Oracle Payroll Contract Job Trends

Oracle Payroll
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Payroll skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 521 581
Rank change year-on-year -38 +60 +208
Contract jobs citing Oracle Payroll 23 22 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.062% 0.059%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.74% 0.84% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 16
10th Percentile £534 £495 £431
25th Percentile £563 £505 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £628
90th Percentile £663 £750 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +8.70%

All Business Application Skills
UK

Oracle Payroll falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,122 2,630 3,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.61% 7.36% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,808 1,419 2,054
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £651 £654 £670
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 60 84
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.54 £30.72
25th Percentile £27.54 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £66.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.92 £80.75 £89.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +51.45%

Oracle Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Payroll relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Oracle Payroll job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Payroll
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payroll.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payroll

Oracle Payroll
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Payroll over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Payroll in the UK

Oracle Payroll
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payroll.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payroll

Oracle Payroll
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Payroll within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -37 19 £638 +8.51% 1
UK excluding London -37 10 £575 -4.17% 1
London -7 9 £638 +8.51%
Work from Home 0 8 £575 +15.87%
South East - 5 £575 -
North of England -44 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -

Oracle Payroll
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (4.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) OCI
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Local Government
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Lead
2 7 (30.43%) Consultant
2 7 (30.43%) Oracle Consultant
2 7 (30.43%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
2 7 (30.43%) Payroll Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Test Leader
4 2 (8.70%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Payroll Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Payroll Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.35%) Project Leader
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Tester
5 1 (4.35%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
1 5 (21.74%) Migration
1 5 (21.74%) Service Design
2 4 (17.39%) Data Migration
2 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (8.70%) Agile
3 2 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.35%) Analytics
4 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.35%) Data Mapping
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.35%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) SAP