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 4 August 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
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,044 831 886
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.22% 6.10% 5.44%
As % of the Vendors category 12.43% 13.31% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 556 588
10th Percentile £403 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.63% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile £21.58 £22.08 -
25th Percentile £25.06 £24.47 £11.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £37.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% +200.00% -76.19%
75th Percentile £39.88 £60.63 £13.75
90th Percentile £48.65 £82.25 -
England median hourly rate £39.03 £37.50 £33.25
% change year-on-year +4.07% +12.78% -39.55%

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 8,398 6,245 6,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.98% 45.85% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,477 4,075 4,770
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £654 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £511 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 121 86
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.60 £22.50 £20.69
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £58.57 £43.75 £60.94
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.63
England median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +41.27% -13.28% -26.77%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -6 134 £600 +23.08% 42
West London +24 61 £550 +27.17% 16
South London -5 13 £575 +17.23% 8
East London -3 6 £450 +8.39% 6
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 32 (3.07%) SAS
2 24 (2.30%) IIS
3 23 (2.20%) Confluence
4 22 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 21 (2.01%) Oracle Workflow
6 17 (1.63%) nginx
7 12 (1.15%) Tomcat
8 10 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.77%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.77%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.48%) Appian
10 5 (0.48%) Camunda
10 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.38%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.38%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.29%) Apache
12 3 (0.29%) JBoss
12 3 (0.29%) Mendix
12 3 (0.29%) Mule
Applications
1 26 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 116 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
2 66 (6.32%) Oracle Payables
3 60 (5.75%) Oracle ERP
4 52 (4.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 34 (3.26%) Oracle Financials
6 32 (3.07%) Oracle General Ledger
7 31 (2.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 29 (2.78%) Oracle EBS R12
9 24 (2.30%) NetSuite
10 19 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (1.15%) Finacle
12 10 (0.96%) Findur
13 9 (0.86%) HFM
13 9 (0.86%) Oracle Applications
13 9 (0.86%) Oracle Cash Management
14 8 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.77%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 8 (0.77%) Oracle FAH
14 8 (0.77%) Oracle iProcurement
14 8 (0.77%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 147 (14.08%) OCI
2 128 (12.26%) Azure
3 109 (10.44%) AWS
4 54 (5.17%) SaaS
5 51 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 37 (3.54%) PaaS
7 32 (3.07%) GitHub
8 30 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (2.49%) GCP
10 23 (2.20%) Boomi
11 19 (1.82%) OpenShift
12 18 (1.72%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.72%) AtomSphere
13 17 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (1.53%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.44%) IaaS
15 15 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.15%) Internet
2 9 (0.86%) HTTP
3 7 (0.67%) DNS
4 6 (0.57%) SSH
5 5 (0.48%) Firewall
5 5 (0.48%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.48%) SSL
6 4 (0.38%) FTP
7 3 (0.29%) Intranet
7 3 (0.29%) NAS
7 3 (0.29%) SAN
7 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.29%) WAN
8 2 (0.19%) Network Security
8 2 (0.19%) RFID
8 2 (0.19%) VPN
9 1 (0.096%) 3G
9 1 (0.096%) DSL
9 1 (0.096%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 130 (12.45%) Oracle Database
3 73 (6.99%) Relational Database
4 67 (6.42%) Oracle Reports
5 45 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (3.26%) Power BI
8 29 (2.78%) Metadata
9 27 (2.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 24 (2.30%) RDBMS
11 21 (2.01%) MongoDB
12 18 (1.72%) MySQL
13 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.15%) Oracle ODI
15 11 (1.05%) Data Mart
15 11 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.96%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
18 8 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 62 (5.94%) Git
2 47 (4.50%) JIRA
3 38 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.20%) Oracle Forms
5 15 (1.44%) Gradle
6 11 (1.05%) GitLab
7 10 (0.96%) Maven
8 7 (0.67%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.67%) Selenium
9 6 (0.57%) Postman
9 6 (0.57%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.48%) JDeveloper
11 4 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.38%) JMeter
11 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.29%) JUnit
12 3 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 396 (37.93%) Finance
2 233 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 159 (15.23%) Banking
4 155 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 34 (3.26%) Retail
7 31 (2.97%) General Ledger
8 29 (2.78%) Investment Banking
9 28 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (2.68%) Legal
10 26 (2.49%) Back Office
10 26 (2.49%) Front Office
11 21 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 21 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (1.72%) Local Government
13 13 (1.25%) Billing
13 13 (1.25%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.05%) Marketing
15 9 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 188 (18.01%) Developer
2 157 (15.04%) Architect
3 141 (13.51%) Consultant
4 120 (11.49%) Lead
5 117 (11.21%) Oracle Consultant
6 93 (8.91%) Senior
7 89 (8.52%) Analyst
8 54 (5.17%) Oracle Architect
9 47 (4.50%) Java Developer
10 45 (4.31%) Functional Consultant
10 45 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
11 43 (4.12%) C# Developer
11 43 (4.12%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 42 (4.02%) Business Analyst
13 39 (3.74%) Oracle Developer
14 35 (3.35%) Project Manager
15 34 (3.26%) Data Engineer
16 31 (2.97%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.59%) Applications Support
18 23 (2.20%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (19.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 110 (10.54%) REST
3 88 (8.43%) .NET
4 57 (5.46%) XML
5 55 (5.27%) JSON
5 55 (5.27%) SOAP
6 51 (4.89%) Spring
7 42 (4.02%) .NET Framework
8 40 (3.83%) Middleware
9 39 (3.74%) Spring Boot
10 30 (2.87%) React
11 29 (2.78%) OAuth
12 28 (2.68%) Kafka
13 27 (2.59%) CSS
13 27 (2.59%) Web Services
14 24 (2.30%) HTML
15 20 (1.92%) RESTful
16 16 (1.53%) OAuth2
16 16 (1.53%) WinForms
17 15 (1.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.51%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (3.64%) Data Structures
3 37 (3.54%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 29 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 14 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.34%) Low-Code
11 13 (1.25%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
12 12 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.77%) Derivative
14 8 (0.77%) Fixed Income
14 8 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 87 (8.33%) Windows
2 81 (7.76%) Linux
3 46 (4.41%) Unix
4 35 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.15%) Solaris
7 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.38%) VMS
10 3 (0.29%) AIX
11 2 (0.19%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.19%) SUSE
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.096%) HPUX
12 1 (0.096%) Rocky
12 1 (0.096%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (21.07%) Migration
2 219 (20.98%) ERP
3 173 (16.57%) Agile
4 160 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 155 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
6 136 (13.03%) User Acceptance Testing
7 129 (12.36%) DevOps
8 124 (11.88%) Data Migration
9 116 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 115 (11.02%) Data Modelling
11 110 (10.54%) ETL
12 101 (9.67%) Analytics
13 95 (9.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 94 (9.00%) Validation
15 86 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 77 (7.38%) Change Management
18 72 (6.90%) Data Integration
19 71 (6.80%) Roadmaps
20 70 (6.70%) AI
Programming Languages
1 311 (29.79%) SQL
2 152 (14.56%) PL/SQL
3 122 (11.69%) Java
4 107 (10.25%) Python
5 89 (8.52%) C#
6 69 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 54 (5.17%) T-SQL
8 32 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 31 (2.97%) Shell Script
10 24 (2.30%) Groovy
11 20 (1.92%) Bash
12 17 (1.63%) C++
13 15 (1.44%) TypeScript
14 13 (1.25%) Ruby
15 11 (1.05%) VBA
16 10 (0.96%) Bicep
16 10 (0.96%) VB
17 6 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.48%) C
18 5 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 218 (20.88%) Security Cleared
2 184 (17.62%) SC Cleared
3 70 (6.70%) Degree
4 19 (1.82%) ACCA
4 19 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 17 (1.63%) CIMA
6 16 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (0.86%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.77%) PMP
11 6 (0.57%) CISSP
11 6 (0.57%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.48%) CISM
12 5 (0.48%) MBA
13 4 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.90%) QA
2 59 (5.65%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.16%) GRC
4 23 (2.20%) GDPR
5 18 (1.72%) PMO
6 16 (1.53%) IFRS
7 12 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.96%) GAAP
8 10 (0.96%) SLA
9 9 (0.86%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.57%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.57%) HL7
11 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.48%) ISO 15022
11 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.38%) GMP
12 4 (0.38%) GxP
12 4 (0.38%) NCSC
13 3 (0.29%) DICOM
13 3 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 44 (4.21%) Docker
2 16 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.29%) GridGain
8 1 (0.096%) Firmware
8 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.096%) NFS
8 1 (0.096%) RACF
8 1 (0.096%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.096%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 52 (4.98%) Terraform
2 38 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.11%) Ansible
4 17 (1.63%) Grafana
5 12 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
6 10 (0.96%) Argo
7 9 (0.86%) Control-M
8 8 (0.77%) Data Guard
8 8 (0.77%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.57%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.48%) Kibana
11 3 (0.29%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 3 (0.29%) Istio
12 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.096%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.096%) logstash
13 1 (0.096%) Nagios
13 1 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.096%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 94 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.33%) SAP
3 45 (4.31%) Salesforce
4 40 (3.83%) IBM
5 34 (3.26%) Citrix
6 33 (3.16%) Databricks
7 30 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.78%) Workday
9 18 (1.72%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.63%) Google
11 16 (1.53%) VMware
12 15 (1.44%) Informatica
12 15 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.44%) Splunk
12 15 (1.44%) Talend
13 12 (1.15%) Hyperion
14 11 (1.05%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.86%) Infor
15 9 (0.86%) Murex
16 8 (0.77%) Temenos