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 5 June 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
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 36
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 978 739 896
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.30% 6.11% 5.13%
As % of the Vendors category 12.74% 13.43% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 492 593
10th Percentile £400 £385 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £688
90th Percentile £738 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £21.58 £21.99 -
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 £26.04 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.65 £49.75 -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £31.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year +33.03% +20.60% -57.55%

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 7,679 5,504 7,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.61% 45.49% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,055 3,553 4,936
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +1.02% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £519 £515
% change year-on-year -2.77% +0.85% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 103 134
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.93
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.39 £17.20
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -12.66%
75th Percentile £52.25 £42.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.98 £27.38 £23.50
% change year-on-year +24.13% +16.49% -38.96%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -2 132 £575 +15.00% 71
West London -2 31 £480 +1.05% 16
South London -6 8 £300 -41.75% 5
East London -5 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 27 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.15%) IIS
2 21 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (1.64%) Confluence
4 15 (1.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 14 (1.43%) nginx
6 13 (1.33%) Tomcat
7 10 (1.02%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.02%) Mendix
7 10 (1.02%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.82%) WebLogic
9 6 (0.61%) Apache
10 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.41%) Appian
11 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.31%) Camunda
11 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 27 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 76 (7.77%) Oracle EBS
2 60 (6.13%) Oracle ERP
3 55 (5.62%) Oracle Payables
4 51 (5.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 47 (4.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 24 (2.45%) Oracle EBS R12
7 23 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
8 22 (2.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 18 (1.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 13 (1.33%) Oracle Assets
11 10 (1.02%) NetSuite
11 10 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
12 9 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
12 9 (0.92%) Findur
12 9 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
13 8 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
14 6 (0.61%) Finacle
14 6 (0.61%) iTrent
14 6 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
14 6 (0.61%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 163 (16.67%) OCI
2 115 (11.76%) Azure
3 92 (9.41%) AWS
4 58 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 48 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (4.50%) PaaS
7 34 (3.48%) GitHub
8 30 (3.07%) SaaS
9 24 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (2.25%) IaaS
10 22 (2.25%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.15%) GCP
12 20 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 19 (1.94%) Serverless
14 14 (1.43%) Collibra
14 14 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 12 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.23%) Internet
2 8 (0.82%) HTTP
3 5 (0.51%) FTP
4 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.41%) WAN
5 3 (0.31%) DNS
5 3 (0.31%) NAS
5 3 (0.31%) SAN
6 2 (0.20%) Firewall
6 2 (0.20%) Intranet
6 2 (0.20%) RFID
7 1 (0.10%) DSL
7 1 (0.10%) IPsec
7 1 (0.10%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) Network Security
7 1 (0.10%) SMTP
7 1 (0.10%) SSL
7 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (15.34%) SQL Server
2 140 (14.31%) Oracle Database
3 63 (6.44%) Oracle Reports
4 61 (6.24%) Relational Database
5 43 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (3.99%) Power BI
8 33 (3.37%) Metadata
9 21 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (1.74%) RDBMS
11 16 (1.64%) MongoDB
11 16 (1.64%) MySQL
12 14 (1.43%) Electronic Patient Records
13 13 (1.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 12 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.12%) DataStage
16 10 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (1.02%) BigQuery
16 10 (1.02%) Data Mart
16 10 (1.02%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 59 (6.03%) JIRA
2 37 (3.78%) Git
3 22 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.84%) Postman
5 15 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (1.23%) GitLab
7 8 (0.82%) SoapUI
7 8 (0.82%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.72%) Maven
9 6 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.61%) ERwin
9 6 (0.61%) Gradle
9 6 (0.61%) Selenium
10 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.41%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.41%) JUnit
10 4 (0.41%) Mockito
10 4 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 372 (38.04%) Finance
2 226 (23.11%) Social Skills
3 157 (16.05%) Banking
4 127 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (9.71%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.58%) Investment Banking
7 31 (3.17%) Retail
8 30 (3.07%) Front Office
8 30 (3.07%) General Ledger
9 28 (2.86%) Financial Institution
10 24 (2.45%) Legal
11 18 (1.84%) Back Office
11 18 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.64%) Retail Banking
13 15 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.33%) Billing
14 13 (1.33%) Local Government
14 13 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 177 (18.10%) Developer
2 120 (12.27%) Lead
3 115 (11.76%) Consultant
4 108 (11.04%) Architect
5 89 (9.10%) Senior
6 85 (8.69%) Oracle Consultant
7 80 (8.18%) Analyst
8 51 (5.21%) C# Developer
9 47 (4.81%) Oracle Architect
10 46 (4.70%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
12 38 (3.89%) Project Manager
13 36 (3.68%) Data Engineer
14 32 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
14 32 (3.27%) Oracle Specialist
15 30 (3.07%) Oracle Developer
16 28 (2.86%) DBA
17 27 (2.76%) Integration Specialist
17 27 (2.76%) Java Developer
18 25 (2.56%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (20.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 104 (10.63%) .NET
3 91 (9.30%) REST
4 50 (5.11%) SOAP
5 49 (5.01%) .NET Framework
5 49 (5.01%) XML
6 42 (4.29%) JSON
7 41 (4.19%) React
8 39 (3.99%) Middleware
9 35 (3.58%) Web Services
10 34 (3.48%) HTML
11 31 (3.17%) OAuth
11 31 (3.17%) Spring
12 28 (2.86%) CSS
13 27 (2.76%) Kafka
14 25 (2.56%) Spring Boot
15 17 (1.74%) XSLT
16 15 (1.53%) HTML5
16 15 (1.53%) RESTful
17 13 (1.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.52%) Legacy Systems
2 33 (3.37%) Data Structures
3 28 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 21 (2.15%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.64%) Derivative
10 15 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.43%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (1.02%) NHS
14 10 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 85 (8.69%) Linux
2 67 (6.85%) Windows
3 42 (4.29%) Unix
4 29 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.23%) Solaris
7 9 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (0.72%) 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
1 224 (22.90%) ERP
2 180 (18.40%) Agile
3 175 (17.89%) Migration
4 138 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (13.50%) DevOps
6 131 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 114 (11.66%) User Acceptance Testing
8 109 (11.15%) Data Migration
9 105 (10.74%) Data Modelling
10 100 (10.22%) CI/CD
11 86 (8.79%) ETL
12 84 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
13 81 (8.28%) Validation
14 80 (8.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 77 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 72 (7.36%) Change Management
17 65 (6.65%) AI
17 65 (6.65%) Data Analysis
18 60 (6.13%) Performance Tuning
19 59 (6.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 313 (32.00%) SQL
2 139 (14.21%) PL/SQL
3 117 (11.96%) Python
4 106 (10.84%) C#
5 96 (9.82%) Java
6 54 (5.52%) JavaScript
7 51 (5.21%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.76%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.25%) C++
10 19 (1.94%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.23%) VB
13 11 (1.12%) VBA
14 10 (1.02%) Ruby
15 9 (0.92%) Bicep
15 9 (0.92%) Groovy
16 8 (0.82%) Formula Language
16 8 (0.82%) LotusScript
17 6 (0.61%) Bash
18 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 178 (18.20%) Security Cleared
2 150 (15.34%) SC Cleared
3 76 (7.77%) Degree
4 17 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (1.43%) DV Cleared
5 14 (1.43%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.33%) ACCA
6 13 (1.33%) PMP
7 12 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.12%) CIMA
9 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (0.51%) CISSP
10 5 (0.51%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.51%) MBA
11 4 (0.41%) CISM
12 3 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.26%) QA
2 60 (6.13%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.94%) GDPR
4 16 (1.64%) IFRS
5 14 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.33%) GAAP
7 12 (1.23%) SLA
8 9 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.92%) PMO
9 8 (0.82%) NCSC
10 7 (0.72%) HL7
11 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.61%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.51%) Basel III
12 5 (0.51%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.41%) GRC
14 3 (0.31%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (3.17%) Docker
2 13 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.12%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.31%) GridGain
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) NFS
8 1 (0.10%) RACF
8 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 39 (3.99%) Terraform
2 38 (3.89%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.33%) Ansible
4 12 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.92%) Grafana
7 8 (0.82%) Data Guard
7 8 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.61%) Control-M
9 5 (0.51%) Kibana
10 3 (0.31%) Argo
10 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.31%) Istio
11 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
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 90 (9.20%) SAP
2 78 (7.98%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.19%) Workday
4 38 (3.89%) Databricks
5 32 (3.27%) Citrix
5 32 (3.27%) IBM
6 29 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.25%) Informatica
7 22 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.53%) Google
9 14 (1.43%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.33%) Murex
10 13 (1.33%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.23%) Talend
12 11 (1.12%) Cerner
13 10 (1.02%) Kofax
13 10 (1.02%) Lotus
13 10 (1.02%) VMware
14 9 (0.92%) OutSystems
14 9 (0.92%) Splunk