Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OCA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 716 1081 1100
Rank change year-on-year +365 +19 -365
Permanent jobs citing OCA 11 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.007% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.063% 0.024% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 2
10th Percentile £36,000 - £51,625
25th Percentile £38,750 - £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £27,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -53.19% +23.68%
75th Percentile £56,875 £35,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £62,375 £43,400 £66,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £27,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +81.82% -53.19% +23.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

OCA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,523 37,320 32,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 29.53% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,978 17,212 17,882
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,102 £41,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,590
% change year-on-year +5.00% +0.83% +1.20%

OCA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OCA in the UK

OCA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OCA.

Salary trend for OCA in the UK

OCA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OCA over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for OCA in the UK

OCA
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OCA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
England +320 10 £50,000 +81.82% 4
UK excluding London +243 10 £50,000 +81.82% 3
Midlands +130 8 £50,000 +25.00% 3
East Midlands +58 8 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Work from Home +267 4 £42,500 - 2
North of England +149 1 £50,000 +81.82%
Scotland - 1 £55,000 -
London - 1 £37,500 - 1
North East - 1 £50,000 -

OCA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 1 (9.09%) Law
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Administrator
1 10 (90.91%) DBA
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Senior DBA
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Replication
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Unix
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) AIX
3 1 (9.09%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (54.55%) Storage Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Data Security
5 2 (18.18%) Database Security
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Bash
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
2 3 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) Ruby
3 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 8 (72.73%) OCP
3 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) Data Guard
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle RMAN
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle Statspack
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft