OCP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 567 502
Rank change year-on-year +47 -65 +230
Permanent jobs citing OCP 3 12 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.032% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.021% 0.086% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 41
10th Percentile £42,400 £43,325 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,688 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £51,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -26.07% +17.60%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,188 £72,433
90th Percentile £47,800 £60,775 £121,927
UK median annual salary £47,000 £60,408 £67,500
% change year-on-year -22.20% -10.51% +4.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

OCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,216 13,876 9,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 37.20% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,156 5,420 6,499
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,092 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

OCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

OCP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OCP

OCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +22 2 £45,500 +4.60% 12
South West - 1 - - 8
OCP
UK

OCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
1 1 (33.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) Master Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Siemens