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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 348 434
Rank change year-on-year -78 +86 +109
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 202 172 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.89% 7.10% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 114 92
10th Percentile £454 £413 £320
25th Percentile £528 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £600 £594
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +1.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £639
90th Percentile £760 £672 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £618 £623 £519
% change year-on-year -0.80% +20.00% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £40.73 - -
25th Percentile £47.44 - -
Median hourly rate £59.25 - -
75th Percentile £70.44 - -
90th Percentile £76.78 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.25 - -

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 3,427 2,424 3,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.19% 8.34% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,926 1,371 1,862
10th Percentile £361 £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% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 51 116
10th Percentile £25.81 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £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 £79.13 £58.38
90th Percentile £87.20 £86.00 £64.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -20.00%

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 15 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Oracle EBS over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Oracle EBS in the UK

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 15 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 -103 163 £600 - 29
UK excluding London -78 102 £618 -0.80% 15
Work from Home -35 72 £599 -4.16% 12
South East -48 71 £625 - 6
London -65 57 £550 +22.22% 17
North of England -64 16 £555 -14.94% 6
Midlands -59 9 £525 +5.00% 2
Yorkshire - 9 £639 - 4
Scotland - 5 £616 - 1
West Midlands -58 4 £663 +32.50% 1
East Midlands - 4 £525 - 1
North West -43 3 £555 -15.91%
North East -21 2 £280 -46.41% 2
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 7 (3.47%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
1 7 (3.47%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (1.98%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.99%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 46 (22.77%) Oracle EBS R12
2 29 (14.36%) Oracle Payables
3 22 (10.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 19 (9.41%) Oracle Assets
5 18 (8.91%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (7.92%) Oracle Cash Management
7 14 (6.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (5.45%) Oracle ERP
8 11 (5.45%) Oracle Financials
9 9 (4.46%) Oracle AGIS
10 8 (3.96%) Oracle Applications
10 8 (3.96%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 4 (1.98%) NetSuite
11 4 (1.98%) Oracle Payroll
12 3 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
12 3 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
12 3 (1.49%) Dynamics SL
12 3 (1.49%) Oracle iProcurement
12 3 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 3 (1.49%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 55 (27.23%) OCI
2 13 (6.44%) SaaS
3 10 (4.95%) AWS
4 7 (3.47%) GitHub
4 7 (3.47%) PaaS
5 6 (2.97%) Azure
5 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.50%) Apigee
8 1 (0.50%) Sentry
8 1 (0.50%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.32%) Oracle Reports
2 17 (8.42%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.48%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (2.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (2.48%) Oracle ODI
4 4 (1.98%) Power BI
5 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.49%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.99%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.50%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.50%) OLTP
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.42%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (3.47%) Git
3 3 (1.49%) JIRA
3 3 (1.49%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.99%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.99%) Postman
4 2 (0.99%) Selenium
4 2 (0.99%) Toad
5 1 (0.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.50%) JDeveloper
General
1 61 (30.20%) Finance
2 55 (27.23%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.38%) General Ledger
4 16 (7.92%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.47%) Banking
7 5 (2.48%) Military
7 5 (2.48%) Retail
8 3 (1.49%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.99%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.99%) Legal
9 2 (0.99%) Local Government
9 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.50%) Billing
10 1 (0.50%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (37.13%) Consultant
2 72 (35.64%) Oracle Consultant
3 42 (20.79%) Lead
4 36 (17.82%) Functional Consultant
5 34 (16.83%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 22 (10.89%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 22 (10.89%) Technical Consultant
7 17 (8.42%) Architect
8 14 (6.93%) Developer
8 14 (6.93%) Oracle Developer
8 14 (6.93%) Payroll Consultant
9 13 (6.44%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
10 12 (5.94%) Analyst
10 12 (5.94%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 12 (5.94%) Project Manager
11 10 (4.95%) DBA
11 10 (4.95%) Oracle DBA
11 10 (4.95%) Oracle Project Manager
12 9 (4.46%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
12 9 (4.46%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (28.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (5.94%) Middleware
3 3 (1.49%) REST
3 3 (1.49%) Web Services
3 3 (1.49%) XML
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (0.99%) Playwright
4 2 (0.99%) pytest
4 2 (0.99%) SOAP
5 1 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.50%) EDI
5 1 (0.50%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.98%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.49%) NHS
5 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.99%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.99%) Life Science
7 1 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.50%) FMCG
7 1 (0.50%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.50%) Synthetic Data
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.49%) Unix
2 1 (0.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.67%) Migration
2 60 (29.70%) ERP
3 50 (24.75%) Data Migration
4 38 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (18.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 36 (17.82%) Validation
6 22 (10.89%) Accounts Payable
6 22 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (9.90%) System Integration Testing
8 17 (8.42%) Data Validation
9 16 (7.92%) Cash Management
10 15 (7.43%) Accounts Receivable
10 15 (7.43%) Agile
10 15 (7.43%) Data Cleansing
11 14 (6.93%) Data Modelling
11 14 (6.93%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (6.93%) Procure-to-Pay
12 13 (6.44%) Translating Business Requirements
13 12 (5.94%) Risk Management
14 11 (5.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.76%) SQL
2 37 (18.32%) PL/SQL
3 9 (4.46%) Python
4 7 (3.47%) Java
4 7 (3.47%) Ruby
5 2 (0.99%) Perl
6 1 (0.50%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) C
6 1 (0.50%) Korn
6 1 (0.50%) ProC
6 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (10.89%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.92%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.47%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.97%) PMP
5 5 (2.48%) Degree
6 3 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.50%) APMG
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) COBIT
1 10 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (4.95%) NIST
2 9 (4.46%) QA
3 8 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.48%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (2.48%) PMO
5 3 (1.49%) ITGC
5 3 (1.49%) SLA
6 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.99%) GxP
7 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (1.98%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.98%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.99%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 2 (0.99%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.99%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.50%) Kibana
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 202 (100.00%) Oracle
2 13 (6.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.97%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.98%) Epicor
4 4 (1.98%) SAP
5 3 (1.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (1.49%) Anaplan
5 3 (1.49%) ExaGrid
5 3 (1.49%) IFS
5 3 (1.49%) Infor
5 3 (1.49%) QAD
5 3 (1.49%) Sage
5 3 (1.49%) Talend
5 3 (1.49%) Workday
5 3 (1.49%) Zuora
6 2 (0.99%) HP
6 2 (0.99%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.50%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.50%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow