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 6 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
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 34 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Oracle 958 752 910
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.38% 5.98% 5.14%
As % of the Vendors category 12.62% 13.17% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 512 588
10th Percentile £381 £385 £385
25th Percentile £415 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £738 £690
90th Percentile £759 £825 £775
England median daily rate £522 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.05% - -
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 £40.25 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +32.40% +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 7,592 5,710 7,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.63% 45.43% 40.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,006 3,753 4,948
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 93 138
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.97 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.79 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +22.62% -17.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £35.69
90th Percentile £76.67 £67.00 £58.63
England median hourly rate £31.25 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +15.21% +20.56% -43.75%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -7 125 £525 -2.33% 51
West London -11 20 £513 -14.58% 5
East London -5 8 £450 +8.43% 7
South London -15 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 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.30%) IIS
3 21 (2.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 17 (1.77%) Confluence
5 16 (1.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 14 (1.46%) HCL Notes
7 12 (1.25%) Mendix
8 10 (1.04%) Tomcat
8 10 (1.04%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.94%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.84%) nginx
11 3 (0.31%) Apache
11 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.21%) JBoss
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 44 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 60 (6.26%) Oracle Payables
2 58 (6.05%) Oracle EBS
3 52 (5.43%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (5.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 50 (5.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 26 (2.71%) Oracle General Ledger
6 25 (2.61%) Oracle EBS R12
7 24 (2.51%) Oracle Financials
8 20 (2.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 13 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
11 11 (1.15%) NetSuite
12 10 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
13 9 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
14 7 (0.73%) Findur
14 7 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
14 7 (0.73%) Oracle FAH
15 6 (0.63%) Summit
15 6 (0.63%) Workday HCM
16 5 (0.52%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 172 (17.95%) OCI
2 129 (13.47%) Azure
3 87 (9.08%) AWS
4 64 (6.68%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (4.49%) PaaS
7 30 (3.13%) GitHub
8 26 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (2.71%) SaaS
9 25 (2.61%) GCP
9 25 (2.61%) PowerApps
10 23 (2.40%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.40%) Serverless
11 22 (2.30%) IaaS
12 16 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.46%) Collibra
13 14 (1.46%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (1.25%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.25%) HTTP
1 12 (1.25%) Internet
2 6 (0.63%) FTP
3 4 (0.42%) Firewall
3 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.42%) WAN
4 3 (0.31%) DNS
4 3 (0.31%) NAS
4 3 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.21%) RFID
6 1 (0.10%) DSL
6 1 (0.10%) Intranet
6 1 (0.10%) IPsec
6 1 (0.10%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.10%) Multicast
6 1 (0.10%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.10%) SMTP
6 1 (0.10%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.10%) SSL
6 1 (0.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (16.49%) SQL Server
2 141 (14.72%) Oracle Database
3 69 (7.20%) Oracle Reports
4 60 (6.26%) Relational Database
5 47 (4.91%) Power BI
6 41 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (3.13%) Metadata
9 23 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (2.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 19 (1.98%) RDBMS
12 17 (1.77%) Electronic Patient Records
13 16 (1.67%) MySQL
14 15 (1.57%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.15%) DB2
16 10 (1.04%) BigQuery
16 10 (1.04%) DataStage
16 10 (1.04%) Oracle ODI
17 9 (0.94%) Data Lake
18 8 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 70 (7.31%) JIRA
2 33 (3.44%) Git
3 21 (2.19%) Postman
4 17 (1.77%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.67%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (1.15%) SoapUI
6 11 (1.15%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.04%) GitLab
7 10 (1.04%) JUnit
8 7 (0.73%) Maven
8 7 (0.73%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.63%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.63%) ERwin
9 6 (0.63%) Mockito
9 6 (0.63%) Selenium
10 5 (0.52%) Toad
11 4 (0.42%) Gradle
12 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.31%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 380 (39.67%) Finance
2 236 (24.63%) Social Skills
3 142 (14.82%) Banking
4 114 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.86%) Investment Banking
7 32 (3.34%) Financial Institution
7 32 (3.34%) General Ledger
8 29 (3.03%) Retail
9 26 (2.71%) Front Office
10 23 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.19%) Legal
12 17 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.67%) Retail Banking
14 15 (1.57%) Billing
15 14 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.36%) Back Office
16 13 (1.36%) Local Government
17 10 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 198 (20.67%) Developer
2 107 (11.17%) Lead
3 104 (10.86%) Consultant
4 101 (10.54%) Architect
5 92 (9.60%) Senior
6 81 (8.46%) Analyst
7 79 (8.25%) Oracle Consultant
8 55 (5.74%) C# Developer
9 45 (4.70%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.59%) Oracle Architect
11 41 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (3.76%) Oracle Developer
13 35 (3.65%) Oracle Specialist
14 31 (3.24%) Project Manager
15 30 (3.13%) Data Engineer
15 30 (3.13%) Integration Specialist
16 27 (2.82%) Cloud Specialist
16 27 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
16 27 (2.82%) Integration Engineer
17 25 (2.61%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (21.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 108 (11.27%) .NET
3 85 (8.87%) REST
4 59 (6.16%) SOAP
5 53 (5.53%) .NET Framework
5 53 (5.53%) XML
6 41 (4.28%) Middleware
6 41 (4.28%) Web Services
7 40 (4.18%) JSON
7 40 (4.18%) React
8 37 (3.86%) HTML
9 35 (3.65%) Kafka
10 28 (2.92%) CSS
11 24 (2.51%) OAuth
12 23 (2.40%) Spring
13 21 (2.19%) Spring Boot
14 20 (2.09%) XSLT
15 16 (1.67%) HTML5
15 16 (1.67%) RESTful
15 16 (1.67%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.43%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (2.92%) Data Structures
3 24 (2.51%) Public Cloud
4 20 (2.09%) Low-Code
5 19 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 18 (1.88%) Derivative
7 17 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.36%) Fixed Income
9 13 (1.36%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.15%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (8.77%) Linux
2 73 (7.62%) Windows
3 50 (5.22%) Unix
4 31 (3.24%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.04%) Solaris
7 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.63%) AIX
8 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Rocky
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (23.07%) ERP
2 196 (20.46%) Agile
3 165 (17.22%) Migration
4 140 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (13.47%) DevOps
6 116 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 104 (10.86%) Data Migration
8 102 (10.65%) User Acceptance Testing
9 97 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
9 97 (10.13%) CI/CD
10 96 (10.02%) Data Modelling
11 82 (8.56%) ETL
12 74 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 73 (7.62%) Validation
14 72 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 71 (7.41%) Change Management
16 63 (6.58%) AI
16 63 (6.58%) Data Analysis
17 61 (6.37%) Analytics
17 61 (6.37%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 313 (32.67%) SQL
2 143 (14.93%) PL/SQL
3 114 (11.90%) C#
4 105 (10.96%) Python
5 92 (9.60%) Java
6 56 (5.85%) T-SQL
7 52 (5.43%) JavaScript
8 32 (3.34%) Shell Script
9 22 (2.30%) C++
10 14 (1.46%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.36%) VB
11 13 (1.36%) VBA
12 12 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 11 (1.15%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.15%) LotusScript
14 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 9 (0.94%) Korn
16 8 (0.84%) Groovy
16 8 (0.84%) Ruby
17 5 (0.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 177 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 146 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.52%) Degree
4 18 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (1.67%) PMP
6 15 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.57%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.25%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.84%) ISTQB
8 8 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.73%) ACCA
10 5 (0.52%) CIMA
11 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.31%) ISEB
12 3 (0.31%) MBA
13 2 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.21%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.14%) QA
2 52 (5.43%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.77%) PMO
4 16 (1.67%) GDPR
5 12 (1.25%) IFRS
5 12 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.25%) SLA
6 11 (1.15%) GAAP
7 8 (0.84%) HL7
8 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.52%) Basel III
9 5 (0.52%) GxP
9 5 (0.52%) IFRS 9
9 5 (0.52%) NCSC
10 4 (0.42%) DICOM
10 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.42%) SEPA
11 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 27 (2.82%) Docker
2 12 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.31%) GridGain
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) RACF
7 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.92%) Terraform
3 12 (1.25%) Ansible
4 10 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.94%) Grafana
5 9 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.73%) Data Guard
7 6 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.42%) Control-M
8 4 (0.42%) Kibana
8 4 (0.42%) TIBCO Hawk
9 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.21%) Argo
10 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 2 (0.21%) Istio
11 1 (0.10%) CEMLI
11 1 (0.10%) Foglight
11 1 (0.10%) logstash
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 85 (8.87%) SAP
2 82 (8.56%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.59%) Workday
4 36 (3.76%) Citrix
5 31 (3.24%) Databricks
6 30 (3.13%) IBM
7 21 (2.19%) Informatica
7 21 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.77%) Google
8 17 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.46%) Cerner
9 14 (1.46%) Lotus
10 13 (1.36%) Murex
10 13 (1.36%) VMware
11 12 (1.25%) Kofax
12 10 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.04%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.73%) Infor
13 7 (0.73%) Talend
14 6 (0.63%) Sage