The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring PL/SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PL/SQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
64
68
Rank change year-on-year
+15
+4
+10
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL
1
3
7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
PL/SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
126
186
228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
24.14%
24.06%
25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
87
144
158
10th Percentile
£341
£259
£313
25th Percentile
£425
£310
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£512
£410
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+24.88%
-18.00%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£650
£575
£650
90th Percentile
£700
£650
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£456
£525
% change year-on-year
+4.11%
-13.10%
+14.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
5
7
10th Percentile
-
£40.20
£21.70
25th Percentile
£47.50
£40.50
£24.31
Median hourly rate
£50.00
£55.00
£33.39
Median % change year-on-year
-9.09%
+64.74%
-
75th Percentile
£52.50
£56.25
£75.63
90th Percentile
-
-
£98.50
West Midlands median hourly rate
£27.50
£57.50
£29.32
% change year-on-year
-52.17%
+96.13%
+68.59%
PL/SQL Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing PL/SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
PL/SQL Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL in Birmingham.
PL/SQL Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL in Birmingham.
PL/SQL Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing PL/SQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for PL/SQL.
PL/SQL Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
