Oracle Applications Contract Job Trends

Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Applications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 572 522 578
Rank change year-on-year -50 +56 +119
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 11 26 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.071% 0.092%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.35% 0.97% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 26
10th Percentile £464 £431 £450
25th Percentile £499 £475 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -14.89% +10.33%
75th Percentile £654 £550 £669
90th Percentile £697 £573 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% -16.67% +12.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.25
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £90.00

All Business Application Skills
UK

Oracle Applications 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 3,105 2,671 3,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.61% 7.32% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,784 1,428 2,062
10th Percentile £358 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 64 86
10th Percentile £18.04 £23.87 £31.20
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% -20.34% +28.39%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.33 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.19 £80.75 £89.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.67 £43.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year +3.27% -23.44% +41.23%

Oracle Applications
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle Applications job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Applications over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Applications in the UK

Oracle Applications
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle Applications
Top 7 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 Applications within the UK over the 6 months to 26 November 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 -29 6 £570 +11.22% 5
UK excluding London -38 3 £440 -12.00% 4
London -8 2 £700 +33.33% 3
Work from Home -3 1 - - 2
South West -4 1 - -
East of England - 1 £440 -
South East - 1 - - 2

Oracle Applications
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 (9.09%) Apache
1 1 (9.09%) nginx
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) PaaS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Boomi
2 1 (9.09%) MinIO
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Hub
1 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Dutch Language
4 1 (9.09%) German Language
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Applications Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Applications Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Java Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (9.09%) EDI
2 1 (9.09%) EJB
2 1 (9.09%) Java EE
2 1 (9.09%) Java SE
2 1 (9.09%) JSP
2 1 (9.09%) LAPP Stack
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) OpenLayers
2 1 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Unix
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Solaris
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Data Mapping
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Order to Cash
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Personalization
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Order Management
4 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PL/SQL
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.09%) VMware