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 December 2025, 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 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 24 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 +29 -42
Contract jobs citing Oracle 193 122 69
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 8.73% 6.75% 3.62%
As % of the Vendors category 16.44% 14.44% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 82 48
10th Percentile £385 £434 £350
25th Percentile £463 £495 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +18.92% -14.03%
75th Percentile £566 £722 £641
90th Percentile £688 £774 £747
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £15.30 - -
25th Percentile £17.06 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% - -
75th Percentile £22.50 - -
90th Percentile £24.00 - -
England median hourly rate £39.68 £27.10 £59.57
% change year-on-year +46.44% -54.52% -0.72%

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 1,174 845 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.12% 46.74% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 551 639
10th Percentile £275 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £372 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% +7.53% -6.06%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £597
90th Percentile £650 £713 £682
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 22
10th Percentile £15.36 £12.18 £17.53
25th Percentile £17.89 £16.42 £17.88
Median hourly rate £27.21 £29.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +29.67% +32.96%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £26.94
90th Percentile £50.00 £39.13 £41.48
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.63 £44.50
% change year-on-year -24.68% -28.92% +71.15%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +1 97 £525 +10.06% 36
Birmingham -35 34 £575 -8.00% 23
Warwickshire +7 27 £450 -23.86% 18
Coventry 0 21 £538 +13.16% 18
Herefordshire -11 2 £519 -
Worcestershire - 2 £738 - 7
Solihull - 1 £447 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 12
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 64 (33.16%) SAS
2 18 (9.33%) WebLogic
3 14 (7.25%) Apache
4 9 (4.66%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.07%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (1.04%) Confluence
7 2 (1.04%) FileNet
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.52%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Primavera
2 4 (2.07%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle HRMS
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.04%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.35%) AWS
2 32 (16.58%) Azure
3 14 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (4.15%) OCI
5 7 (3.63%) PaaS
6 6 (3.11%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.59%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.07%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.04%) SaaS
10 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.52%) GCP
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Serverless
10 1 (0.52%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.52%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.04%) BGP
1 2 (1.04%) DMVPN
1 2 (1.04%) EIGRP
1 2 (1.04%) Firewall
1 2 (1.04%) IPsec
1 2 (1.04%) OSPF
1 2 (1.04%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.04%) Wireless
1 2 (1.04%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.52%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (0.52%) VLAN
2 1 (0.52%) VSAN
2 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (21.24%) Pentaho
2 38 (19.69%) Oracle Database
3 35 (18.13%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 15 (7.77%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (5.70%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 6 (3.11%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.11%) MySQL
7 5 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.59%) Metadata
8 4 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.07%) Power BI
8 4 (2.07%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 3 (1.55%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (1.55%) OLTP
10 2 (1.04%) EDMS
10 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (1.04%) QlikView
10 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 44 (22.80%) Git
2 41 (21.24%) JIRA
3 37 (19.17%) Jenkins
4 16 (8.29%) GitLab
5 8 (4.15%) JUnit
5 8 (4.15%) Selenium
6 4 (2.07%) Toad
7 3 (1.55%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.55%) Gatling
8 2 (1.04%) Maven
8 2 (1.04%) Mockito
8 2 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (1.04%) TestPartner
9 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.52%) Deequ
General
1 64 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.65%) Finance
2 36 (18.65%) Public Sector
3 13 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.70%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.59%) Local Government
6 4 (2.07%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Back Office
7 3 (1.55%) General Ledger
7 3 (1.55%) Marketing
7 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.04%) Aeronautics
8 2 (1.04%) Electronics
8 2 (1.04%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Advertising
9 1 (0.52%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (12.95%) Data Engineer
2 18 (9.33%) Analyst
3 17 (8.81%) Release Manager
4 12 (6.22%) Consultant
5 10 (5.18%) Lead
5 10 (5.18%) Oracle Specialist
6 9 (4.66%) DBA
6 9 (4.66%) Oracle DBA
7 8 (4.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (4.15%) Monitoring Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.15%) SAS Engineer
7 8 (4.15%) Storage Analyst
8 7 (3.63%) Oracle Project Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Senior
9 6 (3.11%) Architect
9 6 (3.11%) Test Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) Test Specialist
10 5 (2.59%) Data Architect
10 5 (2.59%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (6.22%) Flash
3 10 (5.18%) REST
4 7 (3.63%) Spring
4 7 (3.63%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.59%) JSON
5 5 (2.59%) Playwright
5 5 (2.59%) pytest
5 5 (2.59%) XML
6 4 (2.07%) Middleware
7 3 (1.55%) .NET
7 3 (1.55%) React
7 3 (1.55%) SOAP
7 3 (1.55%) WireMock
8 2 (1.04%) Gherkin
8 2 (1.04%) GraalVM
8 2 (1.04%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.04%) OpenID
8 2 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.04%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.22%) Linux Command Line
1 12 (6.22%) Replication
2 6 (3.11%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.59%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.55%) SCADA
5 3 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.04%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.04%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) FMCG
7 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (15.03%) Linux
2 22 (11.40%) Windows
3 20 (10.36%) Unix
4 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.75%) Agile
2 68 (35.23%) Analytics
3 64 (33.16%) CI/CD
4 54 (27.98%) Business Intelligence
5 51 (26.42%) DevOps
5 51 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (25.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (25.39%) Scrum
7 48 (24.87%) Data Integration
8 45 (23.32%) Test Automation
9 41 (21.24%) ETL
10 38 (19.69%) Data Modelling
10 38 (19.69%) Data Pipeline
11 32 (16.58%) Deployment Automation
11 32 (16.58%) Migration
11 32 (16.58%) Test Strategy
12 31 (16.06%) Data Virtualisation
13 28 (14.51%) Data Analytics
14 24 (12.44%) Risk Assessment
15 23 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (39.90%) SQL
2 17 (8.81%) Java
3 12 (6.22%) Python
4 6 (3.11%) PL/SQL
4 6 (3.11%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.04%) Scala
7 1 (0.52%) Bash
7 1 (0.52%) C
7 1 (0.52%) COBOL
7 1 (0.52%) Korn
7 1 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 91 (47.15%) Security Cleared
2 80 (41.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.59%) Degree
4 4 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.07%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.55%) ACCA
5 3 (1.55%) CIMA
6 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.04%) CCNP
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.04%) ISEB
6 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.04%) OCP
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.51%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.66%) SLA
3 7 (3.63%) QA
4 5 (2.59%) PMO
5 4 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.55%) WCAG
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
7 1 (0.52%) ITGC
System Software
1 45 (23.32%) Docker
2 12 (6.22%) GPFS
2 12 (6.22%) NFS
2 12 (6.22%) VMware ESXi
2 12 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.22%) vSphere
3 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.52%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 49 (25.39%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.22%) vRealize
3 4 (2.07%) Grafana
3 4 (2.07%) Kibana
4 3 (1.55%) Ansible
4 3 (1.55%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.04%) Data Guard
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.04%) Terraform
6 1 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (21.76%) Talend
2 33 (17.10%) Denodo
3 27 (13.99%) Cisco
4 21 (10.88%) Microsoft
5 16 (8.29%) Dynatrace
5 16 (8.29%) IBM
5 16 (8.29%) Splunk
6 15 (7.77%) SAP
7 14 (7.25%) AppDynamics
8 13 (6.74%) ServiceNow
9 12 (6.22%) VMware
10 8 (4.15%) Informatica
11 4 (2.07%) Adobe
12 3 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.55%) webMethods
13 2 (1.04%) Ariba
13 2 (1.04%) Juniper
13 2 (1.04%) PagerDuty
13 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
13 2 (1.04%) Workday
123 Oracle jobs in the West Midlands