PL/SQL Contract Job Trends in England

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 201 270
Rank change year-on-year -107 +69 -40
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 296 306 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.26% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.72% 3.74% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 239 218
10th Percentile £400 £385 £381
25th Percentile £415 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% -6.54% +4.14%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £668 £675 £729
UK median daily rate £483 £495 £533
% change year-on-year -2.42% -7.13% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.01 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £36.71 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.31% - -
75th Percentile £39.41 £93.75 -
90th Percentile £45.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £92.50 -
% change year-on-year -60.31% - -

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,885 8,189 10,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.47% 33.72% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,190 5,683 7,905
10th Percentile £355 £361 £350
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £656
90th Percentile £720 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £530
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 210 447
10th Percentile £41.25 £27.40 £37.59
25th Percentile £55.00 £38.40 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +0.40% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.10 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.43
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.12% +2.85%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PL/SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in England

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PL/SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in England

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PL/SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PL/SQL in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PL/SQL in England

PL/SQL
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
London -64 154 £450 -3.38% 22
Midlands -21 60 £463 +0.71% 12
West Midlands -6 55 £459 -4.38% 9
South East -79 36 £550 +10.00% 17
North of England -86 27 £397 -27.82% 6
North West -46 17 £397 -35.97% 4
South West -33 14 £550 +18.92% 2
Yorkshire -76 7 - - 2
East Midlands -31 5 £525 +23.53% 3
East of England -34 3 £650 +29.87% 2
North East - 3 £453 -
PL/SQL
UK

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (6.42%) IIS
2 18 (6.08%) Confluence
3 13 (4.39%) WebLogic
4 12 (4.05%) Oracle Workflow
5 10 (3.38%) SharePoint
6 7 (2.36%) nginx
6 7 (2.36%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (1.35%) SAS
8 4 (1.35%) Tuxedo
9 3 (1.01%) Anypoint
9 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (1.01%) Mule
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.68%) Apache
10 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.68%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 17 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.69%) Notepad++
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) InDesign
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (11.49%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (6.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (5.41%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (3.04%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (2.70%) Oracle 11i
5 8 (2.70%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (2.70%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (2.03%) NEC Housing
8 4 (1.35%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (1.35%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (0.68%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.68%) Global One
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle FAH
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
11 1 (0.34%) OpenText MBPM
11 1 (0.34%) PeopleSoft Financials
11 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.86%) Azure
2 39 (13.18%) AWS
3 22 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (7.09%) OCI
5 19 (6.42%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.38%) Collibra
7 8 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.70%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.36%) GitHub
9 6 (2.03%) dbt
9 6 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.69%) IaaS
10 5 (1.69%) PaaS
10 5 (1.69%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.35%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.35%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.01%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.05%) Internet
2 7 (2.36%) HTTP
3 5 (1.69%) PuTTY
3 5 (1.69%) WinSCP
4 3 (1.01%) Firewall
4 3 (1.01%) SSL
5 1 (0.34%) IPsec
5 1 (0.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (29.73%) Oracle Database
2 69 (23.31%) SQL Server
3 45 (15.20%) Oracle Reports
4 30 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (8.11%) Metadata
6 21 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (5.07%) Relational Database
8 13 (4.39%) DataStage
8 13 (4.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 12 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (3.72%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (3.04%) MongoDB
12 8 (2.70%) Power BI
12 8 (2.70%) RDBMS
13 7 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (2.36%) MySQL
13 7 (2.36%) Oracle ODI
13 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (2.03%) Data Lake
14 6 (2.03%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 23 (7.77%) JIRA
2 18 (6.08%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (5.41%) GitLab
4 11 (3.72%) Visual Studio
5 10 (3.38%) Oracle APEX
6 9 (3.04%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.70%) Git
8 6 (2.03%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.69%) Toad
10 4 (1.35%) CA Gen
10 4 (1.35%) Hudson
10 4 (1.35%) Liquibase
11 3 (1.01%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.01%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.01%) JUnit
12 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.68%) Flyway
12 2 (0.68%) JMeter
12 2 (0.68%) Moq
12 2 (0.68%) Postman
General
1 71 (23.99%) Finance
2 54 (18.24%) Social Skills
3 50 (16.89%) Banking
4 45 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (13.85%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.04%) General Ledger
7 7 (2.36%) Back Office
7 7 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.03%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.03%) Local Government
9 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.35%) Military
9 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Billing
10 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.01%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Advertising
11 2 (0.68%) Front Office
11 2 (0.68%) Legal
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (34.80%) Developer
2 41 (13.85%) Consultant
2 41 (13.85%) Data Engineer
3 40 (13.51%) C# Developer
4 28 (9.46%) Oracle Developer
5 27 (9.12%) Oracle Consultant
6 25 (8.45%) DBA
6 25 (8.45%) Lead
7 24 (8.11%) Oracle DBA
8 22 (7.43%) Technical Consultant
9 21 (7.09%) Senior
10 19 (6.42%) Oracle Technical Consultant
11 17 (5.74%) Architect
12 12 (4.05%) Integration Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Applications Developer
14 10 (3.38%) Administrator
14 10 (3.38%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.38%) SQL Developer
15 9 (3.04%) Analyst
15 9 (3.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (19.59%) .NET
2 36 (12.16%) .NET Framework
3 21 (7.09%) Middleware
4 20 (6.76%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (5.74%) XML
6 15 (5.07%) WinForms
7 14 (4.73%) REST
8 13 (4.39%) Spring
9 12 (4.05%) CSS
9 12 (4.05%) HTML
9 12 (4.05%) WPF
10 10 (3.38%) Kafka
10 10 (3.38%) React
10 10 (3.38%) Spring Boot
10 10 (3.38%) Web Services
11 9 (3.04%) SOAP
12 8 (2.70%) JSON
12 8 (2.70%) SPFx
13 5 (1.69%) Django
13 5 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 8 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.36%) Clustering
4 7 (2.36%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (1.69%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.35%) Derivative
7 4 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.35%) Robotics
8 3 (1.01%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.01%) CMDB
8 3 (1.01%) SCADA
9 2 (0.68%) Eurex
9 2 (0.68%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.23%) Windows
2 48 (16.22%) Unix
3 34 (11.49%) Linux
4 28 (9.46%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.36%) Solaris
5 7 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.68%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (23.65%) ETL
3 69 (23.31%) Agile
4 67 (22.64%) Performance Tuning
5 54 (18.24%) DevOps
6 52 (17.57%) Business Intelligence
6 52 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 51 (17.23%) Migration
8 50 (16.89%) CI/CD
9 45 (15.20%) Data Analysis
9 45 (15.20%) Data Modelling
10 41 (13.85%) Change Management
11 40 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (11.15%) ERP
13 29 (9.80%) Data Migration
13 29 (9.80%) Test Automation
13 29 (9.80%) Unit Testing
14 28 (9.46%) AI
15 26 (8.78%) Validation
16 25 (8.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 293 (98.99%) SQL
2 64 (21.62%) T-SQL
3 54 (18.24%) C#
4 52 (17.57%) Python
5 48 (16.22%) Java
6 30 (10.14%) Shell Script
7 23 (7.77%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.41%) VB
9 12 (4.05%) VBA
10 10 (3.38%) Bash
11 8 (2.70%) Perl
12 7 (2.36%) C
12 7 (2.36%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.36%) ProC
13 4 (1.35%) Korn
13 4 (1.35%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.01%) HiveQL
14 3 (1.01%) Ruby
15 2 (0.68%) Bicep
15 2 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (31.42%) Security Cleared
2 74 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.77%) Degree
4 11 (3.72%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.70%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.01%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.68%) OCA
7 2 (0.68%) PMP
7 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.34%) HP APS
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (15.54%) QA
2 36 (12.16%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.69%) GDPR
3 5 (1.69%) SLA
4 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.01%) IFRS
5 3 (1.01%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.68%) Basel III
6 2 (0.68%) GAAP
6 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 24 (8.11%) Oracle RAC
2 14 (4.73%) Docker
3 7 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.01%) HDFS
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 24 (8.11%) Oracle RMAN
2 22 (7.43%) Data Guard
3 10 (3.38%) Ansible
4 9 (3.04%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.36%) Control-M
5 7 (2.36%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.03%) Grafana
6 6 (2.03%) Terraform
7 4 (1.35%) HP ALM
7 4 (1.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (1.01%) Kibana
9 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.68%) Foglight
9 2 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.34%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 243 (82.09%) Oracle
2 34 (11.49%) Citrix
3 26 (8.78%) Microsoft
4 17 (5.74%) Informatica
5 16 (5.41%) IBM
6 12 (4.05%) Talend
7 10 (3.38%) Databricks
7 10 (3.38%) Denodo
7 10 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.36%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.36%) VMware
9 6 (2.03%) Alteryx
9 6 (2.03%) NEC
10 5 (1.69%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.69%) SAP
11 4 (1.35%) HP
11 4 (1.35%) IFS
12 3 (1.01%) BMC
12 3 (1.01%) PeopleSoft
12 3 (1.01%) Salesforce