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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 202 231
Rank change year-on-year -78 +29 -10
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 141 157 166
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 1.24% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.45% 3.16% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 120 118
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £621 £700
90th Percentile £668 £750 £750
England median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% -
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 5,750 4,967 6,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.35% 39.14% 35.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,908 3,459 4,793
10th Percentile £363 £375 £381
25th Percentile £425 £449 £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 £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 30 58
10th Percentile £26.50 £29.07 £24.28
25th Percentile £40.25 £38.15 £36.90
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% -9.41% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.25 £67.90
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 7 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 7 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 -17 15 £525 -4.55% 5
East London 0 5 £416 +4.00%
South London -15 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 (12.77%) IIS
2 8 (5.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.26%) nginx
3 6 (4.26%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (2.13%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.42%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.71%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.71%) Apache
6 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.71%) Mule
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (3.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (3.55%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (3.55%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (2.13%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.42%) Front Arena
6 2 (1.42%) Global One
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.71%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.71%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.73%) Azure
2 14 (9.93%) OCI
3 13 (9.22%) AWS
4 11 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (7.09%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.38%) Collibra
7 8 (5.67%) PaaS
8 7 (4.96%) Azure API Management
9 6 (4.26%) SaaS
10 4 (2.84%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.84%) GitHub
10 4 (2.84%) IaaS
10 4 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.84%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.84%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.13%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.42%) MinIO
13 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.51%) Internet
2 9 (6.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (39.01%) Oracle Database
1 55 (39.01%) SQL Server
2 22 (15.60%) Oracle Reports
3 15 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (9.22%) Metadata
5 11 (7.80%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (7.80%) Relational Database
6 8 (5.67%) RDBMS
7 6 (4.26%) DataStage
7 6 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.55%) Oracle ODI
8 5 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (2.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (2.84%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (2.84%) Power BI
9 4 (2.84%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
10 3 (2.13%) GIS
10 3 (2.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Visual Studio
2 9 (6.38%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (3.55%) JIRA
3 5 (3.55%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.55%) Toad
4 4 (2.84%) Ant
4 4 (2.84%) Git
4 4 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.84%) JUnit
4 4 (2.84%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (2.84%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.84%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.42%) Selenium
7 1 (0.71%) ERwin
7 1 (0.71%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.71%) NUnit
7 1 (0.71%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.71%) TestDirector
General
1 44 (31.21%) Finance
2 36 (25.53%) Banking
3 35 (24.82%) Social Skills
4 19 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.26%) General Ledger
7 5 (3.55%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.84%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.42%) Back Office
9 2 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.42%) Front Office
9 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.71%) Billing
10 1 (0.71%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.71%) Legal
10 1 (0.71%) Local Government
10 1 (0.71%) Military
10 1 (0.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (54.61%) Developer
2 42 (29.79%) C# Developer
3 18 (12.77%) Consultant
4 15 (10.64%) Oracle Developer
5 13 (9.22%) Oracle Consultant
6 12 (8.51%) Lead
7 11 (7.80%) Oracle Technical Consultant
7 11 (7.80%) Technical Consultant
8 9 (6.38%) Senior
9 8 (5.67%) Applications Developer
9 8 (5.67%) C# Application Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.96%) Architect
10 7 (4.96%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.96%) SQL Developer
11 6 (4.26%) .NET Developer
11 6 (4.26%) DBA
11 6 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
12 5 (3.55%) C# .NET Developer
12 5 (3.55%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (38.30%) .NET
2 36 (25.53%) .NET Framework
3 18 (12.77%) Middleware
4 15 (10.64%) WinForms
5 14 (9.93%) SOAP
6 13 (9.22%) Oracle Fusion
7 12 (8.51%) WPF
8 9 (6.38%) Kafka
8 9 (6.38%) XML
9 8 (5.67%) REST
10 7 (4.96%) YAML
11 6 (4.26%) IBM Integration Bus
11 6 (4.26%) React
12 5 (3.55%) Web Services
13 4 (2.84%) CSS
13 4 (2.84%) HTML
13 4 (2.84%) SPFx
14 3 (2.13%) Node.js
14 3 (2.13%) Spring
14 3 (2.13%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.55%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.13%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.13%) Derivative
7 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.42%) Eurex
8 2 (1.42%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.42%) NHS
8 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.42%) Swaptions
8 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.71%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 48 (34.04%) Windows
2 23 (16.31%) Windows Server
3 19 (13.48%) Linux
4 13 (9.22%) Unix
5 6 (4.26%) Solaris
5 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.55%) AIX
6 5 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.37%) Data Analysis
2 36 (25.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 36 (25.53%) ETL
3 35 (24.82%) Agile
4 34 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (21.99%) Performance Tuning
7 29 (20.57%) DevOps
8 28 (19.86%) Change Management
8 28 (19.86%) CI/CD
9 21 (14.89%) Unit Testing
10 18 (12.77%) Migration
11 16 (11.35%) Analytics
11 16 (11.35%) Data Modelling
11 16 (11.35%) Decision-Making
12 15 (10.64%) AI
12 15 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (10.64%) SDLC
13 14 (9.93%) Data Governance
14 13 (9.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (97.16%) SQL
2 51 (36.17%) T-SQL
3 50 (35.46%) C#
4 28 (19.86%) Python
5 24 (17.02%) Java
6 13 (9.22%) Shell Script
6 13 (9.22%) VB
7 12 (8.51%) Perl
7 12 (8.51%) VBA
8 10 (7.09%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.96%) Korn
10 4 (2.84%) C
10 4 (2.84%) Delphi
10 4 (2.84%) PHP
10 4 (2.84%) ProC
11 2 (1.42%) Bash
11 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.71%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.71%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 18 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.35%) Degree
3 13 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.26%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.42%) PMP
7 1 (0.71%) HP APS
7 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.53%) QA
2 13 (9.22%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.13%) IFRS
3 3 (2.13%) IFRS 9
3 3 (2.13%) SEPA
4 2 (1.42%) Basel III
4 2 (1.42%) GAAP
4 2 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.71%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (5.67%) Docker
2 6 (4.26%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.67%) Oracle RMAN
2 6 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.55%) Control-M
4 4 (2.84%) Data Guard
5 3 (2.13%) Ansible
5 3 (2.13%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.42%) Terraform
7 1 (0.71%) Foglight
7 1 (0.71%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 130 (92.20%) Oracle
2 32 (22.70%) Citrix
3 20 (14.18%) Microsoft
4 17 (12.06%) IBM
5 6 (4.26%) Databricks
5 6 (4.26%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.84%) DevExpress
6 4 (2.84%) VMware
7 3 (2.13%) Informatica
7 3 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.42%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.42%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.42%) Murex
8 2 (1.42%) Perforce
8 2 (1.42%) SAP
8 2 (1.42%) Workday
9 1 (0.71%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.71%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.71%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.71%) OutSystems