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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 384 444
Rank change year-on-year -34 +60 +144
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 224 149 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.51% 0.36%
As % of the Business Applications category 6.63% 6.23% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 88 83
10th Percentile £457 £472 £303
25th Percentile £535 £522 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +4.35% +7.28%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £635
90th Percentile £745 £682 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £513
% change year-on-year -4.00% +21.95% -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 3,377 2,392 3,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.48% 8.18% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,916 1,346 1,958
10th Percentile £360 £392 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +3.32% -
75th Percentile £649 £658 £668
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 130 57 112
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.51
25th Percentile £33.75 £38.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.62
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +47.73% -14.49%
75th Percentile £68.75 £78.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.55 £86.00 £68.49
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 4 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 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 4 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 -39 190 £600 -1.64% 16
UK excluding London -35 136 £600 -4.00% 11
South East +3 101 £620 -0.80% 5
Work from Home -18 82 £599 -4.16% 11
London -56 48 £550 -0.18% 6
North of England -73 16 £601 -7.89% 4
Midlands -61 11 £525 -
Yorkshire - 9 £603 - 3
West Midlands - 7 £563 -
Scotland - 6 £599 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £525 -
North East -14 3 - -
North West -54 2 £555 -15.91% 1
East of England -36 1 - - 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 55 (24.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 26 (11.61%) Oracle Payables
3 24 (10.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 21 (9.38%) Oracle Assets
5 20 (8.93%) Oracle General Ledger
6 17 (7.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (6.70%) Oracle Cash Management
8 12 (5.36%) Oracle ERP
8 12 (5.36%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (4.91%) Oracle AGIS
10 8 (3.57%) Oracle Payroll
11 7 (3.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 4 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (0.89%) NetSuite
13 2 (0.89%) Oracle iProcurement
13 2 (0.89%) Oracle SCM
13 2 (0.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 1 (0.45%) Oracle 11i
14 1 (0.45%) Oracle HRMS
14 1 (0.45%) Primavera
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 36 (16.07%) Oracle Reports
2 15 (6.70%) 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 17 (7.59%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (3.13%) Git
3 3 (1.34%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.89%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.89%) JIRA
4 2 (0.89%) Postman
4 2 (0.89%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
General
1 82 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.14%) Finance
3 24 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.93%) General Ledger
5 16 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.23%) 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 69 (30.80%) Consultant
2 64 (28.57%) Lead
2 64 (28.57%) Oracle Consultant
3 38 (16.96%) Functional Consultant
4 34 (15.18%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 17 (7.59%) Architect
5 17 (7.59%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 17 (7.59%) Technical Consultant
6 15 (6.70%) Project Manager
7 14 (6.25%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 13 (5.80%) Developer
8 13 (5.80%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.80%) Service Transition Leader
9 12 (5.36%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
10 11 (4.91%) Oracle Project Manager
11 10 (4.46%) Analyst
12 9 (4.02%) Payroll Consultant
13 8 (3.57%) Application Support Team Leader
13 8 (3.57%) Oracle Team Leader
13 8 (3.57%) Senior
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%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.45%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.45%) PMI
6 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.45%) Synthetic Data
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.79%) 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 40 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
6 35 (15.63%) Validation
7 23 (10.27%) ITIL
7 23 (10.27%) System Integration Testing
8 22 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (8.93%) Data Validation
10 19 (8.48%) Accounts Payable
11 18 (8.04%) Accounts Receivable
12 17 (7.59%) Procure-to-Pay
13 16 (7.14%) Risk Management
14 15 (6.70%) Business Transformation
14 15 (6.70%) Data Cleansing
14 15 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (6.25%) Cash Management
15 14 (6.25%) Data Mapping
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 2 (0.89%) Perl
5 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.45%) Bash
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) Korn
6 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 12 (5.36%) COBIT
1 12 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (5.36%) NIST
1 12 (5.36%) QA
2 10 (4.46%) SLA
3 7 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.68%) PMO
5 5 (2.23%) ITGC
6 4 (1.79%) GDPR
7 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 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