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 5 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
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 40 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,066 762 882
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.29% 5.68% 5.45%
As % of the Vendors category 12.40% 12.24% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 482 574
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -7.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £740 £770
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -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 8,594 6,224 7,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.64% 46.42% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,588 4,047 4,456
10th Percentile £331 £325 £314
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -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 141 118 80
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.42
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.15 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% -26.57% -14.38%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.44 £65.01
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £81.93
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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +2 137 £600 +26.32% 114
West London +18 62 £560 +40.00% 18
South London +6 20 £550 +33.74% 15
East London -7 5 £450 -13.46% 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 36 (3.38%) SAS
2 24 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.16%) Confluence
3 23 (2.16%) IIS
4 20 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 20 (1.88%) Oracle Workflow
5 13 (1.22%) WebLogic
6 12 (1.13%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.13%) nginx
7 8 (0.75%) Apache
7 8 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.75%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.66%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.47%) Appian
10 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 4 (0.38%) JBoss
12 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 31 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 113 (10.60%) Oracle EBS
2 63 (5.91%) Oracle Payables
3 61 (5.72%) Oracle ERP
4 56 (5.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 48 (4.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 34 (3.19%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.72%) NetSuite
8 25 (2.35%) Oracle EBS R12
9 24 (2.25%) Oracle Assets
10 20 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 12 (1.13%) Finacle
11 12 (1.13%) Oracle iProcurement
12 10 (0.94%) HFM
12 10 (0.94%) Oracle FAH
12 10 (0.94%) Oracle Payroll
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
14 8 (0.75%) iTrent
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 8 (0.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (14.35%) Azure
2 142 (13.32%) AWS
3 130 (12.20%) OCI
4 58 (5.44%) SaaS
5 50 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 43 (4.03%) GCP
7 36 (3.38%) GitHub
8 31 (2.91%) Amazon S3
9 26 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (2.06%) PaaS
12 21 (1.97%) AtomSphere
12 21 (1.97%) Boomi
12 21 (1.97%) OpenShift
13 20 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (1.69%) Snowflake
15 17 (1.59%) Serverless
16 16 (1.50%) Entra ID
17 15 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
18 14 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.22%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) DNS
3 7 (0.66%) HTTP
3 7 (0.66%) SSH
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.47%) SSL
6 4 (0.38%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.19%) FTP
7 2 (0.19%) Intranet
7 2 (0.19%) RTP
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.19%) VPN
8 1 (0.094%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.094%) RFID
8 1 (0.094%) SAN
8 1 (0.094%) VoIP
8 1 (0.094%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.094%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (15.10%) Oracle Database
2 133 (12.48%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.82%) Relational Database
4 57 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
7 39 (3.66%) Power BI
8 29 (2.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 23 (2.16%) Metadata
9 23 (2.16%) MongoDB
9 23 (2.16%) RDBMS
10 21 (1.97%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.88%) MySQL
12 18 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.13%) Oracle Exadata
14 11 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
15 9 (0.84%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 74 (6.94%) Git
2 46 (4.32%) Jenkins
2 46 (4.32%) JIRA
3 21 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
4 20 (1.88%) Gradle
5 18 (1.69%) GitLab
6 13 (1.22%) Selenium
7 12 (1.13%) JUnit
7 12 (1.13%) Maven
8 9 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.84%) eggPlant
8 9 (0.84%) Postman
9 8 (0.75%) JMeter
10 7 (0.66%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.56%) Mockito
11 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.47%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 404 (37.90%) Finance
2 258 (24.20%) Social Skills
3 173 (16.23%) Banking
4 164 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (11.82%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.38%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.28%) Retail
8 30 (2.81%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.72%) Legal
10 28 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.44%) Back Office
12 25 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.88%) Front Office
14 18 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.31%) Billing
16 14 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.13%) Local Government
17 12 (1.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 195 (18.29%) Developer
2 168 (15.76%) Consultant
3 144 (13.51%) Architect
4 140 (13.13%) Oracle Consultant
5 116 (10.88%) Lead
6 115 (10.79%) Senior
7 83 (7.79%) Analyst
8 68 (6.38%) Functional Consultant
9 66 (6.19%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 55 (5.16%) Java Developer
11 46 (4.32%) Data Engineer
12 45 (4.22%) Applications Support
13 42 (3.94%) Oracle Architect
14 41 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 39 (3.66%) Business Analyst
16 38 (3.56%) C# Developer
16 38 (3.56%) Oracle Developer
17 36 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
18 26 (2.44%) Data Architect
18 26 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (18.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 113 (10.60%) REST
3 102 (9.57%) .NET
4 65 (6.10%) Spring
4 65 (6.10%) XML
5 63 (5.91%) Kafka
6 62 (5.82%) SOAP
7 60 (5.63%) JSON
8 58 (5.44%) Terraform
9 54 (5.07%) Middleware
9 54 (5.07%) Spring Boot
10 38 (3.56%) Web Services
11 34 (3.19%) OAuth
12 32 (3.00%) .NET Framework
13 31 (2.91%) React
14 28 (2.63%) HTML
15 24 (2.25%) CSS
16 21 (1.97%) OAuth2
17 20 (1.88%) RESTful
18 18 (1.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (3.94%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.81%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 21 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.50%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
12 13 (1.22%) Replication
13 12 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.03%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 98 (9.19%) Windows
2 90 (8.44%) Linux
3 61 (5.72%) Unix
4 43 (4.03%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.66%) Solaris
6 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.094%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.094%) HPUX
12 1 (0.094%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (23.26%) Migration
2 205 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 199 (18.67%) ERP
4 170 (15.95%) Agile
5 166 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (13.23%) CI/CD
7 140 (13.13%) User Acceptance Testing
8 132 (12.38%) Data Migration
9 129 (12.10%) DevOps
10 120 (11.26%) ETL
11 112 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 101 (9.47%) Data Modelling
13 94 (8.82%) Validation
14 89 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
15 87 (8.16%) AI
16 85 (7.97%) Analytics
17 81 (7.60%) Change Management
17 81 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 78 (7.32%) Data Integration
19 69 (6.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 327 (30.68%) SQL
2 139 (13.04%) Java
3 138 (12.95%) PL/SQL
4 120 (11.26%) Python
5 96 (9.01%) C#
6 84 (7.88%) JavaScript
7 58 (5.44%) T-SQL
8 36 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 29 (2.72%) Bash
10 28 (2.63%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.97%) Groovy
12 15 (1.41%) TypeScript
13 11 (1.03%) VBA
14 10 (0.94%) C++
14 10 (0.94%) VB
15 8 (0.75%) Bicep
15 8 (0.75%) Korn
16 7 (0.66%) C
16 7 (0.66%) Ruby
17 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 245 (22.98%) Security Cleared
2 212 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 88 (8.26%) Degree
4 25 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.16%) ACCA
6 22 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.97%) CIMA
8 17 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.94%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.94%) PMP
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.75%) 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 (0.38%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.66%) Data Quality
2 65 (6.10%) QA
3 33 (3.10%) GRC
4 19 (1.78%) GDPR
4 19 (1.78%) IFRS
5 18 (1.69%) PMO
6 13 (1.22%) ISO 20022
7 11 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.94%) GAAP
9 8 (0.75%) ISO 15022
9 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.56%) NCSC
12 5 (0.47%) SLA
13 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.38%) EMIR
13 4 (0.38%) MiFID
13 4 (0.38%) NIST
13 4 (0.38%) P3O
14 3 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 57 (5.35%) Docker
2 12 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
7 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.094%) KVM
7 1 (0.094%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.00%) Grafana
3 28 (2.63%) Ansible
4 19 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.59%) Control-M
6 15 (1.41%) Argo
7 11 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
8 10 (0.94%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Istio
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.38%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
12 1 (0.094%) Nagios
12 1 (0.094%) Puppet
12 1 (0.094%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.76%) SAP
3 51 (4.78%) IBM
4 48 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 45 (4.22%) Databricks
6 35 (3.28%) Workday
7 31 (2.91%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.72%) Citrix
9 22 (2.06%) Google
10 20 (1.88%) Splunk
11 19 (1.78%) Informatica
12 17 (1.59%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.50%) VMware
14 15 (1.41%) Talend
15 13 (1.22%) Hyperion
16 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.94%) CyberArk
17 10 (0.94%) Dynatrace
18 9 (0.84%) Infor
18 9 (0.84%) OpenAI