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 7 May 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
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 42 55
Rank change year-on-year +22 +13 -32
Contract jobs citing Oracle 280 58 61
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 8.81% 4.28% 3.15%
As % of the Vendors category 19.50% 9.02% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 45 42
10th Percentile £358 £375 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% -3.31% +0.93%
75th Percentile £537 £638 £638
90th Percentile £594 £678 £706
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £19.41 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £54.35 - -
England median hourly rate £40.25 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +32.40% +16.92% -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 1,436 643 834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 45.17% 47.45% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 415 534
10th Percentile £306 £184 £255
25th Percentile £400 £335 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £596 £600
90th Percentile £645 £683 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 25 53
10th Percentile £19.34 £12.25 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £33.98 £18.51 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year +83.58% +10.05% -14.19%
75th Percentile £53.75 £29.00 £26.98
90th Percentile £68.70 £31.33 £53.10
England median hourly rate £31.18 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +14.93% +20.56% -43.75%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +17 165 £459 -10.22% 23
Birmingham -6 40 £475 -19.15% 22
Coventry -1 19 £426 - 3
Warwickshire -27 17 £525 +10.53% 3
Wolverhampton - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £738 - 1
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 69 (24.64%) SAS
2 29 (10.36%) Confluence
3 11 (3.93%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.86%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 4 (1.43%) Apache
7 4 (1.43%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.71%) Liferay
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.36%) Apache Geronimo
9 1 (0.36%) Apache ServiceMix
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.79%) Notepad++
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.86%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (2.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (2.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (2.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.14%) Oracle HRMS
4 4 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.36%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (30.36%) AWS
2 35 (12.50%) Azure
3 11 (3.93%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.21%) OCI
5 6 (2.14%) PaaS
6 5 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.79%) Serverless
7 4 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.43%) GitHub
7 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.43%) SaaS
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (1.07%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (1.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) Firewall
2 5 (1.79%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.79%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.43%) VSAN
4 3 (1.07%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (20.36%) Pentaho
2 46 (16.43%) Oracle Reports
3 39 (13.93%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (13.57%) Oracle Database
5 20 (7.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 14 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
7 13 (4.64%) MySQL
8 12 (4.29%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.93%) Power BI
9 11 (3.93%) SQL Server
10 10 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (3.21%) Metadata
11 9 (3.21%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.21%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 6 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.79%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.79%) SAS Data Integration Studio
14 4 (1.43%) Ingres
14 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 61 (21.79%) JIRA
2 48 (17.14%) GitLab
3 38 (13.57%) Git
4 25 (8.93%) Zephyr
5 22 (7.86%) Postman
6 21 (7.50%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.86%) Selenium
8 6 (2.14%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.43%) CA Gen
10 3 (1.07%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.71%) JMeter
11 2 (0.71%) JUnit
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.36%) Gatling
12 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
General
1 60 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.79%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.21%) Finance
4 24 (8.57%) Local Government
5 19 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.93%) Legal
7 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.07%) Advertising
10 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Back Office
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
11 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Retail
11 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 87 (31.07%) Data Engineer
2 27 (9.64%) Analyst
3 22 (7.86%) Architect
4 19 (6.79%) Senior
5 17 (6.07%) Release Manager
6 16 (5.71%) SAS Engineer
7 15 (5.36%) DBA
8 14 (5.00%) Storage Analyst
8 14 (5.00%) Tester
9 13 (4.64%) Lead
10 12 (4.29%) QA Tester
10 12 (4.29%) Test Analyst
11 11 (3.93%) Accountant
11 11 (3.93%) Senior Accountant
11 11 (3.93%) Senior Systems Accountant
11 11 (3.93%) Systems Accountant
12 10 (3.57%) Oracle DBA
12 10 (3.57%) Oracle Specialist
13 8 (2.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (5.71%) Flash
3 6 (2.14%) Spring
4 5 (1.79%) REST
4 5 (1.79%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.43%) ADO
5 4 (1.43%) Middleware
6 3 (1.07%) JSON
6 3 (1.07%) Kafka
6 3 (1.07%) XML
7 2 (0.71%) ActiveX
7 2 (0.71%) COM
7 2 (0.71%) ODBC
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.71%) pytest
8 1 (0.36%) Apache Axis
8 1 (0.36%) JDBC
8 1 (0.36%) JSP
8 1 (0.36%) Servlets
8 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.50%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (5.71%) Replication
3 12 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.93%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.57%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.14%) SCADA
7 4 (1.43%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.43%) Robotics
8 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.07%) IoT
8 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.36%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 46 (16.43%) Unix
2 32 (11.43%) Linux
3 8 (2.86%) Windows
4 5 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (37.14%) ETL
2 98 (35.00%) Agile
3 65 (23.21%) Test Automation
4 61 (21.79%) Migration
5 58 (20.71%) CI/CD
6 51 (18.21%) Data Integration
7 49 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (16.79%) Data Modelling
9 46 (16.43%) Scrum
10 42 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (14.64%) Data Pipeline
12 40 (14.29%) Analytics
13 38 (13.57%) DevOps
14 33 (11.79%) Data Migration
15 32 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
16 30 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (10.36%) Test Scripting
18 26 (9.29%) Integration Testing
18 26 (9.29%) Test Management
18 26 (9.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 150 (53.57%) SQL
2 32 (11.43%) PL/SQL
3 20 (7.14%) Python
4 17 (6.07%) Java
5 13 (4.64%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.50%) Bash
7 4 (1.43%) Bicep
7 4 (1.43%) Perl
7 4 (1.43%) VB
8 3 (1.07%) HiveQL
9 2 (0.71%) VB6
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) C++
10 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 172 (61.43%) Security Cleared
2 162 (57.86%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.07%) ISTQB
4 10 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.50%) Degree
6 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.43%) OCP
7 4 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.07%) PMP
8 3 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.29%) QA
2 22 (7.86%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.21%) FATCA
4 6 (2.14%) SLA
5 4 (1.43%) GDPR
5 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.07%) PMO
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) GAAP
7 1 (0.36%) IFRS
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.36%) ITGC
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (7.50%) Docker
2 16 (5.71%) GPFS
2 16 (5.71%) NFS
3 14 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.29%) vSphere
5 5 (1.79%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.79%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.07%) HDFS
6 3 (1.07%) Oracle Clusterware
6 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.29%) vRealize
3 9 (3.21%) Terraform
4 8 (2.86%) Grafana
5 5 (1.79%) Ansible
6 4 (1.43%) Data Guard
6 4 (1.43%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (1.43%) VxRail
7 2 (0.71%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.71%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.36%) Kibana
Vendors
1 87 (31.07%) Talend
2 56 (20.00%) Informatica
3 38 (13.57%) Denodo
4 25 (8.93%) Microsoft
5 16 (5.71%) IBM
5 16 (5.71%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.36%) SAP
6 15 (5.36%) VMware
7 12 (4.29%) Cisco
8 9 (3.21%) Sage
9 7 (2.50%) Cloudera
9 7 (2.50%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.79%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.43%) Databricks
11 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.71%) Actian
12 2 (0.71%) HP
13 1 (0.36%) Citrix
13 1 (0.36%) JD Edwards
13 1 (0.36%) TIBCO