Oracle EBS Contract Job Trends

Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle EBS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 346 431
Rank change year-on-year -98 +85 +76
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 194 175 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.61% 0.35%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.67% 7.23% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 119 92
10th Percentile £453 £411 £320
25th Percentile £513 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £594
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £638
90th Percentile £741 £690 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £519
% change year-on-year -4.00% +20.48% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Oracle EBS 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 3,421 2,422 3,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.04% 8.47% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,927 1,375 1,837
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £787
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 51 115
10th Percentile £26.14 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £57.41
90th Percentile £87.55 £86.00 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

Oracle EBS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Oracle EBS job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle EBS over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle EBS in the UK

Oracle EBS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Oracle EBS
Top 14 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 EBS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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 -105 159 £599 -3.78% 34
UK excluding London -99 92 £600 -4.00% 16
Work from Home -58 66 £575 -8.00% 17
London -62 64 £550 +10.00% 21
South East -75 60 £621 -0.60% 7
North of England -74 17 £501 -23.30% 7
Yorkshire - 10 £620 - 5
Midlands -64 9 £525 +5.00% 1
Scotland - 5 £616 - 1
North East -26 4 £480 -8.13% 1
West Midlands -60 4 £663 +32.50%
East Midlands - 4 £525 - 1
North West -48 3 £555 -15.91% 1
Wales - 1 £550 -

Oracle EBS
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 8 (4.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (3.09%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (3.09%) WebLogic
3 5 (2.58%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 2 (1.03%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 45 (23.20%) Oracle EBS R12
2 28 (14.43%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (10.82%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (9.28%) Oracle Assets
5 16 (8.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (7.73%) Oracle Cash Management
7 12 (6.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (5.67%) Oracle Financials
9 10 (5.15%) Oracle Applications
10 9 (4.64%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (4.12%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 7 (3.61%) Oracle AGIS
13 4 (2.06%) NetSuite
13 4 (2.06%) Oracle iProcurement
14 3 (1.55%) Dynamics AX
14 3 (1.55%) Dynamics GP
14 3 (1.55%) Dynamics SL
14 3 (1.55%) Infor CloudSuite
14 3 (1.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 3 (1.55%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.23%) OCI
2 12 (6.19%) AWS
3 10 (5.15%) SaaS
4 7 (3.61%) GitHub
4 7 (3.61%) PaaS
5 6 (3.09%) Azure
6 5 (2.58%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.52%) Apigee
9 1 (0.52%) Sentry
9 1 (0.52%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (18.56%) Oracle Reports
2 19 (9.79%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.09%) Oracle ODI
4 5 (2.58%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (2.06%) Power BI
6 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (1.03%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.52%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.52%) OLTP
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.76%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (3.61%) Git
3 3 (1.55%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.03%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.03%) Postman
4 2 (1.03%) Selenium
4 2 (1.03%) Toad
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) JDeveloper
General
1 60 (30.93%) Finance
2 45 (23.20%) Social Skills
3 27 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.37%) General Ledger
5 15 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.12%) Banking
6 8 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.58%) Military
7 5 (2.58%) Retail
8 4 (2.06%) Legal
9 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.03%) Local Government
10 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Billing
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (36.60%) Consultant
2 69 (35.57%) Oracle Consultant
3 34 (17.53%) Functional Consultant
3 34 (17.53%) Lead
4 33 (17.01%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 19 (9.79%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 19 (9.79%) Technical Consultant
6 17 (8.76%) Architect
7 15 (7.73%) Payroll Consultant
8 14 (7.22%) DBA
8 14 (7.22%) Oracle DBA
8 14 (7.22%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
9 13 (6.70%) Developer
9 13 (6.70%) Oracle Developer
10 12 (6.19%) Analyst
10 12 (6.19%) Project Manager
11 11 (5.67%) Oracle Financials Consultant
12 10 (5.15%) Oracle Project Manager
13 9 (4.64%) Senior
14 8 (4.12%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (26.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (6.70%) Middleware
3 3 (1.55%) REST
3 3 (1.55%) XML
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.03%) Playwright
4 2 (1.03%) pytest
4 2 (1.03%) SOAP
4 2 (1.03%) Web Services
5 1 (0.52%) .NET
5 1 (0.52%) EDI
5 1 (0.52%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (2.58%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.58%) Data Structures
2 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.55%) NHS
5 2 (1.03%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.03%) Life Science
6 1 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.52%) FMCG
6 1 (0.52%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.52%) PMI
6 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.52%) Synthetic Data
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.58%) Unix
2 3 (1.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.99%) Migration
2 55 (28.35%) ERP
3 47 (24.23%) Data Migration
4 35 (18.04%) Validation
5 33 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (17.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.31%) Accounts Payable
8 18 (9.28%) System Integration Testing
9 17 (8.76%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (7.73%) Agile
10 15 (7.73%) Cash Management
10 15 (7.73%) Data Validation
11 14 (7.22%) Data Modelling
12 13 (6.70%) Accounts Receivable
12 13 (6.70%) Data Cleansing
12 13 (6.70%) Translating Business Requirements
13 12 (6.19%) Procure-to-Pay
14 11 (5.67%) Risk Management
15 10 (5.15%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (24.23%) SQL
2 38 (19.59%) PL/SQL
3 9 (4.64%) Python
4 7 (3.61%) Java
4 7 (3.61%) Ruby
5 2 (1.03%) Perl
6 1 (0.52%) Bash
6 1 (0.52%) C
6 1 (0.52%) Korn
6 1 (0.52%) ProC
6 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.58%) Degree
4 5 (2.58%) PMP
5 3 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.52%) APMG
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.12%) COBIT
1 8 (4.12%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (4.12%) NIST
2 7 (3.61%) QA
3 4 (2.06%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.03%) GxP
5 2 (1.03%) ITGC
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (2.06%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 7 (3.61%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (2.58%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (1.03%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 194 (100.00%) Oracle
2 11 (5.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.06%) Epicor
4 4 (2.06%) SAP
4 4 (2.06%) Talend
5 3 (1.55%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (1.55%) Anaplan
5 3 (1.55%) IFS
5 3 (1.55%) Infor
5 3 (1.55%) QAD
5 3 (1.55%) Sage
5 3 (1.55%) Workday
5 3 (1.55%) Zuora
6 2 (1.03%) HP
6 2 (1.03%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.52%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow