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 16 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
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 34 36
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 825 740 952
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.41% 5.49% 5.15%
As % of the Vendors category 11.99% 12.45% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 493 626
10th Percentile £363 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.97% -3.54%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.00 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £105.00 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +371.49% -14.35% -58.40%
75th Percentile £110.00 £75.88 £26.50
90th Percentile - £93.75 £93.75
England median hourly rate £49.68 £53.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +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 6,880 5,945 7,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.13% 44.13% 40.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,524 3,672 5,075
10th Percentile £350 £313 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -0.64% -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 73 144
10th Percentile £18.02 £21.50 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £17.59
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.50 £43.88
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.89 £28.25
% change year-on-year -22.87% +9.35% -15.67%

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 16 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
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 16 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 -6 102 £525 -1.87% 30
West London -15 14 £208 -61.03% 12
East London -3 7 £495 +10.61% 8
South London -19 6 £300 -55.56% 7
North London - 1 £500 - 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 28 (3.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 24 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.30%) IIS
4 17 (2.06%) Confluence
4 17 (2.06%) Oracle Workflow
5 13 (1.58%) WebSphere
6 12 (1.45%) WebLogic
7 11 (1.33%) HCL Notes
8 9 (1.09%) Mendix
9 8 (0.97%) Apache
9 8 (0.97%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.36%) nginx
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.24%) JBoss
11 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 53 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.85%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (6.91%) Oracle Payables
2 48 (5.82%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (5.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 35 (4.24%) Oracle EBS
4 35 (4.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 32 (3.88%) Oracle General Ledger
6 26 (3.15%) Oracle Financials
7 24 (2.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 16 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
9 14 (1.70%) Oracle Assets
10 11 (1.33%) Oracle FAH
11 10 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
12 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
13 7 (0.85%) BusinessWorks
13 7 (0.85%) SAP HR
14 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
14 6 (0.73%) Workday HCM
15 5 (0.61%) Loan IQ
15 5 (0.61%) Oracle E-Business Tax
16 4 (0.48%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.03%) OCI
2 130 (15.76%) Azure
3 89 (10.79%) AWS
4 51 (6.18%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (4.73%) PaaS
7 33 (4.00%) GCP
8 30 (3.64%) SaaS
9 22 (2.67%) GitHub
10 18 (2.18%) IaaS
11 17 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.58%) Serverless
12 13 (1.58%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.21%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.97%) Collibra
15 8 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.58%) Internet
2 9 (1.09%) Firewall
3 8 (0.97%) HTTP
4 4 (0.48%) DNS
4 4 (0.48%) SSL
5 2 (0.24%) FTP
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.24%) WAN
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.12%) RFID
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) SMTP
6 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (17.94%) SQL Server
2 140 (16.97%) Oracle Database
3 62 (7.52%) Oracle Reports
4 49 (5.94%) Power BI
5 48 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (5.70%) Relational Database
7 35 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (2.91%) MySQL
9 22 (2.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 21 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (2.42%) Metadata
12 19 (2.30%) MongoDB
13 16 (1.94%) DB2
13 16 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
14 13 (1.58%) RDBMS
15 12 (1.45%) Tableau
16 10 (1.21%) Oracle ODI
17 9 (1.09%) BigQuery
18 8 (0.97%) DataStage
19 7 (0.85%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 70 (8.48%) JIRA
2 32 (3.88%) Git
3 28 (3.39%) Postman
4 21 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.82%) JUnit
6 12 (1.45%) GitLab
7 11 (1.33%) Maven
7 11 (1.33%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (1.33%) SoapUI
7 11 (1.33%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.85%) ERwin
8 7 (0.85%) Gradle
8 7 (0.85%) Mockito
9 6 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.61%) Toad
11 4 (0.48%) Ant
11 4 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 368 (44.61%) Finance
2 243 (29.45%) Social Skills
3 116 (14.06%) Banking
4 86 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.36%) Financial Institution
7 31 (3.76%) General Ledger
8 26 (3.15%) Investment Banking
9 24 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (2.79%) Retail
11 20 (2.42%) Billing
12 18 (2.18%) Front Office
13 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.33%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.21%) Legal
15 9 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.09%) Military
15 9 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.97%) Local Government
16 8 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 179 (21.70%) Developer
2 99 (12.00%) Consultant
2 99 (12.00%) Senior
3 89 (10.79%) Analyst
4 74 (8.97%) Oracle Consultant
5 70 (8.48%) Lead
6 62 (7.52%) Architect
7 49 (5.94%) C# Developer
8 42 (5.09%) Business Analyst
9 41 (4.97%) Oracle Specialist
10 34 (4.12%) Oracle Developer
11 31 (3.76%) Cloud Specialist
11 31 (3.76%) Integration Specialist
12 28 (3.39%) Cloud Consultant
13 26 (3.15%) Data Engineer
14 25 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.91%) Java Developer
15 24 (2.91%) Oracle Analyst
15 24 (2.91%) Oracle Architect
16 22 (2.67%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (21.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (10.55%) .NET
3 77 (9.33%) REST
4 68 (8.24%) SOAP
5 59 (7.15%) XML
6 50 (6.06%) Kafka
6 50 (6.06%) Web Services
7 45 (5.45%) .NET Framework
8 41 (4.97%) Middleware
9 40 (4.85%) JSON
10 35 (4.24%) React
11 33 (4.00%) HTML
12 24 (2.91%) XSLT
13 21 (2.55%) Spring
14 20 (2.42%) CSS
15 19 (2.30%) WPF
16 17 (2.06%) OAuth
16 17 (2.06%) Spring Boot
17 16 (1.94%) AngularJS
17 16 (1.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (2.42%) Public Cloud
3 16 (1.94%) Derivative
3 16 (1.94%) Onboarding
4 14 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (1.58%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.45%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.45%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.21%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.21%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.09%) Product Ownership
9 8 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (0.97%) Hedge funds
9 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.85%) Market Risk
10 7 (0.85%) NHS
10 7 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (11.88%) Linux
2 75 (9.09%) Windows
3 74 (8.97%) Unix
4 21 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.61%) AIX
7 5 (0.61%) CentOS
7 5 (0.61%) Solaris
8 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.24%) Android
9 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (22.79%) Agile
2 185 (22.42%) ERP
3 146 (17.70%) Migration
4 130 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (12.48%) Business Intelligence
6 102 (12.36%) DevOps
7 90 (10.91%) Data Migration
8 79 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 74 (8.97%) CI/CD
10 69 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 67 (8.12%) ETL
12 65 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 61 (7.39%) Data Analysis
13 61 (7.39%) Data Modelling
14 57 (6.91%) Unit Testing
15 54 (6.55%) Analytics
16 53 (6.42%) Validation
17 52 (6.30%) Decision-Making
18 46 (5.58%) Change Management
18 46 (5.58%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 306 (37.09%) SQL
2 122 (14.79%) PL/SQL
3 106 (12.85%) C#
4 99 (12.00%) Java
5 97 (11.76%) Python
6 47 (5.70%) JavaScript
7 41 (4.97%) T-SQL
8 28 (3.39%) Shell Script
9 27 (3.27%) C++
10 23 (2.79%) Perl
11 21 (2.55%) VBA
12 19 (2.30%) VB
13 18 (2.18%) Groovy
14 10 (1.21%) Bash
14 10 (1.21%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.21%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.09%) TypeScript
16 8 (0.97%) Korn
16 8 (0.97%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.97%) XPath
Qualifications
1 166 (20.12%) Security Cleared
2 136 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 78 (9.45%) Degree
4 24 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.18%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.82%) PMP
7 14 (1.70%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.45%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.48%) ACCA
12 4 (0.48%) CIMA
12 4 (0.48%) ISEB
12 4 (0.48%) OCP
13 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.24%) MBA
13 2 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.03%) QA
2 41 (4.97%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.42%) PMO
4 15 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.58%) SLA
6 12 (1.45%) IFRS
7 11 (1.33%) GAAP
8 9 (1.09%) NIST
9 7 (0.85%) COBIT
9 7 (0.85%) IFRS 17
9 7 (0.85%) IFRS 9
9 7 (0.85%) ITGC
9 7 (0.85%) SOX 404
10 6 (0.73%) GDPR
11 5 (0.61%) Basel III
11 5 (0.61%) NCSC
11 5 (0.61%) SEPA
12 4 (0.48%) EMIR
12 4 (0.48%) MiFID
System Software
1 32 (3.88%) Docker
2 12 (1.45%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.48%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.24%) GridGain
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.06%) Terraform
3 11 (1.33%) Ansible
4 8 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (0.85%) TIBCO Hawk
6 6 (0.73%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.73%) 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%) Ambari
10 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.12%) Foglight
10 1 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (9.21%) SAP
2 62 (7.52%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.61%) Workday
4 30 (3.64%) Citrix
5 27 (3.27%) IBM
6 23 (2.79%) Databricks
7 22 (2.67%) Informatica
8 16 (1.94%) Cerner
9 15 (1.82%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.45%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.33%) Google
11 11 (1.33%) Lotus
11 11 (1.33%) Murex
11 11 (1.33%) VMware
12 9 (1.09%) Kofax
13 8 (0.97%) Planview
13 8 (0.97%) TIBCO
14 7 (0.85%) BEA
14 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.85%) Splunk