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 1 March 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
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 34 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 851 754 941
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.38% 5.65% 5.11%
As % of the Vendors category 12.02% 12.75% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 510 614
10th Percentile £363 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £558 £580
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -3.79% -2.52%
75th Percentile £675 £699 £700
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile £34.30 - -
25th Percentile £45.25 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £66.00 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.36% -14.35% -58.40%
75th Percentile £89.25 £59.90 £26.50
90th Percentile £101.70 £93.75 £93.75
England median hourly rate £41.86 £53.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.03% +103.85% -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 7,079 5,916 7,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.72% 44.32% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,676 3,741 5,012
10th Percentile £350 £319 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £508 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.35% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 80 144
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.48 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.09 £16.97
Median hourly rate £26.14 £34.25 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.69% +35.64% +1.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £60.94 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.52 £80.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.42 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.62% +20.86% -21.80%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -8 101 £525 -3.23% 38
West London -17 14 £208 -61.03% 8
East London 0 7 £495 +10.61% 5
South London -24 6 £300 -54.72% 5
North London - 1 £500 - 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 29 (3.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 24 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.23%) Confluence
3 19 (2.23%) IIS
4 18 (2.12%) Oracle Workflow
5 13 (1.53%) WebLogic
5 13 (1.53%) WebSphere
6 11 (1.29%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.06%) Mendix
8 8 (0.94%) Apache
8 8 (0.94%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.59%) nginx
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.35%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) JBoss
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 48 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.94%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (6.58%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (5.76%) Oracle ERP
3 45 (5.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 37 (4.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 34 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
6 30 (3.53%) Oracle General Ledger
7 25 (2.94%) Oracle Financials
8 23 (2.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 13 (1.53%) Oracle Assets
9 13 (1.53%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (1.29%) Oracle FAH
11 10 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
12 9 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
13 7 (0.82%) BusinessWorks
13 7 (0.82%) NetSuite
13 7 (0.82%) SAP HR
14 6 (0.71%) Loan IQ
14 6 (0.71%) Workday HCM
15 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
16 4 (0.47%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 165 (19.39%) OCI
2 138 (16.22%) Azure
3 92 (10.81%) AWS
4 54 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.58%) PaaS
7 32 (3.76%) GCP
8 31 (3.64%) SaaS
9 22 (2.59%) GitHub
10 19 (2.23%) IaaS
11 17 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (1.88%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.65%) Serverless
14 13 (1.53%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.41%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.18%) Azure Functions
17 10 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (1.18%) Collibra
18 8 (0.94%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.41%) Internet
2 9 (1.06%) Firewall
2 9 (1.06%) HTTP
3 4 (0.47%) DNS
3 4 (0.47%) SSL
4 2 (0.24%) FTP
4 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.24%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) DHCP
5 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.12%) LAN
5 1 (0.12%) NAS
5 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.12%) RFID
5 1 (0.12%) SAN
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) SMTP
5 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (18.21%) SQL Server
2 135 (15.86%) Oracle Database
3 69 (8.11%) Oracle Reports
4 52 (6.11%) Relational Database
5 50 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (5.52%) Power BI
7 39 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (2.82%) MySQL
8 24 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (2.59%) Metadata
9 22 (2.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 21 (2.47%) MongoDB
11 19 (2.23%) Electronic Patient Records
12 17 (2.00%) DB2
13 13 (1.53%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
14 10 (1.18%) Tableau
15 9 (1.06%) DataStage
16 8 (0.94%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.94%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 75 (8.81%) JIRA
2 36 (4.23%) Git
3 27 (3.17%) Postman
4 22 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.76%) JUnit
6 12 (1.41%) SoapUI
7 11 (1.29%) GitLab
7 11 (1.29%) Maven
7 11 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (1.29%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.94%) ERwin
9 7 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.82%) Gradle
9 7 (0.82%) Mockito
10 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.59%) Toad
12 4 (0.47%) Ant
12 4 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 376 (44.18%) Finance
2 237 (27.85%) Social Skills
3 123 (14.45%) Banking
4 90 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (9.64%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 31 (3.64%) General Ledger
8 29 (3.41%) Investment Banking
9 27 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.94%) Retail
11 18 (2.12%) Front Office
12 15 (1.76%) Billing
13 13 (1.53%) Retail Banking
14 12 (1.41%) Legal
14 12 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.29%) Local Government
16 9 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.06%) Military
16 9 (1.06%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 180 (21.15%) Developer
2 96 (11.28%) Consultant
3 95 (11.16%) Senior
4 90 (10.58%) Analyst
5 74 (8.70%) Oracle Consultant
6 70 (8.23%) Architect
7 69 (8.11%) Lead
8 50 (5.88%) C# Developer
9 43 (5.05%) Business Analyst
10 41 (4.82%) Oracle Specialist
11 35 (4.11%) Oracle Developer
12 31 (3.64%) Cloud Specialist
12 31 (3.64%) Data Engineer
12 31 (3.64%) Integration Specialist
12 31 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (3.41%) Oracle Architect
14 27 (3.17%) Cloud Consultant
15 25 (2.94%) Oracle Analyst
16 24 (2.82%) Java Developer
17 23 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (22.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 94 (11.05%) .NET
3 76 (8.93%) REST
4 63 (7.40%) SOAP
5 59 (6.93%) XML
6 49 (5.76%) Kafka
7 47 (5.52%) .NET Framework
7 47 (5.52%) Web Services
8 43 (5.05%) Middleware
9 42 (4.94%) JSON
10 37 (4.35%) React
11 32 (3.76%) HTML
12 23 (2.70%) XSLT
13 22 (2.59%) Spring
14 19 (2.23%) CSS
15 18 (2.12%) Spring Boot
16 17 (2.00%) AngularJS
16 17 (2.00%) OAuth
17 16 (1.88%) RESTful
17 16 (1.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (2.59%) Public Cloud
3 19 (2.23%) Data Structures
4 17 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (1.76%) Derivative
6 14 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.18%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.18%) NHS
9 10 (1.18%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.06%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.82%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (11.40%) Linux
2 76 (8.93%) Windows
3 67 (7.87%) Unix
4 24 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.71%) Solaris
8 5 (0.59%) AIX
8 5 (0.59%) CentOS
9 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (23.15%) ERP
2 193 (22.68%) Agile
3 154 (18.10%) Migration
4 134 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
5 110 (12.93%) DevOps
6 104 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
7 96 (11.28%) Data Migration
8 82 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (9.17%) CI/CD
9 78 (9.17%) ETL
10 71 (8.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 67 (7.87%) Data Modelling
12 64 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 60 (7.05%) Analytics
13 60 (7.05%) Unit Testing
14 59 (6.93%) Data Analysis
14 59 (6.93%) Validation
15 52 (6.11%) AI
15 52 (6.11%) Decision-Making
16 50 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 308 (36.19%) SQL
2 120 (14.10%) PL/SQL
3 110 (12.93%) C#
4 103 (12.10%) Python
5 98 (11.52%) Java
6 44 (5.17%) JavaScript
7 43 (5.05%) T-SQL
8 26 (3.06%) C++
8 26 (3.06%) Shell Script
9 21 (2.47%) Perl
10 18 (2.12%) Groovy
11 16 (1.88%) VBA
12 15 (1.76%) VB
13 11 (1.29%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.18%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.18%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.06%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.94%) C
16 8 (0.94%) Korn
16 8 (0.94%) XPath
Qualifications
1 173 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 141 (16.57%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.70%) Degree
4 22 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.76%) PMP
7 14 (1.65%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
11 7 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.47%) ISEB
12 4 (0.47%) OCP
13 3 (0.35%) ACCA
13 3 (0.35%) CIMA
14 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.24%) RHCE
14 2 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.76%) QA
2 45 (5.29%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.23%) PMO
4 15 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.53%) SLA
6 12 (1.41%) IFRS
7 10 (1.18%) GAAP
8 9 (1.06%) NIST
9 8 (0.94%) GDPR
9 8 (0.94%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.82%) COBIT
10 7 (0.82%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.82%) ITGC
10 7 (0.82%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.71%) HL7
12 5 (0.59%) Basel III
12 5 (0.59%) NCSC
12 5 (0.59%) SEPA
13 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (4.00%) Docker
2 11 (1.29%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) GridGain
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.12%) Terraform
3 10 (1.18%) Ansible
4 8 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.82%) TIBCO Hawk
6 6 (0.71%) Grafana
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.47%) Control-M
7 4 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.24%) Nagios
10 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.12%) Foglight
10 1 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle ZFS
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 78 (9.17%) SAP
2 60 (7.05%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.82%) Workday
4 31 (3.64%) IBM
5 30 (3.53%) Citrix
6 26 (3.06%) Databricks
6 26 (3.06%) Informatica
7 19 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.88%) Cerner
9 13 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.29%) Google
10 11 (1.29%) Lotus
10 11 (1.29%) Murex
10 11 (1.29%) VMware
11 9 (1.06%) Kofax
11 9 (1.06%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.94%) Splunk
12 8 (0.94%) Talend
12 8 (0.94%) TIBCO