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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 831 738 951
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.67% 5.40% 5.10%
As % of the Vendors category 12.31% 12.24% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 479 627
10th Percentile £361 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £799 £765
England median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile £86.50 - -
25th Percentile £88.75 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £97.50 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +337.81% -14.35% -58.40%
75th Percentile £106.25 £62.17 £26.50
90th Percentile £108.50 £93.75 £93.75
England median hourly rate £49.68 £30.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +62.90% -33.53% -26.59%

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 6,750 6,027 7,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.04% 44.08% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,433 3,701 5,159
10th Percentile £340 £313 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 70 154
10th Percentile £17.93 £22.19 £13.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £24.26 £17.20
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +21.24% +13.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £60.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -1 108 £525 -3.67% 47
West London -21 14 £208 -58.50% 4
East London -4 7 £495 +10.61% 1
South London -13 6 £300 -55.56% 4
North London - 1 £500 -
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 28 (3.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 24 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.05%) IIS
3 17 (2.05%) Oracle Workflow
4 16 (1.93%) Confluence
5 12 (1.44%) WebSphere
6 11 (1.32%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.32%) WebLogic
7 9 (1.08%) Mendix
8 7 (0.84%) Apache
9 6 (0.72%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 53 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.96%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (6.86%) Oracle Payables
2 48 (5.78%) Oracle ERP
3 46 (5.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 39 (4.69%) Oracle EBS
5 38 (4.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 34 (4.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 29 (3.49%) Oracle Financials
8 25 (3.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 19 (2.29%) Oracle EBS R12
10 18 (2.17%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (2.05%) Oracle Cash Management
12 11 (1.32%) Oracle FAH
13 10 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
13 10 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
14 7 (0.84%) BusinessWorks
14 7 (0.84%) NetSuite
14 7 (0.84%) SAP HR
15 6 (0.72%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 6 (0.72%) Workday HCM
16 4 (0.48%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 157 (18.89%) OCI
2 133 (16.00%) Azure
3 83 (9.99%) AWS
4 50 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 46 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (5.54%) PaaS
6 41 (4.93%) SaaS
7 32 (3.85%) GCP
8 21 (2.53%) GitHub
9 18 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.05%) IaaS
11 13 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.56%) Serverless
12 12 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.44%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.20%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (0.84%) iPaaS
14 7 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.32%) Internet
2 10 (1.20%) Firewall
3 7 (0.84%) HTTP
4 4 (0.48%) SSL
5 3 (0.36%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) FTP
6 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.12%) RFID
7 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) SMTP
7 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.12%) VPN
7 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (16.97%) Oracle Database
1 141 (16.97%) SQL Server
2 67 (8.06%) Oracle Reports
3 48 (5.78%) Power BI
4 47 (5.66%) Relational Database
5 45 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (3.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 25 (3.01%) MySQL
9 21 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (2.41%) Metadata
11 19 (2.29%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.93%) Electronic Patient Records
13 15 (1.81%) DB2
14 14 (1.68%) Oracle ODI
15 13 (1.56%) RDBMS
15 13 (1.56%) Tableau
16 9 (1.08%) BigQuery
17 8 (0.96%) DataStage
17 8 (0.96%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 70 (8.42%) JIRA
2 35 (4.21%) Git
3 28 (3.37%) Postman
4 22 (2.65%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.93%) JUnit
6 14 (1.68%) GitLab
7 13 (1.56%) Maven
7 13 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (1.56%) SoapUI
8 11 (1.32%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.96%) Gradle
9 8 (0.96%) Mockito
10 7 (0.84%) ERwin
11 6 (0.72%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.60%) Selenium
12 5 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.60%) Toad
12 5 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 378 (45.49%) Finance
2 257 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 111 (13.36%) Banking
4 87 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.33%) Financial Institution
7 31 (3.73%) General Ledger
8 24 (2.89%) Retail
9 23 (2.77%) Investment Banking
10 21 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.17%) Front Office
12 17 (2.05%) Billing
13 11 (1.32%) Legal
14 10 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.08%) Military
15 9 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.08%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 180 (21.66%) Developer
2 111 (13.36%) Consultant
3 96 (11.55%) Senior
4 85 (10.23%) Oracle Consultant
5 83 (9.99%) Analyst
6 70 (8.42%) Lead
7 61 (7.34%) Architect
8 46 (5.54%) C# Developer
9 40 (4.81%) Business Analyst
10 38 (4.57%) Oracle Specialist
11 37 (4.45%) Oracle Developer
12 31 (3.73%) Cloud Specialist
13 30 (3.61%) Integration Specialist
14 28 (3.37%) Cloud Consultant
15 26 (3.13%) Data Engineer
16 25 (3.01%) Oracle Architect
17 24 (2.89%) Java Developer
18 23 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
19 22 (2.65%) Oracle Analyst
19 22 (2.65%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (22.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 82 (9.87%) .NET
3 77 (9.27%) REST
4 68 (8.18%) SOAP
5 59 (7.10%) XML
6 51 (6.14%) Kafka
6 51 (6.14%) Web Services
7 43 (5.17%) .NET Framework
8 41 (4.93%) Middleware
9 39 (4.69%) JSON
10 33 (3.97%) React
11 32 (3.85%) HTML
12 24 (2.89%) XSLT
13 21 (2.53%) Spring
14 20 (2.41%) CSS
15 18 (2.17%) Spring Boot
15 18 (2.17%) WPF
16 17 (2.05%) OAuth
17 16 (1.93%) AngularJS
17 16 (1.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (2.41%) Public Cloud
3 17 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.05%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.93%) Derivative
5 15 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.44%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.20%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.20%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (0.96%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.84%) Market Risk
12 7 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 95 (11.43%) Linux
2 75 (9.03%) Unix
2 75 (9.03%) Windows
3 20 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.60%) AIX
5 5 (0.60%) CentOS
5 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.36%) Solaris
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (23.71%) Agile
2 195 (23.47%) ERP
3 145 (17.45%) Migration
4 134 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
5 105 (12.64%) DevOps
6 89 (10.71%) Data Migration
7 82 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 73 (8.78%) CI/CD
9 68 (8.18%) ETL
10 66 (7.94%) User Acceptance Testing
11 64 (7.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 59 (7.10%) Data Modelling
13 57 (6.86%) Unit Testing
14 56 (6.74%) Data Analysis
15 53 (6.38%) Analytics
16 52 (6.26%) Validation
17 50 (6.02%) Data Management
17 50 (6.02%) SDLC
18 49 (5.90%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 310 (37.30%) SQL
2 123 (14.80%) PL/SQL
3 102 (12.27%) Python
4 101 (12.15%) C#
5 99 (11.91%) Java
6 46 (5.54%) JavaScript
7 38 (4.57%) T-SQL
8 31 (3.73%) Shell Script
9 27 (3.25%) C++
10 24 (2.89%) Perl
11 20 (2.41%) VBA
12 18 (2.17%) VB
13 17 (2.05%) Groovy
14 10 (1.20%) Bash
14 10 (1.20%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.20%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.08%) Korn
16 8 (0.96%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.96%) TypeScript
16 8 (0.96%) XPath
Qualifications
1 176 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 147 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.75%) Degree
4 24 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.81%) PMP
6 14 (1.68%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.44%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.84%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.72%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.60%) ACCA
12 5 (0.60%) CIMA
13 4 (0.48%) ISEB
13 4 (0.48%) OCP
14 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.24%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.86%) QA
2 42 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.77%) PMO
4 15 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.68%) SLA
6 13 (1.56%) IFRS
7 12 (1.44%) GAAP
8 9 (1.08%) NIST
9 8 (0.96%) GDPR
10 7 (0.84%) COBIT
10 7 (0.84%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.84%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.84%) ITGC
10 7 (0.84%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.60%) Basel III
11 5 (0.60%) NCSC
12 4 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.48%) SEPA
13 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 32 (3.85%) Docker
2 12 (1.44%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.24%) GridGain
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.81%) Terraform
3 12 (1.44%) Ansible
4 7 (0.84%) TIBCO Hawk
5 6 (0.72%) Data Guard
5 6 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.60%) Grafana
7 4 (0.48%) Control-M
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Nagios
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.12%) Foglight
10 1 (0.12%) Istio
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (9.87%) SAP
2 63 (7.58%) Microsoft
3 43 (5.17%) Workday
4 28 (3.37%) Citrix
5 23 (2.77%) Databricks
5 23 (2.77%) IBM
5 23 (2.77%) Informatica
6 16 (1.93%) Cerner
7 15 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.32%) Google
9 11 (1.32%) Lotus
10 10 (1.20%) VMware
11 9 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.08%) Kofax
11 9 (1.08%) Planview
11 9 (1.08%) Splunk
12 8 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.96%) Murex
12 8 (0.96%) TIBCO