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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 38 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,096 778 896
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.43% 5.79% 5.55%
As % of the Vendors category 12.68% 12.54% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 502 578
10th Percentile £404 £375 £363
25th Percentile £438 £409 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £684
90th Percentile £737 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £22.40 £30.91 £13.18
25th Percentile £27.13 £44.38 £16.09
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.50 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +190.09% -64.53%
75th Percentile £44.75 £102.50 £26.38
90th Percentile £50.60 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £34.55
% change year-on-year +11.23% +8.55% -41.04%

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 8,646 6,204 7,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.83% 46.19% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,621 4,017 4,543
10th Percentile £336 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.65% -4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 120 78
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.00 £26.30 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +40.68% -14.60% -17.88%
75th Percentile £64.69 £38.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £83.88 £63.88 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £33.25
% change year-on-year +19.28% -24.36% -22.22%

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 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -2 139 £600 +29.03% 114
West London +16 60 £550 +34.97% 51
South London +7 19 £575 +39.82% 8
East London -3 7 £460 +10.80% 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 36 (3.28%) SAS
2 32 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.19%) IIS
4 21 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 20 (1.82%) Confluence
5 20 (1.82%) Oracle Workflow
6 14 (1.28%) nginx
7 12 (1.09%) WebLogic
8 10 (0.91%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.91%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.73%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.55%) Apache
10 6 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.55%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.46%) Appian
11 5 (0.46%) Camunda
12 4 (0.36%) JBoss
13 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.27%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 33 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.091%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 118 (10.77%) Oracle EBS
2 66 (6.02%) Oracle Payables
3 65 (5.93%) Oracle ERP
4 54 (4.93%) Oracle Receivables
5 43 (3.92%) Oracle General Ledger
6 33 (3.01%) Oracle Financials
7 30 (2.74%) Oracle EBS R12
8 26 (2.37%) NetSuite
9 23 (2.10%) Oracle Assets
9 23 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (1.09%) Finacle
11 11 (1.00%) Oracle iProcurement
11 11 (1.00%) Oracle Payroll
12 10 (0.91%) HFM
12 10 (0.91%) Oracle Applications
12 10 (0.91%) Oracle FAH
13 8 (0.73%) FLEXCUBE
13 8 (0.73%) iTrent
13 8 (0.73%) Oracle BPM
13 8 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 148 (13.50%) Azure
2 138 (12.59%) OCI
3 136 (12.41%) AWS
4 58 (5.29%) Power Platform
5 57 (5.20%) SaaS
6 45 (4.11%) GCP
7 37 (3.38%) GitHub
8 30 (2.74%) PaaS
9 27 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.28%) Amazon S3
11 24 (2.19%) OpenShift
12 21 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.82%) AtomSphere
13 20 (1.82%) Boomi
14 19 (1.73%) Serverless
15 16 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (1.46%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.46%) Power Automate
16 15 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.28%) Internet
2 9 (0.82%) DNS
2 9 (0.82%) HTTP
3 7 (0.64%) SSH
4 6 (0.55%) Firewall
5 5 (0.46%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.46%) SSL
5 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.36%) FTP
7 3 (0.27%) Network Security
7 3 (0.27%) VPN
8 2 (0.18%) Intranet
8 2 (0.18%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.18%) Multicast
8 2 (0.18%) RFID
8 2 (0.18%) RTP
8 2 (0.18%) VLAN
9 1 (0.091%) RTCP
9 1 (0.091%) SAN
9 1 (0.091%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (14.14%) Oracle Database
2 135 (12.32%) SQL Server
3 69 (6.30%) Relational Database
4 61 (5.57%) Oracle Reports
5 60 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (3.83%) Power BI
8 30 (2.74%) Metadata
9 29 (2.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 24 (2.19%) RDBMS
11 23 (2.10%) MongoDB
12 21 (1.92%) MySQL
13 19 (1.73%) NoSQL
14 18 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.09%) Data Lake
15 12 (1.09%) Oracle ODI
16 10 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.91%) Oracle Exadata
17 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 8 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (6.66%) Git
2 49 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 45 (4.11%) JIRA
4 25 (2.28%) Oracle Forms
5 19 (1.73%) Gradle
6 17 (1.55%) GitLab
7 14 (1.28%) Selenium
8 13 (1.19%) Maven
9 9 (0.82%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.82%) eggPlant
9 9 (0.82%) JUnit
9 9 (0.82%) Postman
10 8 (0.73%) JMeter
11 7 (0.64%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.55%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.55%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.46%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.46%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.36%) Eclipse
General
1 423 (38.59%) Finance
2 264 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 178 (16.24%) Banking
4 165 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (11.13%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.38%) Retail
7 35 (3.19%) General Ledger
8 32 (2.92%) Legal
9 31 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 30 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.37%) Front Office
12 25 (2.28%) Back Office
13 23 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.64%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.19%) Billing
16 13 (1.19%) Local Government
16 13 (1.19%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 196 (17.88%) Developer
2 168 (15.33%) Consultant
3 155 (14.14%) Architect
4 142 (12.96%) Oracle Consultant
5 129 (11.77%) Lead
6 110 (10.04%) Senior
7 85 (7.76%) Analyst
8 66 (6.02%) Functional Consultant
9 64 (5.84%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 57 (5.20%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.56%) Oracle Architect
12 42 (3.83%) Data Engineer
13 41 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (3.65%) Business Analyst
15 38 (3.47%) Senior Developer
16 37 (3.38%) Applications Support
16 37 (3.38%) Oracle Developer
17 36 (3.28%) C# Developer
18 35 (3.19%) Project Manager
19 25 (2.28%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (17.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 112 (10.22%) REST
3 98 (8.94%) .NET
4 66 (6.02%) Spring
4 66 (6.02%) XML
5 61 (5.57%) SOAP
6 60 (5.47%) JSON
7 59 (5.38%) Terraform
8 58 (5.29%) Kafka
9 55 (5.02%) Spring Boot
10 52 (4.74%) Middleware
11 35 (3.19%) .NET Framework
12 34 (3.10%) Web Services
13 32 (2.92%) React
14 31 (2.83%) OAuth
15 28 (2.55%) HTML
16 24 (2.19%) CSS
17 23 (2.10%) RESTful
18 20 (1.82%) OAuth2
19 17 (1.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.20%) Legacy Systems
2 40 (3.65%) Cloud Native
2 40 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.10%) Data Structures
4 32 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 21 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (1.19%) Replication
14 12 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.09%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.91%) Fixed Income
16 9 (0.82%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 96 (8.76%) Windows
2 93 (8.49%) Linux
3 64 (5.84%) Unix
4 38 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.91%) Solaris
7 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.46%) VMS
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.27%) AIX
10 3 (0.27%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.18%) SUSE
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.091%) CentOS
12 1 (0.091%) HPUX
12 1 (0.091%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (21.72%) Migration
2 212 (19.34%) ERP
3 199 (18.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 190 (17.34%) Agile
5 168 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (13.32%) CI/CD
6 146 (13.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 143 (13.05%) DevOps
8 127 (11.59%) Data Migration
9 124 (11.31%) Data Modelling
10 120 (10.95%) ETL
11 112 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 100 (9.12%) Validation
13 98 (8.94%) Analytics
14 90 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (7.94%) Change Management
17 83 (7.57%) AI
18 79 (7.21%) Data Integration
19 77 (7.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 335 (30.57%) SQL
2 154 (14.05%) PL/SQL
3 144 (13.14%) Java
4 119 (10.86%) Python
5 91 (8.30%) C#
6 82 (7.48%) JavaScript
7 58 (5.29%) T-SQL
8 38 (3.47%) PowerShell
9 32 (2.92%) Shell Script
10 24 (2.19%) Bash
11 20 (1.82%) Groovy
12 15 (1.37%) TypeScript
13 13 (1.19%) C++
14 12 (1.09%) VBA
15 11 (1.00%) Ruby
15 11 (1.00%) VB
16 9 (0.82%) Bicep
17 7 (0.64%) C
17 7 (0.64%) Korn
18 6 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 247 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 213 (19.43%) SC Cleared
3 88 (8.03%) Degree
4 24 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.10%) ACCA
6 21 (1.92%) CIMA
7 18 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
10 11 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.00%) PMP
11 10 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.55%) CISSP
12 6 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.46%) CISM
13 5 (0.46%) ISEB
14 4 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.48%) Data Quality
2 70 (6.39%) QA
3 33 (3.01%) GRC
4 22 (2.01%) GDPR
5 21 (1.92%) PMO
6 18 (1.64%) IFRS
7 14 (1.28%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.91%) GAAP
10 8 (0.73%) ISO 15022
11 7 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.64%) SLA
12 5 (0.46%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.46%) NCSC
13 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.36%) EMIR
13 4 (0.36%) GxP
13 4 (0.36%) MiFID
13 4 (0.36%) P3O
14 3 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 55 (5.02%) Docker
2 14 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.27%) GridGain
8 1 (0.091%) Firmware
8 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.091%) NFS
8 1 (0.091%) RACF
8 1 (0.091%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.74%) Ansible
3 27 (2.46%) Grafana
4 17 (1.55%) Prometheus
5 16 (1.46%) Control-M
6 14 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
7 12 (1.09%) Argo
8 10 (0.91%) Data Guard
9 9 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.55%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.46%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.46%) Kibana
12 4 (0.36%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.27%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
13 3 (0.27%) Istio
14 2 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.18%) WSUS
15 1 (0.091%) logstash
15 1 (0.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 120 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 100 (9.12%) SAP
3 52 (4.74%) IBM
4 46 (4.20%) Salesforce
5 42 (3.83%) Databricks
6 32 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.83%) Citrix
8 29 (2.65%) Workday
9 24 (2.19%) Google
10 21 (1.92%) Splunk
11 18 (1.64%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.64%) VMware
12 17 (1.55%) Informatica
13 14 (1.28%) Talend
14 13 (1.19%) Hyperion
15 11 (1.00%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.91%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.91%) Dynatrace
17 8 (0.73%) Anaplan
17 8 (0.73%) Infor