PL/SQL Contract Job Trends in the South West

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West citing PL/SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 98 122
Rank change year-on-year -18 +24 +13
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 38 31 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.02% 1.44% 0.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.87% 5.95% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 5
10th Percentile £452 - -
25th Percentile £516 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +5.56% -21.74%
75th Percentile £610 £500 -
90th Percentile £625 £539 -
England median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -

All Programming Languages
South 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 citing coding skills in the South West.

6 months to
8 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 780 521 640
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 20.92% 24.12% 26.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 345 362
10th Percentile £400 £335 £400
25th Percentile £450 £425 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £638
90th Percentile £710 £700 £685
England median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 60 58
10th Percentile £15.89 £61.25 £60.13
25th Percentile £57.50 £61.88 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% +6.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £73.88 £74.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

PL/SQL Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the South West

PL/SQL Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

PL/SQL Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in the South West over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in the South West

PL/SQL Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

PL/SQL Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +13 30 £600 +21.52% 1
Devon -7 3 - -
Wiltshire - 3 £438 -
Gloucestershire -18 1 £605 +27.37%
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SQL97.4%37
2JavaScript10.5%4
3C#7.9%3
3T-SQL7.9%3
5Groovy5.3%2
5Java5.3%2
7Python2.6%1