Oracle Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 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
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 32 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 2,094 1,359 1,490
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.10% 5.60% 4.10%
As % of the Vendors category 12.38% 11.77% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,359 939 979
10th Percentile £360 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £417 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 35
10th Percentile £19.70 - £18.25
25th Percentile £31.50 £22.27 £25.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £30.40 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.87% +16.92% -58.40%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.62 £48.43
90th Percentile £74.68 £83.25 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £49.65 £30.40 £33.25
% change year-on-year +63.32% -8.57% -48.45%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,921 11,548 15,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.25% 47.60% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,953 7,441 9,698
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.11% -2.58%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 462 1,000
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £56.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.12% -47.88%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Oracle job vacancy trend in England

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in England

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in England

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
London -7 948 £530 -3.64% 212
South East -1 392 £550 -8.33% 98
Midlands +14 330 £469 -1.26% 72
West Midlands +21 283 £467 -10.23% 41
North of England -16 238 £481 +1.32% 54
North West +5 137 £479 +0.92% 35
Yorkshire -40 81 £461 +2.43% 16
South West -26 74 £525 -8.70% 32
East of England +5 70 £509 -3.51% 21
East Midlands -18 40 £525 +28.05% 31
North East -11 18 £600 +15.38% 3
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 73 (3.49%) SAS
2 51 (2.44%) Confluence
3 49 (2.34%) Oracle Workflow
4 44 (2.10%) SharePoint
5 33 (1.58%) WebLogic
6 29 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 28 (1.34%) IIS
8 25 (1.19%) Tomcat
9 19 (0.91%) WebSphere
10 18 (0.86%) Apache
11 17 (0.81%) Oracle Application Server
12 14 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
13 13 (0.62%) HCL Notes
14 12 (0.57%) Mendix
15 10 (0.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
16 9 (0.43%) nginx
17 8 (0.38%) Apache Geronimo
17 8 (0.38%) Apache ServiceMix
17 8 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
18 7 (0.33%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 90 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
8 5 (0.24%) Notepad++
9 1 (0.048%) InDesign
9 1 (0.048%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 165 (7.88%) Oracle EBS
2 115 (5.49%) Oracle ERP
3 110 (5.25%) Oracle Payables
4 93 (4.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 91 (4.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 54 (2.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 52 (2.48%) Oracle General Ledger
8 42 (2.01%) Oracle Assets
9 31 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
10 30 (1.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 29 (1.38%) Oracle Cash Management
12 23 (1.10%) NetSuite
13 20 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
14 19 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
15 17 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
16 15 (0.72%) iTrent
17 11 (0.53%) Oracle 11i
18 9 (0.43%) Oracle AGIS
19 8 (0.38%) NEC Housing
19 8 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 309 (14.76%) OCI
2 260 (12.42%) Azure
3 259 (12.37%) AWS
4 109 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 99 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
6 73 (3.49%) SaaS
7 67 (3.20%) PaaS
8 51 (2.44%) GitHub
9 41 (1.96%) Serverless
10 40 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (1.86%) GCP
12 31 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
13 29 (1.38%) IaaS
14 26 (1.24%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 19 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
17 18 (0.86%) Snowflake
18 16 (0.76%) Amazon S3
18 16 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
19 15 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.91%) Firewall
2 13 (0.62%) DNS
3 12 (0.57%) HTTP
3 12 (0.57%) Internet
4 10 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.43%) VSAN
6 8 (0.38%) SAN
7 7 (0.33%) FTP
8 6 (0.29%) NAS
8 6 (0.29%) RFID
8 6 (0.29%) SSL
9 5 (0.24%) PuTTY
9 5 (0.24%) WinSCP
10 4 (0.19%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.19%) WAN
11 3 (0.14%) AMQP
11 3 (0.14%) SSH
11 3 (0.14%) VPN
12 2 (0.096%) Intranet
12 2 (0.096%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (13.80%) Oracle Database
2 236 (11.27%) Oracle Reports
3 232 (11.08%) SQL Server
4 128 (6.11%) Relational Database
5 123 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
6 113 (5.40%) Data Warehouse
7 87 (4.15%) Power BI
8 73 (3.49%) MySQL
9 62 (2.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 61 (2.91%) Pentaho
11 57 (2.72%) MongoDB
12 51 (2.44%) Oracle ODI
13 50 (2.39%) RDBMS
14 49 (2.34%) Metadata
15 34 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 31 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
17 28 (1.34%) NoSQL
18 23 (1.10%) Oracle Database 12c
19 20 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
19 20 (0.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 170 (8.12%) JIRA
2 95 (4.54%) Git
3 83 (3.96%) GitLab
4 53 (2.53%) Jenkins
5 50 (2.39%) Postman
6 33 (1.58%) Zephyr
7 28 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
8 18 (0.86%) Selenium
9 15 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
10 13 (0.62%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.62%) JUnit
11 12 (0.57%) Maven
11 12 (0.57%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.53%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.43%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
14 8 (0.38%) Eclipse
15 7 (0.33%) Toad
16 6 (0.29%) ERwin
16 6 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 639 (30.52%) Finance
2 510 (24.36%) Social Skills
3 223 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 216 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 167 (7.98%) Banking
6 60 (2.87%) General Ledger
7 58 (2.77%) Retail
8 47 (2.24%) Local Government
9 45 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (1.86%) Legal
11 37 (1.77%) Investment Banking
12 33 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 32 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.43%) Billing
15 29 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.29%) Front Office
17 26 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.05%) Military
19 20 (0.96%) Back Office
20 18 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 324 (15.47%) Developer
2 222 (10.60%) Consultant
3 219 (10.46%) Lead
4 189 (9.03%) Architect
5 185 (8.83%) Analyst
6 165 (7.88%) Senior
7 162 (7.74%) Oracle Consultant
8 140 (6.69%) DBA
9 135 (6.45%) Data Engineer
10 109 (5.21%) Oracle DBA
11 108 (5.16%) Oracle Developer
12 79 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
13 75 (3.58%) Project Manager
14 74 (3.53%) Oracle Architect
15 70 (3.34%) Oracle Specialist
16 67 (3.20%) Functional Consultant
17 60 (2.87%) Administrator
18 59 (2.82%) Oracle Functional Consultant
19 55 (2.63%) Business Analyst
20 54 (2.58%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 406 (19.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 135 (6.45%) REST
3 125 (5.97%) .NET
4 96 (4.58%) XML
5 78 (3.72%) Middleware
6 73 (3.49%) JSON
6 73 (3.49%) SOAP
7 64 (3.06%) Kafka
8 56 (2.67%) .NET Framework
9 51 (2.44%) React
9 51 (2.44%) Web Services
10 50 (2.39%) Spring
11 43 (2.05%) HTML
11 43 (2.05%) Spring Boot
12 37 (1.77%) CSS
13 25 (1.19%) OAuth
13 25 (1.19%) RESTful
14 23 (1.10%) Flash
15 20 (0.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
15 20 (0.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 81 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
2 61 (2.91%) Data Structures
3 55 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 51 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 41 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.53%) Replication
7 30 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 28 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
10 26 (1.24%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (1.00%) Low-Code
13 20 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.86%) Derivative
14 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 15 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
17 14 (0.67%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 222 (10.60%) Linux
2 194 (9.26%) Unix
3 143 (6.83%) Windows
4 50 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 39 (1.86%) Solaris
6 38 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.57%) AIX
8 10 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.29%) Android
10 6 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.24%) HPUX
11 5 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.19%) SUSE
13 3 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.096%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.096%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (20.49%) ERP
2 407 (19.44%) Migration
3 394 (18.82%) Agile
4 312 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (12.23%) DevOps
6 253 (12.08%) ETL
7 244 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 236 (11.27%) Data Migration
9 202 (9.65%) Data Modelling
10 201 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
11 194 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
12 193 (9.22%) CI/CD
13 180 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 168 (8.02%) Validation
15 154 (7.35%) Analytics
16 147 (7.02%) Test Automation
17 146 (6.97%) Change Management
18 143 (6.83%) Performance Tuning
19 124 (5.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 113 (5.40%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 651 (31.09%) SQL
2 242 (11.56%) PL/SQL
3 201 (9.60%) Python
4 176 (8.40%) Java
5 123 (5.87%) C#
6 84 (4.01%) JavaScript
7 82 (3.92%) Shell Script
8 56 (2.67%) T-SQL
9 48 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.53%) Bash
10 32 (1.53%) Perl
11 27 (1.29%) C++
12 24 (1.15%) Korn
13 21 (1.00%) VB
14 17 (0.81%) TypeScript
15 14 (0.67%) VBA
16 10 (0.48%) Bicep
16 10 (0.48%) Formula Language
16 10 (0.48%) LotusScript
16 10 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 578 (27.60%) Security Cleared
2 463 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 149 (7.12%) Degree
4 42 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 37 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.29%) PMP
8 26 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 25 (1.19%) ACCA
10 24 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
11 23 (1.10%) CIMA
12 22 (1.05%) PMI Certification
13 16 (0.76%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.53%) OCP
16 8 (0.38%) CISSP
17 7 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
18 6 (0.29%) AWS Certification
19 5 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (6.97%) QA
2 107 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 42 (2.01%) GDPR
4 38 (1.81%) SLA
5 34 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.29%) PMO
7 26 (1.24%) NIST
8 16 (0.76%) IFRS
9 15 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.57%) COBIT
10 12 (0.57%) FATCA
11 11 (0.53%) GAAP
11 11 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 11 (0.53%) SEPA
12 8 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.38%) HL7
13 7 (0.33%) GRC
14 6 (0.29%) PSD2
15 5 (0.24%) Basel III
15 5 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 76 (3.63%) Docker
2 45 (2.15%) Oracle RAC
3 36 (1.72%) Active Directory
4 33 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (1.19%) NFS
6 24 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (1.10%) GPFS
8 17 (0.81%) vSphere
9 12 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.14%) GridGain
10 3 (0.14%) HDFS
10 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Clusterware
11 2 (0.096%) KVM
12 1 (0.048%) RACF
12 1 (0.048%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 1 (0.048%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.048%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 97 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 70 (3.34%) Terraform
3 59 (2.82%) Oracle RMAN
4 35 (1.67%) Ansible
5 31 (1.48%) Data Guard
6 27 (1.29%) Grafana
7 22 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 17 (0.81%) vRealize
9 14 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.38%) VxRail
12 7 (0.33%) HP ALM
13 5 (0.24%) Control-M
13 5 (0.24%) Kibana
14 4 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
14 4 (0.19%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.14%) CA Wily
15 3 (0.14%) Istio
15 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
15 3 (0.14%) MOM
Vendors
1 188 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 177 (8.45%) SAP
3 106 (5.06%) Talend
4 83 (3.96%) Informatica
5 65 (3.10%) IBM
6 63 (3.01%) Workday
7 52 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 51 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 42 (2.01%) Denodo
10 39 (1.86%) Citrix
11 38 (1.81%) VMware
12 37 (1.77%) Databricks
13 29 (1.38%) Red Hat
14 22 (1.05%) Cisco
15 21 (1.00%) Google
16 18 (0.86%) Splunk
17 17 (0.81%) CyberArk
18 16 (0.76%) Cerner
18 16 (0.76%) MuleSoft
18 16 (0.76%) Sage