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 29 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 986 745 894
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.36% 6.15% 5.12%
As % of the Vendors category 12.83% 13.50% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 501 587
10th Percentile £400 £385 £373
25th Percentile £425 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £725 £688
90th Percentile £738 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £21.58 £21.85 -
25th Percentile £25.06 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.20% +14.21% -68.80%
75th Percentile £39.88 £23.69 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.65 £46.35 -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £28.22 £26.00
% change year-on-year +47.80% +8.54% -58.40%

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 7,686 5,517 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.79% 45.53% 41.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,069 3,586 4,928
10th Percentile £350 £330 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.40% -4.87%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 99 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.46 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.56% +21.28% -11.32%
75th Percentile £51.50 £42.75 £36.75
90th Percentile £79.75 £64.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 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
Central London -4 127 £550 +10.00% 36
West London -10 26 £550 +15.79% 12
South London -8 8 £300 -51.61% 5
East London -6 7 £473 +13.86% 1
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 30 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.13%) IIS
2 21 (2.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 17 (1.72%) Oracle Workflow
4 16 (1.62%) Confluence
5 13 (1.32%) HCL Notes
6 12 (1.22%) Mendix
6 12 (1.22%) nginx
7 11 (1.12%) Tomcat
8 10 (1.01%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.71%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.61%) Apache
11 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.41%) Appian
12 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.30%) Camunda
12 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
13 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 32 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (7.30%) Oracle EBS
2 55 (5.58%) Oracle ERP
2 55 (5.58%) Oracle Payables
3 51 (5.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 46 (4.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 25 (2.54%) Oracle EBS R12
6 23 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
7 22 (2.23%) Oracle Financials
8 18 (1.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 14 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (1.22%) NetSuite
11 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
12 10 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
13 9 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
14 8 (0.81%) Findur
14 8 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
15 6 (0.61%) iTrent
15 6 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
15 6 (0.61%) Summit
16 5 (0.51%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 164 (16.63%) OCI
2 123 (12.47%) Azure
3 92 (9.33%) AWS
4 61 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 54 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (4.46%) PaaS
7 35 (3.55%) GitHub
8 27 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.64%) SaaS
10 25 (2.54%) PowerApps
11 23 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.23%) GCP
13 21 (2.13%) IaaS
13 21 (2.13%) Serverless
14 16 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.52%) Snowflake
16 14 (1.42%) Collibra
17 13 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.12%) Internet
2 7 (0.71%) HTTP
3 5 (0.51%) FTP
4 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.41%) WAN
5 3 (0.30%) DNS
5 3 (0.30%) Firewall
5 3 (0.30%) NAS
5 3 (0.30%) SAN
6 2 (0.20%) RFID
7 1 (0.10%) DSL
7 1 (0.10%) Intranet
7 1 (0.10%) IPsec
7 1 (0.10%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) SMTP
7 1 (0.10%) SSL
7 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (15.72%) SQL Server
2 142 (14.40%) Oracle Database
3 63 (6.39%) Oracle Reports
4 59 (5.98%) Relational Database
5 44 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
6 42 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
6 42 (4.26%) Power BI
7 33 (3.35%) Metadata
8 23 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (1.83%) Electronic Patient Records
10 17 (1.72%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.72%) MySQL
11 15 (1.52%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
14 11 (1.12%) DataStage
14 11 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
15 10 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (1.01%) BigQuery
15 10 (1.01%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 65 (6.59%) JIRA
2 36 (3.65%) Git
3 21 (2.13%) Postman
4 20 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (1.22%) GitLab
7 9 (0.91%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.81%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.71%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.71%) Maven
10 6 (0.61%) ERwin
10 6 (0.61%) Selenium
11 5 (0.51%) JUnit
11 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.41%) Gradle
12 4 (0.41%) Mockito
12 4 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.41%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 371 (37.63%) Finance
2 227 (23.02%) Social Skills
3 150 (15.21%) Banking
4 119 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.75%) Investment Banking
7 32 (3.25%) Financial Institution
8 31 (3.14%) General Ledger
8 31 (3.14%) Retail
9 29 (2.94%) Front Office
10 23 (2.33%) Legal
11 20 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.62%) Back Office
12 16 (1.62%) Retail Banking
13 15 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.32%) Billing
15 13 (1.32%) Local Government
15 13 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (18.15%) Developer
2 118 (11.97%) Lead
3 110 (11.16%) Consultant
4 107 (10.85%) Architect
5 92 (9.33%) Senior
6 82 (8.32%) Analyst
7 81 (8.22%) Oracle Consultant
8 50 (5.07%) C# Developer
9 47 (4.77%) Business Analyst
10 45 (4.56%) Oracle Architect
11 41 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (3.65%) Data Engineer
12 36 (3.65%) Project Manager
13 34 (3.45%) Oracle Specialist
14 31 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
15 29 (2.94%) DBA
15 29 (2.94%) Integration Specialist
16 28 (2.84%) Oracle Developer
17 26 (2.64%) Java Developer
17 26 (2.64%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (20.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 105 (10.65%) .NET
3 92 (9.33%) REST
4 52 (5.27%) SOAP
5 50 (5.07%) .NET Framework
5 50 (5.07%) XML
6 46 (4.67%) JSON
7 42 (4.26%) React
8 39 (3.96%) Middleware
9 37 (3.75%) Web Services
10 35 (3.55%) HTML
11 31 (3.14%) OAuth
11 31 (3.14%) Spring
12 29 (2.94%) CSS
13 27 (2.74%) Kafka
14 23 (2.33%) Spring Boot
15 17 (1.72%) RESTful
15 17 (1.72%) XSLT
16 16 (1.62%) HTML5
17 14 (1.42%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
2 32 (3.25%) Data Structures
3 27 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.43%) Low-Code
4 24 (2.43%) Public Cloud
5 19 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.83%) Derivative
7 17 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.72%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.42%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.01%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.01%) NHS
14 9 (0.91%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 83 (8.42%) Linux
2 66 (6.69%) Windows
3 41 (4.16%) Unix
4 29 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.12%) Solaris
7 8 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.20%) AIX
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) Rocky
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE
11 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (23.23%) ERP
2 187 (18.97%) Agile
3 167 (16.94%) Migration
4 140 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (13.89%) DevOps
6 125 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 107 (10.85%) User Acceptance Testing
8 104 (10.55%) Data Modelling
9 103 (10.45%) CI/CD
9 103 (10.45%) Data Migration
10 86 (8.72%) ETL
11 83 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
12 79 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 79 (8.01%) Validation
13 77 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (7.40%) Change Management
15 71 (7.20%) AI
16 67 (6.80%) Data Analysis
17 60 (6.09%) Performance Tuning
18 58 (5.88%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 313 (31.74%) SQL
2 135 (13.69%) PL/SQL
3 116 (11.76%) Python
4 109 (11.05%) C#
5 94 (9.53%) Java
6 58 (5.88%) JavaScript
7 53 (5.38%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.74%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.23%) C++
10 19 (1.93%) TypeScript
11 15 (1.52%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.22%) VB
13 11 (1.12%) VBA
14 10 (1.01%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.01%) LotusScript
14 10 (1.01%) Ruby
15 9 (0.91%) Bicep
15 9 (0.91%) Groovy
16 5 (0.51%) Bash
16 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 182 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 153 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 78 (7.91%) Degree
4 16 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.32%) ACCA
6 13 (1.32%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.32%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.32%) PMP
7 12 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.12%) CIMA
9 10 (1.01%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (0.51%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.51%) MBA
11 3 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.20%) OCP
12 2 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.61%) QA
2 56 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.83%) GDPR
4 15 (1.52%) IFRS
5 14 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.32%) PMO
7 12 (1.22%) GAAP
7 12 (1.22%) SLA
8 8 (0.81%) HL7
9 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.61%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.51%) Basel III
10 5 (0.51%) IFRS 9
10 5 (0.51%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) DICOM
11 4 (0.41%) GxP
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.30%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 30 (3.04%) Docker
2 13 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.30%) GridGain
7 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) RACF
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.65%) Terraform
3 12 (1.22%) Ansible
4 11 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.91%) Grafana
7 8 (0.81%) Data Guard
7 8 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.51%) Kibana
9 4 (0.41%) Control-M
10 3 (0.30%) Argo
10 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.30%) Istio
10 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 2 (0.20%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.10%) Foglight
12 1 (0.10%) logstash
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.10%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (9.23%) SAP
2 84 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 43 (4.36%) Workday
4 38 (3.85%) Databricks
5 34 (3.45%) Citrix
6 29 (2.94%) IBM
7 27 (2.74%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.23%) Informatica
9 18 (1.83%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.52%) Cerner
10 15 (1.52%) Google
10 15 (1.52%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.32%) Lotus
11 13 (1.32%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.22%) Kofax
12 12 (1.22%) Murex
12 12 (1.22%) Talend
13 9 (0.91%) OutSystems
13 9 (0.91%) VMware
14 7 (0.71%) Anaplan