Oracle Service Bus Contract Job Trends

Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Service Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 536 -
Rank change year-on-year -142 - -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Service Bus 5 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.046% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.11% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile £445 - -
25th Percentile £474 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £405 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.19% - -
75th Percentile £571 £447 -
90th Percentile - £568 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £548 £405 -
% change year-on-year +35.19% - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Oracle Service Bus falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,725 3,521 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.61% 10.77% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,074 2,274 2,685
10th Percentile £286 £275 £263
25th Percentile £403 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £650
90th Percentile £680 £700 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 87 83
10th Percentile £14.76 £16.64 £17.26
25th Percentile £16.60 £21.63 £23.80
Median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% -21.70%
75th Percentile £60.08 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.86 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.99 £48.56
% change year-on-year -7.12% -27.94% +5.57%

Oracle Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Service Bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Oracle Service Bus job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Service Bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Service Bus

Oracle Service Bus
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Service Bus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Service Bus

Oracle Service Bus
Top 5 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 Service Bus within the UK over the 6 months to 23 September 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 -111 3 £548 +4.99%
Work from Home -68 2 - -
South East -63 1 £548 -8.75%
London -84 1 £450 -13.71%
UK excluding London -119 1 £548 +35.19%

Oracle Service Bus
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 3 (60.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (40.00%) SQLite
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Technical Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) SQL DBA
1 2 (40.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) OAuth
1 3 (60.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (60.00%) REST
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) XSD
1 3 (60.00%) XSLT
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Solaris
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Guard
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle