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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 382 435
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 +133
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 226 145 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.49% 0.36%
As % of the Business Applications category 6.65% 6.00% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 90 85
10th Percentile £458 £414 £345
25th Percentile £531 £502 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% - +11.94%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £645
90th Percentile £741 £703 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £538
% change year-on-year -4.00% +16.28% +2.38%
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 3,400 2,417 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 8.21% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,946 1,362 1,935
10th Percentile £363 £400 £364
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +3.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £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 134 51 113
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £59.50
90th Percentile £87.35 £86.00 £65.00
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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -41 187 £600 -1.84% 60
UK excluding London -32 131 £600 -4.00% 52
South East +6 95 £621 -0.60% 13
Work from Home -22 81 £599 -4.16% 15
London -39 52 £550 +4.76% 14
North of England -68 17 £555 -14.94% 12
Midlands -55 12 £525 - 10
Yorkshire - 9 £639 - 8
East Midlands - 6 £525 - 8
Scotland - 6 £599 - 1
West Midlands - 6 £600 - 2
North East -13 4 £280 -46.41% 1
North West -57 2 £555 -15.91% 3
Wales - 1 £550 - 2

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 (3.98%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 7 (3.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (3.10%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.77%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.88%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 57 (25.22%) Oracle EBS R12
2 27 (11.95%) Oracle Payables
3 24 (10.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 22 (9.73%) Oracle Assets
5 21 (9.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 18 (7.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (6.64%) Oracle Cash Management
8 13 (5.75%) Oracle ERP
9 12 (5.31%) Oracle Financials
10 11 (4.87%) Oracle AGIS
11 8 (3.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 6 (2.65%) Oracle Applications
12 6 (2.65%) Oracle Payroll
13 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
13 2 (0.88%) Oracle iProcurement
13 2 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
14 1 (0.44%) Oracle FAH
14 1 (0.44%) Oracle iSupplier
14 1 (0.44%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 62 (27.43%) OCI
2 16 (7.08%) SaaS
3 10 (4.42%) AWS
4 7 (3.10%) GitHub
4 7 (3.10%) PaaS
5 6 (2.65%) Azure
5 6 (2.65%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.44%) Apigee
8 1 (0.44%) Sentry
8 1 (0.44%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.44%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.70%) Oracle Reports
2 16 (7.08%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.65%) Oracle BI EE
3 6 (2.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (2.21%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (1.77%) Power BI
6 3 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.33%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.88%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.44%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.44%) OLTP
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (8.41%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (3.10%) Git
3 3 (1.33%) JIRA
3 3 (1.33%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.33%) Selenium
4 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.88%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.44%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 78 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 77 (34.07%) Finance
3 26 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.73%) General Ledger
5 16 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.77%) Military
8 4 (1.77%) Retail
9 3 (1.33%) Banking
10 2 (0.88%) Billing
10 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
10 2 (0.88%) Local Government
10 2 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (34.96%) Consultant
2 74 (32.74%) Oracle Consultant
3 62 (27.43%) Lead
4 41 (18.14%) Functional Consultant
5 37 (16.37%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 20 (8.85%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 20 (8.85%) Technical Consultant
7 16 (7.08%) Architect
8 15 (6.64%) Developer
8 15 (6.64%) Oracle Developer
8 15 (6.64%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 14 (6.19%) Project Manager
10 12 (5.31%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
10 12 (5.31%) Payroll Consultant
11 11 (4.87%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
11 11 (4.87%) Service Transition Leader
12 10 (4.42%) Oracle Project Manager
13 9 (3.98%) Analyst
13 9 (3.98%) DBA
13 9 (3.98%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (26.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.54%) Middleware
3 3 (1.33%) Web Services
3 3 (1.33%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (0.88%) Playwright
4 2 (0.88%) pytest
4 2 (0.88%) REST
5 1 (0.44%) EDI
5 1 (0.44%) SOAP
5 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.21%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.21%) Data Structures
3 5 (2.21%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.33%) NHS
6 2 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (0.88%) Life Science
7 1 (0.44%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.44%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.44%) PMI
7 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.44%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.77%) Unix
2 1 (0.44%) Linux
2 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.96%) Migration
2 65 (28.76%) ERP
3 59 (26.11%) Data Migration
4 52 (23.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (17.70%) User Acceptance Testing
6 37 (16.37%) Validation
7 23 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (9.29%) ITIL
9 20 (8.85%) Accounts Payable
10 19 (8.41%) Data Validation
10 19 (8.41%) System Integration Testing
11 18 (7.96%) Accounts Receivable
11 18 (7.96%) Procure-to-Pay
12 16 (7.08%) Data Cleansing
12 16 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (6.64%) Agile
13 15 (6.64%) Business Transformation
14 14 (6.19%) Cash Management
14 14 (6.19%) Risk Management
14 14 (6.19%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.24%) SQL
2 37 (16.37%) PL/SQL
3 9 (3.98%) Python
4 7 (3.10%) Java
4 7 (3.10%) Ruby
5 2 (0.88%) Perl
5 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.44%) Bash
6 1 (0.44%) C
6 1 (0.44%) Korn
6 1 (0.44%) ProC
Qualifications
1 20 (8.85%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.19%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.10%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.65%) PMP
5 5 (2.21%) Degree
6 3 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.44%) APMG
8 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.31%) COBIT
1 12 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (5.31%) NIST
1 12 (5.31%) QA
2 10 (4.42%) SLA
3 8 (3.54%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.10%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (2.65%) PMO
6 5 (2.21%) ITGC
7 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.88%) GDPR
7 2 (0.88%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (1.77%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.21%) CEMLI
2 4 (1.77%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.88%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.88%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.44%) Kibana
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 226 (100.00%) Oracle
2 11 (4.87%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.54%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.33%) ExaGrid
5 2 (0.88%) Epicor
5 2 (0.88%) HP
5 2 (0.88%) SAP
5 2 (0.88%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.44%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.44%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.44%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.44%) IFS
6 1 (0.44%) Infor
6 1 (0.44%) QAD
6 1 (0.44%) Sage
6 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.44%) Workday
6 1 (0.44%) Zuora