Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| PL/SQL (PLSQL) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 78 | 95 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +17 |  -23 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1275 | 1169 | 1197 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.154 % | 1.905 % | 2.174 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.247 % | 5.099 % | 5.794 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 751 | 561 | 593 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £400 | £388 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £255 | £275 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £575 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £333 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 30 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.75 | £30.00 | £39.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.98 | £20.90 | £17.79 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.30 | £42.50 | £61.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.50 | £31.25 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20410 | 22925 | 20661 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 34.48 % | 37.36 % | 37.52 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12126 | 13248 | 10820 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £260 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £558 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 698 | 916 | 770 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £19.50 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
