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 5 202 open positions listing Oracle, 4 854 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 SAP. 37% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of demand for Oracle specialists.
The Oracle market currently has 5,202 open roles, 4,854 of them freshly observed. Median salary $8,750/mo. Observed candidate pool — 425.
37% of Oracle postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 236 of 5202 jobs; remote share from 3492 with a stated format; 4854 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 5,202 |
| Observed supply | 425 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $3,500, one in ten over $15,833. Half the market falls between $5,726 and $12,666. Sample: 236.
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 | 1,475 |
| PL | 765 |
| IN | 428 |
| GB | 262 |
| HK | 131 |
| DE | 120 |
| SG | 114 |
| RU | 111 |
| CA | 106 |
| FR | 73 |
The top country for Oracle demand is the US (1 475 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
Oracle most often appears next to SQL, Java and SAP. SAP among the neighbours reflects ERP landscapes where both systems coexist.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Backend | 620 |
| Data | 604 |
| DevOps | 388 |
| Architect | 374 |
| PM | 297 |
| Fullstack | 265 |
| Analyst | 164 |
| QA | 104 |
| Product | 78 |
| Frontend | 72 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 1,372 |
| middle | 293 |
| lead | 263 |
| principal | 160 |
| junior | 120 |
Senior-and-above is about 81% of 2 208 graded Oracle postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 1,820 employers. The largest accounts for 2.9%, the top ten for 16.0%; the remaining 84.0% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.9% |
| top-3 | 8.1% |
| top-10 | 16.0% |
| long tail | 84.0% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 134 sources; the largest accounts for 17.1% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Oracle postings arrive mostly from job boards & aggregators and ATS & career sites.
Recent openings
- Full Stack Developer · PL
- SAP S/4HANA Central Finance (CFIN) & Group Reporting Architect · SA
- Anaplan EPM / Planning & Forecasting Architect · SA
- Senior Java Developer · PL
- Senior Java Developer · PL
- Oracle CPQ PM or Business analyst | Remote in Mexico · MX
- COSTING ANALYST / COSTING MANAGER - MNC electronic manufacturing service (EMS) · HK
- Analyst Programmer (Cloud development - AWS/ GCP, Python) · HK
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 2026-10-20
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 5 202 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.