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 3 September 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
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,074 771 887
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.36% 5.81% 5.51%
As % of the Vendors category 12.48% 12.56% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 500 574
10th Percentile £404 £377 £363
25th Percentile £450 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £514 £541
% change year-on-year +2.19% -5.08% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £22.40 £22.29 £13.18
25th Percentile £27.13 £32.91 £16.09
Median hourly rate £35.00 £58.75 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +172.69% -64.09%
75th Percentile £44.75 £98.75 £26.38
90th Percentile £50.60 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £30.59
% change year-on-year +11.23% +22.59% -47.79%

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 8,608 6,138 7,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.92% 46.29% 43.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,605 3,976 4,635
10th Percentile £340 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -1.50% -4.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 126 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £18.17
25th Percentile £20.75 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -12.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.75 £61.39
90th Percentile £85.04 £63.75 £78.50
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +27.24% -16.17% -27.71%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -1 134 £600 +29.03% 70
West London +20 60 £550 +32.53% 63
South London +3 18 £575 +19.42% 8
East London -3 6 £450 +8.39% 2
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 (3.35%) SAS
2 32 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.23%) IIS
4 19 (1.77%) Confluence
4 19 (1.77%) Oracle Workflow
5 17 (1.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (1.30%) nginx
7 10 (0.93%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.84%) WebLogic
8 9 (0.84%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.56%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.47%) Apache
10 5 (0.47%) Appian
10 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.28%) JBoss
Applications
1 32 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 113 (10.52%) Oracle EBS
2 65 (6.05%) Oracle Payables
3 64 (5.96%) Oracle ERP
4 54 (5.03%) Oracle Receivables
5 41 (3.82%) Oracle General Ledger
6 31 (2.89%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
8 28 (2.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 24 (2.23%) NetSuite
10 23 (2.14%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (1.12%) Finacle
12 11 (1.02%) Oracle Payroll
13 10 (0.93%) Oracle iProcurement
14 9 (0.84%) HFM
14 9 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
14 9 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
14 9 (0.84%) Oracle FAH
15 8 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
15 8 (0.74%) iTrent
15 8 (0.74%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 147 (13.69%) Azure
2 141 (13.13%) OCI
3 132 (12.29%) AWS
4 58 (5.40%) SaaS
5 57 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 42 (3.91%) GCP
7 38 (3.54%) GitHub
8 34 (3.17%) PaaS
9 30 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.14%) OpenShift
11 22 (2.05%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.86%) Boomi
12 20 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (1.77%) AtomSphere
14 18 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.68%) Serverless
15 16 (1.49%) Power Automate
16 15 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (1.40%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.30%) Internet
2 9 (0.84%) DNS
2 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 6 (0.56%) SSH
4 5 (0.47%) Firewall
4 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.47%) SSL
4 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) FTP
6 3 (0.28%) Intranet
6 3 (0.28%) Network Security
6 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) WAN
7 2 (0.19%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) RFID
7 2 (0.19%) RTP
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.093%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (13.87%) Oracle Database
2 133 (12.38%) SQL Server
3 69 (6.42%) Relational Database
4 61 (5.68%) Oracle Reports
5 57 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
6 46 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (3.82%) Power BI
8 34 (3.17%) Metadata
9 30 (2.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 25 (2.33%) RDBMS
11 22 (2.05%) MongoDB
12 20 (1.86%) MySQL
13 16 (1.49%) NoSQL
14 15 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
16 11 (1.02%) Data Lake
17 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 9 (0.84%) Data Mart
18 9 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
19 8 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 73 (6.80%) Git
2 46 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.91%) JIRA
4 25 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
5 18 (1.68%) Gradle
6 16 (1.49%) GitLab
7 14 (1.30%) Selenium
8 12 (1.12%) Maven
9 9 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.84%) JMeter
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.74%) eggPlant
10 8 (0.74%) JUnit
11 7 (0.65%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.56%) SoapUI
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
14 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
General
1 412 (38.36%) Finance
2 256 (23.84%) Social Skills
3 170 (15.83%) Banking
4 166 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 36 (3.35%) Retail
7 35 (3.26%) General Ledger
8 31 (2.89%) Investment Banking
9 30 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (2.70%) Legal
11 27 (2.51%) Front Office
12 25 (2.33%) Back Office
13 19 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.30%) Local Government
16 13 (1.21%) Billing
17 11 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.02%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (0.93%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 198 (18.44%) Developer
2 158 (14.71%) Consultant
3 157 (14.62%) Architect
4 134 (12.48%) Oracle Consultant
5 130 (12.10%) Lead
6 108 (10.06%) Senior
7 83 (7.73%) Analyst
8 61 (5.68%) Functional Consultant
9 59 (5.49%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 56 (5.21%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.66%) Oracle Architect
12 41 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 40 (3.72%) Oracle Developer
14 39 (3.63%) Business Analyst
14 39 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (3.54%) Senior Developer
16 37 (3.45%) C# Developer
17 34 (3.17%) Applications Support
17 34 (3.17%) Project Manager
18 25 (2.33%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (18.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 111 (10.34%) REST
3 94 (8.75%) .NET
4 68 (6.33%) XML
5 62 (5.77%) Spring
6 60 (5.59%) SOAP
7 58 (5.40%) JSON
7 58 (5.40%) Terraform
8 54 (5.03%) Kafka
9 51 (4.75%) Spring Boot
10 50 (4.66%) Middleware
11 35 (3.26%) .NET Framework
12 32 (2.98%) Web Services
13 31 (2.89%) OAuth
13 31 (2.89%) React
14 30 (2.79%) HTML
15 26 (2.42%) CSS
16 23 (2.14%) RESTful
17 19 (1.77%) OAuth2
18 17 (1.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.96%) Legacy Systems
2 40 (3.72%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.26%) Data Structures
5 31 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 21 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 19 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (1.30%) Data Centre
16 12 (1.12%) Replication
17 11 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
18 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
19 9 (0.84%) Fixed Income
20 8 (0.74%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.85%) Linux
2 93 (8.66%) Windows
3 63 (5.87%) Unix
4 37 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.84%) Solaris
7 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) SUSE
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
12 1 (0.093%) HPUX
12 1 (0.093%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (21.51%) Migration
2 212 (19.74%) ERP
3 187 (17.41%) Agile
4 184 (17.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 169 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (13.59%) User Acceptance Testing
7 143 (13.31%) CI/CD
7 143 (13.31%) DevOps
8 126 (11.73%) Data Migration
9 122 (11.36%) Data Modelling
10 118 (10.99%) ETL
11 105 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (9.03%) Analytics
13 96 (8.94%) Validation
14 90 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
14 90 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 86 (8.01%) Change Management
16 81 (7.54%) AI
17 77 (7.17%) Roadmaps
18 76 (7.08%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 332 (30.91%) SQL
2 154 (14.34%) PL/SQL
3 146 (13.59%) Java
4 122 (11.36%) Python
5 89 (8.29%) C#
6 81 (7.54%) JavaScript
7 55 (5.12%) T-SQL
8 38 (3.54%) PowerShell
9 35 (3.26%) Shell Script
10 23 (2.14%) Bash
11 21 (1.96%) Groovy
12 15 (1.40%) C++
13 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
14 13 (1.21%) Ruby
15 12 (1.12%) VBA
16 11 (1.02%) VB
17 9 (0.84%) Bicep
18 6 (0.56%) C
18 6 (0.56%) Korn
18 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 241 (22.44%) Security Cleared
2 204 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 86 (8.01%) Degree
4 23 (2.14%) ACCA
5 22 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.96%) CIMA
7 20 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
11 10 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.74%) PMP
14 6 (0.56%) CISSP
15 5 (0.47%) CISM
15 5 (0.47%) ISEB
15 5 (0.47%) MBA
15 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.61%) QA
2 65 (6.05%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.07%) GRC
4 22 (2.05%) GDPR
5 19 (1.77%) PMO
6 18 (1.68%) IFRS
7 14 (1.30%) ISO 20022
8 12 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.93%) GAAP
10 8 (0.74%) ISO 15022
11 7 (0.65%) SLA
12 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.37%) GxP
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
15 3 (0.28%) EMIR
15 3 (0.28%) MiFID
15 3 (0.28%) P3O
16 2 (0.19%) COREP
System Software
1 49 (4.56%) Docker
2 16 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.28%) GridGain
8 1 (0.093%) Firmware
8 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.093%) NFS
8 1 (0.093%) RACF
8 1 (0.093%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.61%) Ansible
3 25 (2.33%) Grafana
4 16 (1.49%) Control-M
5 15 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.12%) Argo
6 12 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.74%) Data Guard
8 7 (0.65%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.28%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 3 (0.28%) Istio
12 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.19%) Puppet
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.093%) CA Wily
13 1 (0.093%) SCOM
Vendors
1 116 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.75%) SAP
3 52 (4.84%) IBM
4 43 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.72%) Databricks
6 32 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.89%) Citrix
8 28 (2.61%) Workday
9 23 (2.14%) Google
10 21 (1.96%) Splunk
11 18 (1.68%) Informatica
11 18 (1.68%) VMware
12 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.40%) Talend
14 12 (1.12%) Hyperion
15 11 (1.02%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.93%) Dynatrace
17 8 (0.74%) Anaplan
17 8 (0.74%) Infor