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 26 June 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
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 39 44
Rank change year-on-year +25 +5 -17
Contract jobs citing Oracle 348 72 73
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.44% 4.90% 3.56%
As % of the Vendors category 23.26% 10.37% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 52 47
10th Percentile £350 £375 £350
25th Percentile £410 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% - -12.04%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £610
90th Percentile £588 £638 £703
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - £18.60
25th Percentile £51.25 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.95 - -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +44.23% -54.22%

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 1,496 694 897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.88% 47.28% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,036 432 592
10th Percentile £313 £200 £250
25th Percentile £400 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £645 £671 £688
England median daily rate £507 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.07% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 30 52
10th Percentile £18.10 £14.99 £11.08
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £18.39
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% +63.18% -14.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £42.93 £28.75
90th Percentile £67.06 £50.00 £56.13
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.45 £24.50
% change year-on-year +32.33% +7.96% -34.67%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +17 203 £459 -10.00% 11
Birmingham +16 68 £525 -6.67% 10
Warwickshire -23 20 £400 -11.11% 7
Coventry -14 14 £402 -5.41% 1
Staffordshire +2 7 £900 +204.57% 4
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 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 74 (21.26%) SAS
2 37 (10.63%) Confluence
3 18 (5.17%) Oracle Workflow
4 15 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (2.87%) Tuxedo
6 6 (1.72%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 6 (1.72%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.15%) Apache
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 (1.44%) Notepad++
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (4.89%) Oracle Receivables
2 15 (4.31%) Oracle General Ledger
2 15 (4.31%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (4.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (2.01%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.72%) Oracle HRMS
5 3 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
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
1 116 (33.33%) AWS
2 43 (12.36%) Azure
3 12 (3.45%) PaaS
4 11 (3.16%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.87%) OCI
6 9 (2.59%) GitHub
7 6 (1.72%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.44%) Serverless
9 4 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.86%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.72%) Firewall
2 5 (1.44%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.44%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.15%) VSAN
4 3 (0.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.82%) Pentaho
2 54 (15.52%) Oracle Reports
3 45 (12.93%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (12.93%) Oracle Database
4 22 (6.32%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 18 (5.17%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.89%) MySQL
7 15 (4.31%) Ingres
7 15 (4.31%) Relational Database
8 14 (4.02%) BusinessObjects
8 14 (4.02%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 12 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (3.16%) Power BI
11 9 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.59%) RDBMS
12 8 (2.30%) Metadata
13 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.44%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 68 (19.54%) JIRA
2 65 (18.68%) GitLab
3 44 (12.64%) Git
4 32 (9.20%) Zephyr
5 26 (7.47%) Postman
6 22 (6.32%) Jenkins
7 11 (3.16%) Artifactory
8 9 (2.59%) Selenium
9 8 (2.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.15%) CA Gen
11 4 (1.15%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.86%) JUnit
13 2 (0.57%) JMeter
14 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.29%) Gatling
14 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
General
1 78 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.40%) Public Sector
3 65 (18.68%) Finance
4 41 (11.78%) Local Government
5 19 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.16%) Legal
7 6 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.86%) Advertising
8 3 (0.86%) Billing
8 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.57%) Police
10 1 (0.29%) Banking
10 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.29%) Law
10 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 95 (27.30%) Data Engineer
2 30 (8.62%) Analyst
3 29 (8.33%) Lead
4 25 (7.18%) Senior
5 22 (6.32%) Architect
6 21 (6.03%) Release Manager
7 20 (5.75%) Tester
8 18 (5.17%) QA Tester
9 17 (4.89%) Finance Manager
10 16 (4.60%) SAS Engineer
11 13 (3.74%) Developer
12 12 (3.45%) DBA
12 12 (3.45%) Finance Systems Manager
12 12 (3.45%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.45%) Test Analyst
13 11 (3.16%) Accountant
13 11 (3.16%) Senior Accountant
13 11 (3.16%) Senior Systems Accountant
13 11 (3.16%) Systems Accountant
14 10 (2.87%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (18.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (3.74%) Flash
3 9 (2.59%) ADO
4 7 (2.01%) COM
4 7 (2.01%) ODBC
5 5 (1.44%) Spring
6 4 (1.15%) JSON
6 4 (1.15%) Middleware
6 4 (1.15%) REST
6 4 (1.15%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.15%) Web Services
7 3 (0.86%) Kafka
7 3 (0.86%) XML
8 2 (0.57%) ActiveX
8 2 (0.57%) pytest
9 1 (0.29%) Itk
9 1 (0.29%) OLE
9 1 (0.29%) Playwright
9 1 (0.29%) PySpark
9 1 (0.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.17%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (3.74%) Replication
3 12 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.16%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.87%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.72%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.72%) SCADA
7 5 (1.44%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.15%) Robotics
9 3 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.86%) IoT
10 2 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.29%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.52%) Unix
2 40 (11.49%) Linux
3 7 (2.01%) Windows
4 5 (1.44%) SUSE
5 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.29%) AIX
7 1 (0.29%) HPUX
7 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (35.63%) Agile
2 122 (35.06%) ETL
3 86 (24.71%) Migration
4 79 (22.70%) Test Automation
5 64 (18.39%) CI/CD
6 61 (17.53%) Data Integration
7 56 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (15.23%) Data Modelling
10 50 (14.37%) Data Migration
11 48 (13.79%) ERP
12 44 (12.64%) Scrum
13 43 (12.36%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (12.07%) DevOps
15 41 (11.78%) Analytics
16 37 (10.63%) Validation
17 35 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
18 33 (9.48%) Integration Testing
18 33 (9.48%) Test Scripting
19 32 (9.20%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (52.59%) SQL
2 43 (12.36%) PL/SQL
3 26 (7.47%) Python
4 19 (5.46%) Java
5 14 (4.02%) C
6 13 (3.74%) Shell Script
7 10 (2.87%) Bash
7 10 (2.87%) VB
8 8 (2.30%) ProC
8 8 (2.30%) VB6
9 4 (1.15%) Bicep
9 4 (1.15%) Perl
10 3 (0.86%) HiveQL
11 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (61.21%) Security Cleared
2 198 (56.90%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.90%) ISTQB
4 10 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.72%) Degree
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.15%) OCP
6 4 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.86%) ACCA
7 3 (0.86%) CCAB
7 3 (0.86%) CIMA
7 3 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.57%) PMP
8 2 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.21%) QA
2 26 (7.47%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.59%) FATCA
3 9 (2.59%) SLA
4 4 (1.15%) GDPR
4 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) PMO
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
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
6 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (4.31%) Docker
2 13 (3.74%) GPFS
2 13 (3.74%) NFS
3 11 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.87%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.87%) vSphere
5 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.86%) HDFS
5 3 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.87%) vRealize
3 7 (2.01%) Grafana
3 7 (2.01%) Terraform
4 4 (1.15%) VxRail
5 3 (0.86%) Ansible
6 2 (0.57%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.57%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 101 (29.02%) Talend
2 63 (18.10%) Informatica
3 42 (12.07%) Denodo
4 27 (7.76%) Microsoft
5 19 (5.46%) IBM
5 19 (5.46%) SAP
6 16 (4.60%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.74%) VMware
8 10 (2.87%) Cisco
8 10 (2.87%) Cloudera
9 9 (2.59%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.59%) Sage
10 7 (2.01%) Actian
11 6 (1.72%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.44%) MathWorks
12 5 (1.44%) Siemens
13 4 (1.15%) Databricks
14 2 (0.57%) HP
15 1 (0.29%) Citrix
15 1 (0.29%) JD Edwards