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 13 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
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,087 749 863
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.34% 5.64% 5.40%
As % of the Vendors category 12.43% 12.13% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 471 559
10th Percentile £400 £378 £363
25th Percentile £428 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -9.09% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £674
90th Percentile £731 £738 £762
England median daily rate £525 £510 £549
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.02% -3.35%
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 £42.25 £76.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -44.59% +253.91% -71.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £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% -57.50%

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 8,744 6,175 6,969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.92% 46.46% 43.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,699 4,020 4,401
10th Percentile £340 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
England median daily rate £517 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.93% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 118 75
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.20 £18.28
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -28.14% -13.04%
75th Percentile £63.19 £38.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.13 £87.80
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -21.35%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +1 138 £600 +26.32% 119
West London +15 59 £560 +84.36% 19
South London -2 19 £550 +33.74% 8
East London -7 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 (3.31%) SAS
2 25 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.12%) Confluence
4 22 (2.02%) IIS
5 19 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 19 (1.75%) Oracle Workflow
6 13 (1.20%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.10%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.10%) nginx
8 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.74%) Apache
9 8 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.74%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.64%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.46%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.46%) Appian
11 5 (0.46%) Camunda
12 4 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
12 4 (0.37%) JBoss
13 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 34 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.092%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 110 (10.12%) Oracle EBS
2 64 (5.89%) Oracle Payables
3 62 (5.70%) Oracle ERP
4 55 (5.06%) Oracle Receivables
5 50 (4.60%) Oracle General Ledger
6 36 (3.31%) Oracle Financials
7 28 (2.58%) NetSuite
8 25 (2.30%) Oracle Assets
9 24 (2.21%) Oracle EBS R12
10 21 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 12 (1.10%) Oracle iProcurement
12 11 (1.01%) Oracle Payroll
13 10 (0.92%) Finacle
13 10 (0.92%) HFM
13 10 (0.92%) Oracle FAH
14 9 (0.83%) Oracle BPM
14 9 (0.83%) Workday HCM
15 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
15 8 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
15 8 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
Cloud Services
1 172 (15.82%) Azure
2 150 (13.80%) AWS
3 140 (12.88%) OCI
4 62 (5.70%) SaaS
5 56 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 50 (4.60%) GCP
7 39 (3.59%) GitHub
8 31 (2.85%) Amazon S3
9 30 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.39%) PaaS
11 25 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (2.02%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.93%) AtomSphere
13 21 (1.93%) Boomi
14 20 (1.84%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.84%) OpenShift
15 19 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (1.75%) Serverless
16 18 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.56%) Internet
2 15 (1.38%) DNS
3 7 (0.64%) HTTP
3 7 (0.64%) SSH
4 6 (0.55%) BGP
4 6 (0.55%) Firewall
4 6 (0.55%) Multicast
5 5 (0.46%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.46%) Network Security
5 5 (0.46%) OSPF
5 5 (0.46%) SSL
5 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.28%) DMZ
6 3 (0.28%) Unicast
6 3 (0.28%) VLAN
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
7 2 (0.18%) FTP
7 2 (0.18%) Intranet
7 2 (0.18%) RTP
8 1 (0.092%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (15.09%) Oracle Database
2 146 (13.43%) SQL Server
3 63 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (5.80%) Relational Database
4 58 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (4.60%) Oracle Reports
6 42 (3.86%) Power BI
7 32 (2.94%) Metadata
8 28 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 23 (2.12%) MongoDB
10 22 (2.02%) NoSQL
11 21 (1.93%) MySQL
12 18 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (1.66%) RDBMS
13 13 (1.20%) Data Lake
14 12 (1.10%) Oracle Exadata
14 12 (1.10%) Tableau
15 11 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.92%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 75 (6.90%) Git
2 49 (4.51%) JIRA
3 48 (4.42%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.93%) Gradle
4 21 (1.93%) Oracle Forms
5 18 (1.66%) GitLab
6 14 (1.29%) Selenium
7 13 (1.20%) JUnit
7 13 (1.20%) Maven
8 12 (1.10%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.83%) eggPlant
9 9 (0.83%) Postman
10 8 (0.74%) JMeter
11 7 (0.64%) Mockito
11 7 (0.64%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.55%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.55%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.46%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 416 (38.27%) Finance
2 268 (24.66%) Social Skills
3 181 (16.65%) Banking
4 172 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (12.05%) Public Sector
6 39 (3.59%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.22%) Retail
8 33 (3.04%) Legal
9 31 (2.85%) Investment Banking
10 29 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.12%) Back Office
13 18 (1.66%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.56%) Front Office
15 15 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.29%) Billing
16 14 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.29%) Military
17 12 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (18.68%) Developer
2 161 (14.81%) Consultant
3 144 (13.25%) Architect
4 137 (12.60%) Oracle Consultant
5 123 (11.32%) Senior
6 119 (10.95%) Lead
7 86 (7.91%) Analyst
8 64 (5.89%) Functional Consultant
8 64 (5.89%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 57 (5.24%) Java Developer
10 53 (4.88%) Data Engineer
11 45 (4.14%) Applications Support
12 43 (3.96%) Senior Developer
13 40 (3.68%) Oracle Developer
14 39 (3.59%) Business Analyst
15 37 (3.40%) C# Developer
15 37 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (3.22%) Oracle Architect
17 27 (2.48%) Project Manager
18 23 (2.12%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (17.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 123 (11.32%) REST
3 109 (10.03%) .NET
4 70 (6.44%) Spring
5 65 (5.98%) Kafka
6 64 (5.89%) XML
7 63 (5.80%) SOAP
7 63 (5.80%) Terraform
8 61 (5.61%) JSON
9 59 (5.43%) Spring Boot
10 57 (5.24%) Middleware
11 41 (3.77%) Web Services
12 35 (3.22%) OAuth
13 31 (2.85%) .NET Framework
13 31 (2.85%) React
14 28 (2.58%) HTML
15 24 (2.21%) CSS
16 22 (2.02%) OAuth2
17 21 (1.93%) RESTful
18 18 (1.66%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 41 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.85%) Data Structures
7 28 (2.58%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 25 (2.30%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 16 (1.47%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (1.38%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.38%) Replication
13 14 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.10%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.74%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (9.02%) Windows
2 90 (8.28%) Linux
3 60 (5.52%) Unix
4 46 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.64%) Solaris
8 6 (0.55%) VMS
8 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.37%) OpenVMS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.092%) Android
12 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.092%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (22.72%) Migration
2 208 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 199 (18.31%) ERP
4 180 (16.56%) Agile
5 167 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (13.80%) CI/CD
7 138 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 137 (12.60%) DevOps
9 134 (12.33%) Data Migration
10 123 (11.32%) ETL
11 119 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (10.21%) Data Modelling
13 99 (9.11%) AI
14 97 (8.92%) Analytics
15 94 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
15 94 (8.65%) Validation
16 84 (7.73%) Data Integration
17 81 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 77 (7.08%) Change Management
19 71 (6.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 344 (31.65%) SQL
2 144 (13.25%) Java
3 138 (12.70%) PL/SQL
4 133 (12.24%) Python
5 100 (9.20%) C#
6 85 (7.82%) JavaScript
7 57 (5.24%) T-SQL
8 37 (3.40%) PowerShell
9 30 (2.76%) Bash
10 28 (2.58%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.93%) Groovy
12 17 (1.56%) TypeScript
13 12 (1.10%) Bicep
14 10 (0.92%) C++
14 10 (0.92%) VBA
15 9 (0.83%) VB
16 7 (0.64%) C
16 7 (0.64%) Korn
16 7 (0.64%) Ruby
17 6 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 255 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 220 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 93 (8.56%) Degree
4 25 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.12%) ACCA
6 22 (2.02%) CIMA
7 21 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 18 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 10 (0.92%) PMP
11 9 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.55%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.46%) CISSP
15 5 (0.46%) ISEB
15 5 (0.46%) MBA
16 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 65 (5.98%) QA
3 33 (3.04%) GRC
4 19 (1.75%) IFRS
5 18 (1.66%) GDPR
5 18 (1.66%) PMO
6 13 (1.20%) ISO 20022
7 11 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.83%) GAAP
9 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.74%) ISO 15022
9 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.55%) NCSC
11 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.37%) EMIR
11 4 (0.37%) MiFID
11 4 (0.37%) NIST
11 4 (0.37%) P3O
11 4 (0.37%) SLA
12 3 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (5.61%) Docker
2 12 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.092%) Firmware
7 1 (0.092%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.092%) KVM
7 1 (0.092%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.22%) Grafana
3 32 (2.94%) Ansible
4 19 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.56%) Control-M
6 14 (1.29%) Argo
7 10 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.83%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.46%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.46%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.46%) Kibana
9 5 (0.46%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.37%) Istio
11 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.18%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) WSUS
13 1 (0.092%) SCOM
Vendors
1 136 (12.51%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.57%) SAP
3 52 (4.78%) Databricks
4 51 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 50 (4.60%) IBM
6 36 (3.31%) Workday
7 32 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.58%) Citrix
9 25 (2.30%) Google
10 21 (1.93%) Splunk
11 20 (1.84%) Informatica
12 19 (1.75%) VMware
13 17 (1.56%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.47%) Talend
15 13 (1.20%) Dynatrace
16 12 (1.10%) Hyperion
17 11 (1.01%) MuleSoft
17 11 (1.01%) OpenAI
18 10 (0.92%) CyberArk
19 9 (0.83%) UiPath