Oracle Contracts in the South East

Oracle
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 22 May 2025, 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 45 40
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 -12
Contract jobs citing Oracle 196 221 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.69% 4.04% 5.21%
As % of the Vendors category 12.59% 8.64% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 151 226
10th Percentile £397 £396 £356
25th Percentile £466 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £657 £688 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 11
10th Percentile £32.49 £30.83 £52.50
25th Percentile £43.51 £50.44 £56.80
Median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -1.44% +78.57%
75th Percentile £65.62 - £74.36
90th Percentile - £62.62 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.40 £26.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +16.92% -58.40% +78.57%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,557 2,558 2,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 53.12% 46.81% 49.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,551 1,896
10th Percentile £220 £213 £205
25th Percentile £395 £378 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.63%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £515 £536
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.92% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 183 130
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £16.21
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.25 £20.47
Median hourly rate £24.66 £47.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.08% +5.56% +130.65%
75th Percentile £58.70 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £67.02 £75.08
England median hourly rate £26.34 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.70% -37.14% +63.63%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Oracle as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle in the South East

Oracle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Oracle in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Oracle in the South East

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the South East

Oracle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Oracle in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Oracle in the South East

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the South East

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +9 120 £614 +2.29% 92
Berkshire +8 108 £625 +3.31% 64
Hampshire +42 52 £550 +10.00% 33
West Sussex +9 18 £379 -34.04% 9
Surrey +3 11 £645 +43.33% 18
Buckinghamshire +13 9 £469 +4.17% 20
Oxfordshire -6 3 £195 -61.00% 27
Middlesex - 3 £500 - 1
Kent +4 1 £300 - 6
Home Counties +1 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £475 - 6
Sussex - 1 £500 - 4
Oracle
England

Oracle
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (10.20%) Confluence
2 14 (7.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (4.08%) Oracle Workflow
3 8 (4.08%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.04%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (1.53%) SAS
6 2 (1.02%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.02%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.02%) NetWeaver
6 2 (1.02%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.02%) Smallworld
Applications
1 15 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 69 (35.20%) Oracle EBS
2 40 (20.41%) Oracle EBS R12
3 15 (7.65%) Oracle ERP
4 11 (5.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (5.10%) Oracle ASCP
6 9 (4.59%) Maximo
7 7 (3.57%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (3.06%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (2.04%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (2.04%) Primavera
10 3 (1.53%) Oracle AGIS
10 3 (1.53%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (1.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 3 (1.53%) Oracle iProcurement
10 3 (1.53%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (1.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.92%) OCI
2 16 (8.16%) Azure
3 12 (6.12%) AWS
3 12 (6.12%) SaaS
4 6 (3.06%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle CX
6 3 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (1.53%) GCP
7 2 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.02%) Miro
7 2 (1.02%) PaaS
7 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.51%) IaaS
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Slack
8 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.51%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.53%) Firewall
2 2 (1.02%) SSL
3 1 (0.51%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.73%) Oracle Reports
2 20 (10.20%) Oracle Database
3 15 (7.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 14 (7.14%) SQL Server
5 11 (5.61%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.57%) Oracle BI EE
7 6 (3.06%) MySQL
7 6 (3.06%) Power BI
8 5 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.04%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.53%) Tableau
11 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
11 2 (1.02%) GIS
11 2 (1.02%) IBM InfoSphere
11 2 (1.02%) OLAP
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle OLAP
11 2 (1.02%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 26 (13.27%) JIRA
2 16 (8.16%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.06%) GitLab
4 5 (2.55%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (2.04%) Git
5 4 (2.04%) Maven
6 3 (1.53%) Toad
7 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.02%) DBeaver
7 2 (1.02%) ERwin
7 2 (1.02%) Selenium
7 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.51%) Subversion
8 1 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 63 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 57 (29.08%) Finance
3 43 (21.94%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.12%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.57%) Retail
6 6 (3.06%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.55%) Banking
8 4 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.04%) Legal
8 4 (2.04%) Military
8 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.53%) Local Government
10 2 (1.02%) Automotive
10 2 (1.02%) Billing
10 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Back Office
11 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (20.92%) Consultant
2 40 (20.41%) Developer
3 34 (17.35%) Oracle Consultant
4 26 (13.27%) Lead
5 25 (12.76%) Functional Consultant
5 25 (12.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 24 (12.24%) Analyst
7 16 (8.16%) Delphi Developer
7 16 (8.16%) Oracle Developer
7 16 (8.16%) Senior
8 11 (5.61%) DBA
9 10 (5.10%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (4.59%) Oracle Specialist
11 8 (4.08%) Architect
12 7 (3.57%) Data Analyst
13 5 (2.55%) Administrator
13 5 (2.55%) Business Analyst
13 5 (2.55%) Oracle DBA
13 5 (2.55%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.55%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (8.16%) Web Services
3 11 (5.61%) REST
4 10 (5.10%) XML
5 9 (4.59%) SOAP
6 5 (2.55%) JSON
6 5 (2.55%) React
7 4 (2.04%) Middleware
8 3 (1.53%) .NET
8 3 (1.53%) Java EE
8 3 (1.53%) SAP Basis
9 2 (1.02%) JAX-RS
9 2 (1.02%) JAX-WS
9 2 (1.02%) OAuth
9 2 (1.02%) OAuth2
9 2 (1.02%) PostGIS
9 2 (1.02%) RESTful
9 2 (1.02%) XSD
9 2 (1.02%) XSL
9 2 (1.02%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.53%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.53%) PKI
3 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.51%) CESG
5 1 (0.51%) CMDB
5 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.51%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.51%) NHS
5 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.76%) Windows
2 7 (3.57%) Linux
3 5 (2.55%) Unix
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.02%) Solaris
4 2 (1.02%) VMS
4 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.63%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (21.43%) Agile
3 39 (19.90%) ERP
4 27 (13.78%) Migration
5 23 (11.73%) Project Delivery
6 21 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (10.20%) Data Migration
7 20 (10.20%) Performance Tuning
8 17 (8.67%) Data Modelling
8 17 (8.67%) Functional Testing
8 17 (8.67%) Logistics
8 17 (8.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (8.67%) Validation
9 14 (7.14%) DevOps
9 14 (7.14%) SOA
10 12 (6.12%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (6.12%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (6.12%) Project Management
10 12 (6.12%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (38.78%) SQL
2 40 (20.41%) PL/SQL
3 20 (10.20%) C#
4 16 (8.16%) Delphi
5 14 (7.14%) Java
6 6 (3.06%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.04%) Perl
9 3 (1.53%) Python
10 2 (1.02%) Magik
10 2 (1.02%) PHP
10 2 (1.02%) XPath
11 1 (0.51%) Bash
11 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (11.22%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.12%) DV Cleared
3 11 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.55%) Degree
5 3 (1.53%) CISSP
5 3 (1.53%) ISEB
5 3 (1.53%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.02%) ACCA
6 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.02%) PMP
7 1 (0.51%) APMP
7 1 (0.51%) CISA
7 1 (0.51%) CISM
7 1 (0.51%) CRISC
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) OCP
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.51%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (3.06%) COBIT
2 6 (3.06%) SLA
3 5 (2.55%) NIST
3 5 (2.55%) QA
4 4 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.04%) GDPR
5 3 (1.53%) PMO
6 2 (1.02%) IFRS
7 1 (0.51%) COSO
7 1 (0.51%) ITGC
System Software
1 5 (2.55%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.57%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (2.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (1.02%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 24 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.10%) SAP
3 5 (2.55%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.04%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.53%) IBM
5 3 (1.53%) VMware
5 3 (1.53%) webMethods
5 3 (1.53%) Workday
6 2 (1.02%) ESRI
6 2 (1.02%) Google
6 2 (1.02%) Sparx
6 2 (1.02%) Sybase
7 1 (0.51%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.51%) BMC
7 1 (0.51%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.51%) Genesys
7 1 (0.51%) Informatica
7 1 (0.51%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.51%) Remedy