Oracle Contracts 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 30 June 2025, 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
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +13 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,425 1,512 2,442
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.58% 4.07% 5.17%
As % of the Vendors category 11.82% 9.57% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 985 1,585
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £753 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 36 30
10th Percentile £23.35 £18.25 £14.47
25th Percentile £26.04 £24.75 £38.61
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.00 £56.80
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -54.22% +62.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £45.88 £72.78
90th Percentile £74.75 £61.60 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year +34.62% -55.62% +67.40%

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 12,059 15,801 20,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.26% 42.55% 42.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,638 10,007 13,791
10th Percentile £280 £275 £268
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 1,065 552
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.49 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.71 £18.63
Median hourly rate £26.32 £24.50 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -23.79% +47.49%
75th Percentile £51.95 £59.95 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £73.57
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £39.80
% change year-on-year +4.01% -39.25% +80.91%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Oracle in England

Oracle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Oracle in England

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in England

Oracle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Oracle in England

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

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 30 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +7 778 £545 -0.91% 800
North of England +34 179 £456 -7.74% 189
South East +15 177 £550 +4.76% 285
Midlands +2 111 £450 +5.26% 174
North West +18 89 £448 -8.49% 103
Yorkshire +44 83 £450 -12.20% 70
South West +43 80 £575 +19.48% 132
West Midlands +7 73 £475 - 98
East Midlands -4 35 £391 -8.00% 66
East of England +41 33 £538 -6.52% 115
North East +1 7 £520 +15.56% 16
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 63 (4.42%) Confluence
2 57 (4.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 47 (3.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 27 (1.89%) JBoss
4 27 (1.89%) WebLogic
5 23 (1.61%) Tomcat
5 23 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 16 (1.12%) SAS
7 15 (1.05%) Apache
7 15 (1.05%) IIS
8 14 (0.98%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 14 (0.98%) SharePoint
9 13 (0.91%) Oracle Coherence
10 9 (0.63%) Apache Spark
11 8 (0.56%) GemFire
12 7 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
13 5 (0.35%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.35%) Documentum
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
14 4 (0.28%) Smallworld
Applications
1 77 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.68%) Oracle Smart View
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 148 (10.39%) Oracle EBS
2 75 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
3 65 (4.56%) Oracle EBS R12
4 56 (3.93%) Oracle Assets
4 56 (3.93%) Oracle ERP
5 53 (3.72%) Oracle General Ledger
6 41 (2.88%) Oracle Receivables
7 32 (2.25%) Oracle Financials
7 32 (2.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 26 (1.82%) Oracle BPM
9 25 (1.75%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 22 (1.54%) Oracle Cash Management
11 17 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
12 15 (1.05%) FLEXCUBE
12 15 (1.05%) Oracle Applications
12 15 (1.05%) Oracle Payroll
13 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
14 9 (0.63%) Primavera
15 8 (0.56%) OpenText MBPM
15 8 (0.56%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 188 (13.19%) OCI
2 171 (12.00%) AWS
3 153 (10.74%) Azure
4 78 (5.47%) SaaS
5 61 (4.28%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.30%) GCP
7 38 (2.67%) Serverless
8 35 (2.46%) OpenShift
9 30 (2.11%) PaaS
10 27 (1.89%) Amazon S3
11 25 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (1.40%) GitHub
12 20 (1.40%) IaaS
12 20 (1.40%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (1.05%) Oracle CX
16 14 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
18 9 (0.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.60%) Firewall
2 24 (1.68%) DNS
3 16 (1.12%) SAN
4 13 (0.91%) SSL
5 12 (0.84%) Internet
6 9 (0.63%) HTTP
7 8 (0.56%) NAS
8 6 (0.42%) Network Security
8 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.42%) VPN
9 4 (0.28%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.28%) IPsec
10 3 (0.21%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.21%) WAN
11 2 (0.14%) BGP
11 2 (0.14%) Broadband
11 2 (0.14%) DHCP
11 2 (0.14%) HDSL
11 2 (0.14%) LAN
11 2 (0.14%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (17.89%) Oracle Database
2 190 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 155 (10.88%) Oracle Reports
4 93 (6.53%) PostgreSQL
5 86 (6.04%) Relational Database
6 65 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
7 60 (4.21%) MongoDB
8 58 (4.07%) MySQL
9 56 (3.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 56 (3.93%) Power BI
10 35 (2.46%) RDBMS
11 32 (2.25%) NoSQL
12 31 (2.18%) Oracle ODI
13 28 (1.96%) DB2
14 25 (1.75%) Tableau
15 24 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
16 21 (1.47%) Big Data
17 16 (1.12%) Data Lake
17 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 14 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 134 (9.40%) JIRA
2 76 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 71 (4.98%) Git
4 28 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (1.68%) GitLab
5 24 (1.68%) Maven
6 22 (1.54%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.26%) JUnit
8 17 (1.19%) Toad
9 16 (1.12%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.05%) Subversion
11 11 (0.77%) Gradle
11 11 (0.77%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
13 9 (0.63%) ERwin
13 9 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
13 9 (0.63%) Selenium
14 7 (0.49%) Ant
14 7 (0.49%) Mockito
14 7 (0.49%) SoapUI
General
1 586 (41.12%) Finance
2 450 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 254 (17.82%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (13.05%) Banking
5 132 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 51 (3.58%) General Ledger
7 39 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.04%) Front Office
10 28 (1.96%) Military
11 26 (1.82%) Retail
12 24 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.40%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.05%) Back Office
18 14 (0.98%) Billing
18 14 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 13 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 312 (21.89%) Developer
2 152 (10.67%) Consultant
3 148 (10.39%) Analyst
4 143 (10.04%) Architect
5 115 (8.07%) Lead
6 108 (7.58%) Oracle Consultant
7 107 (7.51%) Senior
8 74 (5.19%) C# Developer
9 69 (4.84%) Oracle Developer
10 53 (3.72%) DBA
11 46 (3.23%) .NET Developer
12 45 (3.16%) Data Engineer
13 44 (3.09%) Java Developer
14 42 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 42 (2.95%) Oracle Architect
15 41 (2.88%) C# .NET Developer
15 41 (2.88%) Oracle Analyst
16 38 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
17 36 (2.53%) Oracle Specialist
18 35 (2.46%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (13.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 127 (8.91%) .NET
3 89 (6.25%) REST
4 74 (5.19%) SOAP
5 73 (5.12%) Web Services
6 69 (4.84%) Kafka
7 59 (4.14%) AngularJS
8 54 (3.79%) XML
9 50 (3.51%) Middleware
9 50 (3.51%) Spring
10 48 (3.37%) .NET Framework
11 38 (2.67%) React
11 38 (2.67%) Spring Boot
12 36 (2.53%) WPF
13 34 (2.39%) HTML
14 31 (2.18%) JSON
15 28 (1.96%) CSS
15 28 (1.96%) RESTful
16 24 (1.68%) .NET Core
16 24 (1.68%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 42 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 29 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 22 (1.54%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
9 19 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 16 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.98%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.98%) Clustering
15 13 (0.91%) Private Cloud
15 13 (0.91%) SCADA
15 13 (0.91%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.84%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 188 (13.19%) Linux
2 157 (11.02%) Windows
3 97 (6.81%) Unix
4 44 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 28 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.98%) AIX
7 12 (0.84%) Solaris
8 11 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (0.49%) VMS
10 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.070%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.070%) Android
12 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (25.05%) Agile
2 318 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
3 227 (15.93%) Migration
4 197 (13.82%) ERP
5 177 (12.42%) DevOps
6 137 (9.61%) Data Modelling
7 135 (9.47%) Data Migration
8 130 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
9 119 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 117 (8.21%) CI/CD
11 113 (7.93%) Validation
12 106 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
13 101 (7.09%) Analytics
13 101 (7.09%) Performance Tuning
14 95 (6.67%) Microservices
15 91 (6.39%) Disaster Recovery
16 90 (6.32%) ETL
17 80 (5.61%) Change Management
17 80 (5.61%) Software Engineering
18 79 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 550 (38.60%) SQL
2 232 (16.28%) PL/SQL
3 209 (14.67%) Java
4 168 (11.79%) Python
5 134 (9.40%) C#
6 85 (5.96%) JavaScript
7 58 (4.07%) Bash
8 50 (3.51%) PowerShell
9 44 (3.09%) Shell Script
10 37 (2.60%) Perl
11 36 (2.53%) VBA
12 35 (2.46%) VB
13 28 (1.96%) TypeScript
14 24 (1.68%) C++
15 23 (1.61%) T-SQL
16 22 (1.54%) VB.NET
17 11 (0.77%) COBOL
17 11 (0.77%) R
18 10 (0.70%) PHP
19 9 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 253 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 200 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 124 (8.70%) Degree
4 44 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.88%) Oracle Certification
6 33 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.40%) OCP
9 17 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 13 (0.91%) OCA
12 12 (0.84%) CCNP
13 11 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.70%) ACCA
14 10 (0.70%) RHCA
14 10 (0.70%) RHCE
15 8 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
15 8 (0.56%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.26%) QA
2 56 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.11%) GDPR
4 28 (1.96%) SLA
5 26 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.12%) NIST
8 12 (0.84%) PMO
9 10 (0.70%) MiFID
10 9 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 8 (0.56%) COBIT
12 7 (0.49%) Basel III
12 7 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (0.49%) SEPA
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
13 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.28%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) ITGC
15 3 (0.21%) COREP
16 2 (0.14%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 60 (4.21%) Docker
2 40 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.63%) vSphere
7 8 (0.56%) GridGain
8 5 (0.35%) NFS
8 5 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 4 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.14%) GPFS
10 2 (0.14%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.14%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 1 (0.070%) Samba
11 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (5.40%) Ansible
2 70 (4.91%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.88%) Oracle RMAN
4 30 (2.11%) Data Guard
5 29 (2.04%) Terraform
6 25 (1.75%) Puppet
7 24 (1.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 23 (1.61%) Progress Chef
9 22 (1.54%) Grafana
10 12 (0.84%) Tivoli
11 11 (0.77%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.35%) CEMLI
13 5 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
13 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
13 5 (0.35%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 4 (0.28%) Control-M
14 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.21%) Netcool
Vendors
1 157 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 103 (7.23%) SAP
3 51 (3.58%) IBM
4 49 (3.44%) VMware
5 37 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 37 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 34 (2.39%) Cisco
7 26 (1.82%) Informatica
8 25 (1.75%) MuleSoft
8 25 (1.75%) Splunk
9 23 (1.61%) Google
9 23 (1.61%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.54%) Sybase
10 22 (1.54%) Workday
11 19 (1.33%) Citrix
12 17 (1.19%) Commvault
12 17 (1.19%) Siebel
13 15 (1.05%) CyberArk
14 14 (0.98%) Databricks
15 12 (0.84%) Atlassian