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 23 May 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
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 35
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 962 733 896
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.28% 6.04% 5.15%
As % of the Vendors category 12.62% 13.22% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 488 585
10th Percentile £388 £385 £381
25th Percentile £416 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -2.61%
75th Percentile £665 £738 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £21.58 £21.99 -
25th Percentile £25.06 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.20% +14.21% -68.80%
75th Percentile £39.88 £26.04 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.65 £93.75 -
England median hourly rate £41.71 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +37.20% +16.92% -58.40%

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 7,625 5,546 7,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.85% 45.73% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,035 3,614 4,889
10th Percentile £350 £327 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -4.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 96 126
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.27 £16.90
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.26% +28.00% -13.46%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.81 £34.50
90th Percentile £78.55 £65.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -41.56%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -6 121 £550 +4.76% 66
West London -11 24 £550 -2.22% 6
East London -5 8 £450 +8.43% 5
South London -17 8 £300 -53.85% 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 30 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.29%) IIS
3 21 (2.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 17 (1.77%) Oracle Workflow
5 16 (1.66%) Confluence
6 13 (1.35%) HCL Notes
7 12 (1.25%) Mendix
8 11 (1.14%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.94%) nginx
9 9 (0.94%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.73%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.52%) Apache
12 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.31%) Appian
12 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
13 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.21%) Camunda
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 35 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 64 (6.65%) Oracle EBS
2 58 (6.03%) Oracle Payables
3 56 (5.82%) Oracle ERP
4 52 (5.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 49 (5.09%) Oracle Receivables
6 26 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
7 25 (2.60%) Oracle General Ledger
8 23 (2.39%) Oracle Financials
9 18 (1.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 15 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
11 11 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
11 11 (1.14%) NetSuite
12 10 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
12 10 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
13 8 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
14 7 (0.73%) Findur
15 6 (0.62%) iTrent
15 6 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
15 6 (0.62%) Summit
16 5 (0.52%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 166 (17.26%) OCI
2 125 (12.99%) Azure
3 89 (9.25%) AWS
4 61 (6.34%) Power Platform
5 54 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (4.47%) PaaS
7 34 (3.53%) GitHub
8 27 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.70%) SaaS
10 25 (2.60%) PowerApps
11 23 (2.39%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.29%) GCP
12 22 (2.29%) Serverless
13 21 (2.18%) IaaS
14 16 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.56%) Snowflake
16 14 (1.46%) Collibra
17 13 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
18 12 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.25%) Internet
2 9 (0.94%) HTTP
3 5 (0.52%) FTP
4 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.42%) WAN
5 3 (0.31%) DNS
5 3 (0.31%) Firewall
5 3 (0.31%) NAS
5 3 (0.31%) SAN
6 2 (0.21%) RFID
7 1 (0.10%) DSL
7 1 (0.10%) Intranet
7 1 (0.10%) IPsec
7 1 (0.10%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) SMTP
7 1 (0.10%) SSL
7 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 140 (14.55%) Oracle Database
3 63 (6.55%) Oracle Reports
4 56 (5.82%) Relational Database
5 43 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
6 42 (4.37%) Power BI
7 32 (3.33%) Metadata
8 24 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (1.87%) Electronic Patient Records
10 17 (1.77%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.77%) MySQL
11 14 (1.46%) RDBMS
12 13 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (1.35%) Oracle ODI
13 11 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.14%) DataStage
14 10 (1.04%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.94%) DB2
Development Applications
1 67 (6.96%) JIRA
2 31 (3.22%) Git
3 20 (2.08%) Postman
4 18 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
6 13 (1.35%) GitLab
7 10 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 9 (0.94%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.73%) Maven
10 6 (0.62%) ERwin
10 6 (0.62%) JUnit
10 6 (0.62%) Selenium
10 6 (0.62%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.42%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.42%) Gradle
11 4 (0.42%) Mockito
11 4 (0.42%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.31%) MSTest
12 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 370 (38.46%) Finance
2 217 (22.56%) Social Skills
3 145 (15.07%) Banking
4 115 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.85%) Investment Banking
7 32 (3.33%) Financial Institution
7 32 (3.33%) General Ledger
8 31 (3.22%) Retail
9 26 (2.70%) Front Office
10 23 (2.39%) Legal
11 20 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.66%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.46%) Billing
13 14 (1.46%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.35%) Back Office
14 13 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.35%) Local Government
14 13 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (18.61%) Developer
2 111 (11.54%) Lead
3 106 (11.02%) Consultant
4 105 (10.91%) Architect
5 94 (9.77%) Senior
6 78 (8.11%) Analyst
7 77 (8.00%) Oracle Consultant
8 52 (5.41%) C# Developer
9 46 (4.78%) Business Analyst
10 45 (4.68%) Oracle Architect
11 42 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (3.64%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.53%) Oracle Specialist
14 33 (3.43%) Project Manager
15 31 (3.22%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (3.12%) Oracle Developer
17 29 (3.01%) Integration Specialist
18 27 (2.81%) DBA
19 26 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
20 25 (2.60%) Cloud Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (21.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 104 (10.81%) .NET
3 86 (8.94%) REST
4 51 (5.30%) SOAP
5 50 (5.20%) .NET Framework
6 49 (5.09%) XML
7 42 (4.37%) JSON
8 40 (4.16%) Middleware
9 38 (3.95%) React
10 36 (3.74%) Web Services
11 35 (3.64%) HTML
12 30 (3.12%) Kafka
13 28 (2.91%) CSS
13 28 (2.91%) OAuth
14 26 (2.70%) Spring
15 22 (2.29%) Spring Boot
16 17 (1.77%) RESTful
16 17 (1.77%) XSLT
17 16 (1.66%) HTML5
17 16 (1.66%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
2 31 (3.22%) Data Structures
3 24 (2.49%) Public Cloud
4 23 (2.39%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.39%) Low-Code
5 19 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.87%) Derivative
7 17 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.77%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.46%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.14%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.04%) NHS
13 9 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 83 (8.63%) Linux
2 68 (7.07%) Windows
3 42 (4.37%) Unix
4 30 (3.12%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.14%) Solaris
7 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.31%) AIX
11 2 (0.21%) VMS
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Rocky
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (24.12%) ERP
2 190 (19.75%) Agile
3 168 (17.46%) Migration
4 138 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (13.62%) DevOps
6 121 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 104 (10.81%) Data Migration
8 103 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 101 (10.50%) Data Modelling
10 99 (10.29%) CI/CD
11 86 (8.94%) ETL
12 83 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
13 79 (8.21%) Validation
14 74 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 74 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (7.28%) Change Management
16 68 (7.07%) AI
17 65 (6.76%) Data Analysis
18 61 (6.34%) Performance Tuning
19 58 (6.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 307 (31.91%) SQL
2 135 (14.03%) PL/SQL
3 115 (11.95%) Python
4 108 (11.23%) C#
5 89 (9.25%) Java
6 55 (5.72%) JavaScript
6 55 (5.72%) T-SQL
7 28 (2.91%) Shell Script
8 21 (2.18%) C++
9 14 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.35%) VB
10 13 (1.35%) VBA
11 10 (1.04%) Formula Language
11 10 (1.04%) LotusScript
12 9 (0.94%) Groovy
12 9 (0.94%) Ruby
13 8 (0.83%) Bicep
14 6 (0.62%) Bash
15 5 (0.52%) Korn
Qualifications
1 177 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 147 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.11%) Degree
4 16 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.35%) PMP
7 11 (1.14%) ACCA
8 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (0.94%) CIMA
9 9 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.42%) MBA
12 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.31%) ISEB
13 2 (0.21%) CISSP
13 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.32%) QA
2 55 (5.72%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.77%) GDPR
4 14 (1.46%) PMO
5 13 (1.35%) IFRS
5 13 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.25%) SLA
7 11 (1.14%) GAAP
8 8 (0.83%) HL7
9 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.52%) Basel III
11 5 (0.52%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.52%) NCSC
12 4 (0.42%) DICOM
12 4 (0.42%) GxP
13 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 27 (2.81%) Docker
2 13 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.31%) GridGain
7 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) RACF
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (3.64%) Kubernetes
1 35 (3.64%) Terraform
2 12 (1.25%) Ansible
3 10 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
3 10 (1.04%) Prometheus
4 9 (0.94%) Grafana
5 7 (0.73%) Data Guard
5 7 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.52%) Kibana
7 4 (0.42%) Control-M
8 3 (0.31%) Argo
8 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.31%) Istio
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.21%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.10%) Foglight
10 1 (0.10%) logstash
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 90 (9.36%) SAP
2 82 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 43 (4.47%) Workday
4 35 (3.64%) Citrix
4 35 (3.64%) Databricks
5 30 (3.12%) IBM
6 23 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.29%) Informatica
8 17 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.56%) Cerner
9 15 (1.56%) Google
10 13 (1.35%) Lotus
10 13 (1.35%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.35%) Murex
11 12 (1.25%) Kofax
11 12 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.25%) Talend
12 9 (0.94%) VMware
13 8 (0.83%) OutSystems
14 7 (0.73%) Anaplan