Oracle Contract Job Trends in the South West

Oracle
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 14 August 2026, 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
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 34 73
Rank change year-on-year -23 +39 -18
Contract jobs citing Oracle 113 86 68
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.13% 4.54% 2.44%
As % of the Vendors category 9.50% 10.84% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 46 50
10th Percentile £410 £413 £391
25th Percentile £463 £516 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £675 £660 £588
90th Percentile £765 £715 £658
England median daily rate £525 £520 £543
% change year-on-year +0.96% -4.15% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £19.05 £62.38 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £37.43 £68.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.56% +175.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £41.66 £74.06 -
90th Percentile £43.29 £76.13 -
England median hourly rate £39.03 £37.50 £29.30
% change year-on-year +4.07% +28.01% -48.90%

All Vendors
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,190 793 1,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.92% 41.85% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 458 777
10th Percentile £300 £219 £229
25th Percentile £400 £357 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £714 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 104 145
10th Percentile £14.11 £13.67 £18.75
25th Percentile £17.37 £18.51 £44.00
Median hourly rate £33.75 £21.76 £67.02
Median % change year-on-year +55.14% -67.54% +18.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.50 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.15% -16.17% -20.00%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Oracle job vacancy trend in the South West

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Oracle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the South West over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the South West

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Oracle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the South West over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the South West

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -5 52 £600 +9.09% 18
Wiltshire -7 20 £600 +4.35% 8
Somerset -22 16 £760 +6.67% 3
Devon -12 10 £461 +84.50% 4
Dorset +1 9 £540 +92.86% 1
Gloucestershire -35 2 £515 -19.53% 5
Oracle
England

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (5.31%) Confluence
2 4 (3.54%) IIS
3 3 (2.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.65%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (7.96%) NetSuite
1 9 (7.96%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (7.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (7.08%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (3.54%) Maximo
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.88%) iTrent
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Utilities
5 1 (0.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (26.55%) AWS
2 25 (22.12%) Azure
3 19 (16.81%) OCI
4 4 (3.54%) Amazon S3
4 4 (3.54%) GitHub
4 4 (3.54%) OpenShift
4 4 (3.54%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.65%) GCP
5 3 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.77%) IaaS
6 2 (1.77%) PaaS
6 2 (1.77%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Serverless
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.88%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) DNS
1 1 (0.88%) HTTP
1 1 (0.88%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.35%) Oracle Database
2 18 (15.93%) SQL Server
3 15 (13.27%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.42%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (4.42%) RDBMS
4 5 (4.42%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.54%) Power BI
6 3 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (2.65%) Big Data
6 3 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.65%) HBase
6 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.65%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (8.85%) JIRA
2 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.42%) Git
4 4 (3.54%) JUnit
4 4 (3.54%) Liquibase
5 3 (2.65%) Selenium
6 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.88%) GitLab
6 1 (0.88%) GoCD
6 1 (0.88%) Gradle
6 1 (0.88%) Maven
6 1 (0.88%) MSI
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 23 (20.35%) Finance
2 20 (17.70%) Public Sector
3 14 (12.39%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.62%) General Ledger
5 4 (3.54%) Aviation
5 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Military
6 2 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Banking
6 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Marketing
6 2 (1.77%) Retail
7 1 (0.88%) Billing
7 1 (0.88%) Local Government
7 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (35.40%) Developer
2 28 (24.78%) Oracle Developer
3 24 (21.24%) Lead
4 15 (13.27%) DBA
5 14 (12.39%) Software Developer
6 12 (10.62%) Consultant
7 11 (9.73%) SQL DBA
8 10 (8.85%) DV Cleared DBA
9 9 (7.96%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (7.08%) Implementation Consultant
11 7 (6.19%) Lead Consultant
11 7 (6.19%) NetSuite Consultant
12 6 (5.31%) Architect
12 6 (5.31%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (5.31%) Transformation Consultant
13 5 (4.42%) Database Manager
14 4 (3.54%) Integration Manager
14 4 (3.54%) Java Developer
14 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
15 3 (2.65%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (22.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (7.08%) REST
3 7 (6.19%) Spring
3 7 (6.19%) Spring Boot
4 6 (5.31%) Middleware
5 5 (4.42%) JDBC
5 5 (4.42%) SOAP
6 4 (3.54%) JSON
6 4 (3.54%) Kafka
6 4 (3.54%) XML
7 3 (2.65%) JPA
7 3 (2.65%) React
7 3 (2.65%) Web Services
8 2 (1.77%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.77%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.77%) Loki
8 2 (1.77%) ModSecurity
8 2 (1.77%) Node.js
8 2 (1.77%) Spring WebFlux
8 2 (1.77%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.54%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (3.54%) Replication
3 3 (2.65%) Clustering
3 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.77%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Licensing
5 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.47%) Windows
2 15 (13.27%) Linux
3 11 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.31%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.42%) Solaris
5 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.93%) Change Management
2 17 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.39%) Software Engineering
4 12 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
4 12 (10.62%) Workflow
5 11 (9.73%) Agile
5 11 (9.73%) DevOps
5 11 (9.73%) Migration
6 10 (8.85%) CI/CD
6 10 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (8.85%) PRINCE2
7 9 (7.96%) ERP
7 9 (7.96%) High Availability
8 8 (7.08%) AI
8 8 (7.08%) Microservices
8 8 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (6.19%) Budgeting
9 7 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (36.28%) SQL
2 17 (15.04%) PL/SQL
3 15 (13.27%) Java
4 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.42%) Python
6 3 (2.65%) Bash
6 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.77%) C#
7 2 (1.77%) PHP
8 1 (0.88%) Bicep
8 1 (0.88%) C++
8 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.88%) VB
8 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (49.56%) Security Cleared
2 39 (34.51%) SC Cleared
3 16 (14.16%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.85%) ACCA
4 10 (8.85%) CIMA
5 8 (7.08%) PMP
6 6 (5.31%) CCNA
6 6 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.54%) Degree
8 3 (2.65%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.77%) MCSE
9 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) ISO 9000
2 3 (2.65%) IFRS
2 3 (2.65%) QA
3 2 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.77%) GDPR
3 2 (1.77%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (8.85%) Docker
2 7 (6.19%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 5 (4.42%) Terraform
4 4 (3.54%) OPNET
4 4 (3.54%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.65%) Argo
6 2 (1.77%) Ansible
6 2 (1.77%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.77%) Grafana
6 2 (1.77%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.88%) Istio
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.42%) webMethods
3 4 (3.54%) IBM
3 4 (3.54%) SAP
4 3 (2.65%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.65%) VMware
5 2 (1.77%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) Adobe
6 1 (0.88%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.88%) Cloudera
6 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.88%) Google
6 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.88%) Qualys
6 1 (0.88%) Sage
6 1 (0.88%) Splunk
6 1 (0.88%) Tenable
6 1 (0.88%) Workday