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 January 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 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 36
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 824 730 940
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.67% 5.29% 5.09%
As % of the Vendors category 12.30% 12.09% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 480 628
10th Percentile £361 £380 £385
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 9
10th Percentile £86.50 £18.96 -
25th Percentile £88.75 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £97.50 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +337.81% -14.35% -58.40%
75th Percentile £106.25 £46.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £108.50 £93.75 £93.75
England median hourly rate £41.86 £30.40 £45.88
% change year-on-year +37.68% -33.74% -26.59%

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 6,700 6,040 7,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.14% 43.79% 40.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,400 3,725 5,088
10th Percentile £343 £313 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 69 144
10th Percentile £17.69 £21.45 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £17.95
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £42.75 £55.75 £46.85
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -7.69% +1.56%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +1 110 £525 -4.55% 28
West London -15 13 £208 -58.50% 3
East London -4 7 £495 +23.75% 1
South London -13 6 £300 -55.56% 10
North London - 1 £500 -
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 28 (3.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 25 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 17 (2.06%) IIS
5 15 (1.82%) Confluence
6 14 (1.70%) WebSphere
7 12 (1.46%) WebLogic
8 11 (1.33%) HCL Notes
9 9 (1.09%) Mendix
10 8 (0.97%) Apache
10 8 (0.97%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.24%) JBoss
12 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.24%) WildFly
Applications
1 55 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.97%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (7.16%) Oracle Payables
2 47 (5.70%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (5.34%) Oracle EBS
3 44 (5.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 43 (5.22%) Oracle General Ledger
5 32 (3.88%) Oracle Financials
6 30 (3.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 26 (3.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 23 (2.79%) Oracle EBS R12
9 22 (2.67%) Oracle Assets
10 18 (2.18%) Oracle Cash Management
11 12 (1.46%) Oracle FAH
12 10 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
12 10 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
13 8 (0.97%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 7 (0.85%) BusinessWorks
14 7 (0.85%) NetSuite
14 7 (0.85%) SAP HR
15 6 (0.73%) Workday HCM
16 4 (0.49%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 148 (17.96%) OCI
2 134 (16.26%) Azure
3 85 (10.32%) AWS
4 50 (6.07%) Power Platform
5 45 (5.46%) PaaS
6 42 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (4.85%) SaaS
8 35 (4.25%) GCP
9 20 (2.43%) GitHub
10 19 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (2.06%) IaaS
12 14 (1.70%) Serverless
13 13 (1.58%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.46%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.46%) Snowflake
15 10 (1.21%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.97%) Amazon S3
17 7 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.33%) Firewall
1 11 (1.33%) Internet
2 7 (0.85%) HTTP
3 4 (0.49%) SSL
4 3 (0.36%) DNS
4 3 (0.36%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.24%) FTP
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.24%) WAN
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) SMTP
6 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (16.87%) SQL Server
2 135 (16.38%) Oracle Database
3 69 (8.37%) Oracle Reports
4 49 (5.95%) Relational Database
5 48 (5.83%) Power BI
6 47 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (3.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 27 (3.28%) MySQL
10 22 (2.67%) MongoDB
11 18 (2.18%) Metadata
11 18 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
13 15 (1.82%) DB2
14 14 (1.70%) Oracle ODI
15 13 (1.58%) RDBMS
15 13 (1.58%) Tableau
16 9 (1.09%) BigQuery
17 8 (0.97%) DataStage
17 8 (0.97%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 66 (8.01%) JIRA
2 34 (4.13%) Git
3 26 (3.16%) Postman
4 20 (2.43%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.94%) JUnit
6 15 (1.82%) GitLab
6 15 (1.82%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (1.46%) Maven
7 12 (1.46%) SoapUI
8 10 (1.21%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.97%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.85%) ERwin
10 7 (0.85%) Gradle
10 7 (0.85%) Mockito
10 7 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
11 6 (0.73%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.61%) Selenium
12 5 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.61%) Toad
12 5 (0.61%) Zephyr
General
1 374 (45.39%) Finance
2 261 (31.67%) Social Skills
3 112 (13.59%) Banking
4 81 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (9.59%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.25%) Financial Institution
6 35 (4.25%) General Ledger
7 23 (2.79%) Retail
8 21 (2.55%) Investment Banking
9 20 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.18%) Front Office
11 16 (1.94%) Billing
12 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.21%) Legal
13 10 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.97%) Local Government
14 8 (0.97%) Marketing
14 8 (0.97%) Military
15 7 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 178 (21.60%) Developer
2 115 (13.96%) Consultant
3 93 (11.29%) Senior
4 89 (10.80%) Oracle Consultant
5 80 (9.71%) Analyst
6 72 (8.74%) Lead
7 59 (7.16%) Architect
8 43 (5.22%) C# Developer
9 41 (4.98%) Oracle Developer
10 37 (4.49%) Business Analyst
11 34 (4.13%) Oracle Specialist
12 28 (3.40%) Cloud Consultant
13 27 (3.28%) Cloud Specialist
13 27 (3.28%) Data Engineer
14 26 (3.16%) Integration Specialist
15 25 (3.03%) Oracle Architect
16 24 (2.91%) Java Developer
17 23 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
17 23 (2.79%) Oracle Functional Consultant
18 21 (2.55%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (22.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 77 (9.34%) .NET
3 73 (8.86%) REST
4 63 (7.65%) SOAP
5 55 (6.67%) XML
6 52 (6.31%) Kafka
7 47 (5.70%) Web Services
8 41 (4.98%) Middleware
9 40 (4.85%) .NET Framework
10 37 (4.49%) JSON
11 33 (4.00%) HTML
11 33 (4.00%) React
12 22 (2.67%) XSLT
13 21 (2.55%) CSS
13 21 (2.55%) Spring
14 19 (2.31%) WPF
15 17 (2.06%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.06%) OAuth
15 17 (2.06%) Spring Boot
16 16 (1.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (2.43%) Public Cloud
3 17 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.94%) Data Structures
5 15 (1.82%) Derivative
5 15 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.33%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.21%) Hedge funds
10 9 (1.09%) Reinsurance
11 8 (0.97%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.85%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.85%) NHS
12 7 (0.85%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.73%) Equity Derivative
13 6 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 95 (11.53%) Linux
2 78 (9.47%) Windows
3 75 (9.10%) Unix
4 20 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.61%) AIX
6 5 (0.61%) CentOS
6 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) Solaris
8 2 (0.24%) Android
8 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (23.79%) Agile
2 192 (23.30%) ERP
3 142 (17.23%) Migration
4 127 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
6 101 (12.26%) DevOps
7 88 (10.68%) Data Migration
8 80 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 74 (8.98%) CI/CD
10 69 (8.37%) ETL
11 64 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 62 (7.52%) User Acceptance Testing
13 59 (7.16%) Data Modelling
14 55 (6.67%) Data Analysis
15 54 (6.55%) SDLC
16 53 (6.43%) Analytics
16 53 (6.43%) Unit Testing
17 51 (6.19%) Change Management
18 50 (6.07%) Data Management
18 50 (6.07%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 311 (37.74%) SQL
2 124 (15.05%) PL/SQL
3 98 (11.89%) Java
3 98 (11.89%) Python
4 97 (11.77%) C#
5 50 (6.07%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.49%) T-SQL
7 29 (3.52%) Shell Script
8 27 (3.28%) C++
9 24 (2.91%) Perl
10 21 (2.55%) VBA
11 19 (2.31%) VB
12 17 (2.06%) Groovy
13 10 (1.21%) Bash
13 10 (1.21%) Formula Language
13 10 (1.21%) LotusScript
14 9 (1.09%) Korn
15 8 (0.97%) PowerShell
15 8 (0.97%) XPath
16 7 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 169 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 142 (17.23%) SC Cleared
3 80 (9.71%) Degree
4 24 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.82%) PMP
6 14 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
8 12 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.73%) ACCA
10 6 (0.73%) CIMA
11 5 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.49%) ISEB
12 4 (0.49%) OCP
13 3 (0.36%) APMG
13 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.24%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.28%) QA
2 42 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.55%) PMO
4 15 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (1.82%) SLA
5 14 (1.70%) IFRS
5 14 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.58%) GAAP
7 9 (1.09%) GDPR
7 9 (1.09%) NIST
8 7 (0.85%) COBIT
8 7 (0.85%) IFRS 17
8 7 (0.85%) IFRS 9
8 7 (0.85%) ITGC
8 7 (0.85%) SOX 404
9 5 (0.61%) Basel III
10 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.49%) NCSC
10 4 (0.49%) SEPA
11 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
System Software
1 33 (4.00%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) GridGain
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.58%) Terraform
3 12 (1.46%) Ansible
4 7 (0.85%) TIBCO Hawk
5 6 (0.73%) Data Guard
5 6 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.61%) Grafana
7 4 (0.49%) Control-M
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) Nagios
9 2 (0.24%) SCOM
10 1 (0.12%) Ambari
10 1 (0.12%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.12%) Foglight
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle ZFS
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (9.83%) SAP
2 64 (7.77%) Microsoft
3 42 (5.10%) Workday
4 29 (3.52%) Citrix
5 24 (2.91%) IBM
6 23 (2.79%) Informatica
7 22 (2.67%) Databricks
8 16 (1.94%) Cerner
9 15 (1.82%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.46%) Google
10 12 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.33%) Lotus
12 10 (1.21%) VMware
13 9 (1.09%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.09%) Kofax
13 9 (1.09%) Murex
13 9 (1.09%) Planview
13 9 (1.09%) Splunk
13 9 (1.09%) TIBCO
14 7 (0.85%) MuleSoft