Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 892 972
Rank change year-on-year +197 +80 -245
Permanent jobs citing OCA 5 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.010% 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.019% 0.036% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 0
10th Percentile £54,500 £50,400 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - £60,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

OCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26,936 27,445 33,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.37% 27.69% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,529 17,289 14,907
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,385 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.63% +2.70%

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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

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Top 5 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 10 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +173 5 £60,000 +4.35% 1
England +146 5 £60,000 +4.35% 1
Midlands +67 5 £60,000 +4.35%
West Midlands - 5 £60,000 -
Work from Home +147 4 £60,000 +4.35% 3

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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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) DBA
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Unix
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Data Management
2 4 (80.00%) Database Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) OCP
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle