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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 216 218
Rank change year-on-year -34 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 134 145 194
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.90% 1.06% 1.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.48% 2.74% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 106 128
10th Percentile £385 - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £650
90th Percentile £659 £700 £750
England median daily rate £475 £475 £535
% change year-on-year - -11.21% -0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.00 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £105.00 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% - -
75th Percentile £110.00 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £105.00 £92.50 -
% change year-on-year +13.51% - -

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 5,394 5,298 6,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.26% 38.82% 34.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 3,482 4,950
10th Percentile £363 £373 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £510 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -3.32% -4.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 38 69
10th Percentile £21.58 £35.00 £26.75
25th Percentile £35.75 £38.69 £39.85
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £67.10 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £97.50 £72.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -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 7 February 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 February 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 -14 15 £475 -12.44% 1
East London -2 3 £416 +4.00%
South London -8 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 16 (11.94%) IIS
2 9 (6.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (4.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (3.73%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.49%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.49%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.49%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.75%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.75%) Apache
6 1 (0.75%) Mule
6 1 (0.75%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Oracle ERP
1 7 (5.22%) Oracle General Ledger
1 7 (5.22%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (4.48%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (3.73%) Oracle Assets
3 5 (3.73%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (3.73%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (2.99%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.49%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (1.49%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.75%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.75%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.90%) Azure
2 16 (11.94%) OCI
3 13 (9.70%) AWS
4 10 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.22%) Azure API Management
5 7 (5.22%) Collibra
5 7 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.48%) GitHub
6 6 (4.48%) SaaS
7 5 (3.73%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.73%) PaaS
8 4 (2.99%) IaaS
9 3 (2.24%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.75%) GCP
10 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.21%) Internet
2 5 (3.73%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (47.01%) Oracle Database
2 50 (37.31%) SQL Server
3 17 (12.69%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (11.19%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (9.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 12 (8.96%) Relational Database
7 9 (6.72%) Metadata
7 9 (6.72%) Oracle ODI
7 9 (6.72%) RDBMS
8 7 (5.22%) DataStage
8 7 (5.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (3.73%) Oracle BI EE
9 5 (3.73%) Oracle Exadata
9 5 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (3.73%) Power BI
10 4 (2.99%) Oracle Database 10g
10 4 (2.99%) SQLPlus
11 3 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (8.96%) Visual Studio
2 7 (5.22%) Git
2 7 (5.22%) JIRA
3 5 (3.73%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.73%) Toad
4 4 (2.99%) Ant
4 4 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.99%) JUnit
4 4 (2.99%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (2.99%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.99%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.99%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.24%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.24%) GitLab
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.49%) Selenium
7 1 (0.75%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.75%) NUnit
7 1 (0.75%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.75%) TestDirector
General
1 53 (39.55%) Finance
2 33 (24.63%) Social Skills
3 30 (22.39%) Banking
4 16 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.48%) General Ledger
7 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.73%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.99%) Billing
9 3 (2.24%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.49%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.49%) Retail
10 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.75%) Front Office
11 1 (0.75%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.75%) Law
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (61.19%) Developer
2 41 (30.60%) C# Developer
3 23 (17.16%) Oracle Developer
4 13 (9.70%) Consultant
5 10 (7.46%) C# WPF Developer
5 10 (7.46%) Senior
5 10 (7.46%) WPF Developer
6 9 (6.72%) .NET Developer
6 9 (6.72%) Data Engineer
7 8 (5.97%) Architect
7 8 (5.97%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (5.97%) Oracle Consultant
7 8 (5.97%) SQL Developer
8 7 (5.22%) DBA
8 7 (5.22%) Oracle DBA
9 6 (4.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 6 (4.48%) C# WCF Developer
9 6 (4.48%) Data Integration Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (38.06%) .NET
2 33 (24.63%) .NET Framework
3 20 (14.93%) SOAP
4 17 (12.69%) Middleware
4 17 (12.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (11.94%) WPF
6 14 (10.45%) WinForms
7 13 (9.70%) REST
8 12 (8.96%) Kafka
9 9 (6.72%) XML
10 6 (4.48%) IBM Integration Bus
10 6 (4.48%) WCF
11 5 (3.73%) HTML
12 4 (2.99%) CSS
12 4 (2.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 4 (2.99%) YAML
13 3 (2.24%) .NET Core
13 3 (2.24%) Node.js
13 3 (2.24%) Web Services
14 2 (1.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.24%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.24%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.24%) NHS
3 3 (2.24%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.24%) Replication
3 3 (2.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (1.49%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.49%) SCADA
4 2 (1.49%) Synthetic Data
4 2 (1.49%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (31.34%) Windows
2 15 (11.19%) Unix
2 15 (11.19%) Windows Server
3 14 (10.45%) Linux
4 5 (3.73%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (31.34%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (25.37%) ETL
3 30 (22.39%) Agile
3 30 (22.39%) Data Analysis
4 28 (20.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 27 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (17.91%) CI/CD
7 23 (17.16%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (16.42%) Migration
9 21 (15.67%) DevOps
10 20 (14.93%) ERP
11 19 (14.18%) Change Management
12 18 (13.43%) Data Modelling
13 15 (11.19%) Decision-Making
13 15 (11.19%) Unit Testing
14 13 (9.70%) Analytics
15 12 (8.96%) Collaborative Working
16 11 (8.21%) Performance Optimisation
16 11 (8.21%) SDLC
17 10 (7.46%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 130 (97.01%) SQL
2 45 (33.58%) C#
3 42 (31.34%) T-SQL
4 25 (18.66%) Java
5 22 (16.42%) Python
6 19 (14.18%) VB
7 16 (11.94%) VBA
8 11 (8.21%) Perl
8 11 (8.21%) Shell Script
9 8 (5.97%) JavaScript
10 7 (5.22%) Groovy
10 7 (5.22%) Korn
11 5 (3.73%) Bash
12 4 (2.99%) Delphi
12 4 (2.99%) PHP
12 4 (2.99%) ProC
12 4 (2.99%) VB.NET
13 3 (2.24%) C
13 3 (2.24%) COBOL
14 2 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (12.69%) Degree
2 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.48%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.49%) OCA
6 2 (1.49%) PMP
7 1 (0.75%) HP APS
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) OCP
7 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (23.13%) QA
2 13 (9.70%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.24%) GDPR
3 3 (2.24%) SEPA
4 2 (1.49%) Basel III
4 2 (1.49%) GAAP
4 2 (1.49%) IFRS
4 2 (1.49%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.75%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.75%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (3.73%) Docker
1 5 (3.73%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (5.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.99%) Data Guard
2 4 (2.99%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (2.24%) Control-M
4 2 (1.49%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.49%) Terraform
5 1 (0.75%) Foglight
5 1 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 124 (92.54%) Oracle
2 26 (19.40%) Citrix
3 17 (12.69%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.72%) IBM
5 7 (5.22%) Databricks
6 5 (3.73%) SAP
7 4 (2.99%) Alteryx
7 4 (2.99%) DevExpress
8 3 (2.24%) Informatica
9 2 (1.49%) Avaloq
9 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.49%) HP
9 2 (1.49%) Workday
10 1 (0.75%) BMC
10 1 (0.75%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.75%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.75%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.75%) Splunk
10 1 (0.75%) Vertica