Oracle: market
Oracle in job postings means primarily Oracle Database and PL/SQL, plus Oracle Cloud (OCI) and business applications (E-Business Suite, Fusion). We track 5 617 open positions listing Oracle, 5 236 of them fresh. The main demand sits in banking, telecom, government and large retail, where core systems have run on Oracle for decades; demand for migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL and cloud databases is growing too. Most of the demand comes from Backend, Data and DevOps roles. It most often appears next to SQL, Java and AWS. 36% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of demand for Oracle specialists.
The Oracle market currently has 5,617 open roles, 5,236 of them freshly observed. Median salary $9,416/mo. Observed candidate pool — 430.
36% of Oracle postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 340 of 5617 jobs; remote share from 3884 with a stated format; 5236 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Oracle postings appeared each week since 10 Aug, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 215
New sources connected: 17 Aug +32 · 24 Aug +23 · 31 Aug +10 · 7 Sept +18 · 14 Sept +17 · 21 Sept +31 · 28 Sept +5 · 5 Oct +8 · 12 Oct +10
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses. A posting belongs to the technology by its stack tag; the series starts on 10 Aug 2026 — earlier tags were assigned differently and are not comparable. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Salaries over time
Median Oracle salary per week, USD per month.
Median salary, USD per month
Only postings with a USD salary and a known period (month or year), $500–$50,000 per month. Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank — that means no data, not zero.
Remote work over time
Share of Oracle postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Oracle postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 5,617 |
| Observed supply | 430 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $3,897, one in ten over $15,833. Half the market falls between $6,081 and $12,939. Sample: 340.
The range histogram for Oracle postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 1,508 |
| PL | 849 |
| IN | 505 |
| GB | 290 |
| HK | 170 |
| RU | 135 |
| DE | 134 |
| CA | 130 |
| SG | 120 |
| TH | 79 |
The top country for Oracle demand is the US (1 508 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
Oracle most often appears next to SQL, Java and AWS. SAP among the neighbours reflects ERP landscapes where both systems coexist.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Backend | 678 |
| Data | 668 |
| DevOps | 434 |
| Architect | 413 |
| PM | 331 |
| Fullstack | 290 |
| Analyst | 196 |
| Product | 109 |
| QA | 105 |
| Frontend | 81 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 1,537 |
| lead | 345 |
| middle | 324 |
| principal | 184 |
| junior | 136 |
Senior-and-above is about 82% of 2 526 graded Oracle postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 1,953 employers. The largest accounts for 2.6%, the top ten for 15.0%; the remaining 85.0% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.6% |
| top-3 | 7.4% |
| top-10 | 15.0% |
| long tail | 85.0% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 144 sources; the largest accounts for 16.5% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Oracle postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings
- Director - Finance Systems · AU
- Java, Angular/ReactJS Senior Developer · CA · $6,598
- Senior Oracle Developer · PL
- Developer Intern, Data Security - Winter 2027 · US
- AFCS Consultant · GB
- Senior Enterprise Technology Engineer · GB · $7,355
- Oracle Reporting and Analytics Associate Consultant · GB · $3,678
- Senior IT Project Manager · GB · $7,355
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-24
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Oracle market — short answers from the same data slice.
Which Oracle skills are required most?
PL/SQL development (procedures, packages, query optimization), Oracle Database administration (RAC, Data Guard, RMAN), less often OCI and Oracle business applications.
Is the market moving away from Oracle?
Slowly and partially: the slice still tracks 5 617 open Oracle positions. Migrations to PostgreSQL create their own demand — for specialists who understand both databases.
PL/SQL developer or Java developer — which to choose?
The profiles overlap: in enterprise systems business logic often lives both in the database and in Java services, so Java and SQL appearing next to Oracle in requirements is expected.
Which industries have the most Oracle jobs?
Banking and insurance, telecom, government, large retail and manufacturing — where core systems were built long ago and are replaced gradually.