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 4 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
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 40 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,074 770 884
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.30% 5.70% 5.46%
As % of the Vendors category 12.44% 12.29% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 486 575
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £740 £770
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.19% -6.59% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile £17.36 £30.91 £13.18
25th Percentile £19.25 £44.38 £16.09
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.50 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +190.09% -71.08%
75th Percentile £54.50 £102.50 £26.38
90th Percentile £80.30 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -55.24%

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 8,632 6,263 7,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.60% 46.39% 43.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,609 4,073 4,461
10th Percentile £332 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 119 81
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% -28.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.00 £80.75
England median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +3 139 £600 +26.32% 114
West London +16 62 £560 +40.00% 20
South London +7 20 £550 +33.74% 15
East London -5 5 £450 -13.46% 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 (3.35%) SAS
2 25 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.23%) IIS
4 23 (2.14%) Confluence
5 20 (1.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 20 (1.86%) Oracle Workflow
6 13 (1.21%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.12%) nginx
8 8 (0.74%) Apache
8 8 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.74%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.65%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.47%) Appian
11 5 (0.47%) Camunda
12 4 (0.37%) JBoss
13 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 32 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 113 (10.52%) Oracle EBS
2 63 (5.87%) Oracle Payables
3 62 (5.77%) Oracle ERP
4 56 (5.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 48 (4.47%) Oracle General Ledger
6 34 (3.17%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.70%) NetSuite
8 25 (2.33%) Oracle EBS R12
9 24 (2.23%) Oracle Assets
10 20 (1.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 12 (1.12%) Finacle
11 12 (1.12%) Oracle iProcurement
12 10 (0.93%) HFM
12 10 (0.93%) Oracle FAH
12 10 (0.93%) Oracle Payroll
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
14 8 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 8 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (14.25%) Azure
2 142 (13.22%) AWS
3 133 (12.38%) OCI
4 58 (5.40%) SaaS
5 51 (4.75%) Power Platform
6 43 (4.00%) GCP
7 36 (3.35%) GitHub
8 31 (2.89%) Amazon S3
9 26 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (2.23%) PaaS
11 21 (1.96%) AtomSphere
11 21 (1.96%) Boomi
11 21 (1.96%) OpenShift
12 20 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (1.77%) Serverless
14 18 (1.68%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.49%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.30%) Internet
2 8 (0.74%) DNS
3 7 (0.65%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) SSH
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.47%) SSL
6 4 (0.37%) FTP
6 4 (0.37%) Network Security
6 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.19%) Intranet
7 2 (0.19%) RTP
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.19%) VPN
8 1 (0.093%) 3G
8 1 (0.093%) BGP
8 1 (0.093%) DSL
8 1 (0.093%) RTCP
8 1 (0.093%) SAN
8 1 (0.093%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (15.08%) Oracle Database
2 135 (12.57%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.77%) Relational Database
4 57 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
7 39 (3.63%) Power BI
8 31 (2.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 24 (2.23%) Metadata
10 23 (2.14%) MongoDB
10 23 (2.14%) RDBMS
11 21 (1.96%) NoSQL
12 20 (1.86%) MySQL
13 18 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.12%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.02%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
16 9 (0.84%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 74 (6.89%) Git
2 47 (4.38%) JIRA
3 46 (4.28%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
5 20 (1.86%) Gradle
6 18 (1.68%) GitLab
7 13 (1.21%) Selenium
8 12 (1.12%) JUnit
8 12 (1.12%) Maven
9 9 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.84%) eggPlant
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.74%) JMeter
11 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.56%) Mockito
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 407 (37.90%) Finance
2 258 (24.02%) Social Skills
3 174 (16.20%) Banking
4 164 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (11.73%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.35%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.26%) Retail
8 31 (2.89%) Legal
9 30 (2.79%) Investment Banking
10 28 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.42%) Back Office
12 25 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.86%) Front Office
14 17 (1.58%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.30%) Billing
16 14 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.12%) Local Government
17 12 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 196 (18.25%) Developer
2 169 (15.74%) Consultant
3 146 (13.59%) Architect
4 140 (13.04%) Oracle Consultant
5 117 (10.89%) Lead
6 115 (10.71%) Senior
7 84 (7.82%) Analyst
8 68 (6.33%) Functional Consultant
9 66 (6.15%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 55 (5.12%) Java Developer
11 46 (4.28%) Data Engineer
12 44 (4.10%) Applications Support
13 43 (4.00%) Oracle Architect
14 41 (3.82%) Senior Developer
15 40 (3.72%) Business Analyst
16 39 (3.63%) C# Developer
17 38 (3.54%) Oracle Developer
17 38 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (2.42%) Data Architect
18 26 (2.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (18.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 115 (10.71%) REST
3 102 (9.50%) .NET
4 65 (6.05%) Spring
4 65 (6.05%) XML
5 64 (5.96%) SOAP
6 63 (5.87%) Kafka
7 60 (5.59%) JSON
8 58 (5.40%) Terraform
9 54 (5.03%) Middleware
9 54 (5.03%) Spring Boot
10 38 (3.54%) Web Services
11 34 (3.17%) OAuth
12 33 (3.07%) .NET Framework
13 31 (2.89%) React
14 28 (2.61%) HTML
15 24 (2.23%) CSS
16 21 (1.96%) OAuth2
17 20 (1.86%) RESTful
18 19 (1.77%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (3.91%) Cloud Native
2 42 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.89%) Data Structures
6 23 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 21 (1.96%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.49%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (1.21%) Replication
12 12 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.74%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 99 (9.22%) Windows
2 90 (8.38%) Linux
3 61 (5.68%) Unix
4 43 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.65%) Solaris
6 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.093%) Android
12 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (23.18%) Migration
2 206 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 203 (18.90%) ERP
4 173 (16.11%) Agile
5 165 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (13.31%) CI/CD
7 142 (13.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 133 (12.38%) Data Migration
9 131 (12.20%) DevOps
10 120 (11.17%) ETL
11 113 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (9.68%) Data Modelling
13 96 (8.94%) Validation
14 91 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
15 87 (8.10%) Analytics
16 86 (8.01%) AI
17 85 (7.91%) Change Management
18 82 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 80 (7.45%) Data Integration
20 71 (6.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 329 (30.63%) SQL
2 140 (13.04%) PL/SQL
3 139 (12.94%) Java
4 120 (11.17%) Python
5 96 (8.94%) C#
6 85 (7.91%) JavaScript
7 60 (5.59%) T-SQL
8 36 (3.35%) PowerShell
9 29 (2.70%) Bash
10 28 (2.61%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.96%) Groovy
12 15 (1.40%) TypeScript
13 12 (1.12%) VBA
14 11 (1.02%) VB
15 10 (0.93%) C++
16 8 (0.74%) Bicep
16 8 (0.74%) Korn
17 7 (0.65%) C
17 7 (0.65%) Ruby
18 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 246 (22.91%) Security Cleared
2 213 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 88 (8.19%) Degree
4 25 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.14%) ACCA
6 22 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.96%) CIMA
8 17 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.93%) PMP
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.47%) CISSP
15 5 (0.47%) ISEB
15 5 (0.47%) MBA
16 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 67 (6.24%) QA
3 33 (3.07%) GRC
4 21 (1.96%) GDPR
5 19 (1.77%) IFRS
6 18 (1.68%) PMO
7 13 (1.21%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.93%) GAAP
10 8 (0.74%) ISO 15022
10 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.65%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.56%) NCSC
13 5 (0.47%) SLA
14 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.37%) EMIR
14 4 (0.37%) MiFID
14 4 (0.37%) NIST
14 4 (0.37%) P3O
15 3 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 57 (5.31%) Docker
2 12 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.093%) Firmware
7 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.093%) KVM
7 1 (0.093%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (4.93%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.98%) Grafana
3 28 (2.61%) Ansible
4 19 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.58%) Control-M
6 15 (1.40%) Argo
7 12 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
9 10 (0.93%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
10 5 (0.47%) Istio
10 5 (0.47%) Kibana
11 4 (0.37%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.093%) logstash
13 1 (0.093%) Puppet
13 1 (0.093%) SCOM
Vendors
1 119 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.68%) SAP
3 52 (4.84%) IBM
4 48 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 45 (4.19%) Databricks
6 35 (3.26%) Workday
7 31 (2.89%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.79%) Citrix
9 22 (2.05%) Google
10 20 (1.86%) Splunk
11 19 (1.77%) Informatica
12 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.49%) VMware
14 15 (1.40%) Talend
15 13 (1.21%) Hyperion
16 11 (1.02%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
17 10 (0.93%) Dynatrace
18 9 (0.84%) Infor
18 9 (0.84%) OpenAI