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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 517 587
Rank change year-on-year -87 +70 +147
Contract jobs citing Oracle Application Server 7 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.17% 0.028% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £416 - £478
25th Percentile £463 - £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £498
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.48%
75th Percentile £488 - £513
90th Percentile £494 - £520
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - £498
% change year-on-year - - +4.74%

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 4,121 3,509 4,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.68% 11.59% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,849 2,215 2,802
10th Percentile £304 £256 £250
25th Percentile £402 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.52% -5.29%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £452 £450
% change year-on-year +5.09% +0.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 70 170
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.83 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £40.80 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.30% +53.94% +18.67%
75th Percentile £69.40 £63.44 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.00 £68.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.17 £42.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -24.32% +77.08% +9.09%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Application Server over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Application Server in the UK

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 5 March 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 -81 7 £475 - 2
UK excluding London - 4 £475 - 3
London -49 3 £433 - 1
South West - 3 £475 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £500 -
South East - 1 £500 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Anypoint
1 1 (14.29%) Mule
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (57.14%) Snowflake
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure API Management
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle ODI
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (57.14%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (57.14%) Power BI
2 4 (57.14%) Star Schema
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) DBeaver
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Data Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) ETL Tester
1 4 (57.14%) Quality Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Database Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ETL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) OBIEE Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior ETL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior OBIEE Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (14.29%) RAML
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) ETL
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Dimensional Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) ETL Development
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
4 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
4 1 (14.29%) DataWeave
4 1 (14.29%) Groovy
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft