OCI Contracts

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Oracle OCI, Oracle Cloud)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring OCI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OCI over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 304 428
Rank change year-on-year -8 +124 +32
Contract jobs citing OCI 224 329 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.75% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 2.33% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 182 119
10th Percentile £428 £405 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -6.46% -
75th Percentile £640 £684 £714
90th Percentile £760 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £28.00 -

All Cloud Skills
UK

OCI falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,997 14,094 22,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 32.33% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 10,005 15,924
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 350
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £48.56 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.53 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.47% -28.03% +31.31%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OCI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OCI in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OCI.

Daily rate trend for OCI in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OCI over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OCI in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OCI.

Hourly rate trend for OCI in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OCI within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -2 164 £600 +5.82% 93
London +3 96 £600 +6.26% 39
UK excluding London +14 93 £550 -2.22% 62
Work from Home +3 75 £550 - 61
South East +45 30 £600 -0.83% 24
Scotland -7 27 £508 -3.19% 6
Midlands +18 12 £603 +32.53% 13
North of England +21 10 £588 +17.50% 10
West Midlands +19 10 £589 -11.93% 8
Yorkshire +17 9 £588 +18.99% 2
South West +32 5 £500 +19.76% 2
Northern Ireland -7 5 £516 -20.58% 2
Wales - 3 £405 - 2
East of England +28 2 £596 -11.67% 3
North West +2 1 - - 7
East Midlands 0 1 - - 4

OCI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (5.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (4.46%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (2.23%) Oracle Service Bus
4 4 (1.79%) CMS
4 4 (1.79%) Confluence
4 4 (1.79%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (1.34%) Documentum
5 3 (1.34%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.89%) Apache
6 2 (0.89%) nginx
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.45%) IIS
7 1 (0.45%) JBoss
7 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.45%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (6.25%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (11.61%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (9.82%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (8.48%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (6.25%) Oracle Financials
5 12 (5.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 10 (4.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (4.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (3.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (2.68%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (2.68%) Oracle Payroll
9 5 (2.23%) Oracle BPM
10 4 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (1.79%) Sage X3
11 3 (1.34%) Oracle iProcurement
11 3 (1.34%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.89%) NetSuite
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle Internet Expenses
13 1 (0.45%) HFM
13 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.73%) SaaS
2 20 (8.93%) Azure
3 17 (7.59%) AWS
4 15 (6.70%) PaaS
5 12 (5.36%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.68%) GitHub
7 6 (2.68%) Oracle CX
8 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.34%) GCP
9 3 (1.34%) Serverless
9 3 (1.34%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.89%) AWS CodeCommit
10 2 (0.89%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 2 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.89%) Boomi
10 2 (0.89%) dbt
10 2 (0.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.57%) Firewall
2 5 (2.23%) Network Security
3 3 (1.34%) VPN
4 2 (0.89%) IPsec
4 2 (0.89%) SSL
5 1 (0.45%) BGP
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 35 (15.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 18 (8.04%) Oracle ODI
4 17 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (6.25%) Oracle Database
6 13 (5.80%) Tableau
7 12 (5.36%) Power BI
8 5 (2.23%) Qlik Sense
8 5 (2.23%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.79%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (1.34%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.89%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.89%) Big Data
11 2 (0.89%) Essbase
11 2 (0.89%) Impala
11 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (0.89%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.45%) MySQL
12 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 10 (4.46%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (3.57%) JIRA
3 5 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.34%) Subversion
5 2 (0.89%) Git
6 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.45%) Hudson
6 1 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) Mockito
6 1 (0.45%) Newman
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.45%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 105 (46.88%) Finance
2 50 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.52%) Public Sector
4 35 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.13%) General Ledger
6 6 (2.68%) Banking
6 6 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.23%) Back Office
7 5 (2.23%) Legal
7 5 (2.23%) Military
8 4 (1.79%) Billing
8 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.79%) Local Government
8 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.89%) French Language
10 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (19.20%) Consultant
2 39 (17.41%) Oracle Consultant
3 26 (11.61%) Architect
4 22 (9.82%) Lead
5 21 (9.38%) Analyst
6 20 (8.93%) Cloud Consultant
7 18 (8.04%) Developer
8 17 (7.59%) Senior
9 14 (6.25%) Oracle Analyst
10 13 (5.80%) Oracle Architect
10 13 (5.80%) Oracle Developer
11 12 (5.36%) Cloud Architect
11 12 (5.36%) Functional Consultant
11 12 (5.36%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 10 (4.46%) Security Architect
13 9 (4.02%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
13 9 (4.02%) Project Manager
13 9 (4.02%) Report Writer
14 8 (3.57%) Oracle Specialist
14 8 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (39.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (6.70%) REST
3 12 (5.36%) SOAP
3 12 (5.36%) Web Services
4 11 (4.91%) Middleware
4 11 (4.91%) OAuth
5 9 (4.02%) SAML
6 8 (3.57%) OpenID
7 7 (3.13%) XML
8 3 (1.34%) .NET
8 3 (1.34%) JSON
8 3 (1.34%) Kafka
8 3 (1.34%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.89%) Django
9 2 (0.89%) MACH
9 2 (0.89%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.45%) Ajax
10 1 (0.45%) FastAPI
10 1 (0.45%) JWT
10 1 (0.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.46%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.68%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.23%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.79%) Clustering
6 4 (1.79%) Replication
7 3 (1.34%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.45%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.04%) Linux
2 11 (4.91%) AIX
3 9 (4.02%) Windows
4 7 (3.13%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.79%) Solaris
7 2 (0.89%) VMS
8 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (40.18%) ERP
2 44 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
4 36 (16.07%) Migration
5 34 (15.18%) Analytics
6 30 (13.39%) Data Modelling
7 25 (11.16%) Agile
8 22 (9.82%) DevOps
9 21 (9.38%) Data Migration
10 20 (8.93%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (7.59%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (7.59%) Project Management
11 17 (7.59%) Visualisation
12 15 (6.70%) Actionable Insight
12 15 (6.70%) CI/CD
12 15 (6.70%) Dashboard Development
12 15 (6.70%) Performance Tuning
12 15 (6.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (6.70%) Validation
13 14 (6.25%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.88%) SQL
2 24 (10.71%) Python
3 22 (9.82%) PL/SQL
4 21 (9.38%) Java
5 7 (3.13%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.79%) ProC
7 3 (1.34%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.89%) R
8 2 (0.89%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
9 1 (0.45%) C#
9 1 (0.45%) Groovy
9 1 (0.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.45%) Rust
9 1 (0.45%) Scala
9 1 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 57 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.93%) Degree
4 14 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.91%) Oracle Certification
6 9 (4.02%) OCP
7 3 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.34%) CISSP
7 3 (1.34%) PMP
7 3 (1.34%) SANS
8 2 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.89%) CCSP
8 2 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.89%) OSCP
8 2 (0.89%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.57%) NIST
3 7 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 7 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.34%) GDPR
6 2 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.45%) ITGC
7 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
7 1 (0.45%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (6.25%) Docker
2 10 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.68%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.89%) LXC
5 2 (0.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.45%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 18 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.91%) Data Guard
3 10 (4.46%) Ansible
4 6 (2.68%) Terraform
5 5 (2.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.79%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 219 (97.77%) Oracle
2 18 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.23%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.79%) Commvault
4 4 (1.79%) Dell
4 4 (1.79%) Dynatrace
4 4 (1.79%) IBM
4 4 (1.79%) Sage
4 4 (1.79%) Siebel
5 3 (1.34%) Adobe
5 3 (1.34%) SAP
5 3 (1.34%) Splunk
5 3 (1.34%) VMware
6 2 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (0.89%) Hyperion
6 2 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.45%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.45%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.45%) Workday