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 9 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
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 41 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle 1,077 764 883
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.33% 5.69% 5.46%
As % of the Vendors category 12.43% 12.26% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 482 576
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.73% -8.86% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £729 £738 £770
England median daily rate £525 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile - £44.38 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.11 £54.69 £16.09
Median hourly rate £19.50 £76.25 £21.55
Median % change year-on-year -74.43% +253.91% -71.08%
75th Percentile £67.50 £106.25 £26.38
90th Percentile £85.50 £110.00 £28.91
England median hourly rate £41.71 £37.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.23% +38.89% -56.49%

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 8,667 6,232 7,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.89% 46.39% 43.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,652 4,045 4,445
10th Percentile £340 £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 £739 £750
England median daily rate £516 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.88% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 118 79
10th Percentile £16.65 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.46 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% -24.93% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.16%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -1 135 £600 +26.32% 141
West London +17 60 £560 +84.36% 17
South London +2 19 £550 +33.74% 11
East London -6 4 £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 (3.34%) SAS
2 24 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.14%) Confluence
3 23 (2.14%) IIS
4 20 (1.86%) Oracle Workflow
5 19 (1.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (1.21%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.11%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.11%) nginx
8 8 (0.74%) Apache
8 8 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.74%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.65%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.46%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.46%) Appian
10 5 (0.46%) Camunda
11 4 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.37%) JBoss
12 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 34 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.46%) 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
1 110 (10.21%) Oracle EBS
2 63 (5.85%) Oracle Payables
3 60 (5.57%) Oracle ERP
4 56 (5.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 48 (4.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 35 (3.25%) Oracle Financials
7 29 (2.69%) NetSuite
8 24 (2.23%) Oracle Assets
8 24 (2.23%) Oracle EBS R12
9 21 (1.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (1.11%) Oracle iProcurement
11 11 (1.02%) 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 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
14 8 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 8 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (15.41%) Azure
2 149 (13.83%) AWS
3 137 (12.72%) OCI
4 62 (5.76%) SaaS
5 53 (4.92%) Power Platform
6 49 (4.55%) GCP
7 39 (3.62%) GitHub
8 31 (2.88%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (2.23%) PaaS
12 22 (2.04%) Snowflake
13 21 (1.95%) AtomSphere
13 21 (1.95%) Boomi
14 20 (1.86%) OpenShift
15 19 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (1.76%) Serverless
16 18 (1.67%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.58%) Internet
2 12 (1.11%) DNS
3 7 (0.65%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) SSH
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.46%) BGP
5 5 (0.46%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.46%) Multicast
5 5 (0.46%) SSL
5 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.37%) Network Security
6 4 (0.37%) OSPF
7 3 (0.28%) VLAN
7 3 (0.28%) VPN
8 2 (0.19%) DMZ
8 2 (0.19%) FTP
8 2 (0.19%) Intranet
8 2 (0.19%) RTP
8 2 (0.19%) Unicast
9 1 (0.093%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (15.04%) Oracle Database
2 143 (13.28%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (5.66%) Relational Database
5 53 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
7 41 (3.81%) Power BI
8 29 (2.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 28 (2.60%) Metadata
10 22 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 21 (1.95%) MySQL
11 21 (1.95%) NoSQL
12 19 (1.76%) RDBMS
13 18 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.11%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (1.02%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (1.02%) Tableau
16 10 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 75 (6.96%) Git
2 48 (4.46%) Jenkins
2 48 (4.46%) JIRA
3 21 (1.95%) Gradle
3 21 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
4 18 (1.67%) GitLab
5 14 (1.30%) Selenium
6 13 (1.21%) JUnit
6 13 (1.21%) Maven
7 12 (1.11%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.84%) eggPlant
8 9 (0.84%) Postman
9 8 (0.74%) JMeter
10 7 (0.65%) Mockito
10 7 (0.65%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.56%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.46%) JDeveloper
12 5 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 412 (38.25%) Finance
2 265 (24.61%) Social Skills
3 179 (16.62%) Banking
4 170 (15.78%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (11.88%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.44%) General Ledger
7 35 (3.25%) Retail
8 33 (3.06%) Legal
9 30 (2.79%) Investment Banking
10 28 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.23%) Back Office
13 18 (1.67%) Financial Institution
13 18 (1.67%) Front Office
14 15 (1.39%) Billing
14 15 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.21%) Military
17 12 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (18.48%) Developer
2 164 (15.23%) Consultant
3 143 (13.28%) Architect
4 137 (12.72%) Oracle Consultant
5 119 (11.05%) Lead
5 119 (11.05%) Senior
6 84 (7.80%) Analyst
7 66 (6.13%) Functional Consultant
8 65 (6.04%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 56 (5.20%) Java Developer
10 50 (4.64%) Data Engineer
11 46 (4.27%) Applications Support
12 41 (3.81%) Senior Developer
13 39 (3.62%) Oracle Developer
14 38 (3.53%) Business Analyst
14 38 (3.53%) Oracle Architect
15 37 (3.44%) C# Developer
16 36 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (2.51%) Project Manager
18 23 (2.14%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (17.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 122 (11.33%) REST
3 106 (9.84%) .NET
4 69 (6.41%) Spring
5 65 (6.04%) Kafka
6 64 (5.94%) SOAP
6 64 (5.94%) XML
7 61 (5.66%) JSON
7 61 (5.66%) Terraform
8 58 (5.39%) Spring Boot
9 57 (5.29%) Middleware
10 41 (3.81%) Web Services
11 35 (3.25%) OAuth
12 32 (2.97%) .NET Framework
12 32 (2.97%) React
13 29 (2.69%) HTML
14 25 (2.32%) CSS
15 22 (2.04%) OAuth2
16 21 (1.95%) RESTful
17 18 (1.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 38 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.79%) Data Structures
7 26 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 26 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.23%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 16 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.39%) Replication
12 14 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
13 11 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.74%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (9.29%) Windows
2 90 (8.36%) Linux
3 60 (5.57%) Unix
4 46 (4.27%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.65%) Solaris
8 6 (0.56%) VMS
8 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.37%) OpenVMS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.28%) SUSE
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
1 247 (22.93%) Migration
2 208 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 198 (18.38%) ERP
4 177 (16.43%) Agile
5 166 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (13.74%) CI/CD
7 141 (13.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 136 (12.63%) Data Migration
9 134 (12.44%) DevOps
10 120 (11.14%) ETL
11 118 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 109 (10.12%) Data Modelling
13 95 (8.82%) AI
14 94 (8.73%) Analytics
14 94 (8.73%) Validation
15 93 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
16 83 (7.71%) Data Integration
17 81 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 79 (7.34%) Change Management
19 71 (6.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 336 (31.20%) SQL
2 143 (13.28%) Java
3 139 (12.91%) PL/SQL
4 127 (11.79%) Python
5 99 (9.19%) C#
6 86 (7.99%) JavaScript
7 59 (5.48%) T-SQL
8 37 (3.44%) PowerShell
9 30 (2.79%) Bash
10 28 (2.60%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.95%) Groovy
12 17 (1.58%) TypeScript
13 11 (1.02%) VBA
14 10 (0.93%) Bicep
14 10 (0.93%) C++
14 10 (0.93%) VB
15 8 (0.74%) Korn
16 7 (0.65%) C
16 7 (0.65%) Ruby
17 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 252 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 218 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 93 (8.64%) Degree
4 25 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.23%) ACCA
6 22 (2.04%) CIMA
7 21 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.86%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.93%) PMP
12 9 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (0.56%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.46%) CISSP
16 5 (0.46%) ISEB
16 5 (0.46%) MBA
17 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.13%) QA
3 33 (3.06%) GRC
4 20 (1.86%) IFRS
5 18 (1.67%) GDPR
5 18 (1.67%) PMO
6 13 (1.21%) ISO 20022
7 11 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.93%) GAAP
9 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.74%) ISO 15022
9 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.56%) NCSC
11 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.37%) EMIR
11 4 (0.37%) MiFID
11 4 (0.37%) NIST
11 4 (0.37%) P3O
11 4 (0.37%) SLA
12 3 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 59 (5.48%) Docker
2 12 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.46%) 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 55 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.25%) Grafana
3 31 (2.88%) Ansible
4 19 (1.76%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.58%) Control-M
6 14 (1.30%) Argo
7 10 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.84%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.46%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.46%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.46%) Kibana
9 5 (0.46%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.37%) Istio
11 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.19%) Nagios
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.093%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.093%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.84%) SAP
3 51 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 50 (4.64%) IBM
5 49 (4.55%) Databricks
6 35 (3.25%) Workday
7 30 (2.79%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.69%) Citrix
9 24 (2.23%) Google
10 21 (1.95%) Splunk
11 20 (1.86%) Informatica
12 18 (1.67%) VMware
13 17 (1.58%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.49%) Talend
15 13 (1.21%) Dynatrace
16 12 (1.11%) Hyperion
17 11 (1.02%) MuleSoft
18 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
19 9 (0.84%) OpenAI
20 8 (0.74%) UiPath