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 17 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
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 33 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Oracle 843 739 940
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.14% 5.74% 5.16%
As % of the Vendors category 11.60% 12.81% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 509 619
10th Percentile £363 £385 £400
25th Percentile £415 £456 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -1.74% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £738 £800 £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 £40.21 £41.70 £26.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +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 7,266 5,768 7,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.35% 44.79% 40.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,791 3,720 4,988
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.37% -2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 141
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.75 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £56.19 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.73 £79.78 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.43 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.83% +21.70% -28.57%

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 17 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 17 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 -9 109 £525 -4.72% 44
West London -15 13 £208 -63.27% 4
East London -3 6 £479 +6.98% 5
South London -25 4 £300 -55.56% 4
North London - 1 £500 - 1
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 22 (2.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 22 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.25%) Confluence
2 19 (2.25%) IIS
3 14 (1.66%) Oracle Workflow
3 14 (1.66%) WebSphere
4 12 (1.42%) HCL Notes
5 11 (1.30%) WebLogic
6 10 (1.19%) Mendix
7 6 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.59%) nginx
9 4 (0.47%) Apache
10 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) JBoss
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 42 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (6.52%) Oracle Payables
2 47 (5.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 42 (4.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 41 (4.86%) Oracle ERP
5 36 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
6 26 (3.08%) Oracle General Ledger
7 23 (2.73%) Oracle Financials
8 19 (2.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 14 (1.66%) Oracle EBS R12
10 13 (1.54%) Oracle Assets
11 10 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
12 8 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
13 7 (0.83%) BusinessWorks
13 7 (0.83%) NetSuite
13 7 (0.83%) Oracle FAH
13 7 (0.83%) SAP HR
14 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
14 6 (0.71%) Workday HCM
15 5 (0.59%) Loan IQ
15 5 (0.59%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 163 (19.34%) OCI
2 133 (15.78%) Azure
3 89 (10.56%) AWS
4 59 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (5.69%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.74%) PaaS
7 30 (3.56%) SaaS
8 26 (3.08%) GCP
9 24 (2.85%) GitHub
10 21 (2.49%) IaaS
11 19 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (1.90%) Serverless
12 16 (1.90%) Snowflake
13 14 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.54%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (1.30%) Azure Functions
16 11 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.30%) Collibra
17 9 (1.07%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.42%) Internet
2 7 (0.83%) Firewall
2 7 (0.83%) HTTP
3 4 (0.47%) WAN
4 3 (0.36%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.24%) DNS
5 2 (0.24%) FTP
5 2 (0.24%) NAS
5 2 (0.24%) SAN
5 2 (0.24%) SSL
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.12%) Intranet
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.12%) RFID
6 1 (0.12%) SMTP
6 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (18.03%) SQL Server
2 134 (15.90%) Oracle Database
3 61 (7.24%) Oracle Reports
4 52 (6.17%) Relational Database
5 51 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (5.22%) Power BI
7 38 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (3.08%) Metadata
9 24 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (2.73%) MySQL
11 19 (2.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 18 (2.14%) MongoDB
13 17 (2.02%) Electronic Patient Records
14 16 (1.90%) DB2
15 13 (1.54%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.19%) Tableau
17 9 (1.07%) Oracle ODI
18 8 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (0.95%) BigQuery
18 8 (0.95%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 73 (8.66%) JIRA
2 39 (4.63%) Git
3 26 (3.08%) Postman
4 20 (2.37%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.66%) JUnit
6 13 (1.54%) SoapUI
7 12 (1.42%) GitLab
7 12 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (1.30%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.95%) ERwin
10 7 (0.83%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.83%) Maven
10 7 (0.83%) Mockito
11 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.71%) Selenium
11 6 (0.71%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.59%) Gradle
12 5 (0.59%) Toad
13 4 (0.47%) Ant
13 4 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 358 (42.47%) Finance
2 228 (27.05%) Social Skills
3 123 (14.59%) Banking
4 95 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.13%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.03%) Financial Institution
7 31 (3.68%) General Ledger
8 29 (3.44%) Investment Banking
9 27 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.97%) Retail
11 17 (2.02%) Front Office
12 15 (1.78%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.66%) Local Government
14 13 (1.54%) Billing
15 11 (1.30%) Legal
15 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.07%) Military
16 9 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 175 (20.76%) Developer
2 92 (10.91%) Consultant
3 91 (10.79%) Senior
4 82 (9.73%) Analyst
5 80 (9.49%) Lead
6 73 (8.66%) Architect
7 70 (8.30%) Oracle Consultant
8 52 (6.17%) C# Developer
9 42 (4.98%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.27%) Oracle Specialist
11 33 (3.91%) Oracle Developer
12 32 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (3.68%) Data Engineer
14 30 (3.56%) Oracle Architect
15 28 (3.32%) Cloud Specialist
15 28 (3.32%) Integration Specialist
16 24 (2.85%) Cloud Consultant
16 24 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
17 22 (2.61%) Integration Engineer
17 22 (2.61%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (22.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 98 (11.63%) .NET
3 72 (8.54%) REST
4 59 (7.00%) XML
5 57 (6.76%) SOAP
6 49 (5.81%) .NET Framework
7 47 (5.58%) Web Services
8 42 (4.98%) Kafka
9 39 (4.63%) JSON
10 38 (4.51%) Middleware
11 34 (4.03%) React
12 29 (3.44%) HTML
13 23 (2.73%) XSLT
14 20 (2.37%) Spring
15 18 (2.14%) CSS
15 18 (2.14%) OAuth
16 17 (2.02%) Spring Boot
17 15 (1.78%) RESTful
17 15 (1.78%) WinForms
18 14 (1.66%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.58%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (2.73%) Public Cloud
3 20 (2.37%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 16 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.66%) Derivative
7 13 (1.54%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.30%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.19%) NHS
9 10 (1.19%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (0.95%) Market Risk
11 8 (0.95%) Product Ownership
11 8 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 86 (10.20%) Linux
2 73 (8.66%) Windows
3 55 (6.52%) Unix
4 26 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.71%) AIX
8 5 (0.59%) Solaris
9 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (22.66%) Agile
1 191 (22.66%) ERP
2 153 (18.15%) Migration
3 136 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (13.76%) DevOps
5 103 (12.22%) Data Migration
6 97 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 80 (9.49%) CI/CD
8 80 (9.49%) ETL
9 79 (9.37%) User Acceptance Testing
10 72 (8.54%) Data Modelling
11 71 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 68 (8.07%) Validation
13 65 (7.71%) Unit Testing
14 62 (7.35%) Analytics
14 62 (7.35%) Data Analysis
15 57 (6.76%) AI
16 53 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (6.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 304 (36.06%) SQL
2 116 (13.76%) PL/SQL
3 108 (12.81%) C#
4 100 (11.86%) Python
5 94 (11.15%) Java
6 44 (5.22%) T-SQL
7 40 (4.74%) JavaScript
8 23 (2.73%) C++
8 23 (2.73%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.02%) Perl
10 14 (1.66%) Groovy
11 12 (1.42%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.42%) VB
11 12 (1.42%) VBA
12 11 (1.30%) Formula Language
12 11 (1.30%) LotusScript
13 8 (0.95%) Korn
13 8 (0.95%) PowerShell
13 8 (0.95%) XPath
14 5 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 168 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 136 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.02%) Degree
4 20 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (2.37%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.42%) PMP
7 11 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.83%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.36%) ACCA
10 3 (0.36%) CIMA
10 3 (0.36%) MBA
10 3 (0.36%) OCP
11 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.24%) GPEN
11 2 (0.24%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.42%) QA
2 45 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.90%) PMO
4 15 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.42%) IFRS
7 10 (1.19%) GAAP
7 10 (1.19%) SLA
8 9 (1.07%) NIST
9 8 (0.95%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.83%) COBIT
10 7 (0.83%) GDPR
10 7 (0.83%) HL7
10 7 (0.83%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.83%) ITGC
10 7 (0.83%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.59%) Basel III
11 5 (0.59%) NCSC
11 5 (0.59%) SEPA
12 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 29 (3.44%) Docker
2 8 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.25%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Ansible
3 7 (0.83%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (0.71%) Grafana
4 6 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.47%) Control-M
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.24%) Argo
7 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.24%) Istio
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Ambari
8 1 (0.12%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (8.90%) SAP
2 59 (7.00%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.74%) Workday
4 33 (3.91%) Citrix
5 32 (3.80%) IBM
6 27 (3.20%) Informatica
7 25 (2.97%) Databricks
8 19 (2.25%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.66%) Cerner
10 12 (1.42%) Lotus
11 11 (1.30%) Google
11 11 (1.30%) Murex
12 10 (1.19%) Kofax
12 10 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.19%) VMware
13 9 (1.07%) Talend
14 8 (0.95%) TIBCO
15 7 (0.83%) BEA
16 6 (0.71%) CyberArk