Oracle Database Contracts

Oracle Database (Oracle RDBMS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Oracle Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Oracle Database over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 255 253
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 +20
Contract jobs citing Oracle Database 353 576 991
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.03% 1.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.84% 5.82% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 368 688
10th Percentile £363 £400 £372
25th Percentile £400 £401 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £626 £565 £600
90th Percentile £688 £628 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 7
10th Percentile £51.52 £53.50 £14.28
25th Percentile - £58.59 £18.74
Median hourly rate £61.60 £72.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +70.59% -5.93%
75th Percentile - £75.50 £48.23
90th Percentile £62.02 £85.00 £53.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £61.30 £33.75
% change year-on-year +0.50% +81.61% -27.32%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Oracle Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,300 9,902 17,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.95% 17.66% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,235 7,035 12,303
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -0.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £754 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 179 180
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.45
25th Percentile £20.77 £33.70 £21.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +33.33% +69.81%
75th Percentile £56.88 £73.75 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.75 £80.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £58.59 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.26% +67.40% +42.86%

Oracle Database
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Database in the UK

Oracle Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database.

Daily rate trend for Oracle Database in the UK

Oracle Database
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Database over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Database in the UK

Oracle Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Oracle Database.

Hourly rate trend for Oracle Database in the UK

Oracle Database
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle Database over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle Database in the UK

Oracle Database
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Database within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
England -50 249 £486 -2.90% 59
London +27 155 £483 +7.22% 30
Work from Home +8 148 £560 +17.89% 36
UK excluding London -40 142 £485 -3.10% 33
Scotland +45 57 £475 - 9
South East +9 51 £650 +18.18% 5
South West -10 14 £650 +30.00% 4
Midlands -9 10 £363 -32.24% 6
East Midlands +16 9 £363 -3.33% 2
North of England -6 6 £473 -10.80% 8
North West -2 4 £470 -16.07% 3
Wales +16 3 £538 - 1
Yorkshire +14 2 £485 +2.11% 4
West Midlands -20 1 £400 -26.61% 4
East of England -23 1 £395 -25.65% 1

Oracle Database
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 12 (3.40%) IIS
2 11 (3.12%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (1.98%) SAS
4 6 (1.70%) WildFly
5 4 (1.13%) Apache
5 4 (1.13%) JBoss
5 4 (1.13%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.85%) Confluence
6 3 (0.85%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.57%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) Appian
8 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (5.95%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (3.12%) NEC Housing
3 11 (3.12%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.28%) HFM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.68%) AWS
2 19 (5.38%) OCI
3 16 (4.53%) Amazon S3
3 16 (4.53%) Azure
4 12 (3.40%) Serverless
5 10 (2.83%) GitHub
6 8 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (1.70%) AWS CodePipeline
8 5 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.42%) AWS CodeBuild
8 5 (1.42%) AWS CodeDeploy
9 4 (1.13%) GCP
9 4 (1.13%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 3 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.85%) IaaS
10 3 (0.85%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.25%) Internet
2 5 (1.42%) Firewall
3 4 (1.13%) FTP
4 2 (0.57%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.28%) IPsec
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (15.30%) SQL Server
2 45 (12.75%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (8.78%) Oracle Database 11g
4 18 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (4.82%) Metadata
5 17 (4.82%) Oracle Database 10g
6 16 (4.53%) Oracle Database 12c
7 15 (4.25%) Oracle ODI
7 15 (4.25%) Oracle Reports
8 13 (3.68%) Oracle Exadata
9 12 (3.40%) MySQL
9 12 (3.40%) SAP HANA
10 8 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.27%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.98%) PowerCenter
11 7 (1.98%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.70%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (1.42%) Oracle8/8i Database
13 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 21 (5.95%) Oracle APEX
2 18 (5.10%) Oracle Forms
3 14 (3.97%) Maven
4 11 (3.12%) JIRA
5 9 (2.55%) Git
6 6 (1.70%) GitLab
7 4 (1.13%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.13%) JUnit
8 3 (0.85%) Gradle
9 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.57%) Selenium
9 2 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.57%) Subversion
9 2 (0.57%) TestRail
10 1 (0.28%) Ant
10 1 (0.28%) Mockito
10 1 (0.28%) Postman
10 1 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
General
1 89 (25.21%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.13%) Finance
3 48 (13.60%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.80%) Banking
6 16 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.98%) Billing
7 7 (1.98%) Local Government
8 6 (1.70%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.42%) Back Office
9 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.42%) Retail
10 3 (0.85%) Military
10 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.28%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (38.53%) Developer
2 62 (17.56%) DBA
3 57 (16.15%) Oracle DBA
4 46 (13.03%) Oracle Developer
5 45 (12.75%) Senior
6 43 (12.18%) Architect
7 34 (9.63%) Consultant
8 30 (8.50%) Java Developer
9 28 (7.93%) C# Developer
10 24 (6.80%) Analyst
11 22 (6.23%) Oracle Architect
12 21 (5.95%) SQL Developer
13 18 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (4.82%) .NET Developer
14 17 (4.82%) C# .NET Developer
15 14 (3.97%) Technical Consultant
16 13 (3.68%) Senior Developer
17 12 (3.40%) PL/SQL Developer
17 12 (3.40%) SAP Basis Consultant
17 12 (3.40%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.63%) .NET
2 24 (6.80%) .NET Framework
3 23 (6.52%) REST
4 21 (5.95%) React
5 20 (5.67%) Spring
6 18 (5.10%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.82%) CSS
7 17 (4.82%) JPA
8 16 (4.53%) Hibernate
9 15 (4.25%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 14 (3.97%) HTML
10 14 (3.97%) Middleware
11 13 (3.68%) Web Services
12 12 (3.40%) AWS CDK
12 12 (3.40%) SAP Basis
12 12 (3.40%) WinForms
12 12 (3.40%) WPF
13 11 (3.12%) WCF
14 9 (2.55%) Node.js
14 9 (2.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.65%) Replication
2 16 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.68%) Blog
5 10 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.42%) Derivative
7 5 (1.42%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.13%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (1.13%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.85%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.85%) Tandem
9 3 (0.85%) VAX
10 2 (0.57%) Clustering
10 2 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.16%) Linux
2 40 (11.33%) Unix
3 33 (9.35%) Windows
4 18 (5.10%) VMS
5 12 (3.40%) Oracle Linux
6 11 (3.12%) Solaris
7 8 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.98%) AIX
9 5 (1.42%) Windows Server
10 4 (1.13%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (24.93%) Migration
2 61 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (15.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 54 (15.30%) Performance Tuning
5 49 (13.88%) High Availability
6 46 (13.03%) DevOps
7 40 (11.33%) Agile
8 28 (7.93%) Data Migration
8 28 (7.93%) Database Migration
8 28 (7.93%) Software Engineering
9 27 (7.65%) CI/CD
10 26 (7.37%) ETL
10 26 (7.37%) Unit Testing
11 25 (7.08%) Data Analysis
12 21 (5.95%) Computer Science
13 20 (5.67%) Microservices
14 18 (5.10%) SDLC
14 18 (5.10%) Security Management
15 16 (4.53%) Scrum
15 16 (4.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 199 (56.37%) SQL
2 116 (32.86%) PL/SQL
3 70 (19.83%) Java
4 41 (11.61%) Shell Script
5 32 (9.07%) C#
6 26 (7.37%) VB
7 24 (6.80%) VBA
8 23 (6.52%) T-SQL
9 21 (5.95%) JavaScript
10 20 (5.67%) Python
11 15 (4.25%) TypeScript
11 15 (4.25%) VB.NET
12 14 (3.97%) Bash
13 8 (2.27%) C
14 4 (1.13%) COBOL
14 4 (1.13%) DCL
14 4 (1.13%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.57%) ProC
16 1 (0.28%) PHP
16 1 (0.28%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 83 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 72 (20.40%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.93%) Degree
4 19 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.42%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.28%) CEH
9 1 (0.28%) CISM
9 1 (0.28%) CISSP
9 1 (0.28%) MCSE
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.28%) OCP
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.07%) QA
2 6 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.13%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.28%) NCSC
5 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (4.25%) Active Directory
1 15 (4.25%) Docker
2 14 (3.97%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.12%) KVM
5 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (5.95%) Data Guard
2 13 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 11 (3.12%) Terraform
4 10 (2.83%) Ansible
5 8 (2.27%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Flashback
7 2 (0.57%) Packer
7 2 (0.57%) vRealize
8 1 (0.28%) Control-M
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) Kibana
8 1 (0.28%) Podman
8 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 353 (100.00%) Oracle
2 25 (7.08%) SAP
3 22 (6.23%) Citrix
4 21 (5.95%) VMware
5 17 (4.82%) Informatica
6 13 (3.68%) Microsoft
6 13 (3.68%) NEC
7 10 (2.83%) Northgate
8 7 (1.98%) Commvault
9 6 (1.70%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.42%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.42%) Siebel
11 3 (0.85%) Google
11 3 (0.85%) IBM
11 3 (0.85%) JDA
11 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.57%) OpenText
12 2 (0.57%) SimCorp
13 1 (0.28%) BMC
13 1 (0.28%) EMC