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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 402 477
Rank change year-on-year +9 +75 +75
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 197 136 131
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.43% 0.30%
As % of the Business Applications category 6.43% 5.73% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 82 57
10th Percentile £491 £465 £269
25th Percentile £566 £518 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £653 £647 £645
90th Percentile £760 £700 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £621 £625 £488
% change year-on-year -0.60% +28.21% -11.36%
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 3,065 2,372 3,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.13% 7.58% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,761 1,247 1,939
10th Percentile £360 £370 £375
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £669 £660 £675
90th Percentile £756 £767 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 54 121
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.75 £30.62 £22.33
Median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.78% +27.35%
75th Percentile £78.25 £74.97 £60.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £53.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +5.12% +13.16% +27.35%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -7 173 £620 +1.64% 9
UK excluding London +14 121 £621 -0.60% 7
South East +20 93 £623 -0.40% 1
Work from Home -2 71 £600 -4.00% 9
London -16 44 £600 +2.56% 3
North of England -37 15 £635 +36.56% 3
Midlands - 8 £563 - 1
West Midlands - 6 £563 -
North West - 5 £635 - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £644 -
Scotland +8 3 £584 +22.89% 1
North East -14 3 - -
East of England -17 2 £440 +40.80% 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 1

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 (4.06%) Oracle Workflow
2 7 (3.55%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (2.03%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.02%) Liferay
6 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (2.54%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 65 (32.99%) Oracle EBS R12
2 42 (21.32%) Oracle Payables
3 35 (17.77%) Oracle General Ledger
4 29 (14.72%) Oracle Assets
5 28 (14.21%) Oracle Financials
5 28 (14.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 27 (13.71%) Oracle Cash Management
7 17 (8.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 13 (6.60%) Oracle AGIS
9 11 (5.58%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 9 (4.57%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (4.06%) Oracle Payroll
12 7 (3.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 6 (3.05%) Oracle ASCP
14 5 (2.54%) Oracle FAH
15 4 (2.03%) Oracle SCM
16 3 (1.52%) Oracle Applications
17 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
17 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
17 1 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 53 (26.90%) OCI
2 15 (7.61%) SaaS
3 6 (3.05%) Azure
4 5 (2.54%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.51%) AWS
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.68%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (5.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 10 (5.08%) Oracle Database
3 7 (3.55%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.52%) Power BI
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.02%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.51%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.51%) Essbase
6 1 (0.51%) Metadata
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.51%) OLTP
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.06%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (2.54%) JIRA
3 4 (2.03%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.02%) Git
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.51%) Selenium
5 1 (0.51%) TestComplete
General
1 89 (45.18%) Finance
2 85 (43.15%) Social Skills
3 27 (13.71%) General Ledger
4 17 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.08%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.06%) Banking
7 4 (2.03%) Billing
8 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Legal
9 1 (0.51%) Local Government
9 1 (0.51%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (37.06%) Consultant
2 69 (35.03%) Oracle Consultant
3 58 (29.44%) Lead
4 43 (21.83%) Functional Consultant
5 39 (19.80%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 22 (11.17%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 21 (10.66%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 15 (7.61%) Developer
9 14 (7.11%) Oracle Developer
10 13 (6.60%) Service Transition Leader
11 12 (6.09%) Project Manager
12 10 (5.08%) Oracle Project Manager
13 9 (4.57%) Architect
14 8 (4.06%) Application Support Team Leader
14 8 (4.06%) Applications Support
14 8 (4.06%) Oracle Team Leader
14 8 (4.06%) Support Team Leader
14 8 (4.06%) Team Leader
14 8 (4.06%) Technical Manager
15 7 (3.55%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (22.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (4.06%) Middleware
3 4 (2.03%) Web Services
4 3 (1.52%) WebCenter
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.02%) REST
6 1 (0.51%) SOAP
6 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.57%) Data Structures
2 6 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.51%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.51%) PMI
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.06%) Unix
2 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.92%) Migration
2 46 (23.35%) User Acceptance Testing
3 43 (21.83%) ERP
4 41 (20.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (19.29%) Data Migration
6 32 (16.24%) Accounts Payable
7 26 (13.20%) Cash Management
7 26 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (12.18%) ITIL
9 19 (9.64%) Accounts Receivable
10 17 (8.63%) Procure-to-Pay
10 17 (8.63%) Validation
11 16 (8.12%) System Integration Testing
12 15 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (7.61%) Business Transformation
12 15 (7.61%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (7.61%) Project Management
13 14 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (7.11%) Data Cleansing
13 14 (7.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.23%) SQL
2 18 (9.14%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.03%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.02%) Java
4 2 (1.02%) Perl
5 1 (0.51%) Bash
5 1 (0.51%) C
5 1 (0.51%) Korn
5 1 (0.51%) ProC
Qualifications
1 13 (6.60%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.08%) Degree
3 9 (4.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.06%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (4.06%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.03%) PMP
7 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.51%) ACCA
8 1 (0.51%) APMG
8 1 (0.51%) CIMA
8 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.61%) SLA
2 11 (5.58%) QA
3 10 (5.08%) GDPR
4 9 (4.57%) COBIT
4 9 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (4.57%) NIST
5 6 (3.05%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.05%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (2.54%) ITGC
7 4 (2.03%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.03%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.02%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.54%) CEMLI
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.02%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (1.02%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 197 (100.00%) Oracle
2 10 (5.08%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.54%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.52%) ExaGrid
5 2 (1.02%) HP
5 2 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.51%) Epicor
6 1 (0.51%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.51%) JD Edwards