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 1 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
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 33 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Oracle 948 751 918
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.35% 5.99% 5.15%
As % of the Vendors category 12.47% 13.18% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 511 592
10th Percentile £375 £385 £387
25th Percentile £415 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £738 £700
90th Percentile £766 £825 £775
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
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 £41.43 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +36.27% +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 7,603 5,699 7,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.89% 45.43% 40.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,030 3,740 4,955
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% -2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 92 138
10th Percentile £18.35 £15.91 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.26 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +20.88% -21.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £51.20 £36.56
90th Percentile £69.63 £67.25 £64.13
England median hourly rate £30.63 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +12.90% +20.56% -44.10%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -10 121 £525 -4.55% 61
West London -8 18 £550 -8.33% 5
East London -5 8 £450 +8.43% 7
South London -17 8 £300 -56.36% 4
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 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 23 (2.43%) IIS
4 17 (1.79%) Confluence
4 17 (1.79%) Oracle Workflow
5 14 (1.48%) HCL Notes
6 13 (1.37%) WebSphere
7 12 (1.27%) Mendix
7 12 (1.27%) WebLogic
8 10 (1.05%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.84%) nginx
10 3 (0.32%) Apache
10 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 44 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 60 (6.33%) Oracle Payables
2 55 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
3 52 (5.49%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (5.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 49 (5.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 27 (2.85%) Oracle General Ledger
6 24 (2.53%) Oracle Financials
7 21 (2.22%) Oracle EBS R12
8 20 (2.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 14 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
11 11 (1.16%) NetSuite
12 10 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
13 9 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
14 7 (0.74%) BusinessWorks
14 7 (0.74%) Findur
14 7 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
14 7 (0.74%) Oracle FAH
15 6 (0.63%) Summit
15 6 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 173 (18.25%) OCI
2 126 (13.29%) Azure
3 91 (9.60%) AWS
4 61 (6.43%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (4.43%) PaaS
7 30 (3.16%) GitHub
8 27 (2.85%) SaaS
9 26 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (2.64%) PowerApps
11 24 (2.53%) GCP
11 24 (2.53%) Power Automate
12 23 (2.43%) Serverless
13 21 (2.22%) IaaS
14 16 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.48%) Collibra
15 14 (1.48%) Snowflake
16 13 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (1.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.37%) Internet
2 12 (1.27%) HTTP
3 6 (0.63%) FTP
4 5 (0.53%) Firewall
5 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.42%) WAN
6 3 (0.32%) NAS
6 3 (0.32%) SAN
7 2 (0.21%) DNS
7 2 (0.21%) RFID
8 1 (0.11%) DSL
8 1 (0.11%) Intranet
8 1 (0.11%) IPsec
8 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.11%) Multicast
8 1 (0.11%) SMTP
8 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.11%) SSL
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (16.77%) SQL Server
2 141 (14.87%) Oracle Database
3 70 (7.38%) Oracle Reports
4 61 (6.43%) Relational Database
5 44 (4.64%) Power BI
6 43 (4.54%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (3.16%) Metadata
9 21 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 19 (2.00%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
11 17 (1.79%) MySQL
12 15 (1.58%) DB2
12 15 (1.58%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.05%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.05%) Oracle ODI
14 9 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.84%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (7.59%) JIRA
2 34 (3.59%) Git
3 21 (2.22%) Postman
4 18 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.69%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (1.16%) SoapUI
6 11 (1.16%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.05%) JUnit
8 9 (0.95%) GitLab
9 7 (0.74%) Maven
9 7 (0.74%) Selenium
9 7 (0.74%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.63%) ERwin
10 6 (0.63%) Mockito
11 5 (0.53%) Toad
12 4 (0.42%) Gradle
12 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
13 3 (0.32%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.32%) CircleCI
General
1 376 (39.66%) Finance
2 233 (24.58%) Social Skills
3 139 (14.66%) Banking
4 107 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.90%) Investment Banking
7 32 (3.38%) Financial Institution
8 31 (3.27%) General Ledger
9 28 (2.95%) Retail
10 26 (2.74%) Front Office
11 23 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (2.11%) Legal
13 16 (1.69%) Local Government
13 16 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.69%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.58%) Billing
14 15 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Back Office
16 11 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 199 (20.99%) Developer
2 108 (11.39%) Lead
3 101 (10.65%) Consultant
4 100 (10.55%) Architect
5 89 (9.39%) Senior
6 79 (8.33%) Analyst
7 76 (8.02%) Oracle Consultant
8 56 (5.91%) C# Developer
9 46 (4.85%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.64%) Oracle Architect
11 42 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (3.69%) Oracle Developer
12 35 (3.69%) Oracle Specialist
13 30 (3.16%) Integration Specialist
13 30 (3.16%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.95%) Data Engineer
15 27 (2.85%) Cloud Specialist
16 26 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
16 26 (2.74%) Java Developer
17 25 (2.64%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (21.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 108 (11.39%) .NET
3 81 (8.54%) REST
4 62 (6.54%) SOAP
5 58 (6.12%) XML
6 54 (5.70%) .NET Framework
7 44 (4.64%) Web Services
8 42 (4.43%) JSON
9 41 (4.32%) React
10 40 (4.22%) Middleware
11 35 (3.69%) HTML
12 33 (3.48%) Kafka
13 27 (2.85%) CSS
14 24 (2.53%) Spring
15 23 (2.43%) OAuth
15 23 (2.43%) XSLT
16 22 (2.32%) Spring Boot
17 17 (1.79%) RESTful
17 17 (1.79%) WinForms
18 15 (1.58%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 26 (2.74%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 19 (2.00%) Low-Code
4 19 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.90%) Derivative
5 18 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.37%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (1.16%) Market Risk
10 11 (1.16%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.05%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (8.86%) Linux
2 75 (7.91%) Windows
3 51 (5.38%) Unix
4 31 (3.27%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.05%) Solaris
7 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.63%) AIX
8 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (23.42%) ERP
2 200 (21.10%) Agile
3 167 (17.62%) Migration
4 135 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (14.03%) DevOps
6 117 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 106 (11.18%) Data Migration
8 98 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
9 95 (10.02%) Business Intelligence
10 94 (9.92%) Data Modelling
11 93 (9.81%) CI/CD
12 80 (8.44%) ETL
13 74 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 74 (7.81%) Validation
14 71 (7.49%) Change Management
15 67 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (6.75%) Data Analysis
17 62 (6.54%) Analytics
18 61 (6.43%) Performance Tuning
19 60 (6.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 312 (32.91%) SQL
2 141 (14.87%) PL/SQL
3 112 (11.81%) C#
4 104 (10.97%) Python
5 94 (9.92%) Java
6 55 (5.80%) T-SQL
7 50 (5.27%) JavaScript
8 32 (3.38%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.32%) C++
10 14 (1.48%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.48%) VB
10 14 (1.48%) VBA
11 11 (1.16%) Formula Language
11 11 (1.16%) LotusScript
11 11 (1.16%) Perl
11 11 (1.16%) PowerShell
12 9 (0.95%) Korn
12 9 (0.95%) Ruby
13 8 (0.84%) Groovy
13 8 (0.84%) XPath
Qualifications
1 180 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 148 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.38%) Degree
4 17 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.69%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.58%) PMP
7 14 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.84%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.63%) ACCA
12 4 (0.42%) CIMA
13 3 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.32%) OCP
14 2 (0.21%) CISSP
14 2 (0.21%) ISEB
14 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (8.54%) QA
2 50 (5.27%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.79%) PMO
4 13 (1.37%) GDPR
4 13 (1.37%) IFRS
5 12 (1.27%) SLA
6 11 (1.16%) GAAP
6 11 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.84%) HL7
8 7 (0.74%) IFRS 9
8 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.53%) Basel III
9 5 (0.53%) GxP
9 5 (0.53%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.53%) NCSC
10 4 (0.42%) DICOM
10 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.42%) SEPA
11 3 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (2.95%) Docker
2 12 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.32%) GridGain
7 1 (0.11%) NFS
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.53%) Terraform
3 12 (1.27%) Ansible
4 10 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.95%) Grafana
5 9 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.74%) Data Guard
6 7 (0.74%) TIBCO Hawk
7 6 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.42%) Control-M
8 4 (0.42%) Kibana
9 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.21%) Argo
10 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.21%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.11%) Foglight
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 81 (8.54%) SAP
2 78 (8.23%) Microsoft
3 42 (4.43%) Workday
4 37 (3.90%) Citrix
5 33 (3.48%) IBM
6 27 (2.85%) Databricks
7 22 (2.32%) Informatica
8 21 (2.22%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.58%) Google
10 15 (1.58%) VMware
11 14 (1.48%) Cerner
11 14 (1.48%) Lotus
12 12 (1.27%) Kofax
12 12 (1.27%) Murex
13 10 (1.05%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.05%) Red Hat
14 8 (0.84%) TIBCO
15 7 (0.74%) BEA
15 7 (0.74%) Infor