Oracle Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Oracle
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 34 34 67
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 -26
Contract jobs citing Oracle 34 11 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 4.03% 3.34% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 9.83% 7.05% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 9 3
10th Percentile £325 £471 -
25th Percentile £450 £530 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% +33.33% -16.28%
75th Percentile £738 - £519
90th Percentile £775 £628 £560
East of England median daily rate £509 £528 £588
% change year-on-year -3.51% -10.21% +13.25%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 346 156 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 41.04% 47.42% 32.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 91 147
10th Percentile £325 £425 £178
25th Percentile £425 £469 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £594
90th Percentile £750 £638 £705
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 32 67
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.95 £14.82
25th Percentile £18.27 £19.88 £40.38
Median hourly rate £20.09 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.49% -1.92% +1.96%
75th Percentile £32.29 £85.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.43 £18.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year +8.38% +10.88% -12.82%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Oracle job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in Hertfordshire

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Oracle

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford +4 14 £350 -28.57% 3
Stevenage -8 13 £725 +15.54% 1
St Albans - 3 £475 -
Hatfield -19 1 - -
Oracle
East of England

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (2.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) OCI
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) PaaS
3 3 (8.82%) SaaS
4 2 (5.88%) Boomi
5 1 (2.94%) Apigee
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) GitHub
5 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (8.82%) QlikView
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.94%) DataStage
3 1 (2.94%) OLTP
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (2.94%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 17 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Retail
4 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Billing
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Support Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Support
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Oracle Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Qlik Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (32.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (5.88%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.94%) Blazor
3 1 (2.94%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.94%) React
3 1 (2.94%) SOAP
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Linux
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (17.65%) E-Commerce
3 6 (17.65%) ERP
3 6 (17.65%) Inventory Management
3 6 (17.65%) Order Management
4 5 (14.71%) Agile
4 5 (14.71%) Change Management
4 5 (14.71%) Scrum
5 4 (11.76%) Architectural Design
5 4 (11.76%) ETL
5 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (8.82%) Budgeting
6 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.82%) Data Design
6 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (8.82%) Storage Management
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.94%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) GMP
2 1 (2.94%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Salesforce
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) Talend
4 1 (2.94%) BMC
4 1 (2.94%) Dell
4 1 (2.94%) Informatica
4 1 (2.94%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Workday