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 3 months leading up to 10 February 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.

3 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 491 334 470
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.06% 5.80% 5.05%
As % of the Vendors category 13.61% 12.88% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 214 297
10th Percentile £361 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £563 £594
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.30% +1.11%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £22.27 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.21% -68.80%
75th Percentile - £75.88 £26.50
90th Percentile - £93.75 -
England median hourly rate £72.06 £55.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% +111.54% -59.22%

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 3,608 2,594 3,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.52% 45.08% 40.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,430 1,709 2,528
10th Percentile £350 £325 £275
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 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 43 74
10th Percentile £20.16 £21.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.89 £14.85
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +48.72% -18.12%
75th Percentile £47.75 £49.97 £27.06
90th Percentile £67.70 £72.50 £41.25
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -20.58% +39.53% -36.76%

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 3 months to 10 February 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 3 months to 10 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -2 65 £550 - 27
West London -18 4 £475 -13.64% 7
East London -5 3 £416 +4.00% 1
South London -10 3 £300 -58.62% 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 28 (3.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 24 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.18%) IIS
4 17 (2.06%) Oracle Workflow
5 16 (1.94%) Confluence
6 13 (1.57%) WebSphere
7 11 (1.33%) HCL Notes
7 11 (1.33%) WebLogic
8 9 (1.09%) Mendix
9 8 (0.97%) Apache
10 6 (0.73%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 52 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.97%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 58 (7.02%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (5.93%) Oracle ERP
3 47 (5.69%) Oracle Receivables
4 37 (4.48%) Oracle EBS
5 36 (4.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 36 (4.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 28 (3.39%) Oracle Financials
7 24 (2.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 17 (2.06%) Oracle Assets
8 17 (2.06%) Oracle EBS R12
9 14 (1.69%) Oracle Cash Management
10 11 (1.33%) Oracle FAH
11 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
12 7 (0.85%) BusinessWorks
12 7 (0.85%) SAP HR
13 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
13 6 (0.73%) Workday HCM
14 5 (0.61%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 4 (0.48%) Loan IQ
15 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 154 (18.64%) OCI
2 131 (15.86%) Azure
3 85 (10.29%) AWS
4 49 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 46 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (4.48%) PaaS
7 34 (4.12%) GCP
8 30 (3.63%) SaaS
9 22 (2.66%) GitHub
10 17 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (1.94%) IaaS
12 13 (1.57%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.57%) Serverless
12 13 (1.57%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.21%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.85%) iPaaS
15 7 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.45%) Internet
2 9 (1.09%) Firewall
3 7 (0.85%) HTTP
4 4 (0.48%) SSL
5 3 (0.36%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) FTP
6 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.12%) RFID
7 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) SMTP
7 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.12%) VPN
7 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (17.55%) SQL Server
2 142 (17.19%) Oracle Database
3 66 (7.99%) Oracle Reports
4 47 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (5.69%) Power BI
4 47 (5.69%) Relational Database
5 37 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.03%) MySQL
6 25 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 21 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (2.42%) Metadata
9 19 (2.30%) MongoDB
10 16 (1.94%) DB2
10 16 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
11 13 (1.57%) Oracle ODI
11 13 (1.57%) RDBMS
12 12 (1.45%) Tableau
13 10 (1.21%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.97%) DataStage
15 7 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 70 (8.47%) JIRA
2 34 (4.12%) Git
3 30 (3.63%) Postman
4 22 (2.66%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.94%) JUnit
6 13 (1.57%) GitLab
6 13 (1.57%) Maven
6 13 (1.57%) SoapUI
7 12 (1.45%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (1.33%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.97%) Gradle
9 8 (0.97%) Mockito
10 7 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.85%) ERwin
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
13 4 (0.48%) Ant
General
1 371 (44.92%) Finance
2 248 (30.02%) Social Skills
3 113 (13.68%) Banking
4 87 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.36%) Financial Institution
7 31 (3.75%) General Ledger
8 25 (3.03%) Investment Banking
9 24 (2.91%) Retail
10 22 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.42%) Billing
12 18 (2.18%) Front Office
13 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.21%) Legal
14 10 (1.21%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.09%) Military
15 9 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.97%) Local Government
16 8 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 179 (21.67%) Developer
2 105 (12.71%) Consultant
3 96 (11.62%) Senior
4 86 (10.41%) Analyst
5 80 (9.69%) Oracle Consultant
6 71 (8.60%) Lead
7 61 (7.38%) Architect
8 47 (5.69%) C# Developer
9 41 (4.96%) Oracle Specialist
10 40 (4.84%) Business Analyst
11 36 (4.36%) Oracle Developer
12 31 (3.75%) Cloud Specialist
12 31 (3.75%) Integration Specialist
13 28 (3.39%) Cloud Consultant
14 26 (3.15%) Data Engineer
15 25 (3.03%) Oracle Architect
16 24 (2.91%) Java Developer
16 24 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.78%) Oracle Analyst
18 21 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (21.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (10.29%) .NET
3 78 (9.44%) REST
4 70 (8.47%) SOAP
5 61 (7.38%) XML
6 51 (6.17%) Kafka
6 51 (6.17%) Web Services
7 44 (5.33%) .NET Framework
8 41 (4.96%) JSON
8 41 (4.96%) Middleware
9 34 (4.12%) React
10 33 (4.00%) HTML
11 24 (2.91%) XSLT
12 22 (2.66%) Spring
13 20 (2.42%) CSS
14 19 (2.30%) Spring Boot
15 18 (2.18%) WPF
16 17 (2.06%) AngularJS
16 17 (2.06%) OAuth
17 16 (1.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (2.42%) Public Cloud
3 17 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.94%) Derivative
5 15 (1.82%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.21%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.09%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (0.97%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.85%) Market Risk
12 7 (0.85%) NHS
12 7 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 95 (11.50%) Linux
2 75 (9.08%) Unix
3 74 (8.96%) Windows
4 19 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.21%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (23.12%) Agile
2 190 (23.00%) ERP
3 146 (17.68%) Migration
4 132 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
6 100 (12.11%) DevOps
7 90 (10.90%) Data Migration
8 80 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 74 (8.96%) CI/CD
10 68 (8.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 67 (8.11%) ETL
12 65 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 59 (7.14%) Data Analysis
13 59 (7.14%) Data Modelling
14 58 (7.02%) Unit Testing
15 54 (6.54%) Validation
16 53 (6.42%) Analytics
17 52 (6.30%) Decision-Making
18 48 (5.81%) Change Management
18 48 (5.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 307 (37.17%) SQL
2 123 (14.89%) PL/SQL
3 103 (12.47%) C#
4 101 (12.23%) Java
5 96 (11.62%) Python
6 48 (5.81%) JavaScript
7 40 (4.84%) T-SQL
8 28 (3.39%) Shell Script
9 26 (3.15%) C++
10 24 (2.91%) Perl
11 20 (2.42%) VBA
12 18 (2.18%) Groovy
12 18 (2.18%) VB
13 10 (1.21%) Bash
13 10 (1.21%) Formula Language
13 10 (1.21%) LotusScript
14 9 (1.09%) PowerShell
15 8 (0.97%) Korn
15 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.97%) XPath
Qualifications
1 168 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 141 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 79 (9.56%) Degree
4 25 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.82%) PMP
6 14 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.45%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.48%) ACCA
11 4 (0.48%) CIMA
11 4 (0.48%) ISEB
11 4 (0.48%) OCP
12 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.24%) OCA
12 2 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.02%) QA
2 42 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.54%) PMO
4 15 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.57%) IFRS
5 13 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.57%) SLA
6 12 (1.45%) GAAP
7 9 (1.09%) NIST
8 7 (0.85%) COBIT
8 7 (0.85%) GDPR
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
9 5 (0.61%) NCSC
9 5 (0.61%) SEPA
10 4 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 34 (4.12%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) GridGain
5 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.82%) Terraform
3 10 (1.21%) Ansible
4 8 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.85%) TIBCO Hawk
6 6 (0.73%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.73%) Grafana
6 6 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.48%) Control-M
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Nagios
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%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (9.20%) SAP
2 62 (7.51%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.60%) Workday
4 29 (3.51%) Citrix
5 24 (2.91%) IBM
6 23 (2.78%) Databricks
7 22 (2.66%) Informatica
8 16 (1.94%) Cerner
9 14 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.45%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.33%) Google
11 11 (1.33%) Lotus
12 10 (1.21%) VMware
13 9 (1.09%) Kofax
13 9 (1.09%) Planview
13 9 (1.09%) Splunk
14 8 (0.97%) Murex
14 8 (0.97%) TIBCO
15 7 (0.85%) BEA
16 5 (0.61%) Red Hat