Oracle Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Oracle
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Oracle products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Oracle over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Oracle Corporation.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 129 94
Rank change year-on-year +50 -35 -1
Permanent jobs citing Oracle 104 57 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.83% 1.70% 2.42%
As % of the Vendors category 7.41% 4.56% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 77 44 110
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 -
25th Percentile £56,337 £57,500 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% +8.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £68,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +23.81% -7.89%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Oracle falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,404 1,250 2,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.64% 37.38% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 847 565 1,763
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,050
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Oracle relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Oracle job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Oracle
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Oracle

Oracle
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Oracle in the Thames Valley

Oracle
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +26 73 £70,000 +3.70% 16
Oxfordshire +20 23 £58,728 +30.51% 4
Buckinghamshire +2 8 £41,250 -68.27% 5
Oracle
South East

Oracle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.85%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.92%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.92%) SAP QM
3 2 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.92%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.50%) Azure
2 9 (8.65%) AWS
3 8 (7.69%) GCP
4 6 (5.77%) OCI
5 4 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.85%) Serverless
6 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.85%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (34.62%) OLTP
2 11 (10.58%) SQL Server
3 9 (8.65%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.88%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.88%) Power BI
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.92%) Tableau
7 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.96%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.96%) Metadata
7 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.96%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Git
1 4 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) GitLab
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (24.04%) Finance
2 20 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (17.31%) Social Skills
4 12 (11.54%) Legal
5 10 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.73%) Retail
7 6 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Marketing
8 4 (3.85%) Police
9 3 (2.88%) Aviation
9 3 (2.88%) Games
10 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Law
10 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.96%) Banking
11 1 (0.96%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (44.23%) Developer
2 41 (39.42%) Senior
3 40 (38.46%) Oracle Developer
3 40 (38.46%) Senior Developer
3 40 (38.46%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 30 (28.85%) PL/SQL Developer
4 30 (28.85%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
4 30 (28.85%) Senior SQL Developer
4 30 (28.85%) SQL Developer
5 20 (19.23%) Analyst
6 12 (11.54%) Data Analyst
6 12 (11.54%) Lead
7 10 (9.62%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Java Developer
9 5 (4.81%) Head of Development
10 4 (3.85%) Backend Developer
10 4 (3.85%) CRM Manager
10 4 (3.85%) Head of Support
10 4 (3.85%) Oracle Specialist
10 4 (3.85%) Report Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.08%) HTML
2 20 (19.23%) SOAP
3 18 (17.31%) XML
4 12 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (5.77%) Java EE
5 6 (5.77%) JSON
5 6 (5.77%) REST
5 6 (5.77%) Spring
6 4 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (3.85%) JMS
6 4 (3.85%) JPA
6 4 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (3.85%) React
6 4 (3.85%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.85%) Web Services
7 2 (1.92%) .NET
7 2 (1.92%) Middleware
7 2 (1.92%) RESTful
7 2 (1.92%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.85%) Contactless
2 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.88%) PMI
4 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (1.92%) Life Science
4 2 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.88%) Linux
1 3 (2.88%) Windows
1 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (22.12%) Software Testing
3 18 (17.31%) Data Analysis
4 13 (12.50%) ERP
5 11 (10.58%) Analytics
5 11 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (9.62%) Computer Science
7 9 (8.65%) AI
7 9 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (8.65%) Decision-Making
8 8 (7.69%) Agile
8 8 (7.69%) Containerisation
8 8 (7.69%) Data Architecture
8 8 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 8 (7.69%) Microservices
8 8 (7.69%) Migration
9 7 (6.73%) Business Strategy
9 7 (6.73%) Configuration Management
9 7 (6.73%) Data Modelling
9 7 (6.73%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 60 (57.69%) SQL
2 47 (45.19%) PL/SQL
3 14 (13.46%) Java
4 10 (9.62%) Python
5 6 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.92%) C#
7 1 (0.96%) Korn
7 1 (0.96%) PROC SQL
7 1 (0.96%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (30.77%) Degree
2 13 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 13 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.88%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.88%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.92%) ACCA
6 2 (1.92%) CIMA
7 1 (0.96%) CFA
7 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.88%) GDPR
4 2 (1.92%) QA
5 1 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Docker
2 3 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Ansible
1 4 (3.85%) Kibana
1 4 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) SAP
2 9 (8.65%) Alteryx
2 9 (8.65%) Hyperion
3 8 (7.69%) Google
3 8 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.85%) AppDynamics
4 4 (3.85%) IBM
4 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.92%) Sage
7 1 (0.96%) Teradata