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 8 October 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 40 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,066 763 879
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.27% 5.70% 5.45%
As % of the Vendors category 12.32% 12.26% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 482 573
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% -7.73% -3.08%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £740 £770
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £16.11 £44.38 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.89 £54.69 £16.09
Median hourly rate £27.25 £76.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -64.26% +253.91% -71.08%
75th Percentile £59.38 £106.25 £26.38
90th Percentile £82.50 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -56.49%

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 8,653 6,222 7,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.81% 46.45% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,635 4,031 4,434
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £751
England median daily rate £519 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +2.37% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 117 79
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -24.93% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.16%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +1 134 £600 +27.66% 138
West London +17 60 £560 +84.36% 17
South London +6 20 £550 +33.74% 8
East London -6 4 £450 -13.46% 3
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 (3.38%) SAS
2 24 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.16%) Confluence
3 23 (2.16%) IIS
4 21 (1.97%) Oracle Workflow
5 19 (1.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (1.22%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.13%) nginx
8 8 (0.75%) Apache
8 8 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.75%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.66%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.47%) Appian
10 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 4 (0.38%) JBoss
12 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 31 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 110 (10.32%) Oracle EBS
2 63 (5.91%) Oracle Payables
3 60 (5.63%) Oracle ERP
4 56 (5.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 48 (4.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 35 (3.28%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.72%) NetSuite
8 24 (2.25%) Oracle Assets
8 24 (2.25%) Oracle EBS R12
9 22 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (1.13%) Oracle iProcurement
11 11 (1.03%) Finacle
12 10 (0.94%) HFM
12 10 (0.94%) Oracle FAH
12 10 (0.94%) Oracle Payroll
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (0.75%) iTrent
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 8 (0.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 160 (15.01%) Azure
2 145 (13.60%) AWS
3 132 (12.38%) OCI
4 58 (5.44%) SaaS
5 53 (4.97%) Power Platform
6 45 (4.22%) GCP
7 39 (3.66%) GitHub
8 30 (2.81%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (2.25%) PaaS
12 21 (1.97%) AtomSphere
12 21 (1.97%) Boomi
13 20 (1.88%) OpenShift
14 19 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (1.78%) Serverless
14 19 (1.78%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.69%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.22%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) DNS
3 7 (0.66%) HTTP
3 7 (0.66%) SSH
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.47%) SSL
6 4 (0.38%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.19%) FTP
7 2 (0.19%) Intranet
7 2 (0.19%) RTP
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.19%) VPN
8 1 (0.094%) 3G
8 1 (0.094%) BGP
8 1 (0.094%) IPsec
8 1 (0.094%) RFID
8 1 (0.094%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.094%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (15.01%) Oracle Database
2 139 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 63 (5.91%) Relational Database
4 61 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
7 41 (3.85%) Power BI
8 29 (2.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 28 (2.63%) Metadata
10 22 (2.06%) MongoDB
11 21 (1.97%) NoSQL
11 21 (1.97%) RDBMS
12 20 (1.88%) MySQL
13 18 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.13%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (1.03%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.94%) Oracle ODI
16 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 9 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 74 (6.94%) Git
2 47 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 45 (4.22%) JIRA
4 21 (1.97%) Gradle
4 21 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
5 18 (1.69%) GitLab
6 14 (1.31%) Selenium
7 13 (1.22%) JUnit
7 13 (1.22%) Maven
8 10 (0.94%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.84%) eggPlant
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.75%) JMeter
11 7 (0.66%) Mockito
11 7 (0.66%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 404 (37.90%) Finance
2 264 (24.77%) Social Skills
3 171 (16.04%) Banking
4 167 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (12.01%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.38%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.28%) Retail
8 29 (2.72%) Investment Banking
8 29 (2.72%) Legal
9 28 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (2.25%) Back Office
12 18 (1.69%) Financial Institution
12 18 (1.69%) Front Office
13 15 (1.41%) Billing
13 15 (1.41%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.22%) Military
16 12 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (18.39%) Developer
2 166 (15.57%) Consultant
3 143 (13.41%) Architect
4 138 (12.95%) Oracle Consultant
5 117 (10.98%) Senior
6 116 (10.88%) Lead
7 82 (7.69%) Analyst
8 68 (6.38%) Functional Consultant
9 66 (6.19%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 56 (5.25%) Java Developer
11 48 (4.50%) Data Engineer
12 45 (4.22%) Applications Support
13 41 (3.85%) Senior Developer
14 38 (3.56%) Business Analyst
14 38 (3.56%) Oracle Architect
14 38 (3.56%) Oracle Developer
15 37 (3.47%) C# Developer
16 36 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (2.53%) Project Manager
18 23 (2.16%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (18.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 119 (11.16%) REST
3 103 (9.66%) .NET
4 69 (6.47%) Spring
5 65 (6.10%) Kafka
6 64 (6.00%) XML
7 63 (5.91%) SOAP
8 61 (5.72%) JSON
8 61 (5.72%) Terraform
9 58 (5.44%) Spring Boot
10 57 (5.35%) Middleware
11 39 (3.66%) Web Services
12 35 (3.28%) OAuth
13 32 (3.00%) .NET Framework
13 32 (3.00%) React
14 29 (2.72%) HTML
15 25 (2.35%) CSS
16 22 (2.06%) OAuth2
17 21 (1.97%) RESTful
18 18 (1.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (4.03%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.81%) Data Structures
6 26 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 16 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.50%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (1.31%) Replication
12 11 (1.03%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 98 (9.19%) Windows
2 89 (8.35%) Linux
3 60 (5.63%) Unix
4 44 (4.13%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.66%) Solaris
6 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.094%) Android
12 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.094%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (23.17%) Migration
2 205 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 198 (18.57%) ERP
4 174 (16.32%) Agile
5 164 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (13.60%) CI/CD
7 138 (12.95%) User Acceptance Testing
8 135 (12.66%) Data Migration
9 131 (12.29%) DevOps
10 119 (11.16%) ETL
11 118 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (10.04%) Data Modelling
13 95 (8.91%) Validation
14 93 (8.72%) Analytics
15 92 (8.63%) AI
15 92 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
16 83 (7.79%) Data Integration
17 82 (7.69%) Change Management
18 80 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 72 (6.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 333 (31.24%) SQL
2 142 (13.32%) Java
3 140 (13.13%) PL/SQL
4 120 (11.26%) Python
5 97 (9.10%) C#
6 86 (8.07%) JavaScript
7 59 (5.53%) T-SQL
8 36 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 29 (2.72%) Bash
10 28 (2.63%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.97%) Groovy
12 17 (1.59%) TypeScript
13 11 (1.03%) VBA
14 10 (0.94%) Bicep
14 10 (0.94%) C++
14 10 (0.94%) VB
15 8 (0.75%) Korn
16 7 (0.66%) C
16 7 (0.66%) Ruby
17 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 251 (23.55%) Security Cleared
2 218 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 93 (8.72%) Degree
4 25 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.16%) ACCA
6 22 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.97%) CIMA
8 18 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.94%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.94%) PMP
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (0.56%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.47%) CISSP
16 5 (0.47%) ISEB
16 5 (0.47%) MBA
17 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 65 (6.10%) QA
3 33 (3.10%) GRC
4 19 (1.78%) IFRS
5 18 (1.69%) GDPR
5 18 (1.69%) PMO
6 13 (1.22%) ISO 20022
7 11 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.94%) GAAP
9 8 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.75%) ISO 15022
9 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.56%) NCSC
11 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.38%) EMIR
11 4 (0.38%) MiFID
11 4 (0.38%) NIST
11 4 (0.38%) P3O
11 4 (0.38%) SLA
12 3 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 59 (5.53%) Docker
2 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
7 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.094%) KVM
7 1 (0.094%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.19%) Grafana
3 27 (2.53%) Ansible
4 19 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.59%) Control-M
6 14 (1.31%) Argo
7 10 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.84%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.38%) Istio
10 4 (0.38%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
12 1 (0.094%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.094%) Nagios
12 1 (0.094%) SCOM
Vendors
1 122 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.94%) SAP
3 50 (4.69%) IBM
4 48 (4.50%) Databricks
4 48 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.19%) Workday
6 30 (2.81%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.72%) Citrix
8 22 (2.06%) Google
9 20 (1.88%) Informatica
9 20 (1.88%) Splunk
10 17 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.59%) VMware
11 16 (1.50%) Talend
12 12 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.13%) Hyperion
13 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.94%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.84%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.75%) OutSystems