Oracle Developer Job Trends

Oracle Developer
UK

The median Oracle Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 610 652
Rank change year-on-year +6 +42 +278
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle Developer 51 109 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.21% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 43 76 41
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,277 52,813 46,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 93.52% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,837 28,309 35,975
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.71% - -

Oracle Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Oracle Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Oracle Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Oracle Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Oracle Developer job vacancies in the UK

Oracle Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Oracle Developer over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Oracle Developer in the UK

Oracle Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
UK excluding London +16 47 £70,000 +7.69% 12
England +31 44 £70,000 +7.69% 15
South East +18 30 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Work from Home +25 20 £67,500 - 4
South West +7 6 £52,500 +7.14% 1
Scotland +3 5 £52,500 -11.76%
Midlands +19 3 - - 4
East Midlands -3 3 - - 4
London +54 2 £78,000 +13.04% 4
North West +35 2 £50,750 -36.56% 3
North of England +13 2 £50,750 -20.39% 3
Wales -4 1 £50,000 -4.76%

Oracle Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Oracle Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Oracle Developer in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Oracle
2 38 (74.51%) PL/SQL
2 38 (74.51%) SQL
3 25 (49.02%) HTML
4 23 (45.10%) OLTP
5 21 (41.18%) JavaScript
6 19 (37.25%) Configuration Management
6 19 (37.25%) Java
7 15 (29.41%) Degree
8 14 (27.45%) Clean Code
8 14 (27.45%) Issue Tracking
8 14 (27.45%) JSON
9 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (13.73%) Agile
10 7 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (13.73%) Oracle APEX
10 7 (13.73%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (13.73%) Security Cleared
10 7 (13.73%) SOAP
10 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
10 7 (13.73%) XML
11 6 (11.76%) Analytics
11 6 (11.76%) Linux
12 5 (9.80%) Oracle Applications
12 5 (9.80%) Oracle Database
12 5 (9.80%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (9.80%) Software Engineering
13 4 (7.84%) AI
13 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
13 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree

Oracle Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (5.88%) Tomcat
1 3 (5.88%) WebLogic
1 3 (5.88%) WebLogic Portal
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (1.96%) ColdFusion
Business Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.88%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (45.10%) OLTP
2 7 (13.73%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (9.80%) Oracle Database
4 4 (7.84%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (7.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (5.88%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle APEX
2 5 (9.80%) Oracle Forms
General
1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Banking
5 3 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.92%) Electronics
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.92%) Marketing
6 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (49.02%) HTML
2 14 (27.45%) JSON
3 7 (13.73%) SOAP
3 7 (13.73%) XML
4 4 (7.84%) CSS
5 3 (5.88%) ModSecurity
5 3 (5.88%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (5.88%) REST
5 3 (5.88%) Spring
5 3 (5.88%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.84%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.88%) Credit Risk
3 3 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.88%) Legacy Code
3 3 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
2 3 (5.88%) Unix
2 3 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Configuration Management
2 14 (27.45%) Clean Code
2 14 (27.45%) Issue Tracking
3 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.73%) Agile
4 7 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
5 6 (11.76%) Analytics
6 5 (9.80%) Software Engineering
7 4 (7.84%) AI
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.88%) Refactoring
8 3 (5.88%) TDD
9 2 (3.92%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (3.92%) ETL
9 2 (3.92%) Programme Management
10 1 (1.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.96%) Microservices
10 1 (1.96%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 38 (74.51%) PL/SQL
1 38 (74.51%) SQL
2 21 (41.18%) JavaScript
3 19 (37.25%) Java
4 4 (7.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (29.41%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (5.88%) IFS
3 2 (3.92%) SAP