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 7 October 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
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 39 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,073 764 876
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.27% 5.70% 5.47%
As % of the Vendors category 12.35% 12.29% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 483 570
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -8.18% -3.08%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £740 £770
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £17.05 £44.38 £13.18
25th Percentile £18.46 £54.69 £16.09
Median hourly rate £27.25 £76.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -64.26% +253.91% -71.08%
75th Percentile £50.63 £106.25 £26.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -55.24%

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 8,689 6,218 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.68% 46.40% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,654 4,037 4,407
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £749 £750
England median daily rate £515 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 117 79
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.12% -24.93% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.39% -28.14% -20.08%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -4 136 £600 +27.66% 115
West London +17 61 £560 +84.36% 18
South London +5 20 £550 +33.74% 11
East London -8 5 £450 -13.46% 3
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 (3.36%) SAS
2 24 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.14%) Confluence
3 23 (2.14%) IIS
4 21 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 20 (1.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (1.21%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.12%) nginx
8 8 (0.75%) Apache
8 8 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.75%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.65%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.47%) Appian
10 5 (0.47%) Camunda
11 4 (0.37%) JBoss
12 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 31 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 113 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
2 64 (5.96%) Oracle Payables
3 61 (5.68%) Oracle ERP
4 56 (5.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 49 (4.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 35 (3.26%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.70%) NetSuite
8 25 (2.33%) Oracle Assets
8 25 (2.33%) Oracle EBS R12
9 22 (2.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (1.12%) Oracle iProcurement
11 11 (1.03%) Finacle
12 10 (0.93%) HFM
12 10 (0.93%) Oracle FAH
12 10 (0.93%) Oracle Payroll
13 9 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
14 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (0.75%) iTrent
14 8 (0.75%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 8 (0.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (14.54%) Azure
2 145 (13.51%) AWS
3 132 (12.30%) OCI
4 58 (5.41%) SaaS
5 52 (4.85%) Power Platform
6 43 (4.01%) GCP
7 38 (3.54%) GitHub
8 31 (2.89%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.14%) PaaS
12 21 (1.96%) AtomSphere
12 21 (1.96%) Boomi
12 21 (1.96%) OpenShift
13 20 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (1.77%) Serverless
15 18 (1.68%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.68%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.21%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) DNS
3 7 (0.65%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) SSH
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.47%) SSL
6 4 (0.37%) Network Security
6 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.19%) FTP
7 2 (0.19%) Intranet
7 2 (0.19%) RTP
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.19%) VPN
8 1 (0.093%) 3G
8 1 (0.093%) IPsec
8 1 (0.093%) RFID
8 1 (0.093%) SAN
8 1 (0.093%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.093%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (15.19%) Oracle Database
2 137 (12.77%) SQL Server
3 63 (5.87%) Relational Database
4 59 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
7 40 (3.73%) Power BI
8 29 (2.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 25 (2.33%) Metadata
10 23 (2.14%) MongoDB
11 22 (2.05%) RDBMS
12 21 (1.96%) NoSQL
13 20 (1.86%) MySQL
14 18 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.12%) Oracle Exadata
16 11 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (1.03%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.03%) Oracle ODI
17 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 9 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 74 (6.90%) Git
2 46 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 46 (4.29%) JIRA
3 21 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
4 20 (1.86%) Gradle
5 18 (1.68%) GitLab
6 13 (1.21%) Selenium
7 12 (1.12%) JUnit
7 12 (1.12%) Maven
8 10 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.84%) eggPlant
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.75%) JMeter
11 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.56%) Mockito
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.47%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.47%) JDeveloper
13 5 (0.47%) SoapUI
General
1 407 (37.93%) Finance
2 261 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 173 (16.12%) Banking
4 165 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (11.93%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.26%) Retail
8 30 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.70%) Legal
10 28 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.33%) Back Office
13 19 (1.77%) Financial Institution
13 19 (1.77%) Front Office
14 15 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.30%) Billing
15 14 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.21%) Military
17 12 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (18.27%) Developer
2 168 (15.66%) Consultant
3 144 (13.42%) Architect
4 140 (13.05%) Oracle Consultant
5 120 (11.18%) Senior
6 117 (10.90%) Lead
7 83 (7.74%) Analyst
8 68 (6.34%) Functional Consultant
9 66 (6.15%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 55 (5.13%) Java Developer
11 48 (4.47%) Data Engineer
12 45 (4.19%) Applications Support
13 42 (3.91%) Senior Developer
14 40 (3.73%) Oracle Architect
15 39 (3.63%) Business Analyst
16 38 (3.54%) C# Developer
16 38 (3.54%) Oracle Developer
17 36 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (2.52%) Project Manager
19 25 (2.33%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (18.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 116 (10.81%) REST
3 104 (9.69%) .NET
4 67 (6.24%) Spring
5 65 (6.06%) XML
6 64 (5.96%) Kafka
7 62 (5.78%) SOAP
8 61 (5.68%) JSON
8 61 (5.68%) Terraform
9 56 (5.22%) Middleware
9 56 (5.22%) Spring Boot
10 38 (3.54%) Web Services
11 35 (3.26%) OAuth
12 32 (2.98%) .NET Framework
13 31 (2.89%) React
14 28 (2.61%) HTML
15 24 (2.24%) CSS
16 22 (2.05%) OAuth2
17 20 (1.86%) RESTful
18 18 (1.68%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (4.01%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 36 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.80%) Data Structures
7 25 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.05%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 16 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.49%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.30%) Replication
13 11 (1.03%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 98 (9.13%) Windows
2 91 (8.48%) Linux
3 62 (5.78%) Unix
4 44 (4.10%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.65%) Solaris
6 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.47%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.093%) Android
12 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (23.30%) Migration
2 206 (19.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 199 (18.55%) ERP
4 172 (16.03%) Agile
5 165 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (13.51%) CI/CD
7 139 (12.95%) User Acceptance Testing
8 135 (12.58%) Data Migration
9 131 (12.21%) DevOps
10 121 (11.28%) ETL
11 117 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (9.88%) Data Modelling
13 96 (8.95%) Validation
14 91 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
15 90 (8.39%) AI
16 89 (8.29%) Analytics
17 82 (7.64%) Change Management
18 81 (7.55%) Data Integration
18 81 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 72 (6.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 334 (31.13%) SQL
2 141 (13.14%) Java
3 140 (13.05%) PL/SQL
4 122 (11.37%) Python
5 98 (9.13%) C#
6 85 (7.92%) JavaScript
7 59 (5.50%) T-SQL
8 36 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 29 (2.70%) Bash
9 29 (2.70%) Shell Script
10 21 (1.96%) Groovy
11 16 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.03%) C++
12 11 (1.03%) VBA
13 10 (0.93%) Bicep
13 10 (0.93%) VB
14 8 (0.75%) Korn
15 7 (0.65%) C
15 7 (0.65%) Ruby
16 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 250 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 217 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 90 (8.39%) Degree
4 25 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.14%) ACCA
6 22 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.96%) CIMA
8 18 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.58%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.93%) PMP
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.56%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.47%) CISSP
15 5 (0.47%) ISEB
15 5 (0.47%) MBA
16 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 65 (6.06%) QA
3 33 (3.08%) GRC
4 19 (1.77%) IFRS
5 18 (1.68%) GDPR
5 18 (1.68%) PMO
6 13 (1.21%) ISO 20022
7 11 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.93%) GAAP
9 8 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.75%) ISO 15022
9 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.56%) NCSC
11 5 (0.47%) SLA
12 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.37%) EMIR
12 4 (0.37%) MiFID
12 4 (0.37%) NIST
12 4 (0.37%) P3O
13 3 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 58 (5.41%) Docker
2 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.093%) Firmware
7 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.093%) KVM
7 1 (0.093%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.17%) Grafana
3 28 (2.61%) Ansible
4 19 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.58%) Control-M
6 15 (1.40%) Argo
7 11 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
8 10 (0.93%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.47%) Istio
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
12 1 (0.093%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
12 1 (0.093%) logstash
12 1 (0.093%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 120 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.69%) SAP
3 50 (4.66%) IBM
4 48 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 46 (4.29%) Databricks
6 34 (3.17%) Workday
7 31 (2.89%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.70%) Citrix
9 22 (2.05%) Google
10 20 (1.86%) Splunk
11 19 (1.77%) Informatica
12 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.49%) VMware
14 15 (1.40%) Talend
15 13 (1.21%) Hyperion
16 12 (1.12%) Dynatrace
17 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
18 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
19 9 (0.84%) Infor
19 9 (0.84%) OpenAI