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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 202 233
Rank change year-on-year -74 +31 -14
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 143 155 167
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 1.23% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.49% 3.11% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 119 119
10th Percentile - - £384
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £561 £626 £700
90th Percentile £668 £750 £750
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
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 5,742 4,985 6,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.11% 39.40% 35.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,901 3,475 4,816
10th Percentile £363 £375 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £815
England median daily rate £501 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.42% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 29 57
10th Percentile £26.97 £29.07 £23.95
25th Percentile £40.75 £38.11 £36.84
Median hourly rate £56.38 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.29% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.80 £60.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.38 £65.50 £68.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -4.00%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -6 15 £525 -4.55% 5
East London -2 5 £416 +4.00%
South London -14 3 £300 -50.00% 1
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 18 (12.59%) IIS
2 8 (5.59%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.20%) nginx
3 6 (4.20%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (2.10%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.40%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.40%) Confluence
5 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.70%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.70%) Apache
6 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.70%) Mule
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (8.39%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (4.90%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (3.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (3.50%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (3.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.80%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (2.10%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (2.10%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.40%) Front Arena
6 2 (1.40%) Global One
6 2 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.40%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.70%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.70%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.48%) Azure
2 15 (10.49%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) OCI
4 12 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.99%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.29%) Collibra
7 8 (5.59%) PaaS
8 6 (4.20%) Azure API Management
8 6 (4.20%) IaaS
8 6 (4.20%) SaaS
9 4 (2.80%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.80%) GitHub
9 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.80%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.10%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.40%) MinIO
12 1 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.70%) Oracle CX
12 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) Internet
2 9 (6.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (39.16%) Oracle Database
2 55 (38.46%) SQL Server
3 22 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (10.49%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (9.09%) Metadata
5 13 (9.09%) Relational Database
6 11 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (6.99%) RDBMS
8 6 (4.20%) DataStage
8 6 (4.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (3.50%) Oracle ODI
9 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (2.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (2.80%) Power BI
10 4 (2.80%) SQLPlus
11 3 (2.10%) GIS
11 3 (2.10%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (8.39%) Visual Studio
2 9 (6.29%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (4.90%) JIRA
4 5 (3.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (3.50%) Toad
5 4 (2.80%) Git
5 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.80%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (2.80%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.10%) Ant
6 3 (2.10%) JUnit
6 3 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (2.10%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.70%) Appium
8 1 (0.70%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.70%) git-flow
8 1 (0.70%) GitLab
8 1 (0.70%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 44 (30.77%) Finance
2 37 (25.87%) Banking
3 35 (24.48%) Social Skills
4 20 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.49%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.20%) Financial Institution
6 6 (4.20%) General Ledger
7 4 (2.80%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Back Office
8 2 (1.40%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Front Office
8 2 (1.40%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.70%) Billing
9 1 (0.70%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.70%) Legal
9 1 (0.70%) Local Government
9 1 (0.70%) Military
9 1 (0.70%) Retail
9 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (53.15%) Developer
2 42 (29.37%) C# Developer
3 18 (12.59%) Consultant
4 15 (10.49%) Oracle Developer
5 13 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
6 12 (8.39%) Lead
7 11 (7.69%) Oracle Technical Consultant
7 11 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
8 9 (6.29%) Senior
9 8 (5.59%) Applications Developer
9 8 (5.59%) C# Application Developer
9 8 (5.59%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) Architect
10 7 (4.90%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.90%) SQL Developer
11 6 (4.20%) .NET Developer
11 6 (4.20%) DBA
11 6 (4.20%) Integration Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) C# .NET Developer
12 5 (3.50%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (37.76%) .NET
2 36 (25.17%) .NET Framework
3 17 (11.89%) Middleware
4 15 (10.49%) WinForms
5 13 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (9.09%) SOAP
6 12 (8.39%) WPF
7 9 (6.29%) XML
8 8 (5.59%) Kafka
8 8 (5.59%) REST
9 7 (4.90%) YAML
10 6 (4.20%) React
11 5 (3.50%) IBM Integration Bus
11 5 (3.50%) Web Services
12 4 (2.80%) CSS
12 4 (2.80%) HTML
12 4 (2.80%) SPFx
13 3 (2.10%) Node.js
13 3 (2.10%) Spring
13 3 (2.10%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.20%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.50%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.80%) Derivative
6 4 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.10%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.40%) Eurex
8 2 (1.40%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.40%) NHS
8 2 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.40%) Swaptions
8 2 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 47 (32.87%) Windows
2 23 (16.08%) Windows Server
3 19 (13.29%) Linux
4 12 (8.39%) Unix
5 6 (4.20%) Solaris
5 6 (4.20%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.50%) AIX
6 5 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.67%) Data Analysis
2 36 (25.17%) Agile
2 36 (25.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 36 (25.17%) ETL
3 35 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 33 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
5 31 (21.68%) DevOps
6 29 (20.28%) CI/CD
7 28 (19.58%) Change Management
8 21 (14.69%) Unit Testing
9 19 (13.29%) Migration
10 17 (11.89%) Data Modelling
11 16 (11.19%) AI
11 16 (11.19%) Analytics
11 16 (11.19%) Decision-Making
11 16 (11.19%) SDLC
12 15 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (9.79%) Data Governance
14 13 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 139 (97.20%) SQL
2 52 (36.36%) T-SQL
3 51 (35.66%) C#
4 28 (19.58%) Python
5 23 (16.08%) Java
6 13 (9.09%) Shell Script
6 13 (9.09%) VB
7 12 (8.39%) VBA
8 11 (7.69%) Perl
9 10 (6.99%) JavaScript
10 6 (4.20%) Korn
11 4 (2.80%) C
11 4 (2.80%) Delphi
11 4 (2.80%) PHP
11 4 (2.80%) ProC
12 2 (1.40%) Bash
12 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.70%) Bicep
13 1 (0.70%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.19%) Degree
3 14 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.20%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.40%) PMP
7 1 (0.70%) HP APS
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.17%) QA
2 13 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.10%) IFRS
3 3 (2.10%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.40%) Basel III
4 2 (1.40%) GAAP
4 2 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.40%) SEPA
5 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (5.59%) Docker
2 6 (4.20%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.59%) Oracle RMAN
2 6 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.50%) Control-M
4 4 (2.80%) Data Guard
5 3 (2.10%) Ansible
5 3 (2.10%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.40%) Terraform
7 1 (0.70%) Foglight
7 1 (0.70%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 131 (91.61%) Oracle
2 32 (22.38%) Citrix
3 20 (13.99%) Microsoft
4 16 (11.19%) IBM
5 6 (4.20%) Databricks
5 6 (4.20%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.80%) DevExpress
6 4 (2.80%) VMware
7 3 (2.10%) Informatica
7 3 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.40%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.40%) Murex
8 2 (1.40%) Perforce
8 2 (1.40%) SAP
8 2 (1.40%) Workday
9 1 (0.70%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.70%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.70%) OutSystems