Oracle Database Job Trends in the South East

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Oracle Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 275 261
Rank change year-on-year -58 -14 -41
Permanent jobs citing Oracle Database 9 14 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.047% 0.16% 0.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.73% 1.31% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 12
10th Percentile £28,363 £27,250 £42,825
25th Percentile £30,219 £46,000 £53,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% -11.21% +12.62%
75th Percentile £35,750 £59,500 £64,563
90th Percentile £39,350 - £65,406
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £59,125
% change year-on-year +2.33% -9.09% +7.50%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

Oracle Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,232 1,066 1,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.44% 11.95% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 588 1,078
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,362 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Oracle Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Oracle Database job vacancy trend in the South East

Oracle Database
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Oracle Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Oracle Database

Oracle Database
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Database within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -57 4 £32,500 -38.10% 1
Berkshire +5 3 - - 1
Thames Valley -2 3 - - 1
Surrey - 2 - - 1
Oracle Database
England

Oracle Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) LAN
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Ranorex
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) DBA
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared DBA
2 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Software Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Unix
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
2 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Database Security
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) AI
3 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Document Management
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 1 (11.11%) Physics
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
4 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft