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 15 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
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 32 36
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Oracle 945 746 900
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.29% 6.02% 5.14%
As % of the Vendors category 12.56% 13.22% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 503 584
10th Percentile £384 £385 £385
25th Percentile £415 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £738 £700
90th Percentile £771 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £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 £93.75 -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +34.87% +16.92% -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 7,526 5,643 7,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.10% 45.53% 40.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,970 3,699 4,879
10th Percentile £350 £330 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 93 128
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.97 £22.27 £16.86
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +29.20% -21.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £35.06
90th Percentile £77.98 £67.00 £58.63
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -5 123 £550 +4.76% 52
West London -7 23 £550 -8.33% 5
East London -4 8 £450 +8.43% 7
South London -11 8 £300 -56.36% 6
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 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.22%) IIS
3 19 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 16 (1.69%) Confluence
4 16 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
5 13 (1.38%) HCL Notes
6 12 (1.27%) Mendix
7 11 (1.16%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.95%) nginx
8 9 (0.95%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.74%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.42%) Apache
11 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) JBoss
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 43 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 59 (6.24%) Oracle Payables
2 57 (6.03%) Oracle EBS
3 55 (5.82%) Oracle ERP
4 50 (5.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 50 (5.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 25 (2.65%) Oracle General Ledger
6 24 (2.54%) Oracle EBS R12
6 24 (2.54%) Oracle Financials
7 18 (1.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 13 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
9 12 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
10 11 (1.16%) NetSuite
11 10 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
12 9 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
13 7 (0.74%) Findur
13 7 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
13 7 (0.74%) Oracle FAH
14 6 (0.63%) Summit
14 6 (0.63%) Workday HCM
15 5 (0.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 169 (17.88%) OCI
2 120 (12.70%) Azure
3 82 (8.68%) AWS
4 65 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 54 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (4.66%) PaaS
7 30 (3.17%) GitHub
8 27 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.75%) SaaS
10 25 (2.65%) PowerApps
11 23 (2.43%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.33%) GCP
12 22 (2.33%) IaaS
12 22 (2.33%) Serverless
13 16 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.48%) Collibra
14 14 (1.48%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
17 11 (1.16%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.27%) Internet
2 9 (0.95%) HTTP
3 6 (0.63%) FTP
4 4 (0.42%) Firewall
4 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.32%) DNS
5 3 (0.32%) NAS
5 3 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.21%) RFID
7 1 (0.11%) DSL
7 1 (0.11%) Intranet
7 1 (0.11%) IPsec
7 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.11%) Multicast
7 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.11%) SMTP
7 1 (0.11%) SSL
7 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (16.30%) SQL Server
2 137 (14.50%) Oracle Database
3 64 (6.77%) Oracle Reports
4 56 (5.93%) Relational Database
5 46 (4.87%) Power BI
6 41 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (3.17%) Metadata
9 24 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (2.01%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.80%) Electronic Patient Records
12 15 (1.59%) MySQL
13 14 (1.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 13 (1.38%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.16%) BigQuery
15 11 (1.16%) DataStage
15 11 (1.16%) Oracle ODI
16 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.85%) DB2
17 8 (0.85%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 67 (7.09%) JIRA
2 30 (3.17%) Git
3 21 (2.22%) Postman
4 18 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (1.16%) GitLab
7 10 (1.06%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.95%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.74%) Maven
9 7 (0.74%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.63%) ERwin
10 6 (0.63%) JUnit
10 6 (0.63%) Selenium
11 4 (0.42%) Gradle
11 4 (0.42%) Mockito
11 4 (0.42%) Toad
12 3 (0.32%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.32%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 370 (39.15%) Finance
2 223 (23.60%) Social Skills
3 140 (14.81%) Banking
4 112 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.81%) Investment Banking
7 33 (3.49%) Financial Institution
8 32 (3.39%) General Ledger
9 28 (2.96%) Retail
10 26 (2.75%) Front Office
11 23 (2.43%) Legal
12 21 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.69%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.59%) Billing
14 15 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.38%) Back Office
15 13 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.38%) Local Government
16 11 (1.16%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 182 (19.26%) Developer
2 109 (11.53%) Lead
3 103 (10.90%) Architect
4 99 (10.48%) Consultant
5 93 (9.84%) Senior
6 83 (8.78%) Analyst
7 73 (7.72%) Oracle Consultant
8 53 (5.61%) C# Developer
9 47 (4.97%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.66%) Oracle Architect
11 42 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (3.81%) Oracle Developer
13 35 (3.70%) Oracle Specialist
14 34 (3.60%) Data Engineer
14 34 (3.60%) Project Manager
15 30 (3.17%) Integration Specialist
16 29 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
17 28 (2.96%) Integration Engineer
18 27 (2.86%) Cloud Specialist
19 25 (2.65%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (21.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 103 (10.90%) .NET
3 81 (8.57%) REST
4 52 (5.50%) SOAP
5 50 (5.29%) .NET Framework
6 49 (5.19%) XML
7 41 (4.34%) JSON
7 41 (4.34%) Middleware
8 38 (4.02%) React
9 37 (3.92%) Web Services
10 35 (3.70%) HTML
11 32 (3.39%) Kafka
12 26 (2.75%) CSS
13 24 (2.54%) OAuth
14 23 (2.43%) Spring
15 20 (2.12%) Spring Boot
16 18 (1.90%) XSLT
17 16 (1.69%) HTML5
17 16 (1.69%) WinForms
18 15 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (2.96%) Data Structures
3 24 (2.54%) Public Cloud
4 22 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 20 (2.12%) Low-Code
6 19 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.90%) Derivative
7 18 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 17 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.48%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 13 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.16%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.95%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 81 (8.57%) Linux
2 69 (7.30%) Windows
3 46 (4.87%) Unix
4 31 (3.28%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.16%) Solaris
7 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.32%) AIX
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (23.92%) ERP
2 189 (20.00%) Agile
3 166 (17.57%) Migration
4 137 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (13.02%) DevOps
6 120 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 98 (10.37%) Data Modelling
8 98 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
9 90 (9.52%) CI/CD
10 88 (9.31%) Business Intelligence
11 86 (9.10%) ETL
12 74 (7.83%) Validation
13 71 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 70 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 69 (7.30%) Change Management
16 62 (6.56%) Data Analysis
17 61 (6.46%) Performance Tuning
18 60 (6.35%) Decision-Making
19 59 (6.24%) AI
Programming Languages
1 303 (32.06%) SQL
2 137 (14.50%) PL/SQL
3 108 (11.43%) C#
4 107 (11.32%) Python
5 85 (8.99%) Java
6 55 (5.82%) T-SQL
7 51 (5.40%) JavaScript
8 30 (3.17%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.33%) C++
10 13 (1.38%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.38%) VB
10 13 (1.38%) VBA
11 12 (1.27%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.06%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.06%) LotusScript
13 8 (0.85%) Ruby
14 7 (0.74%) Groovy
14 7 (0.74%) Perl
15 6 (0.63%) Bash
15 6 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 179 (18.94%) Security Cleared
2 148 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.62%) Degree
4 17 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.69%) PMP
6 15 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.48%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
9 8 (0.85%) ACCA
9 8 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.74%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.63%) CIMA
12 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.32%) ISEB
12 3 (0.32%) MBA
13 2 (0.21%) CISSP
13 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.36%) QA
2 53 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.69%) GDPR
3 16 (1.69%) PMO
4 12 (1.27%) IFRS
4 12 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (1.27%) SLA
5 10 (1.06%) GAAP
6 8 (0.85%) HL7
7 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.53%) Basel III
8 5 (0.53%) GxP
8 5 (0.53%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.53%) NCSC
9 4 (0.42%) DICOM
9 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.32%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (2.65%) Docker
2 13 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.32%) GridGain
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) NFS
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.07%) Terraform
3 12 (1.27%) Ansible
4 10 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.85%) Grafana
7 7 (0.74%) Data Guard
8 6 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.42%) Control-M
9 4 (0.42%) Kibana
10 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 2 (0.21%) Istio
11 2 (0.21%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.11%) Foglight
12 1 (0.11%) logstash
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (9.63%) SAP
2 84 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 45 (4.76%) Workday
4 34 (3.60%) Citrix
5 32 (3.39%) Databricks
6 27 (2.86%) IBM
7 21 (2.22%) Informatica
7 21 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.48%) Cerner
9 14 (1.48%) Google
10 13 (1.38%) Lotus
10 13 (1.38%) Murex
11 12 (1.27%) Kofax
11 12 (1.27%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.16%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.06%) Talend
13 10 (1.06%) VMware
14 7 (0.74%) Infor
15 6 (0.63%) Splunk