PL/SQL Contract Job Trends in London

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 199 220
Rank change year-on-year -64 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 135 157 179
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.84% 1.19% 0.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.38% 3.06% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 116 123
10th Percentile £400 - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £660
90th Percentile £671 £694 £750
England median daily rate £475 £475 £535
% change year-on-year - -11.21% -0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £36.71 £92.50 -
% change year-on-year -60.31% - -

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,663 5,138 6,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.25% 39.05% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,831 3,452 4,784
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% -4.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £699 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £801
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 67
10th Percentile £19.09 £31.60 £26.06
25th Percentile £39.34 £37.43 £38.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.38 £62.13
90th Percentile £79.63 £93.75 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in London

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in London over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in London

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

PL/SQL
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Central London -11 16 £525 -1.87% 6
East London -2 3 £416 +4.00%
South London -14 3 £300 -50.00%
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 17 (12.59%) IIS
2 9 (6.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (4.44%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.96%) nginx
5 4 (2.96%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.48%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (1.48%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.74%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.74%) Apache
7 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.74%) Mule
7 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (4.44%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.44%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (4.44%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (2.22%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.48%) Loan IQ
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.74%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.48%) Azure
2 17 (12.59%) OCI
3 15 (11.11%) AWS
4 11 (8.15%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.93%) Collibra
5 8 (5.93%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.19%) Azure API Management
7 6 (4.44%) SaaS
8 5 (3.70%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.70%) GitHub
8 5 (3.70%) PaaS
9 4 (2.96%) IaaS
10 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.48%) MinIO
11 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.74%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.15%) Internet
2 7 (5.19%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (44.44%) Oracle Database
2 54 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 18 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (9.63%) Relational Database
6 10 (7.41%) Metadata
6 10 (7.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 9 (6.67%) RDBMS
8 8 (5.93%) DataStage
8 8 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (5.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (4.44%) Oracle ODI
9 6 (4.44%) Power BI
10 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database 10g
10 4 (2.96%) SQLPlus
11 3 (2.22%) Data Lake
11 3 (2.22%) DB2
11 3 (2.22%) GIS
11 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.44%) Git
3 5 (3.70%) JIRA
3 5 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.70%) Toad
4 4 (2.96%) Ant
4 4 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.96%) JUnit
4 4 (2.96%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.96%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.96%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.22%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.48%) Selenium
7 1 (0.74%) ERwin
7 1 (0.74%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.74%) NUnit
7 1 (0.74%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.74%) TestDirector
General
1 51 (37.78%) Finance
2 35 (25.93%) Banking
3 34 (25.19%) Social Skills
4 16 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.44%) General Ledger
7 5 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.96%) Billing
9 3 (2.22%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.48%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.48%) Retail
10 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.74%) Front Office
11 1 (0.74%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.74%) Law
11 1 (0.74%) Legal
11 1 (0.74%) Local Government
11 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (60.00%) Developer
2 44 (32.59%) C# Developer
3 20 (14.81%) Oracle Developer
4 11 (8.15%) Consultant
5 9 (6.67%) .NET Developer
5 9 (6.67%) Data Engineer
5 9 (6.67%) Lead
5 9 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 9 (6.67%) Senior
6 8 (5.93%) Architect
6 8 (5.93%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (5.19%) Applications Developer
7 7 (5.19%) C# Application Developer
7 7 (5.19%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) SQL Developer
8 6 (4.44%) C# WPF Developer
8 6 (4.44%) Data Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) DBA
8 6 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 6 (4.44%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (40.00%) .NET
2 36 (26.67%) .NET Framework
3 17 (12.59%) Middleware
4 16 (11.85%) SOAP
5 15 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (10.37%) WinForms
6 14 (10.37%) WPF
7 11 (8.15%) Kafka
8 9 (6.67%) REST
9 8 (5.93%) XML
10 6 (4.44%) IBM Integration Bus
11 4 (2.96%) WCF
11 4 (2.96%) YAML
12 3 (2.22%) .NET Core
12 3 (2.22%) Node.js
12 3 (2.22%) Spring
13 2 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
13 2 (1.48%) OpenLayers
13 2 (1.48%) Oracle GoldenGate
13 2 (1.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.22%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.22%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.48%) NHS
6 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.74%) Derivative
7 1 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.56%) Windows
2 22 (16.30%) Windows Server
3 18 (13.33%) Linux
4 14 (10.37%) Unix
5 5 (3.70%) AIX
6 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.96%) Solaris
6 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (31.11%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (27.41%) ETL
3 36 (26.67%) Data Analysis
4 32 (23.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (22.22%) Agile
6 27 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 27 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (18.52%) Performance Tuning
8 23 (17.04%) DevOps
9 21 (15.56%) Change Management
9 21 (15.56%) Migration
9 21 (15.56%) Unit Testing
10 18 (13.33%) Data Modelling
11 16 (11.85%) ERP
12 15 (11.11%) Decision-Making
13 14 (10.37%) Collaborative Working
14 13 (9.63%) Analytics
14 13 (9.63%) SDLC
15 12 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (8.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 131 (97.04%) SQL
2 49 (36.30%) C#
2 49 (36.30%) T-SQL
3 25 (18.52%) Java
4 23 (17.04%) Python
5 16 (11.85%) VB
6 14 (10.37%) VBA
7 11 (8.15%) Shell Script
8 10 (7.41%) Perl
9 7 (5.19%) Groovy
9 7 (5.19%) JavaScript
9 7 (5.19%) Korn
10 4 (2.96%) C
10 4 (2.96%) Delphi
10 4 (2.96%) PHP
10 4 (2.96%) ProC
11 3 (2.22%) Bash
12 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.48%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (12.59%) Degree
2 16 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.48%) PMP
7 1 (0.74%) HP APS
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) OCP
7 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (25.93%) QA
2 14 (10.37%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.22%) IFRS
3 3 (2.22%) IFRS 9
3 3 (2.22%) SEPA
4 2 (1.48%) Basel III
4 2 (1.48%) GAAP
4 2 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.74%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.74%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (5.19%) Docker
2 5 (3.70%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (2.22%) Control-M
3 3 (2.22%) Terraform
4 2 (1.48%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.48%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.74%) Foglight
5 1 (0.74%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 124 (91.85%) Oracle
2 30 (22.22%) Citrix
3 19 (14.07%) Microsoft
4 15 (11.11%) IBM
5 8 (5.93%) Databricks
6 4 (2.96%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.96%) DevExpress
6 4 (2.96%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.22%) Informatica
7 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.22%) SAP
8 2 (1.48%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.48%) HP
8 2 (1.48%) Perforce
8 2 (1.48%) VMware
8 2 (1.48%) Workday
9 1 (0.74%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.74%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.74%) OutSystems