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 26 March 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
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 877 730 930
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.26% 5.77% 5.14%
As % of the Vendors category 11.93% 12.77% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 507 614
10th Percentile £368 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.07% -
75th Percentile £675 £709 £699
90th Percentile £750 £818 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £21.85 -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% -14.35% -58.40%
75th Percentile - £42.97 £26.50
90th Percentile - £93.75 £93.75
England median hourly rate £38.56 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year -7.54% +60.38% -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 7,351 5,715 7,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.08% 45.19% 40.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,848 3,731 4,959
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 84 141
10th Percentile £18.02 £18.69 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.87 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +22.00% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.39 £71.88 £83.25
England median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -31.48%

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 26 March 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
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 26 March 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 -11 110 £538 -2.27% 52
West London -11 15 £341 -39.60% 9
East London -7 5 £439 -1.84% 4
South London -26 5 £300 -55.56% 5
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 27 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 18 (2.05%) IIS
4 17 (1.94%) Confluence
5 15 (1.71%) Oracle Workflow
6 14 (1.60%) WebSphere
7 12 (1.37%) HCL Notes
8 11 (1.25%) WebLogic
9 10 (1.14%) Mendix
10 7 (0.80%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.57%) nginx
12 4 (0.46%) Apache
13 3 (0.34%) Oracle Service Bus
14 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
14 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.23%) JBoss
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 43 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 57 (6.50%) Oracle Payables
2 48 (5.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 43 (4.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 42 (4.79%) Oracle EBS
4 42 (4.79%) Oracle ERP
5 27 (3.08%) Oracle General Ledger
6 24 (2.74%) Oracle Financials
7 19 (2.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 14 (1.60%) Oracle EBS R12
9 13 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
10 11 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
11 9 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
12 7 (0.80%) BusinessWorks
12 7 (0.80%) NetSuite
12 7 (0.80%) Oracle FAH
12 7 (0.80%) SAP HR
13 6 (0.68%) Findur
13 6 (0.68%) Workday HCM
14 5 (0.57%) Loan IQ
14 5 (0.57%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 171 (19.50%) OCI
2 135 (15.39%) Azure
3 95 (10.83%) AWS
4 60 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (5.47%) Power Platform
6 41 (4.68%) PaaS
7 28 (3.19%) GCP
7 28 (3.19%) GitHub
8 27 (3.08%) SaaS
9 23 (2.62%) IaaS
9 23 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.05%) Serverless
11 17 (1.94%) PowerApps
12 14 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.60%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.37%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.37%) Collibra
15 9 (1.03%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.25%) Internet
2 7 (0.80%) Firewall
2 7 (0.80%) HTTP
3 4 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.46%) WAN
4 2 (0.23%) DNS
4 2 (0.23%) FTP
4 2 (0.23%) NAS
4 2 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.11%) Multicast
5 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.11%) RFID
5 1 (0.11%) SMTP
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (17.67%) SQL Server
2 126 (14.37%) Oracle Database
3 66 (7.53%) Oracle Reports
4 56 (6.39%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (4.56%) Power BI
7 39 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (3.53%) Metadata
9 25 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (2.74%) MySQL
11 19 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 18 (2.05%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
14 16 (1.82%) DB2
15 14 (1.60%) RDBMS
16 11 (1.25%) BigQuery
16 11 (1.25%) Oracle ODI
17 10 (1.14%) Tableau
18 8 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (0.91%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (8.21%) JIRA
2 39 (4.45%) Git
3 25 (2.85%) Postman
4 22 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.48%) JUnit
5 13 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (1.37%) SoapUI
7 11 (1.25%) GitLab
7 11 (1.25%) Visual Studio
8 10 (1.14%) Maven
9 8 (0.91%) ERwin
10 6 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.68%) Mockito
10 6 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.68%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.57%) Gradle
11 5 (0.57%) Selenium
11 5 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.57%) Toad
General
1 367 (41.85%) Finance
2 232 (26.45%) Social Skills
3 133 (15.17%) Banking
4 100 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (10.15%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.76%) Investment Banking
7 32 (3.65%) Financial Institution
7 32 (3.65%) General Ledger
8 27 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (2.96%) Retail
10 20 (2.28%) Front Office
11 15 (1.71%) Legal
11 15 (1.71%) Local Government
11 15 (1.71%) Retail Banking
12 13 (1.48%) Billing
12 13 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.14%) Military
14 9 (1.03%) Marketing
14 9 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 173 (19.73%) Developer
2 95 (10.83%) Consultant
3 94 (10.72%) Lead
3 94 (10.72%) Senior
4 84 (9.58%) Architect
5 83 (9.46%) Analyst
6 73 (8.32%) Oracle Consultant
7 50 (5.70%) C# Developer
8 45 (5.13%) Business Analyst
9 35 (3.99%) Oracle Specialist
9 35 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.88%) Oracle Architect
11 30 (3.42%) Oracle Developer
12 28 (3.19%) Cloud Specialist
12 28 (3.19%) Integration Specialist
13 27 (3.08%) Data Engineer
14 26 (2.96%) Cloud Consultant
15 25 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
16 24 (2.74%) Project Manager
17 23 (2.62%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (21.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 101 (11.52%) .NET
3 67 (7.64%) REST
4 60 (6.84%) XML
5 57 (6.50%) SOAP
6 50 (5.70%) .NET Framework
7 46 (5.25%) Web Services
8 40 (4.56%) Kafka
9 38 (4.33%) JSON
9 38 (4.33%) Middleware
9 38 (4.33%) React
10 28 (3.19%) HTML
11 23 (2.62%) XSLT
12 21 (2.39%) Spring
13 18 (2.05%) OAuth
13 18 (2.05%) Spring Boot
14 17 (1.94%) CSS
14 17 (1.94%) RESTful
15 15 (1.71%) WinForms
16 13 (1.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
2 24 (2.74%) Public Cloud
3 23 (2.62%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.82%) Derivative
7 14 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.25%) Fixed Income
9 11 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.25%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.14%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.14%) NHS
10 10 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 91 (10.38%) Linux
2 71 (8.10%) Windows
3 58 (6.61%) Unix
4 27 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.68%) AIX
6 6 (0.68%) Solaris
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Rocky
9 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.69%) ERP
2 196 (22.35%) Agile
3 152 (17.33%) Migration
4 133 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (14.25%) DevOps
6 101 (11.52%) Data Migration
7 97 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 93 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
9 88 (10.03%) Data Modelling
10 86 (9.81%) CI/CD
11 83 (9.46%) User Acceptance Testing
12 79 (9.01%) ETL
12 79 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 73 (8.32%) Validation
14 65 (7.41%) Analytics
14 65 (7.41%) Data Analysis
15 64 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (6.96%) Unit Testing
17 60 (6.84%) AI
18 58 (6.61%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 305 (34.78%) SQL
2 120 (13.68%) PL/SQL
3 109 (12.43%) C#
4 102 (11.63%) Python
5 93 (10.60%) Java
6 45 (5.13%) T-SQL
7 39 (4.45%) JavaScript
8 26 (2.96%) Shell Script
9 23 (2.62%) C++
10 17 (1.94%) Perl
11 12 (1.37%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.37%) VB
11 12 (1.37%) VBA
12 11 (1.25%) Formula Language
12 11 (1.25%) Groovy
12 11 (1.25%) LotusScript
13 9 (1.03%) Korn
13 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.91%) Ruby
14 8 (0.91%) XPath
Qualifications
1 177 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 141 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 76 (8.67%) Degree
4 21 (2.39%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.60%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.60%) PMP
8 12 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
12 7 (0.80%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.34%) MBA
13 3 (0.34%) OCP
14 2 (0.23%) CIMA
14 2 (0.23%) GPEN
14 2 (0.23%) OSCP
14 2 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.44%) QA
2 49 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.05%) PMO
4 15 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.37%) IFRS
6 12 (1.37%) SLA
7 10 (1.14%) GAAP
8 9 (1.03%) NIST
9 8 (0.91%) GDPR
9 8 (0.91%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.80%) COBIT
10 7 (0.80%) HL7
10 7 (0.80%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.80%) ITGC
10 7 (0.80%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.57%) Basel III
11 5 (0.57%) GxP
11 5 (0.57%) NCSC
11 5 (0.57%) SEPA
System Software
1 28 (3.19%) Docker
2 11 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.34%) GridGain
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.51%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) Ansible
3 7 (0.80%) Prometheus
3 7 (0.80%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (0.68%) Grafana
5 4 (0.46%) Control-M
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) Argo
7 2 (0.23%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.23%) Istio
8 1 (0.11%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.11%) Foglight
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (8.67%) SAP
2 67 (7.64%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.68%) Workday
4 32 (3.65%) Citrix
4 32 (3.65%) IBM
5 27 (3.08%) Informatica
6 24 (2.74%) Databricks
7 22 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.60%) Cerner
9 13 (1.48%) Google
10 12 (1.37%) Lotus
10 12 (1.37%) Murex
11 11 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.14%) Kofax
12 10 (1.14%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.14%) VMware
13 9 (1.03%) Talend
13 9 (1.03%) TIBCO
14 8 (0.91%) Sybase
15 7 (0.80%) BEA