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 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,083 751 867
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.28% 5.61% 5.40%
As % of the Vendors category 12.28% 12.08% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 474 565
10th Percentile £400 £385 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £673
90th Percentile £736 £738 £756
England median daily rate £525 £513 £545
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.96% -3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £16.11 £44.38 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.89 £54.69 £16.09
Median hourly rate £42.25 £76.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -44.59% +253.91% -71.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £106.25 £26.38
90th Percentile £82.50 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -57.50%

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 8,820 6,218 6,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.02% 46.44% 43.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,753 4,040 4,416
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £650
90th Percentile £740 £745 £750
England median daily rate £519 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 120 73
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.40 £18.20
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% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62.75 £37.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.88 £90.15
England median hourly rate £25.28 £25.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.98% -28.46% -21.35%

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 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 16 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 16 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 0 136 £600 +26.32% 31
West London +12 59 £560 +169.88% 11
South London +4 19 £550 +33.74% 5
East London -8 3 £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 (3.32%) SAS
2 26 (2.40%) Confluence
3 23 (2.12%) SharePoint
4 22 (2.03%) IIS
5 19 (1.75%) Oracle Workflow
6 18 (1.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 14 (1.29%) WebLogic
8 12 (1.11%) Apache Spark
9 11 (1.02%) nginx
10 8 (0.74%) Apache
10 8 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
10 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.74%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.46%) Apache Solr
12 5 (0.46%) Appian
12 5 (0.46%) Camunda
12 5 (0.46%) Traefik
13 4 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.37%) JBoss
Applications
1 34 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.092%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 110 (10.16%) Oracle EBS
2 65 (6.00%) Oracle ERP
2 65 (6.00%) Oracle Payables
3 53 (4.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 51 (4.71%) Oracle General Ledger
5 37 (3.42%) Oracle Financials
6 28 (2.59%) NetSuite
7 26 (2.40%) Oracle Assets
8 24 (2.22%) Oracle EBS R12
9 22 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (1.11%) Oracle iProcurement
11 11 (1.02%) Oracle Payroll
12 10 (0.92%) Finacle
12 10 (0.92%) HFM
12 10 (0.92%) Oracle FAH
13 9 (0.83%) Oracle BPM
13 9 (0.83%) Workday HCM
14 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
14 8 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
Cloud Services
1 175 (16.16%) Azure
2 154 (14.22%) AWS
3 140 (12.93%) OCI
4 62 (5.72%) SaaS
5 53 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 51 (4.71%) GCP
7 39 (3.60%) GitHub
8 33 (3.05%) Amazon S3
9 30 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (2.31%) PaaS
11 21 (1.94%) AtomSphere
11 21 (1.94%) Boomi
12 20 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 20 (1.85%) OpenShift
13 19 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (1.75%) Snowflake
14 18 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.66%) Serverless
15 15 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.66%) Internet
2 16 (1.48%) DNS
3 7 (0.65%) BGP
3 7 (0.65%) Multicast
3 7 (0.65%) SSH
4 6 (0.55%) Firewall
4 6 (0.55%) HTTP
4 6 (0.55%) OSPF
5 5 (0.46%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.46%) Network Security
5 5 (0.46%) SSL
5 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.37%) DMZ
6 4 (0.37%) Unicast
7 3 (0.28%) VLAN
7 3 (0.28%) VPN
8 2 (0.18%) Intranet
8 2 (0.18%) RTP
9 1 (0.092%) RTCP
9 1 (0.092%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (14.68%) Oracle Database
2 144 (13.30%) SQL Server
3 64 (5.91%) Relational Database
4 62 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
5 60 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (4.34%) Oracle Reports
7 40 (3.69%) Power BI
8 31 (2.86%) Metadata
9 27 (2.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 25 (2.31%) MySQL
11 23 (2.12%) MongoDB
12 22 (2.03%) NoSQL
13 18 (1.66%) RDBMS
14 17 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.11%) Data Lake
15 12 (1.11%) Tableau
16 11 (1.02%) Oracle Exadata
16 11 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 10 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.92%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 76 (7.02%) Git
2 52 (4.80%) JIRA
3 48 (4.43%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.94%) Gradle
5 19 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (1.66%) GitLab
7 14 (1.29%) Selenium
8 13 (1.20%) JUnit
8 13 (1.20%) Maven
9 12 (1.11%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.83%) eggPlant
10 9 (0.83%) Postman
11 8 (0.74%) JMeter
11 8 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.65%) Mockito
13 6 (0.55%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.55%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.55%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.46%) JDeveloper
14 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 415 (38.32%) Finance
2 262 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 184 (16.99%) Banking
4 171 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (12.37%) Public Sector
6 41 (3.79%) General Ledger
7 34 (3.14%) Retail
8 33 (3.05%) Legal
9 32 (2.95%) Investment Banking
10 29 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.03%) Back Office
12 21 (1.94%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.57%) Front Office
14 14 (1.29%) Billing
14 14 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.29%) Military
15 13 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (18.37%) Developer
2 159 (14.68%) Consultant
3 145 (13.39%) Architect
4 135 (12.47%) Oracle Consultant
5 124 (11.45%) Senior
6 122 (11.27%) Lead
7 85 (7.85%) Analyst
8 63 (5.82%) Functional Consultant
8 63 (5.82%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 58 (5.36%) Java Developer
10 52 (4.80%) Data Engineer
11 46 (4.25%) Applications Support
12 43 (3.97%) Senior Developer
13 39 (3.60%) Business Analyst
14 38 (3.51%) Oracle Developer
14 38 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
15 37 (3.42%) Oracle Architect
16 36 (3.32%) C# Developer
17 27 (2.49%) Project Manager
18 23 (2.12%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (17.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 121 (11.17%) REST
3 107 (9.88%) .NET
4 71 (6.56%) Spring
5 65 (6.00%) SOAP
6 64 (5.91%) Kafka
6 64 (5.91%) XML
7 62 (5.72%) Terraform
8 60 (5.54%) Spring Boot
9 56 (5.17%) JSON
9 56 (5.17%) Middleware
10 42 (3.88%) Web Services
11 34 (3.14%) OAuth
12 32 (2.95%) React
13 29 (2.68%) .NET Framework
14 27 (2.49%) HTML
15 23 (2.12%) CSS
15 23 (2.12%) RESTful
16 21 (1.94%) OAuth2
17 19 (1.75%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.77%) Data Structures
6 29 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.49%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.40%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 16 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.39%) Replication
12 14 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (1.11%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.92%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (8.86%) Windows
2 90 (8.31%) Linux
3 60 (5.54%) Unix
4 44 (4.06%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.65%) Solaris
6 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.55%) VMS
8 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.37%) AIX
9 4 (0.37%) OpenVMS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.092%) Android
12 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.092%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (22.44%) Migration
2 209 (19.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 202 (18.65%) ERP
4 180 (16.62%) Agile
5 166 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (13.57%) CI/CD
7 137 (12.65%) User Acceptance Testing
8 134 (12.37%) DevOps
9 131 (12.10%) Data Migration
10 120 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 120 (11.08%) ETL
11 107 (9.88%) Data Modelling
12 100 (9.23%) AI
13 97 (8.96%) Analytics
14 95 (8.77%) Validation
15 89 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
16 83 (7.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 82 (7.57%) Data Integration
18 75 (6.93%) Change Management
19 71 (6.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 342 (31.58%) SQL
2 143 (13.20%) Java
3 132 (12.19%) Python
4 129 (11.91%) PL/SQL
5 97 (8.96%) C#
6 86 (7.94%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.89%) T-SQL
8 36 (3.32%) PowerShell
9 30 (2.77%) Bash
10 26 (2.40%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.94%) Groovy
12 17 (1.57%) TypeScript
13 12 (1.11%) Bicep
14 10 (0.92%) C++
14 10 (0.92%) VBA
15 9 (0.83%) VB
16 7 (0.65%) C
16 7 (0.65%) Korn
16 7 (0.65%) Ruby
17 6 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 258 (23.82%) Security Cleared
2 223 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 92 (8.49%) Degree
4 25 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.12%) ACCA
6 22 (2.03%) CIMA
7 21 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.02%) PMP
11 10 (0.92%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.92%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
12 8 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.65%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.46%) CISSP
14 5 (0.46%) ISEB
14 5 (0.46%) MBA
15 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (7.76%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.09%) QA
3 33 (3.05%) GRC
4 19 (1.75%) IFRS
5 18 (1.66%) PMO
6 17 (1.57%) GDPR
7 13 (1.20%) ISO 20022
8 11 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.83%) GAAP
10 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.74%) ISO 15022
10 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (0.55%) NCSC
12 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.37%) EMIR
12 4 (0.37%) MiFID
12 4 (0.37%) NIST
12 4 (0.37%) P3O
13 3 (0.28%) SLA
13 3 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 62 (5.72%) Docker
2 12 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.092%) Firmware
7 1 (0.092%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.092%) KVM
7 1 (0.092%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.23%) Grafana
3 32 (2.95%) Ansible
4 19 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.57%) Control-M
6 14 (1.29%) Argo
7 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
9 8 (0.74%) Data Guard
10 6 (0.55%) Istio
11 5 (0.46%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.46%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.46%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.37%) Kibana
13 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
14 2 (0.18%) Nagios
14 2 (0.18%) WSUS
15 1 (0.092%) SCOM
Vendors
1 136 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.60%) SAP
3 51 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 50 (4.62%) Databricks
5 49 (4.52%) IBM
6 36 (3.32%) Workday
7 33 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 27 (2.49%) Citrix
9 25 (2.31%) Google
10 21 (1.94%) Splunk
11 20 (1.85%) Informatica
12 18 (1.66%) VMware
13 16 (1.48%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.48%) Talend
14 13 (1.20%) Dynatrace
15 12 (1.11%) Hyperion
16 11 (1.02%) MuleSoft
16 11 (1.02%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.92%) CyberArk
18 9 (0.83%) UiPath