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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 353 436
Rank change year-on-year -81 +83 +92
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 192 178 148
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.61% 0.35%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.63% 7.32% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 118 92
10th Percentile £453 £410 £320
25th Percentile £525 £500 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £581
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.23% +5.68%
75th Percentile £639 £649 £638
90th Percentile £745 £691 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £519
% change year-on-year -4.00% +20.48% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 - -

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 3,412 2,431 3,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.33% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,922 1,368 1,853
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 52 114
10th Percentile £25.59 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.53 £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 £78.31 £57.87
90th Percentile £86.60 £86.00 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

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 20 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
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 20 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 -107 157 £599 -3.39% 28
UK excluding London -83 95 £600 -4.00% 14
Work from Home -59 66 £575 -8.00% 14
South East -69 62 £619 -1.00% 8
London -56 58 £550 +29.41% 17
North of England -63 18 £490 -24.87% 4
Midlands -58 9 £525 +5.00% 1
Yorkshire - 9 £639 - 2
Scotland - 5 £616 - 1
North East -23 4 £480 -8.13% 1
West Midlands -49 4 £663 +32.50%
East Midlands - 4 £525 - 1
North West -50 3 £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 7 (3.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (3.13%) WebLogic
3 5 (2.60%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 2 (1.04%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 45 (23.44%) Oracle EBS R12
2 29 (15.10%) Oracle Payables
3 22 (11.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (9.38%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (8.85%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (8.33%) Oracle Cash Management
7 12 (6.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (5.73%) Oracle Financials
9 10 (5.21%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (4.17%) Oracle AGIS
10 8 (4.17%) Oracle Applications
10 8 (4.17%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 4 (2.08%) NetSuite
11 4 (2.08%) Oracle Payroll
12 3 (1.56%) Dynamics AX
12 3 (1.56%) Dynamics GP
12 3 (1.56%) Dynamics SL
12 3 (1.56%) Oracle iProcurement
12 3 (1.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 3 (1.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.00%) OCI
2 12 (6.25%) AWS
3 11 (5.73%) SaaS
4 7 (3.65%) GitHub
4 7 (3.65%) PaaS
5 6 (3.13%) Azure
5 6 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.52%) Apigee
8 1 (0.52%) Sentry
8 1 (0.52%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.27%) Oracle Reports
2 18 (9.38%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.60%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (2.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (2.60%) Oracle ODI
4 4 (2.08%) Power BI
5 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.56%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (1.04%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.52%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) OLTP
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.85%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (3.65%) Git
3 3 (1.56%) JIRA
3 3 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.04%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.04%) Postman
4 2 (1.04%) Selenium
4 2 (1.04%) Toad
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) JDeveloper
General
1 61 (31.77%) Finance
2 47 (24.48%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.02%) General Ledger
5 16 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.17%) Banking
6 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.60%) Military
7 5 (2.60%) Retail
8 3 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.56%) Legal
9 2 (1.04%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.04%) Local Government
9 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (36.46%) Consultant
2 68 (35.42%) Oracle Consultant
3 35 (18.23%) Lead
4 34 (17.71%) Functional Consultant
5 33 (17.19%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 19 (9.90%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 19 (9.90%) Technical Consultant
7 17 (8.85%) Architect
8 14 (7.29%) Payroll Consultant
9 13 (6.77%) Developer
9 13 (6.77%) Oracle Developer
9 13 (6.77%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
10 12 (6.25%) Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Project Manager
11 11 (5.73%) DBA
11 11 (5.73%) Oracle DBA
11 11 (5.73%) Oracle Financials Consultant
12 10 (5.21%) Oracle Project Manager
13 9 (4.69%) Senior
14 8 (4.17%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (27.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (7.29%) Middleware
3 3 (1.56%) REST
3 3 (1.56%) XML
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (1.04%) Playwright
4 2 (1.04%) pytest
4 2 (1.04%) SOAP
4 2 (1.04%) Web Services
5 1 (0.52%) .NET
5 1 (0.52%) EDI
5 1 (0.52%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.56%) NHS
5 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.04%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (1.04%) Life Science
7 1 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.52%) FMCG
7 1 (0.52%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.52%) PMI
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Synthetic Data
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.60%) Unix
2 3 (1.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (32.81%) Migration
2 54 (28.13%) ERP
3 46 (23.96%) Data Migration
4 34 (17.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 34 (17.71%) Validation
5 32 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (10.94%) Accounts Payable
8 18 (9.38%) System Integration Testing
9 16 (8.33%) Cash Management
9 16 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (7.81%) Agile
10 15 (7.81%) Data Validation
11 14 (7.29%) Accounts Receivable
11 14 (7.29%) Data Modelling
12 13 (6.77%) Translating Business Requirements
13 12 (6.25%) Data Cleansing
13 12 (6.25%) Procure-to-Pay
13 12 (6.25%) Risk Management
14 10 (5.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (25.00%) SQL
2 37 (19.27%) PL/SQL
3 9 (4.69%) Python
4 7 (3.65%) Java
4 7 (3.65%) Ruby
5 2 (1.04%) Perl
6 1 (0.52%) Bash
6 1 (0.52%) C
6 1 (0.52%) Korn
6 1 (0.52%) ProC
6 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.85%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.65%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.13%) PMP
5 5 (2.60%) Degree
6 3 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.52%) APMG
8 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) COBIT
1 8 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (4.17%) NIST
2 7 (3.65%) QA
3 5 (2.60%) PMO
4 4 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.56%) ITGC
5 3 (1.56%) SLA
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.04%) GxP
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (2.08%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.13%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (2.08%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (1.04%) HP ALM
3 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 192 (100.00%) Oracle
2 13 (6.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.65%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.08%) Epicor
4 4 (2.08%) SAP
4 4 (2.08%) Talend
5 3 (1.56%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (1.56%) Anaplan
5 3 (1.56%) IFS
5 3 (1.56%) Infor
5 3 (1.56%) QAD
5 3 (1.56%) Sage
5 3 (1.56%) Workday
5 3 (1.56%) Zuora
6 2 (1.04%) HP
6 2 (1.04%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.52%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow