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 26 August 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
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 35 37
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,073 785 887
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.34% 5.87% 5.46%
As % of the Vendors category 12.53% 12.73% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 677 519 566
10th Percentile £404 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £683 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £761
England median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £22.40 £22.29 £13.18
25th Percentile £27.13 £25.26 £16.09
Median hourly rate £35.00 £46.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +114.67% -64.09%
75th Percentile £44.75 £71.56 £26.38
90th Percentile £50.60 £99.50 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.00 £37.50 £30.59
% change year-on-year +9.33% +22.59% -47.79%

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 8,565 6,166 7,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.66% 46.10% 43.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,582 3,994 4,680
10th Percentile £345 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -4.46%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.35% -4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 127 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £18.13
25th Percentile £20.63 £22.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -6.90% -24.67%
75th Percentile £63.25 £39.38 £61.39
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £76.13
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.39
% change year-on-year +27.24% -14.41% -29.19%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -2 140 £600 +26.32% 40
West London +24 62 £550 +32.53% 59
South London +2 16 £600 +22.32% 4
East London -3 6 £450 +8.39% 2
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 35 (3.26%) SAS
2 31 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.24%) IIS
4 20 (1.86%) Confluence
4 20 (1.86%) Oracle Workflow
5 16 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (1.30%) nginx
7 10 (0.93%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.84%) WebLogic
8 9 (0.84%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.75%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.56%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.47%) Appian
11 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.37%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.28%) Apache
13 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.28%) JBoss
Applications
1 30 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 116 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
2 65 (6.06%) Oracle Payables
3 64 (5.96%) Oracle ERP
4 52 (4.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 39 (3.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 32 (2.98%) Oracle Financials
7 31 (2.89%) Oracle EBS R12
8 30 (2.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 24 (2.24%) NetSuite
10 22 (2.05%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (1.12%) Finacle
12 11 (1.03%) Oracle Payroll
13 9 (0.84%) HFM
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle iProcurement
14 8 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 143 (13.33%) Azure
1 143 (13.33%) OCI
2 129 (12.02%) AWS
3 57 (5.31%) SaaS
4 55 (5.13%) Power Platform
5 41 (3.82%) GCP
6 36 (3.36%) GitHub
7 34 (3.17%) PaaS
8 30 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.05%) OpenShift
10 21 (1.96%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.86%) Boomi
12 19 (1.77%) AtomSphere
13 18 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (1.58%) Serverless
15 15 (1.40%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.40%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (1.21%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.21%) Internet
2 9 (0.84%) DNS
2 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 6 (0.56%) SSH
4 5 (0.47%) Firewall
4 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.47%) SSL
4 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) FTP
6 3 (0.28%) Intranet
6 3 (0.28%) Network Security
6 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) WAN
7 2 (0.19%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) NAS
7 2 (0.19%) RFID
7 2 (0.19%) SAN
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (13.42%) Oracle Database
2 135 (12.58%) SQL Server
3 70 (6.52%) Relational Database
4 62 (5.78%) Oracle Reports
5 57 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (3.63%) Power BI
8 34 (3.17%) Metadata
9 30 (2.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 25 (2.33%) RDBMS
11 22 (2.05%) MongoDB
12 19 (1.77%) MySQL
13 16 (1.49%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.12%) Data Lake
15 12 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
16 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 9 (0.84%) Data Mart
17 9 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
18 8 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 72 (6.71%) Git
2 44 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.01%) JIRA
4 24 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (1.49%) Gradle
6 15 (1.40%) Selenium
7 14 (1.30%) GitLab
8 11 (1.03%) Maven
9 9 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.84%) JMeter
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.75%) eggPlant
11 7 (0.65%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.65%) JUnit
11 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.56%) SoapUI
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
14 4 (0.37%) ERwin
General
1 409 (38.12%) Finance
2 249 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 167 (15.56%) Banking
4 165 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.36%) Retail
7 34 (3.17%) General Ledger
8 30 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.70%) Legal
10 27 (2.52%) Front Office
11 25 (2.33%) Back Office
12 19 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 19 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.49%) Local Government
14 13 (1.21%) Billing
14 13 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.93%) Marketing
17 9 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 199 (18.55%) Developer
2 160 (14.91%) Consultant
3 156 (14.54%) Architect
4 136 (12.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 132 (12.30%) Lead
6 107 (9.97%) Senior
7 82 (7.64%) Analyst
8 61 (5.68%) Functional Consultant
9 59 (5.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 55 (5.13%) Java Developer
11 51 (4.75%) Oracle Architect
12 41 (3.82%) C# Developer
12 41 (3.82%) Oracle Developer
13 39 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 38 (3.54%) Business Analyst
14 38 (3.54%) Data Engineer
15 37 (3.45%) Senior Developer
16 35 (3.26%) Project Manager
17 29 (2.70%) Applications Support
18 24 (2.24%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (18.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 115 (10.72%) REST
3 92 (8.57%) .NET
4 67 (6.24%) XML
5 61 (5.68%) SOAP
6 60 (5.59%) Spring
7 58 (5.41%) JSON
8 56 (5.22%) Terraform
9 50 (4.66%) Kafka
9 50 (4.66%) Middleware
10 48 (4.47%) Spring Boot
11 39 (3.63%) .NET Framework
12 33 (3.08%) Web Services
13 31 (2.89%) HTML
13 31 (2.89%) OAuth
14 30 (2.80%) React
15 27 (2.52%) CSS
16 23 (2.14%) RESTful
17 19 (1.77%) OAuth2
18 16 (1.49%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.96%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.26%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 31 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 20 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.58%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.12%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.93%) Replication
14 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.84%) Fixed Income
16 8 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.85%) Linux
2 89 (8.29%) Windows
3 60 (5.59%) Unix
4 34 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.84%) Solaris
7 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) SUSE
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
12 1 (0.093%) HPUX
12 1 (0.093%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (21.81%) Migration
2 216 (20.13%) ERP
3 187 (17.43%) Agile
4 181 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 165 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (13.98%) User Acceptance Testing
7 139 (12.95%) DevOps
8 138 (12.86%) CI/CD
9 132 (12.30%) Data Migration
10 120 (11.18%) Data Modelling
11 118 (11.00%) ETL
12 103 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 98 (9.13%) Validation
14 95 (8.85%) Analytics
15 89 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
16 87 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 83 (7.74%) Change Management
18 76 (7.08%) AI
18 76 (7.08%) Data Integration
18 76 (7.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 329 (30.66%) SQL
2 155 (14.45%) PL/SQL
3 144 (13.42%) Java
4 122 (11.37%) Python
5 86 (8.01%) C#
6 80 (7.46%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.94%) T-SQL
8 35 (3.26%) PowerShell
8 35 (3.26%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.05%) Bash
10 21 (1.96%) Groovy
11 16 (1.49%) C++
12 15 (1.40%) TypeScript
13 13 (1.21%) Ruby
14 11 (1.03%) VBA
15 10 (0.93%) VB
16 9 (0.84%) Bicep
17 6 (0.56%) C
17 6 (0.56%) Korn
17 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 237 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 199 (18.55%) SC Cleared
3 84 (7.83%) Degree
4 22 (2.05%) ACCA
5 20 (1.86%) CIMA
5 20 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.86%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.30%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.03%) ISTQB
7 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
8 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.75%) PMP
10 6 (0.56%) CISSP
11 5 (0.47%) CISM
11 5 (0.47%) ISEB
11 5 (0.47%) MBA
12 4 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.71%) QA
2 64 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.08%) GRC
4 22 (2.05%) GDPR
5 19 (1.77%) PMO
6 18 (1.68%) IFRS
7 13 (1.21%) ISO 20022
8 12 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.93%) GAAP
9 10 (0.93%) SLA
10 7 (0.65%) ISO 15022
11 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.37%) GxP
13 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 3 (0.28%) P3O
15 2 (0.19%) COREP
15 2 (0.19%) EMIR
15 2 (0.19%) FINREP
System Software
1 45 (4.19%) Docker
2 17 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.28%) GridGain
8 1 (0.093%) Firmware
8 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.093%) NFS
8 1 (0.093%) RACF
8 1 (0.093%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.61%) Ansible
3 23 (2.14%) Grafana
4 16 (1.49%) Control-M
5 14 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 11 (1.03%) Argo
8 8 (0.75%) Data Guard
8 8 (0.75%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.28%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 3 (0.28%) Istio
12 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.093%) CA Wily
13 1 (0.093%) logstash
Vendors
1 111 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.67%) SAP
3 52 (4.85%) IBM
4 42 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.63%) Databricks
6 33 (3.08%) Citrix
7 31 (2.89%) ServiceNow
8 27 (2.52%) Workday
9 24 (2.24%) Google
10 20 (1.86%) Splunk
11 18 (1.68%) Informatica
11 18 (1.68%) VMware
12 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.30%) Talend
14 12 (1.12%) Hyperion
15 11 (1.03%) CyberArk
15 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.93%) Dynatrace
17 9 (0.84%) HP
18 8 (0.75%) Anaplan