OCI Contracts

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Oracle OCI, Oracle Cloud)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring OCI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OCI over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 307 383
Rank change year-on-year +18 +76 -14
Contract jobs citing OCI 272 305 336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.70% 0.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.27% 2.13% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 185 147
10th Percentile £427 £400 £420
25th Percentile £500 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +1.69%
75th Percentile £642 £608 £694
90th Percentile £725 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +10.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £87.25
25th Percentile - - £88.75
Median hourly rate - £28.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year - -69.73% -
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £28.00 £92.50
% change year-on-year - -69.73% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

OCI falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,999 14,291 20,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.67% 33.00% 36.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,029 10,038 14,945
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 355 347
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.16 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.41 £16.06 £19.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -37.14% +59.09%
75th Percentile £47.22 £47.47 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.38 £70.00 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.99 £27.00
% change year-on-year -10.08% -22.28% +40.30%

OCI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OCI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OCI in the UK

OCI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OCI.

Daily rate trend for OCI in the UK

OCI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OCI over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OCI in the UK

OCI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OCI.

Hourly rate trend for OCI in the UK

OCI
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OCI within the UK over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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 +29 206 £600 +9.09% 636
UK excluding London +40 123 £550 - 421
London +28 109 £600 +10.61% 269
Work from Home +4 83 £550 +3.29% 370
South East +45 43 £600 -0.83% 87
Scotland +3 32 £508 -7.17% 35
North of England -3 12 £569 +13.75% 97
South West +36 11 £600 +43.71% 52
Yorkshire +12 11 £588 -4.08% 31
Midlands +3 11 £602 +14.57% 79
West Midlands +3 9 £600 +9.09% 48
Northern Ireland -11 6 £513 - 14
East of England +28 4 £506 -34.68% 46
Wales - 4 £405 - 12
North West -5 1 £550 +10.00% 51

OCI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (8.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (4.41%) Oracle Workflow
3 9 (3.31%) WebLogic
4 8 (2.94%) Oracle Service Bus
5 4 (1.47%) CMS
6 3 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.10%) Apache
6 3 (1.10%) Confluence
6 3 (1.10%) Documentum
6 3 (1.10%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.74%) nginx
7 2 (0.74%) SAS
7 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.37%) IBM Transformation Extender
8 1 (0.37%) IIS
8 1 (0.37%) JBoss
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle UPK
8 1 (0.37%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (5.51%) Oracle Smart View
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 41 (15.07%) Oracle EBS
2 31 (11.40%) Oracle ERP
3 29 (10.66%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (7.72%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (5.15%) Oracle Financials
6 13 (4.78%) Oracle Payroll
7 12 (4.41%) Oracle EBS R12
7 12 (4.41%) Oracle General Ledger
8 11 (4.04%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (3.31%) Oracle Assets
9 9 (3.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (2.57%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (2.21%) Oracle BPM
12 5 (1.84%) Oracle SCM
13 4 (1.47%) Sage X3
14 3 (1.10%) Oracle iProcurement
15 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
15 2 (0.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
15 2 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
16 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.13%) SaaS
2 32 (11.76%) Azure
3 21 (7.72%) AWS
4 14 (5.15%) PaaS
5 13 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.04%) GitHub
7 9 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.57%) Oracle CX
10 5 (1.84%) GCP
11 4 (1.47%) IaaS
11 4 (1.47%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
13 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.74%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.94%) Firewall
2 5 (1.84%) Network Security
3 4 (1.47%) SSL
3 4 (1.47%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) IPsec
5 1 (0.37%) BGP
5 1 (0.37%) SSH
5 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (22.79%) Oracle Reports
2 37 (13.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 19 (6.99%) Oracle Database
4 18 (6.62%) Oracle ODI
5 17 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (4.78%) Power BI
6 13 (4.78%) Tableau
7 6 (2.21%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (1.84%) Qlik Sense
8 5 (1.84%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.74%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.74%) Big Data
10 2 (0.74%) Essbase
10 2 (0.74%) Impala
10 2 (0.74%) MySQL
10 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (3.31%) JIRA
1 9 (3.31%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.47%) Subversion
4 2 (0.74%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.37%) Git
5 1 (0.37%) Hudson
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Mockito
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.37%) Postman
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 123 (45.22%) Finance
2 78 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 44 (16.18%) Public Sector
4 39 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.68%) General Ledger
7 7 (2.57%) Banking
7 7 (2.57%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.47%) Back Office
8 4 (1.47%) Legal
8 4 (1.47%) Local Government
8 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.10%) Billing
9 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.10%) Military
9 3 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (18.38%) Consultant
2 46 (16.91%) Oracle Consultant
3 35 (12.87%) Lead
4 25 (9.19%) Architect
4 25 (9.19%) Cloud Consultant
5 24 (8.82%) Analyst
6 18 (6.62%) Senior
7 15 (5.51%) Oracle Specialist
8 14 (5.15%) Developer
8 14 (5.15%) Oracle Analyst
8 14 (5.15%) Oracle Architect
9 11 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (4.04%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.31%) DBA
10 9 (3.31%) Oracle Developer
10 9 (3.31%) Report Writer
11 8 (2.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
11 8 (2.94%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.57%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.57%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (34.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (6.99%) OAuth
3 17 (6.25%) REST
4 16 (5.88%) Web Services
5 15 (5.51%) SAML
5 15 (5.51%) SOAP
6 14 (5.15%) Middleware
6 14 (5.15%) OpenID
7 5 (1.84%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.47%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.10%) JSON
9 3 (1.10%) WebCenter
9 3 (1.10%) XML
10 2 (0.74%) Django
10 2 (0.74%) MACH
10 2 (0.74%) YAML
11 1 (0.37%) Gherkin
11 1 (0.37%) JWT
11 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.37%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.57%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.47%) Clustering
7 4 (1.47%) Replication
8 3 (1.10%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.37%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) PKI
10 1 (0.37%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.99%) Linux
2 11 (4.04%) AIX
3 8 (2.94%) Windows
4 7 (2.57%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.84%) Unix
6 4 (1.47%) Solaris
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.19%) ERP
2 54 (19.85%) Migration
3 51 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (15.81%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (13.24%) Data Migration
6 33 (12.13%) Validation
7 30 (11.03%) Analytics
7 30 (11.03%) Data Modelling
8 26 (9.56%) User Acceptance Testing
9 25 (9.19%) DevOps
10 24 (8.82%) Agile
10 24 (8.82%) Data Visualisation
10 24 (8.82%) Visualisation
11 23 (8.46%) Performance Tuning
12 22 (8.09%) Project Delivery
12 22 (8.09%) SOA
13 21 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (7.35%) CI/CD
15 18 (6.62%) Cloud Security
16 16 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (21.69%) SQL
2 26 (9.56%) PL/SQL
3 24 (8.82%) Python
4 19 (6.99%) Java
5 8 (2.94%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.21%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.21%) ProC
7 4 (1.47%) Perl
8 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.10%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
9 2 (0.74%) C#
9 2 (0.74%) R
10 1 (0.37%) Bash
10 1 (0.37%) Scala
10 1 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 68 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 60 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.82%) Degree
4 14 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.04%) Oracle Certification
6 9 (3.31%) OCP
7 5 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.10%) CISSP
9 3 (1.10%) SANS
10 2 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.74%) CCSP
10 2 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.74%) OSCP
10 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.37%) AAT
11 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.04%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.68%) NIST
3 7 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 7 (2.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.10%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.74%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) COBIT
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.37%) ITGC
6 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.78%) Docker
2 12 (4.41%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.84%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) LXC
Systems Management
1 17 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.04%) Ansible
2 11 (4.04%) Terraform
3 10 (3.68%) Data Guard
4 8 (2.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 6 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.84%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 4 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (1.47%) Oracle Flashback
8 3 (1.10%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.37%) Puppet
9 1 (0.37%) Salt
Vendors
1 261 (95.96%) Oracle
2 29 (10.66%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.21%) IBM
4 5 (1.84%) Commvault
4 5 (1.84%) CyberArk
4 5 (1.84%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.47%) Dell
5 4 (1.47%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.47%) Sage
5 4 (1.47%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.10%) Adobe
6 3 (1.10%) HP
6 3 (1.10%) Siebel
6 3 (1.10%) Splunk
7 2 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (0.74%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.74%) VMware
8 1 (0.37%) Civica
8 1 (0.37%) Cognos
8 1 (0.37%) JD Edwards