PL/SQL Contract Job Trends in the North West

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 118 112
Rank change year-on-year -53 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 9 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.23% 0.51% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.05% 1.94% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 8
10th Percentile £299 £331 £456
25th Percentile £302 £349 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 £700 £525
Median % change year-on-year -56.57% +33.33% +11.64%
75th Percentile £312 £775 £540
90th Percentile £458 - £548
England median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 856 568 510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 21.94% 26.22% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 437 324
10th Percentile £357 £313 £326
25th Percentile £420 £363 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £596 £500 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 £621
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 10 19
10th Percentile £29.96 £29.28 £37.55
25th Percentile £47.33 £47.89 £46.18
Median hourly rate £67.50 £68.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +39.29% +6.11%
75th Percentile £77.00 £87.69 £73.00
90th Percentile £78.23 £95.23 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the North West

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PL/SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in the North West

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PL/SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Manchester -28 8 £304 -9.93%
Cheshire -3 1 £650 -7.14% 2
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (22.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) JBoss
2 1 (11.11%) Mule
2 1 (11.11%) Mule ESB
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Relational Database
2 6 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (66.67%) DataStage
2 6 (66.67%) Db2
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JDeveloper
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (11.11%) JUnit
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 6 (66.67%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) General Ledger
4 2 (22.22%) Military
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) DataStage Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Business Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) E-Business Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Technical Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
1 3 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) Jakarta EE
2 1 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Performance Tuning
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (77.78%) SDLC
3 6 (66.67%) Batch Scheduling
3 6 (66.67%) Change Management
3 6 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 6 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 6 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (66.67%) Data Reconciliation
3 6 (66.67%) ETL
3 6 (66.67%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (22.22%) Cash Management
4 2 (22.22%) Personalization
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Microservices
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 6 (66.67%) Teradata