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Oracle Developer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An Oracle Developer designs, codes, and maintains Oracle databases within a company. Prepares coding documentation and provides technical assistance to other developers. analyzes user and business requirements and designs and implements appropriate solutions.

Job Outlook

There were 288 Oracle Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6318 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Business Intelligence Architect / Developer industry, which includes the Oracle Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new Oracle Developer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $122,960.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $121,623.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Oracle Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $110,936.

Education and Experience

Posted Oracle Developer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree49.75%
Master's Degree7.96%
Doctoral Degree1.35%
Other3.26%

Posted Oracle Developer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years3.25%
3 to 5 years41.09%
6 to 8 years30%
9+ years25.66%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Oracle Developer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Communication (43.37%)
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (33.97%)
  • Problem Solving (22.48%)
  • Management (18.76%)
  • Information Technology (13.36%)
  • Planning (12.93%)
  • Leadership (11.74%)
  • Innovation (11.17%)
  • Consulting (9.37%)
  • Writing (9.32%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • PL/SQL (47.32%)
  • SQL (Programming Language) (40.13%)
  • Computer Science (26.45%)
  • Oracle Databases (24.78%)
  • Oracle E-Business Suite (18.67%)
  • Agile Methodology (23.2%)
  • Business Requirements (22.99%)
  • Workflow Management (27.46%)
  • Oracle Development (14.29%)
  • Oracle Apex (13.75%)
  • Oracle Forms (8.47%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Business Process (23.26%)
  • Java (Programming Language) (16.01%)
  • Oracle Cloud (23.1%)
  • Application Programming Interface (API) (17.82%)
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML) (14.29%)
  • Scripting (12.93%)
  • Data Modeling (14.81%)
  • Debugging (12.19%)
  • Performance Tuning (16.31%)
  • Finance (13.22%)
  • Business Intelligence (11.71%)
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware (18.33%)
  • Web Services (11.28%)
  • JavaScript (Programming Language) (13.86%)
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL) (11.49%)
  • Oracle SQL Developer (11.13%)
  • Project Management (12.22%)
  • Unit Testing (9.51%)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (14.16%)
  • Systems Development Life Cycle (8.21%)
  • Application Development (6.45%)
  • Unix (8.55%)
  • Stored Procedure (7.52%)
  • Structured Query Language Procedural Language (SQL PL) (8.53%)
  • RESTful API (10.59%)
  • Technical Design (7.86%)
  • Automation (12.66%)
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (7.01%)
  • Software Development (7.38%)
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML) (9.56%)
  • Linux (7.03%)
  • Data Warehousing (6.87%)
  • Technological Change (12.85%)
  • Unix Shell (6.3%)
  • Scalability (12.58%)
  • Python (Programming Language) (8.23%)
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (9.35%)
  • Billing (11.58%)
  • Scrum (Software Development) (6.93%)
  • Supply Chain Management (8.23%)
  • Information Systems (6.1%)
  • Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) (11.42%)
  • PeopleSoft Applications (7.06%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

  • Oracle Application Framework (OAF) (4.38%)
  • Oracle Workflow (4.81%)
  • Oracle Reports (4.17%)
  • Oracle Applications DBA (4.84%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

  • Oracle Development (20.49%)
  • Oracle Workflow (6.9%)
  • Business Process (33.35%)
  • Oracle Application Express (6.26%)
  • PL/SQL (67.85%)
  • Structured Query Language Procedural Language (SQL PL) (12.24%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Oracle Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Oracle APEX Developer
  • Oracle Cloud HCM Consultant
  • Oracle EBS Developer
  • Oracle Database Developer
  • Oracle Cloud Technical Consultant
  • Cloud Developer
  • Oracle Applications Developer
  • Oracle Utilities Professional Services Consultant
  • Oracle CPQ Architect

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Oracle Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (390)
  • Accenture (389)
  • Deloitte (223)
  • GovCIO (102)
  • American Heart Association (101)
  • Oracle (76)
  • Infosys (67)
  • Eliassen Group (59)
  • Collabera (55)
  • Cai (52)

North Carolina

  • Accenture (18)
  • Collabera (14)
  • Randstad (13)
  • Deloitte (9)
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (7)
  • Genesis10 (7)
  • Infosys (5)
  • Innova Solution (5)
  • Motion Recruitment (5)
  • Capgemini (5)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!