Oracle Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Oracle
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 110 91
Rank change year-on-year -16 -19 -2
Permanent jobs citing Oracle 679 893 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.62% 2.40% 3.30%
As % of the Vendors category 5.33% 6.79% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 412 416 645
10th Percentile £35,854 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,580 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +0.91% +1.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +2.46%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12,736 13,161 12,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.36% 35.32% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,044 6,421 9,682
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

Oracle
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Oracle job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Oracle
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Oracle
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Oracle in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Oracle in the UK excluding London

Oracle
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 Oracle within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East -35 182 £60,000 +7.14% 134
Midlands +9 154 £52,500 -12.50% 46
Scotland +18 120 £47,500 -28.43% 15
North of England -41 104 £66,633 +28.76% 63
West Midlands +9 97 £55,225 -9.84% 33
North West -21 69 £67,500 +22.73% 36
South West +10 65 £52,500 -3.35% 35
East Midlands -6 57 £52,500 -9.48% 13
East of England +27 35 £43,085 -13.83% 37
Yorkshire -25 32 £55,000 +30.18% 25
Wales +13 15 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Northern Ireland -17 4 £70,000 +40.00% 4
North East -6 3 £55,200 +5.14% 3
Oracle
UK

Oracle
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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.83%) Exchange Server 2003
3 24 (3.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 23 (3.39%) IIS
5 13 (1.91%) Apache
5 13 (1.91%) Oracle Workflow
6 10 (1.47%) Confluence
7 7 (1.03%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.88%) SAS
9 5 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.59%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.44%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.44%) ColdFusion
11 3 (0.44%) FileNet
11 3 (0.44%) Mule
11 3 (0.44%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.44%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.29%) JBoss
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 43 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.36%) Oracle Smart View
3 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 71 (10.46%) Oracle ERP
2 64 (9.43%) Oracle Payables
3 54 (7.95%) Oracle Receivables
4 49 (7.22%) Oracle Assets
5 36 (5.30%) Oracle General Ledger
6 33 (4.86%) Oracle EBS
7 32 (4.71%) NetSuite
7 32 (4.71%) Oracle Financials
8 15 (2.21%) Oracle Cash Management
9 14 (2.06%) Hyperion Planning
10 13 (1.91%) Oracle EBS R12
11 11 (1.62%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 10 (1.47%) Workday HCM
13 8 (1.18%) Oracle Applications
13 8 (1.18%) Teamcenter
14 4 (0.59%) NEC Housing
14 4 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 3 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
15 3 (0.44%) Sage X3
15 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (13.84%) Azure
2 92 (13.55%) OCI
3 86 (12.67%) AWS
4 64 (9.43%) Power Platform
5 49 (7.22%) GitHub
6 48 (7.07%) SaaS
7 41 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.39%) Entra ID
9 20 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.50%) GitHub Copilot
11 14 (2.06%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.77%) Boomi
12 12 (1.77%) PaaS
13 11 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (1.62%) Snowflake
14 10 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.47%) GCP
14 10 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (1.18%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.71%) DNS
2 27 (3.98%) DHCP
3 19 (2.80%) VoIP
4 14 (2.06%) Telepresence
4 14 (2.06%) Unified Communications
4 14 (2.06%) WebEx
5 12 (1.77%) VPN
6 8 (1.18%) Firewall
7 6 (0.88%) SMTP
8 5 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.74%) IPsec
8 5 (0.74%) VLAN
8 5 (0.74%) Wireless
9 4 (0.59%) X.400
9 4 (0.59%) X.500
10 2 (0.29%) FTP
10 2 (0.29%) HTTP
10 2 (0.29%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.29%) SAN
10 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 80 (11.78%) Oracle Database
3 65 (9.57%) Oracle Reports
4 61 (8.98%) Power BI
5 36 (5.30%) Relational Database
6 33 (4.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 33 (4.86%) Oracle Database 10g
7 28 (4.12%) MySQL
8 27 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (3.39%) OLTP
10 21 (3.09%) Tableau
11 20 (2.95%) MongoDB
12 14 (2.06%) Essbase
13 13 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.77%) Metadata
15 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
17 8 (1.18%) NoSQL
17 8 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
18 7 (1.03%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 86 (12.67%) Oracle Forms
2 58 (8.54%) Jenkins
3 51 (7.51%) Git
4 35 (5.15%) JIRA
5 29 (4.27%) GitLab
6 23 (3.39%) JUnit
7 12 (1.77%) Oracle APEX
8 11 (1.62%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.62%) Maven
9 10 (1.47%) Selenium
10 8 (1.18%) Mockito
11 6 (0.88%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
12 5 (0.74%) Gradle
12 5 (0.74%) JMeter
12 5 (0.74%) TestNG
13 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.59%) Toad
14 3 (0.44%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 267 (39.32%) Finance
2 239 (35.20%) Social Skills
3 135 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.92%) Law
5 46 (6.77%) Manufacturing
6 44 (6.48%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.53%) Marketing
7 24 (3.53%) Retail
8 23 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.24%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.50%) Legal
11 16 (2.36%) Police
12 15 (2.21%) General Ledger
12 15 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.06%) Electronics
13 14 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.62%) Banking
15 10 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.33%) Advertising
17 7 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 130 (19.15%) Analyst
2 129 (19.00%) Senior
3 112 (16.49%) Developer
4 57 (8.39%) Lead
5 54 (7.95%) Support Analyst
6 53 (7.81%) Oracle Analyst
7 51 (7.51%) Oracle Developer
8 48 (7.07%) Senior Developer
9 45 (6.63%) Applications Engineer
10 44 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 41 (6.04%) Architect
11 41 (6.04%) Consultant
12 36 (5.30%) Applications Support
12 36 (5.30%) Systems Support
13 34 (5.01%) Support Engineer
14 32 (4.71%) Senior Oracle Developer
15 29 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
15 29 (4.27%) Senior Oracle Analyst
16 28 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
17 26 (3.83%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (14.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (6.63%) SOAP
3 43 (6.33%) RESTful
4 39 (5.74%) XML
5 38 (5.60%) HTML
6 36 (5.30%) JSON
7 35 (5.15%) REST
8 21 (3.09%) OAuth
9 20 (2.95%) OAuth2
10 19 (2.80%) SAML
10 19 (2.80%) Spring
11 15 (2.21%) .NET
12 14 (2.06%) CSS
12 14 (2.06%) React
12 14 (2.06%) Spring Boot
13 10 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (1.47%) LAMP
14 9 (1.33%) Middleware
15 8 (1.18%) Django
15 8 (1.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.01%) Enterprise Software
2 45 (6.63%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.53%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.77%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.62%) Replication
9 10 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.33%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.18%) Clustering
11 8 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.03%) FMCG
13 4 (0.59%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.59%) NHS
13 4 (0.59%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.59%) Private Cloud
14 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.87%) Windows
2 59 (8.69%) Linux
3 44 (6.48%) Unix
4 27 (3.98%) Solaris
4 27 (3.98%) Windows Server 2003
5 26 (3.83%) HPUX
6 23 (3.39%) Windows 7
6 23 (3.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 20 (2.95%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.74%) AIX
8 5 (0.74%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.29%) VMS
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.15%) Android
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (29.16%) ERP
2 190 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (20.62%) Agile
4 123 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (16.64%) Business Intelligence
6 88 (12.96%) Migration
7 85 (12.52%) Asset Management
8 82 (12.08%) Coaching
9 80 (11.78%) CI/CD
10 77 (11.34%) Mentoring
11 76 (11.19%) DevOps
12 74 (10.90%) Test Automation
13 72 (10.60%) Analytics
14 71 (10.46%) Roadmaps
15 68 (10.01%) AI
16 63 (9.28%) ITIL
17 58 (8.54%) Process Improvement
18 56 (8.25%) Root Cause Analysis
19 54 (7.95%) Data Management
20 53 (7.81%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 281 (41.38%) SQL
2 110 (16.20%) PL/SQL
3 109 (16.05%) Python
4 106 (15.61%) Java
5 73 (10.75%) JavaScript
6 47 (6.92%) Shell Script
7 43 (6.33%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.98%) C#
9 26 (3.83%) Perl
10 17 (2.50%) PHP
11 16 (2.36%) Groovy
12 14 (2.06%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.91%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.77%) Bash
15 11 (1.62%) Delphi
16 8 (1.18%) VBA
17 6 (0.88%) ANSI SQL
18 5 (0.74%) Scala
18 5 (0.74%) VB
19 3 (0.44%) C
Qualifications
1 89 (13.11%) Degree
2 72 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.01%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.47%) ACCA
7 10 (1.47%) CIMA
8 7 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.74%) ACMT
9 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.44%) MBA
11 3 (0.44%) OCP
11 3 (0.44%) PMP
12 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.86%) SLA
2 25 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.50%) GDPR
3 17 (2.50%) QA
4 5 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.59%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) IFRS
6 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.15%) COBIT
7 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.15%) GMP
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (7.51%) Active Directory
2 35 (5.15%) Docker
3 10 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (6.33%) Terraform
2 39 (5.74%) Single Sign-On
3 33 (4.86%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.06%) Cisco CUCM
5 11 (1.62%) Grafana
6 7 (1.03%) Kibana
7 5 (0.74%) Autotask
7 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.59%) Control-M
8 4 (0.59%) Nagios
9 3 (0.44%) Ansible
9 3 (0.44%) Netcool
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 76 (11.19%) SAP
3 35 (5.15%) VMware
4 28 (4.12%) Workday
5 22 (3.24%) IBM
6 20 (2.95%) Okta
7 19 (2.80%) Cisco
8 18 (2.65%) Salesforce
9 16 (2.36%) Hyperion
10 15 (2.21%) Informatica
11 11 (1.62%) Concur
11 11 (1.62%) JD Edwards
12 10 (1.47%) IFS
12 10 (1.47%) Talend
13 8 (1.18%) Adaptive Insights
13 8 (1.18%) Atlassian
13 8 (1.18%) Google
13 8 (1.18%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.03%) Epicor
14 7 (1.03%) Software AG