Oracle Contract Job Trends in London

Oracle
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 28 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
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 36
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,073 782 887
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.32% 5.85% 5.46%
As % of the Vendors category 12.45% 12.68% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 677 517 572
10th Percentile £404 £384 £363
25th Percentile £450 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £22.40 £22.08 £13.18
25th Percentile £27.13 £29.58 £16.09
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +155.28% -64.09%
75th Percentile £44.75 £79.38 £26.38
90th Percentile £50.60 £101.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £30.59
% change year-on-year +11.23% +22.59% -47.79%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,619 6,166 7,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.77% 46.13% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,606 3,991 4,677
10th Percentile £348 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year - -1.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 124 84
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £20.63 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -10.09% -22.00%
75th Percentile £63.25 £39.06 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £75.88
England median hourly rate £32.23 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +28.13% -13.28% -30.12%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Oracle job vacancy trend in London

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in London

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Oracle

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in London

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London -2 143 £600 +26.32% 67
West London +18 61 £550 +32.53% 62
South London +2 16 £600 +24.61% 8
East London -2 6 £450 +8.39% 2
Oracle
England

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 36 (3.36%) SAS
2 32 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.14%) IIS
4 20 (1.86%) Confluence
4 20 (1.86%) Oracle Workflow
5 17 (1.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (1.30%) nginx
7 10 (0.93%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.84%) WebLogic
8 9 (0.84%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.56%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.47%) Appian
10 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 4 (0.37%) Apache
11 4 (0.37%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.28%) JBoss
Applications
1 30 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 116 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
2 66 (6.15%) Oracle Payables
3 64 (5.96%) Oracle ERP
4 53 (4.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 40 (3.73%) Oracle General Ledger
6 33 (3.08%) Oracle Financials
7 32 (2.98%) Oracle EBS R12
8 30 (2.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 24 (2.24%) NetSuite
10 23 (2.14%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (1.12%) Finacle
12 11 (1.03%) Oracle Payroll
13 10 (0.93%) Oracle iProcurement
14 9 (0.84%) HFM
14 9 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
14 9 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
15 8 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
15 8 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
15 8 (0.75%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 8 (0.75%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 145 (13.51%) OCI
2 143 (13.33%) Azure
3 130 (12.12%) AWS
4 58 (5.41%) SaaS
5 57 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 41 (3.82%) GCP
7 37 (3.45%) GitHub
8 34 (3.17%) PaaS
9 30 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.05%) OpenShift
11 21 (1.96%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.86%) Boomi
13 19 (1.77%) AtomSphere
13 19 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (1.58%) Serverless
16 16 (1.49%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.40%) PowerApps
18 14 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.21%) Internet
2 9 (0.84%) DNS
2 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 6 (0.56%) SSH
4 5 (0.47%) Firewall
4 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.47%) SSL
4 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) FTP
6 3 (0.28%) Intranet
6 3 (0.28%) Network Security
6 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) WAN
7 2 (0.19%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) NAS
7 2 (0.19%) RFID
7 2 (0.19%) SAN
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (13.61%) Oracle Database
2 131 (12.21%) SQL Server
3 69 (6.43%) Relational Database
4 62 (5.78%) Oracle Reports
5 57 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (3.82%) Power BI
8 34 (3.17%) Metadata
9 31 (2.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 25 (2.33%) RDBMS
11 21 (1.96%) MongoDB
12 18 (1.68%) MySQL
13 15 (1.40%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
16 11 (1.03%) Data Lake
17 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 9 (0.84%) Data Mart
18 9 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
19 8 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (6.62%) Git
2 44 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.01%) JIRA
4 24 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (1.49%) Gradle
6 15 (1.40%) GitLab
6 15 (1.40%) Selenium
7 11 (1.03%) Maven
8 9 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.84%) JMeter
8 9 (0.84%) Postman
9 8 (0.75%) eggPlant
10 7 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.65%) JUnit
10 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.56%) SoapUI
11 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
12 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
General
1 414 (38.58%) Finance
2 251 (23.39%) Social Skills
3 169 (15.75%) Banking
4 167 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (10.72%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.45%) Retail
7 35 (3.26%) General Ledger
8 30 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (2.70%) Legal
10 27 (2.52%) Front Office
11 25 (2.33%) Back Office
12 19 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 19 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.49%) Local Government
14 13 (1.21%) Billing
15 12 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.03%) Manufacturing
17 10 (0.93%) Marketing
18 9 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 198 (18.45%) Developer
2 161 (15.00%) Consultant
3 156 (14.54%) Architect
4 136 (12.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 134 (12.49%) Lead
6 107 (9.97%) Senior
7 82 (7.64%) Analyst
8 60 (5.59%) Functional Consultant
9 58 (5.41%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 56 (5.22%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.66%) Oracle Architect
12 41 (3.82%) Oracle Developer
13 40 (3.73%) Data Engineer
14 39 (3.63%) Business Analyst
14 39 (3.63%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
15 37 (3.45%) Senior Developer
16 35 (3.26%) Project Manager
17 29 (2.70%) Applications Support
18 24 (2.24%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (18.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 113 (10.53%) REST
3 91 (8.48%) .NET
4 67 (6.24%) XML
5 61 (5.68%) SOAP
5 61 (5.68%) Spring
6 58 (5.41%) JSON
7 57 (5.31%) Terraform
8 51 (4.75%) Kafka
9 50 (4.66%) Middleware
10 49 (4.57%) Spring Boot
11 37 (3.45%) .NET Framework
12 33 (3.08%) Web Services
13 31 (2.89%) OAuth
13 31 (2.89%) React
14 30 (2.80%) HTML
15 26 (2.42%) CSS
16 23 (2.14%) RESTful
17 19 (1.77%) OAuth2
18 16 (1.49%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.96%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (3.63%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 31 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 20 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (1.12%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (0.93%) Replication
16 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
17 9 (0.84%) Fixed Income
18 8 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.85%) Linux
2 88 (8.20%) Windows
3 62 (5.78%) Unix
4 35 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.84%) Solaris
7 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) SUSE
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
12 1 (0.093%) HPUX
12 1 (0.093%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (21.90%) Migration
2 216 (20.13%) ERP
3 187 (17.43%) Agile
4 184 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 163 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 139 (12.95%) CI/CD
7 139 (12.95%) DevOps
8 131 (12.21%) Data Migration
9 120 (11.18%) Data Modelling
10 118 (11.00%) ETL
11 103 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (9.04%) Analytics
12 97 (9.04%) Validation
13 92 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
14 88 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 83 (7.74%) Change Management
16 77 (7.18%) Roadmaps
17 76 (7.08%) AI
18 75 (6.99%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 325 (30.29%) SQL
2 152 (14.17%) PL/SQL
3 145 (13.51%) Java
4 123 (11.46%) Python
5 85 (7.92%) C#
6 80 (7.46%) JavaScript
7 51 (4.75%) T-SQL
8 37 (3.45%) PowerShell
9 35 (3.26%) Shell Script
10 23 (2.14%) Bash
11 21 (1.96%) Groovy
12 16 (1.49%) C++
13 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
14 13 (1.21%) Ruby
15 11 (1.03%) VBA
16 10 (0.93%) VB
17 9 (0.84%) Bicep
18 6 (0.56%) Korn
18 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
19 5 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 238 (22.18%) Security Cleared
2 201 (18.73%) SC Cleared
3 86 (8.01%) Degree
4 22 (2.05%) ACCA
5 21 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.86%) CIMA
6 20 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.03%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.75%) PMP
11 6 (0.56%) CISSP
12 5 (0.47%) CISM
12 5 (0.47%) ISEB
12 5 (0.47%) MBA
12 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.62%) QA
2 64 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.08%) GRC
4 22 (2.05%) GDPR
5 19 (1.77%) PMO
6 17 (1.58%) IFRS
7 14 (1.30%) ISO 20022
8 12 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.93%) GAAP
10 8 (0.75%) ISO 15022
10 8 (0.75%) SLA
11 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.37%) GxP
13 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 3 (0.28%) P3O
15 2 (0.19%) COREP
15 2 (0.19%) EMIR
15 2 (0.19%) FINREP
System Software
1 47 (4.38%) Docker
2 17 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.28%) GridGain
8 1 (0.093%) Firmware
8 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.093%) NFS
8 1 (0.093%) RACF
8 1 (0.093%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.70%) Ansible
3 24 (2.24%) Grafana
4 16 (1.49%) Control-M
5 14 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.12%) Argo
6 12 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.75%) Data Guard
7 8 (0.75%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.28%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 3 (0.28%) Istio
12 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.093%) CA Wily
13 1 (0.093%) logstash
Vendors
1 113 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.76%) SAP
3 52 (4.85%) IBM
4 42 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.73%) Databricks
6 33 (3.08%) Citrix
7 32 (2.98%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.61%) Workday
9 22 (2.05%) Google
10 21 (1.96%) Splunk
11 18 (1.68%) Informatica
11 18 (1.68%) VMware
12 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.40%) Talend
14 12 (1.12%) Hyperion
15 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.93%) Dynatrace
17 9 (0.84%) HP
18 8 (0.75%) Anaplan