Oracle Contracts in the UK excluding London

Oracle
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 52 39
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing Oracle 704 739 1,236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.51% 3.56% 5.14%
As % of the Vendors category 11.31% 8.34% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 498 882
10th Percentile £363 £363 £364
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £664 £688 £687
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 30 17
10th Percentile £28.30 £25.05 £31.50
25th Percentile £41.45 £25.50 £45.62
Median hourly rate £62.50 £42.19 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.14% -29.68% +66.67%
75th Percentile £64.68 £58.87 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.62 £61.94 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.40 £38.50 £64.50
% change year-on-year -21.04% -40.31% +77.32%

All Vendors
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Oracle as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Oracle in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Oracle in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +15 196 £600 +5.03% 202
North of England +42 165 £475 -5.00% 114
Scotland 0 137 £500 -3.03% 38
North West +23 85 £475 -5.00% 70
Midlands +2 82 £497 +3.44% 87
South West +51 78 £575 +15.00% 67
Yorkshire +41 74 £450 -8.63% 36
West Midlands +11 59 £525 -2.05% 65
East of England +38 29 £510 -15.00% 57
East Midlands -6 21 £425 +6.25% 19
Northern Ireland 0 13 £470 -27.69% 20
Wales -7 8 £375 -21.05% 14
North East -2 6 £464 +3.06% 8
Oracle
UK

Oracle
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 59 (8.38%) Confluence
2 39 (5.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 19 (2.70%) WebLogic
4 16 (2.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 12 (1.70%) WebSphere
6 11 (1.56%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.14%) JBoss
8 7 (0.99%) Apache
8 7 (0.99%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 5 (0.71%) Oracle Service Bus
9 5 (0.71%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.57%) nginx
10 4 (0.57%) SAS
11 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.43%) IIS
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.43%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.28%) CICS
12 2 (0.28%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.28%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 20 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 78 (11.08%) Oracle EBS
2 35 (4.97%) Oracle EBS R12
3 29 (4.12%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (1.99%) Oracle ASCP
4 14 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.85%) Maximo
6 11 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.99%) Primavera
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Retail
9 5 (0.71%) Kondor
9 5 (0.71%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle HRMS
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payroll
11 3 (0.43%) Oracle SCM
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
12 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (13.35%) OCI
2 86 (12.22%) AWS
3 83 (11.79%) Azure
4 31 (4.40%) Serverless
5 23 (3.27%) Power Platform
6 19 (2.70%) Amazon S3
6 19 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.70%) SaaS
7 17 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (2.27%) GCP
9 12 (1.70%) OpenShift
10 11 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (1.56%) Oracle CX
11 9 (1.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.14%) PaaS
13 7 (0.99%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.99%) GitHub
14 5 (0.71%) AWS CodeBuild
14 5 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.98%) DNS
2 10 (1.42%) Firewall
3 9 (1.28%) SAN
4 7 (0.99%) SSL
5 5 (0.71%) NAS
6 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.43%) VPN
7 2 (0.28%) DHCP
7 2 (0.28%) LAN
7 2 (0.28%) WLAN
8 1 (0.14%) 4G
8 1 (0.14%) 5G
8 1 (0.14%) Converged Networks
8 1 (0.14%) FTP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) Internet
8 1 (0.14%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (21.59%) Oracle Database
2 80 (11.36%) Oracle Reports
3 77 (10.94%) SQL Server
4 75 (10.65%) PostgreSQL
5 51 (7.24%) Relational Database
6 36 (5.11%) MySQL
7 35 (4.97%) MongoDB
8 32 (4.55%) RDBMS
9 23 (3.27%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 18 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (2.27%) DB2
12 16 (2.27%) Power BI
13 12 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.56%) Oracle Database 11g
14 11 (1.56%) Tableau
15 8 (1.14%) Metadata
16 6 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.85%) Essbase
16 6 (0.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 73 (10.37%) JIRA
2 61 (8.66%) Git
3 28 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 26 (3.69%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (3.27%) Bitbucket
6 17 (2.41%) GitLab
6 17 (2.41%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.99%) Oracle APEX
8 12 (1.70%) Subversion
9 9 (1.28%) PVCS
10 8 (1.14%) Maven
10 8 (1.14%) Selenium
10 8 (1.14%) Toad
11 4 (0.57%) ERwin
11 4 (0.57%) JMeter
11 4 (0.57%) Mockito
12 3 (0.43%) DBeaver
12 3 (0.43%) JUnit
12 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.28%) LoadRunner
General
1 228 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 206 (29.26%) Finance
3 125 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.10%) Banking
6 23 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.41%) Back Office
9 16 (2.27%) Retail
10 12 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.56%) Local Government
12 10 (1.42%) General Ledger
12 10 (1.42%) Law
13 9 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.28%) Legal
13 9 (1.28%) Military
13 9 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (16.05%) Developer
2 82 (11.65%) Consultant
3 73 (10.37%) Analyst
4 66 (9.38%) Oracle Consultant
5 62 (8.81%) Lead
6 57 (8.10%) Senior
7 49 (6.96%) Architect
8 46 (6.53%) Oracle Developer
9 37 (5.26%) DBA
10 35 (4.97%) Functional Consultant
10 35 (4.97%) Oracle Functional Consultant
11 24 (3.41%) Data Engineer
12 23 (3.27%) Oracle Analyst
13 22 (3.13%) Administrator
14 21 (2.98%) Project Manager
15 20 (2.84%) Software Engineer
16 18 (2.56%) Oracle Specialist
16 18 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (2.27%) Database Engineer
17 16 (2.27%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (17.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 58 (8.24%) REST
3 36 (5.11%) SOAP
4 31 (4.40%) XML
5 30 (4.26%) Web Services
6 29 (4.12%) Middleware
7 27 (3.84%) Kafka
8 26 (3.69%) JSON
9 20 (2.84%) React
9 20 (2.84%) Spring
10 19 (2.70%) Spring Boot
11 18 (2.56%) .NET
11 18 (2.56%) AngularJS
12 15 (2.13%) CSS
12 15 (2.13%) HTML
13 14 (1.99%) Java EE
14 11 (1.56%) Node.js
15 10 (1.42%) J2EE
16 9 (1.28%) LDAP
17 8 (1.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
1 27 (3.84%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.41%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.70%) Replication
7 10 (1.42%) Clustering
8 9 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.85%) Derivative
11 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.85%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.85%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.71%) Oracle Licensing
12 5 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.20%) Linux
2 89 (12.64%) Windows
3 41 (5.82%) Windows Server
4 38 (5.40%) Unix
5 18 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.27%) AIX
7 12 (1.70%) Solaris
8 5 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (0.43%) VMS
9 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (29.69%) Problem-Solving
2 183 (25.99%) Agile
3 126 (17.90%) Migration
4 107 (15.20%) ERP
5 82 (11.65%) DevOps
6 75 (10.65%) Performance Tuning
7 67 (9.52%) CI/CD
7 67 (9.52%) Data Migration
8 63 (8.95%) Change Management
9 57 (8.10%) Data Modelling
10 55 (7.81%) Microservices
11 49 (6.96%) Validation
12 48 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
13 47 (6.68%) Project Management
14 46 (6.53%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (6.53%) ETL
15 45 (6.39%) User Acceptance Testing
16 42 (5.97%) Scrum
17 39 (5.54%) SDLC
17 39 (5.54%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 254 (36.08%) SQL
2 137 (19.46%) PL/SQL
3 80 (11.36%) Java
4 71 (10.09%) Python
5 39 (5.54%) Bash
6 38 (5.40%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.40%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.98%) C#
8 24 (3.41%) Perl
9 16 (2.27%) Delphi
10 15 (2.13%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.99%) ProC
12 13 (1.85%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.42%) C
14 6 (0.85%) COBOL
15 4 (0.57%) PHP
15 4 (0.57%) VBA
16 3 (0.43%) JCL
16 3 (0.43%) R
16 3 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 119 (16.90%) Security Cleared
2 77 (10.94%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.39%) Degree
4 32 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (3.98%) Oracle Certification
6 20 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (1.56%) OCA
10 10 (1.42%) CCNP
10 10 (1.42%) RHCA
10 10 (1.42%) RHCE
11 9 (1.28%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.14%) OCP
13 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.85%) CIMA
13 6 (0.85%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.71%) CISSP
14 5 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.55%) QA
2 16 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.27%) SLA
3 14 (1.99%) Disclosure Scotland
4 8 (1.14%) GDPR
4 8 (1.14%) PMO
5 6 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.71%) Basel III
6 5 (0.71%) MiFID
6 5 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.43%) IFRS
8 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.28%) ITGC
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) COSO
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.40%) Docker
3 28 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.27%) Oracle RAC
5 9 (1.28%) vSphere
6 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.43%) LXC
9 2 (0.28%) HDFS
9 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) KVM
10 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 44 (6.25%) Ansible
2 37 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 25 (3.55%) Oracle RMAN
4 16 (2.27%) Progress Chef
5 14 (1.99%) Puppet
5 14 (1.99%) Terraform
6 13 (1.85%) Data Guard
7 11 (1.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 11 (1.56%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.28%) Grafana
9 6 (0.85%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.71%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Flashback
11 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.57%) Tivoli
11 4 (0.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.28%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
12 2 (0.28%) Foglight
Vendors
1 75 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.97%) VMware
3 31 (4.40%) Cisco
4 23 (3.27%) SAP
5 20 (2.84%) Commvault
6 19 (2.70%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.99%) Sybase
8 12 (1.70%) IBM
8 12 (1.70%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.70%) Splunk
9 11 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.28%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.14%) Informatica
11 8 (1.14%) Talend
12 7 (0.99%) CyberArk
12 7 (0.99%) Google
12 7 (0.99%) IFS
13 6 (0.85%) HP
14 5 (0.71%) Dell