Senior Oracle Developer Job Trends

Senior Oracle Developer
UK

The median Senior Oracle Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 644 765 741
Rank change year-on-year +121 -24 +436
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Oracle Developer 32 31 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.040% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.042% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 30 20 29
10th Percentile - £56,525 £48,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% +0.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +14.41%

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Senior Oracle Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Oracle Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Oracle Developer in the UK

Senior Oracle Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Oracle Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Oracle Developer over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Oracle Developer in the UK

Senior Oracle Developer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Oracle Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +119 32 £70,000 +3.70% 5
England +120 31 £70,000 +3.70% 4
South East +64 28 £70,000 +3.70% 3
Work from Home +67 9 £72,500 +7.41% 4
North of England - 3 £80,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £80,000 -
Wales +10 1 £50,000 -

Senior Oracle Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior Oracle Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Oracle Developer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Oracle
2 29 (90.63%) PL/SQL
2 29 (90.63%) SQL
3 26 (81.25%) OLTP
4 24 (75.00%) HTML
5 21 (65.63%) Configuration Management
6 19 (59.38%) Java
6 19 (59.38%) JavaScript
6 19 (59.38%) JSON
6 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
6 19 (59.38%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (59.38%) Issue Tracking
6 19 (59.38%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (59.38%) Clean Code
7 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.50%) Degree
8 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
8 4 (12.50%) SOAP
8 4 (12.50%) XML
9 3 (9.38%) SOA
9 3 (9.38%) Middleware
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database
10 2 (6.25%) Agile
10 2 (6.25%) Retail
10 2 (6.25%) Finance

Senior Oracle Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.13%) ColdFusion
2 1 (3.13%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (81.25%) OLTP
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database 11g
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 19 (59.38%) Analytical Skills
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
2 2 (6.25%) Retail
3 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (75.00%) HTML
2 19 (59.38%) JSON
3 4 (12.50%) SOAP
3 4 (12.50%) XML
4 3 (9.38%) Middleware
4 3 (9.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (3.13%) CSS
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle ADF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (59.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) Configuration Management
2 19 (59.38%) Clean Code
2 19 (59.38%) Issue Tracking
3 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 3 (9.38%) SOA
6 2 (6.25%) Agile
7 1 (3.13%) BPEL
7 1 (3.13%) BPMN
7 1 (3.13%) CI/CD
7 1 (3.13%) DevOps
7 1 (3.13%) Microservices
7 1 (3.13%) Migration
7 1 (3.13%) Process Improvement
7 1 (3.13%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.13%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.13%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (3.13%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.13%) Thought Leadership
7 1 (3.13%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (90.63%) PL/SQL
1 29 (90.63%) SQL
2 19 (59.38%) Java
2 19 (59.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) Oracle