (0.69%) COM
9 2 (0.69%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.69%) GraalVM
9 2 (0.69%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.69%) ODBC
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (0.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.59%) Linux Command Line
2 18 (6.21%) Replication
3 12 (4.14%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.79%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.76%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.41%) SCADA
7 5 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) Robotics
9 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.03%) IoT
9 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.03%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.34%) FMCG
11 1 (0.34%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.10%) Unix
2 35 (12.07%) Linux
3 13 (4.48%) Windows
4 5 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (35.17%) Agile
2 91 (31.38%) ETL
3 79 (27.24%) CI/CD
4 60 (20.69%) Test Automation
5 59 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (20.34%) Data Integration
6 56 (19.31%) Migration
6 56 (19.31%) Scrum
7 54 (18.62%) Analytics
8 51 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (17.24%) DevOps
10 44 (15.17%) Data Modelling
10 44 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
12 39 (13.45%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (11.03%) Validation
14 29 (10.00%) ERP
14 29 (10.00%) Test Scripting
15 28 (9.66%) Change Management
16 27 (9.31%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 138 (47.59%) SQL
2 26 (8.97%) Java
3 23 (7.93%) PL/SQL
3 23 (7.93%) Python
4 17 (5.86%) Shell Script
5 7 (2.41%) Bash
6 5 (1.72%) Perl
7 4 (1.38%) Bicep
7 4 (1.38%) VB
8 3 (1.03%) HiveQL
9 2 (0.69%) VB6
10 1 (0.34%) COBOL
10 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 162 (55.86%) Security Cleared
2 151 (52.07%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.17%) ISTQB
4 9 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.41%) Degree
6 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.38%) OCP
8 4 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.03%) PMP
9 3 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.69%) ISEB
10 2 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.93%) QA
3 8 (2.76%) SLA
4 6 (2.07%) PMO
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
5 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.03%) FATCA
7 2 (0.69%) ITGC
7 2 (0.69%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) GAAP
8 1 (0.34%) IFRS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (12.07%) Docker
2 18 (6.21%) GPFS
2 18 (6.21%) NFS
2 18 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (5.17%) vSphere
4 5 (1.72%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.03%) HDFS
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle Clusterware
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (16.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.17%) vRealize
3 7 (2.41%) Grafana
4 6 (2.07%) Terraform
5 5 (1.72%) Ansible
6 4 (1.38%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.03%) Data Guard
7 3 (1.03%) Kibana
7 3 (1.03%) VxRail
8 2 (0.69%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 75 (25.86%) Talend
2 47 (16.21%) Informatica
3 39 (13.45%) Denodo
4 25 (8.62%) Microsoft
5 20 (6.90%) SAP
6 18 (6.21%) IBM
6 18 (6.21%) ServiceNow
6 18 (6.21%) VMware
7 16 (5.52%) Cisco
8 7 (2.41%) Cloudera
8 7 (2.41%) Sage
9 6 (2.07%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.72%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.72%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.38%) Databricks
12 2 (0.69%) Ariba
12 2 (0.69%) HP
12 2 (0.69%) Remedy
12 2 (0.69%) Splunk
12 2 (0.69%) webMethods
55 Oracle jobs in the West Midlands