OCI Job Trends in the North West

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Oracle OCI, Oracle Cloud)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring OCI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 154 182
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 +48
Permanent jobs citing OCI 15 55 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.23% 1.09% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.54% 3.50% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 14
10th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £47,875
25th Percentile £67,750 £72,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £100,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £70,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -2.80%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,769 1,570 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.18% 31.00% 36.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 897 1,415
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £74,444 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,253 £82,900 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

OCI
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OCI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

OCI job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing OCI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing OCI

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing OCI in the North West over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OCI in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OCI within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -12 12 £71,750 -4.33% 3
Cheshire -17 1 £70,000 - 2
Lancashire - 1 £48,445 - 3
OCI
England

OCI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle CX
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) NGFW
1 1 (6.67%) VXLAN
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Advertising
4 2 (13.33%) General Ledger
4 2 (13.33%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Architect
2 8 (53.33%) Senior
3 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Enterprise Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (26.67%) Oracle Solutions Architect
4 4 (26.67%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (20.00%) Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Oracle Consultant
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
7 1 (6.67%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
7 1 (6.67%) Senior Oracle Payroll Consultant
7 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) AI Agents
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Licensing
1 1 (6.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (40.00%) ERP
2 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (20.00%) AI
5 3 (20.00%) Business Development
5 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (20.00%) Presales
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Accounts Payable
6 2 (13.33%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Oracle
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Arista
3 1 (6.67%) Aruba
3 1 (6.67%) NetScout