Oracle Application Server Contract Job Trends

Oracle Application Server (OAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Application Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 657 547 567
Rank change year-on-year -110 +20 +60
Contract jobs citing Oracle Application Server 22 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.030% 0.003%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.47% 0.28% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 1
10th Percentile - £345 -
25th Percentile £450 £366 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £519
90th Percentile - £511 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £513
% change year-on-year - -7.32% -6.82%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Oracle Application Server 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,716 3,566 4,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 10.77% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,053 2,309 2,677
10th Percentile £288 £277 £265
25th Percentile £404 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £645
90th Percentile £688 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £455
% change year-on-year +3.33% -1.10% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 86 79
10th Percentile £14.76 £15.60 £17.08
25th Percentile £16.60 £20.69 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.43 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% -6.95% -19.72%
75th Percentile £56.11 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £72.50 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £32.77 £48.56
% change year-on-year -11.50% -32.52% +6.73%

Oracle Application Server
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle Application Server job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Application Server
Top 6 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 Application Server within the UK over the 6 months to 2 October 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
England -106 22 £475 -
UK excluding London -90 21 £475 -
South East - 20 £475 -
Work from Home - 13 £475 -
South West -40 1 - -
London -83 1 - -

Oracle Application Server
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 22 (100.00%) Oracle ODI
1 22 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 19 (86.36%) Developer
2 17 (77.27%) Oracle Developer
3 10 (45.45%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 10 (45.45%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Analytics Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (9.09%) ETL Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Oracle BI Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Oracle ETL Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Data Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Oracle Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Analytics
1 22 (100.00%) ETL
1 22 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (95.45%) Data Modelling
3 19 (86.36%) Business Analytics
4 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) ETL Development
6 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Data Integration
6 2 (9.09%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Logical Data Model
6 2 (9.09%) Physical Data Model
6 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 16 (72.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Oracle