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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 360 448
Rank change year-on-year -36 +88 +148
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 224 157 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the Business Applications category 6.80% 6.63% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 97 84
10th Percentile £453 £469 £304
25th Percentile £542 £518 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £636
90th Percentile £749 £700 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £623 £513
% change year-on-year -3.61% +21.46% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - -

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 3,296 2,369 3,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.40% 8.15% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 1,330 2,017
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £648 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 57 117
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.92
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +45.53% -13.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.23 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 31 March 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 15 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 31 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 -57 189 £600 -0.04% 16
UK excluding London -34 138 £600 -3.61% 11
South East -1 102 £620 -0.80% 5
Work from Home -21 82 £599 -4.16% 11
London -72 45 £550 -0.18% 6
North of England -69 16 £601 -7.89% 4
Midlands - 11 £525 -
Yorkshire - 9 £603 - 3
West Midlands - 7 £563 -
Scotland - 6 £599 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £525 -
North East -13 3 - -
East of England -40 2 £440 +40.80% 1
North West -43 2 £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 9 (4.02%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 7 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
3 6 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.79%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.89%) Liferay
Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 56 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 27 (12.05%) Oracle Payables
3 25 (11.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 22 (9.82%) Oracle Assets
5 21 (9.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 18 (8.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 16 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 12 (5.36%) Oracle AGIS
8 12 (5.36%) Oracle ERP
8 12 (5.36%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (3.57%) Oracle Payroll
10 7 (3.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 4 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.89%) NetSuite
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle iProcurement
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle SCM
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 1 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite
13 1 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
13 1 (0.45%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.57%) OCI
2 16 (7.14%) SaaS
3 10 (4.46%) AWS
4 7 (3.13%) GitHub
4 7 (3.13%) PaaS
5 6 (2.68%) Azure
6 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.79%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.45%) Sentry
8 1 (0.45%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (15.63%) Oracle Reports
2 14 (6.25%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (2.23%) Oracle BI EE
5 3 (1.34%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.89%) Power BI
6 2 (0.89%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.45%) OLTP
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 16 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (3.57%) Git
3 3 (1.34%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.89%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.89%) JIRA
4 2 (0.89%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
General
1 82 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 74 (33.04%) Finance
3 24 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.38%) General Ledger
5 16 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.79%) Banking
8 4 (1.79%) Military
9 2 (0.89%) Billing
9 2 (0.89%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.89%) Legal
9 2 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (31.70%) Consultant
2 66 (29.46%) Oracle Consultant
3 64 (28.57%) Lead
4 39 (17.41%) Functional Consultant
5 35 (15.63%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 18 (8.04%) Architect
6 18 (8.04%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 18 (8.04%) Technical Consultant
7 15 (6.70%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 15 (6.70%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.80%) Developer
8 13 (5.80%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.80%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 13 (5.80%) Service Transition Leader
9 11 (4.91%) Oracle Project Manager
10 10 (4.46%) Analyst
11 8 (3.57%) Oracle Team Leader
11 8 (3.57%) Support Team Leader
11 8 (3.57%) Team Leader
11 8 (3.57%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (28.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.57%) Middleware
3 3 (1.34%) Web Services
3 3 (1.34%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.89%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (0.89%) Playwright
4 2 (0.89%) pytest
4 2 (0.89%) REST
5 1 (0.45%) SOAP
5 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.23%) Data Structures
2 5 (2.23%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.34%) NHS
5 2 (0.89%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (0.89%) Life Science
6 1 (0.45%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.45%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.45%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.45%) Synthetic Data
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.23%) Unix
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (36.61%) Migration
2 66 (29.46%) ERP
3 58 (25.89%) Data Migration
4 55 (24.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (18.30%) User Acceptance Testing
6 36 (16.07%) Validation
7 23 (10.27%) ITIL
7 23 (10.27%) System Integration Testing
8 22 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (8.93%) Accounts Payable
9 20 (8.93%) Data Validation
10 19 (8.48%) Accounts Receivable
11 18 (8.04%) Procure-to-Pay
12 16 (7.14%) Risk Management
13 15 (6.70%) Agile
13 15 (6.70%) Business Transformation
13 15 (6.70%) Data Cleansing
13 15 (6.70%) Data Mapping
13 15 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 43 (19.20%) SQL
2 32 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 9 (4.02%) Python
4 7 (3.13%) Java
4 7 (3.13%) Ruby
5 3 (1.34%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.89%) Perl
7 1 (0.45%) Bash
7 1 (0.45%) C
7 1 (0.45%) Korn
7 1 (0.45%) ProC
Qualifications
1 20 (8.93%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.13%) PMP
5 4 (1.79%) Degree
6 3 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.45%) ACCA
8 1 (0.45%) APMG
8 1 (0.45%) CIMA
8 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.80%) QA
2 12 (5.36%) COBIT
2 12 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.36%) NIST
3 10 (4.46%) SLA
4 7 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.68%) PMO
6 5 (2.23%) ITGC
7 4 (1.79%) GDPR
8 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.89%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.23%) CEMLI
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.89%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.89%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.45%) Kibana
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 224 (100.00%) Oracle
2 12 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.34%) ExaGrid
5 2 (0.89%) Epicor
5 2 (0.89%) HP
5 2 (0.89%) SAP
5 2 (0.89%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.45%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.45%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.45%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.45%) IFS
6 1 (0.45%) Infor
6 1 (0.45%) QAD
6 1 (0.45%) Sage
6 1 (0.45%) Workday
6 1 (0.45%) Zuora