Oracle Service Bus Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Oracle Service Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 112 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% 0.12% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.52% 1.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £524 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% - -
75th Percentile £571 £625 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £548 £600 -
% change year-on-year -8.75% - -

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

Oracle Service Bus falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 192 192 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.10% 11.97% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 92 112
10th Percentile £311 £325 £225
25th Percentile £400 £398 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £478
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +6.39% +0.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £602
90th Percentile £638 £650 £608
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £450
% change year-on-year +0.99% +12.22% -8.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 6
10th Percentile £21.63 £13.25 £16.75
25th Percentile £26.56 £20.85 £19.23
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.05 £27.63
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +16.01% -53.17%
75th Percentile £34.85 £63.75 £34.06
90th Percentile £37.69 £73.20 £56.25
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -38.10% -4.55% -

Oracle Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Service Bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Oracle Service Bus job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Oracle Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Service Bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle Service Bus

Oracle Service Bus
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Service Bus within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Berkshire -26 1 £548 -8.75% 1
Oracle Service Bus
South East

Oracle Service Bus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) SQLite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle