PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PL/SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PL/SQL over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 247 244
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 -29
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 384 593 1,016
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 1.05% 1.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.98% 3.07% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 403 675
10th Percentile £379 - £375
25th Percentile £412 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -1.90% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 4
10th Percentile - - £48.38
25th Percentile - £53.75 £59.06
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £85.00 £68.08
90th Percentile - - £73.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -9.62% +64.56%

All Programming Languages
UK

PL/SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,901 19,292 31,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.12% 34.28% 36.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,183 13,883 23,258
10th Percentile £350 £388 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £656
90th Percentile £763 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +16.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 437 494
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.39 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.36 £62.50 £51.19
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% +22.11% +16.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.48 £72.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.99
% change year-on-year - +22.59% +24.35%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PL/SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.

Daily rate trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.

Hourly rate trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 298 £513 -1.11% 64
UK excluding London +10 184 £515 -1.90% 51
Work from Home +23 173 £535 +18.89% 34
London -41 153 £500 +5.26% 29
Midlands +36 61 £535 -0.93% 9
West Midlands +33 55 £535 -0.19% 2
Scotland +46 43 £475 +15.15% 16
South East -5 42 £470 -14.55% 5
South West +9 16 £650 +13.04% 4
North of England +15 13 £577 +9.81% 12
North West +16 10 £577 +13.04% 2
East Midlands +4 6 £406 -31.05% 7
Wales +5 5 £390 -29.09% 2
Yorkshire +14 3 - - 9
East of England -12 2 £395 -27.36% 4

PL/SQL
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 12 (3.13%) IIS
1 12 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
2 7 (1.82%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (1.82%) SAS
3 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.78%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) Apache
4 2 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.52%) JBoss
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.52%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.26%) Appian
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.65%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (2.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 11 (2.86%) Teamcenter
3 10 (2.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (2.34%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.56%) Endur
6 6 (1.56%) Oracle 11i
6 6 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle FAH
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 2 (0.52%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.26%) Actimize
10 1 (0.26%) HFM
10 1 (0.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 42 (10.94%) Azure
2 41 (10.68%) AWS
3 27 (7.03%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 8 (2.08%) GitHub
5 7 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (1.82%) Azure Functions
5 7 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
5 7 (1.82%) Azure Storage
5 7 (1.82%) OCI
5 7 (1.82%) SaaS
5 7 (1.82%) Serverless
5 7 (1.82%) Snowflake
6 5 (1.30%) Collibra
6 5 (1.30%) PaaS
7 4 (1.04%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.04%) GCP
8 3 (0.78%) Veeva
9 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.13%) Internet
2 3 (0.78%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.52%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (30.21%) Oracle Database
2 83 (21.61%) SQL Server
3 29 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (7.03%) Power BI
5 26 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (6.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (4.95%) Oracle Database 11g
7 19 (4.95%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.17%) Metadata
9 12 (3.13%) Oracle ODI
10 9 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.08%) Big Data
11 8 (2.08%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.08%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.82%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 7 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.82%) Tableau
13 6 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.56%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 55 (14.32%) PVCS
1 55 (14.32%) Visual Studio
2 36 (9.38%) JIRA
3 32 (8.33%) Oracle APEX
4 15 (3.91%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.56%) Git
5 6 (1.56%) GitLab
6 5 (1.30%) Ant
6 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.30%) Subversion
6 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (1.30%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 4 (1.04%) NUnit
7 4 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (1.04%) Selenium
7 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.04%) Toad
8 3 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.78%) JUnit
8 3 (0.78%) Postman
General
1 93 (24.22%) Finance
2 68 (17.71%) Social Skills
3 58 (15.10%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.25%) Banking
6 10 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.56%) Billing
8 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.30%) Retail
9 4 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.26%) Back Office
11 1 (0.26%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.26%) Front Office
11 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.26%) Law
11 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (54.95%) Developer
2 57 (14.84%) Programmer
3 54 (14.06%) C Programmer
4 53 (13.80%) Oracle Developer
5 45 (11.72%) SQL Developer
6 38 (9.90%) .NET Developer
7 33 (8.59%) C# Developer
7 33 (8.59%) PL/SQL Developer
8 22 (5.73%) Analyst
8 22 (5.73%) Architect
9 17 (4.43%) C# .NET Developer
9 17 (4.43%) Consultant
10 16 (4.17%) Senior
11 13 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.13%) PostgreSQL Developer
13 11 (2.86%) C# WPF Developer
13 11 (2.86%) Java Developer
13 11 (2.86%) Oracle Consultant
13 11 (2.86%) WCF Developer
13 11 (2.86%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (18.23%) .NET
2 28 (7.29%) .NET Framework
3 21 (5.47%) AngularJS
4 17 (4.43%) .NET Core
4 17 (4.43%) XML
5 15 (3.91%) WCF
6 13 (3.39%) WPF
7 12 (3.13%) Blazor
7 12 (3.13%) WinForms
8 11 (2.86%) HTML
9 9 (2.34%) REST
10 8 (2.08%) CSS
10 8 (2.08%) JSON
11 7 (1.82%) jQuery
11 7 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.56%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.56%) JPA
12 6 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (1.30%) RESTful
13 5 (1.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.39%) Replication
2 11 (2.86%) Blog
3 9 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.78%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.52%) Clustering
8 2 (0.52%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.52%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.52%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.26%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.26%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.26%) FMCG
9 1 (0.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.26%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.50%) Unix
2 39 (10.16%) Windows
3 14 (3.65%) Linux
4 6 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (23.18%) Agile
2 74 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (10.68%) Data Modelling
4 41 (10.68%) Unit Testing
5 38 (9.90%) Performance Tuning
6 35 (9.11%) Migration
7 34 (8.85%) ETL
7 34 (8.85%) Software Engineering
8 32 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 31 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 29 (7.55%) DevOps
11 28 (7.29%) Computer Science
12 27 (7.03%) Scrum
13 25 (6.51%) SDLC
14 24 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
15 23 (5.99%) Data Migration
16 22 (5.73%) Full Stack Development
16 22 (5.73%) Software Testing
17 21 (5.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 330 (85.94%) SQL
2 69 (17.97%) C#
3 66 (17.19%) C
4 52 (13.54%) T-SQL
5 41 (10.68%) Java
6 32 (8.33%) VB
7 28 (7.29%) JavaScript
8 23 (5.99%) VBA
9 22 (5.73%) C++
9 22 (5.73%) Shell Script
10 20 (5.21%) Python
11 17 (4.43%) VB.NET
12 13 (3.39%) Bash
13 9 (2.34%) Bourne shell
13 9 (2.34%) Korn
14 7 (1.82%) Go
14 7 (1.82%) XPath
14 7 (1.82%) XQuery
15 6 (1.56%) ProC
16 5 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 109 (28.39%) Security Cleared
2 98 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.42%) Degree
4 22 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.30%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.30%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.26%) OCP
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.73%) QA
2 7 (1.82%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.30%) Dodd-Frank
3 5 (1.30%) EMIR
3 5 (1.30%) MiFID
4 3 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.78%) CDISC
4 3 (0.78%) GDPR
4 3 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
4 3 (0.78%) GxP
5 1 (0.26%) GRC
5 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.26%) IFRS
5 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) HDFS
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.04%) Ansible
3 3 (0.78%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Flashback
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.26%) Control-M
5 1 (0.26%) Kibana
5 1 (0.26%) logstash
5 1 (0.26%) Podman
5 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 261 (67.97%) Oracle
2 27 (7.03%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.73%) Avaloq
3 22 (5.73%) Citrix
4 18 (4.69%) SAP
5 8 (2.08%) Informatica
5 8 (2.08%) Sparx
6 7 (1.82%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.56%) OpenLink
7 6 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.30%) Cloudera
8 5 (1.30%) Talend
9 4 (1.04%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.04%) JDA
10 3 (0.78%) IBM
10 3 (0.78%) Microgen
11 2 (0.52%) Hyperion
11 2 (0.52%) Murex
11 2 (0.52%) NEC
11 2 (0.52%) Northgate