PL/SQL Contracts

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PL/SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PL/SQL over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 265 228
Rank change year-on-year +47 -37 +36
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 369 394 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 0.90% 1.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.71% 3.07% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 303 492
10th Percentile £363 £385 £400
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £530 £514
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +3.16% +2.75%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £598
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +13.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - £53.75
25th Percentile £91.25 - £58.44
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £72.50
75th Percentile £93.75 - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £87.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £58.75
% change year-on-year - - -9.62%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,942 12,854 20,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.01% 29.49% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,743 9,130 15,092
10th Percentile £360 £350 £400
25th Percentile £419 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £769 £760 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 485 471
10th Percentile £22.49 £31.25 £26.25
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.87 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +2.20% - +26.21%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PL/SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.

Daily rate trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.

Hourly rate trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
England +45 295 £500 -4.76% 125
UK excluding London +37 173 £500 -4.76% 75
London +42 161 £467 -6.79% 55
Work from Home +5 121 £468 -12.62% 77
South East +45 52 £500 +3.63% 21
North of England +63 49 £550 -4.60% 18
Scotland +16 47 £400 -23.81% 5
Yorkshire +39 27 £550 - 5
North West +22 22 £610 +5.81% 12
Midlands -25 12 £460 -14.02% 16
South West +36 10 £463 -27.45% 9
West Midlands -33 8 £460 -14.02% 11
East of England +37 7 £538 +23.56% 2
East Midlands +10 4 £425 +9.68% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 - 4

PL/SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (10.84%) Confluence
2 21 (5.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 14 (3.79%) IIS
4 10 (2.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (2.44%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.90%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.63%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (1.36%) JBoss
9 3 (0.81%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.54%) Apache
10 2 (0.54%) SAS
10 2 (0.54%) Tuxedo
10 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.27%) nginx
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (8.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.63%) Oracle Smart View
4 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (11.38%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (4.61%) Oracle Payables
3 15 (4.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (3.79%) Oracle EBS R12
4 14 (3.79%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (3.52%) Oracle Applications
5 13 (3.52%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (3.52%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (1.90%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (1.63%) FLEXCUBE
7 6 (1.63%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (1.36%) Oracle BPM
9 4 (1.08%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 4 (1.08%) Endur
10 3 (0.81%) Oracle iProcurement
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle Internet Expenses
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.72%) AWS
2 39 (10.57%) Azure
3 22 (5.96%) OCI
4 16 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.52%) SaaS
6 9 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (2.44%) Serverless
7 8 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.63%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.36%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.36%) Azure Storage
9 5 (1.36%) GitHub
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.08%) GCP
10 4 (1.08%) PaaS
11 3 (0.81%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.88%) DNS
2 11 (2.98%) Internet
3 3 (0.81%) HTTP
4 2 (0.54%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (36.31%) Oracle Database
2 45 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
3 38 (10.30%) SQL Server
4 33 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (8.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 26 (7.05%) Relational Database
7 22 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (4.61%) Oracle Database 11g
9 15 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (3.79%) Power BI
11 12 (3.25%) MongoDB
11 12 (3.25%) RDBMS
12 10 (2.71%) Oracle ODI
13 9 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.90%) Tableau
16 6 (1.63%) GIS
16 6 (1.63%) Oracle Database 10g
16 6 (1.63%) Qlik Sense
17 5 (1.36%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 53 (14.36%) JIRA
2 33 (8.94%) Git
3 29 (7.86%) Oracle Forms
4 21 (5.69%) Subversion
5 18 (4.88%) Oracle APEX
5 18 (4.88%) Visual Studio
6 12 (3.25%) Toad
7 11 (2.98%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.98%) PVCS
8 7 (1.90%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.63%) GitLab
10 4 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.08%) JUnit
10 4 (1.08%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (1.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 3 (0.81%) Ant
11 3 (0.81%) Selenium
12 2 (0.54%) Maven
12 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
General
1 132 (35.77%) Finance
2 109 (29.54%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.38%) Banking
5 31 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.52%) Back Office
7 11 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.71%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.17%) Military
10 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Billing
11 5 (1.36%) Front Office
11 5 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.54%) Automotive
13 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.54%) Legal
14 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (49.05%) Developer
2 71 (19.24%) Oracle Developer
3 39 (10.57%) C# Developer
4 37 (10.03%) .NET Developer
5 29 (7.86%) Analyst
5 29 (7.86%) C# WPF Developer
5 29 (7.86%) WPF Developer
6 27 (7.32%) Consultant
7 26 (7.05%) C# .NET Developer
8 24 (6.50%) Data Engineer
9 18 (4.88%) DBA
9 18 (4.88%) Lead
9 18 (4.88%) Senior
10 16 (4.34%) Delphi Developer
11 15 (4.07%) Architect
11 15 (4.07%) Cloud Developer
11 15 (4.07%) SQL Developer
12 14 (3.79%) Oracle DBA
12 14 (3.79%) PL/SQL Developer
13 13 (3.52%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (15.45%) .NET
2 47 (12.74%) .NET Framework
3 29 (7.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 29 (7.86%) WPF
3 29 (7.86%) XML
4 25 (6.78%) SOAP
5 19 (5.15%) Web Services
6 18 (4.88%) Middleware
7 17 (4.61%) REST
8 14 (3.79%) Entity Framework
8 14 (3.79%) Kafka
9 11 (2.98%) HTML
9 11 (2.98%) Java EE
9 11 (2.98%) Spring Boot
9 11 (2.98%) WCF
9 11 (2.98%) WinForms
10 10 (2.71%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.44%) .NET Core
11 9 (2.44%) XSLT
12 8 (2.17%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (4.34%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (3.52%) SCADA
4 12 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.44%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.90%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.90%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.36%) Replication
9 4 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.08%) TWAP
9 4 (1.08%) VWAP
10 3 (0.81%) Clustering
10 3 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 100 (27.10%) Windows
2 63 (17.07%) Linux
3 37 (10.03%) Unix
4 22 (5.96%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.36%) AIX
5 5 (1.36%) Solaris
6 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (23.85%) Agile
3 70 (18.97%) Migration
4 62 (16.80%) Data Modelling
5 46 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
5 46 (12.47%) DevOps
6 42 (11.38%) Microservices
7 41 (11.11%) Data Migration
7 41 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
8 37 (10.03%) ETL
9 36 (9.76%) CI/CD
10 34 (9.21%) Analytics
11 33 (8.94%) SDLC
12 32 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (7.86%) ERP
14 27 (7.32%) Unit Testing
15 25 (6.78%) Validation
16 24 (6.50%) Data Analysis
17 22 (5.96%) Root Cause Analysis
18 21 (5.69%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 366 (99.19%) SQL
2 72 (19.51%) C#
3 56 (15.18%) Java
4 34 (9.21%) Perl
5 31 (8.40%) VB
6 29 (7.86%) VBA
7 27 (7.32%) T-SQL
8 26 (7.05%) Python
9 21 (5.69%) JavaScript
10 19 (5.15%) Bash
11 17 (4.61%) Shell Script
11 17 (4.61%) VB.NET
12 16 (4.34%) Delphi
13 15 (4.07%) PowerShell
14 13 (3.52%) C
15 11 (2.98%) ProC
15 11 (2.98%) RPG
15 11 (2.98%) RPG IV
16 6 (1.63%) C++
16 6 (1.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 91 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 84 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.50%) Degree
4 18 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.27%) ISEB
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) OCP
9 1 (0.27%) Siebel Certification
9 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.34%) QA
2 12 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.98%) GDPR
4 4 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.54%) NCSC
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.54%) SEPA
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.34%) Docker
3 6 (1.63%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) HDFS
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.17%) Ansible
3 4 (1.08%) Data Guard
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (1.08%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) Control-M
4 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Puppet
4 1 (0.27%) QRadar
4 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 301 (81.57%) Oracle
2 32 (8.67%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.88%) Cisco
4 12 (3.25%) MuleSoft
5 11 (2.98%) Citrix
5 11 (2.98%) IBM
6 10 (2.71%) Informatica
7 9 (2.44%) IFS
8 7 (1.90%) Avaloq
9 6 (1.63%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.63%) Siebel
10 5 (1.36%) Cognos
10 5 (1.36%) Perforce
11 4 (1.08%) CODA
11 4 (1.08%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.08%) Solace
11 4 (1.08%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.08%) VMware
12 3 (0.81%) DocuSign