PL/SQL Contract Job Trends

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 255 241
Rank change year-on-year -64 -14 -49
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL 289 308 435
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.97% 0.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.48% 2.93% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 212 331
10th Percentile £363 £385 £385
25th Percentile £404 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £605
90th Percentile £626 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.54% -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 - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 11,650 10,521 13,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.66% 33.28% 29.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,728 6,673 9,337
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -2.78% -4.42%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.02% -2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 248 483
10th Percentile £39.53 £21.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £35.56 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £69.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.85%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the UK

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

PL/SQL
Top 16 Contract Job 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 24 January 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
England -49 262 £475 -5.00% 85
London -24 134 £416 -16.80% 18
UK excluding London -57 131 £475 -5.00% 87
Work from Home -84 55 £500 -5.12% 22
South West +19 42 £475 +22.58% 11
South East -50 33 £485 -23.25% 29
Midlands -46 20 £510 +7.82% 12
North of England -65 18 £344 -31.88% 11
West Midlands -43 17 £481 +0.89% 6
North West -28 16 £344 -23.56% 5
Scotland -8 10 £350 -30.00% 12
East of England -16 4 £464 -3.64% 10
East Midlands -31 3 £510 +20.00% 6
Wales - 3 £600 - 3
Yorkshire -65 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £675 - 1

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 17 (5.88%) Oracle Workflow
2 15 (5.19%) IIS
2 15 (5.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (3.81%) Tomcat
4 10 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.46%) WebLogic
5 6 (2.08%) Apache
6 5 (1.73%) SharePoint
7 4 (1.38%) nginx
8 3 (1.04%) Anypoint
8 3 (1.04%) SAS
8 3 (1.04%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.69%) Apache Geronimo
9 2 (0.69%) Apache ServiceMix
9 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.69%) Confluence
9 2 (0.69%) Liferay
9 2 (0.69%) Mule
9 2 (0.69%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 23 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (7.27%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (6.23%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (5.88%) Oracle Receivables
4 15 (5.19%) Oracle EBS R12
5 14 (4.84%) Oracle Assets
5 14 (4.84%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (3.81%) Oracle Cash Management
6 11 (3.81%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (2.77%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (2.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (2.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (2.08%) NEC Housing
9 6 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (1.73%) Oracle 11i
11 3 (1.04%) Oracle BRM
11 3 (1.04%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (1.04%) Oracle Retail
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle BPM
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle iProcurement
13 1 (0.35%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 81 (28.03%) Azure
2 54 (18.69%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (10.38%) OCI
4 28 (9.69%) AWS
5 13 (4.50%) Snowflake
6 11 (3.81%) Tricentis Tosca
7 10 (3.46%) SaaS
8 9 (3.11%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.77%) dbt
9 8 (2.77%) Prefect
10 7 (2.42%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.42%) GitHub
11 6 (2.08%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.73%) Collibra
12 5 (1.73%) PaaS
13 4 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.38%) IaaS
14 3 (1.04%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.81%) Internet
2 7 (2.42%) HTTP
3 4 (1.38%) Firewall
4 3 (1.04%) Broadband
4 3 (1.04%) GPRS
4 3 (1.04%) GSM
4 3 (1.04%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.35%) FTP
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (33.56%) Oracle Database
2 59 (20.42%) SQL Server
3 33 (11.42%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (11.42%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (8.30%) Relational Database
5 21 (7.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 16 (5.54%) RDBMS
7 13 (4.50%) Oracle Exadata
7 13 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (4.15%) Oracle ODI
9 10 (3.46%) Data Lake
10 9 (3.11%) DataStage
10 9 (3.11%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.11%) Oracle Database 12c
10 9 (3.11%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.77%) Metadata
12 7 (2.42%) MongoDB
12 7 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.42%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 47 (16.26%) Oracle APEX
2 18 (6.23%) JIRA
3 17 (5.88%) Git
4 15 (5.19%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (4.84%) GitLab
6 12 (4.15%) Visual Studio
7 9 (3.11%) Jenkins
8 6 (2.08%) Toad
9 5 (1.73%) JUnit
9 5 (1.73%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (1.38%) Ant
10 4 (1.38%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (1.38%) SoapUI
10 4 (1.38%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.69%) Hudson
11 2 (0.69%) Selenium
12 1 (0.35%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.35%) PowerBuilder
12 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
General
1 93 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 88 (30.45%) Finance
3 41 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.84%) Banking
5 30 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.50%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.11%) Billing
8 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.73%) Back Office
10 5 (1.73%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.73%) Local Government
11 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.38%) Retail
12 3 (1.04%) Legal
13 2 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.69%) Law
13 2 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 141 (48.79%) Developer
2 50 (17.30%) Senior
3 42 (14.53%) C# Developer
4 41 (14.19%) Oracle Developer
5 38 (13.15%) Senior Developer
6 26 (9.00%) DBA
6 26 (9.00%) Oracle DBA
7 25 (8.65%) Data Engineer
8 24 (8.30%) Consultant
9 21 (7.27%) Architect
10 13 (4.50%) .NET Developer
10 13 (4.50%) Lead
10 13 (4.50%) Oracle Consultant
11 12 (4.15%) C# .NET Developer
11 12 (4.15%) C# WPF Developer
11 12 (4.15%) WPF Developer
12 10 (3.46%) QA Engineer
12 10 (3.46%) SQL Developer
13 9 (3.11%) Technical Consultant
14 7 (2.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (19.03%) .NET
2 35 (12.11%) .NET Framework
3 31 (10.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 27 (9.34%) SOAP
5 24 (8.30%) Middleware
6 20 (6.92%) REST
6 20 (6.92%) XML
7 18 (6.23%) WPF
8 14 (4.84%) Kafka
9 13 (4.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 13 (4.50%) WinForms
10 11 (3.81%) Web Services
11 9 (3.11%) PySpark
12 8 (2.77%) HTML
13 7 (2.42%) CSS
13 7 (2.42%) JSON
14 6 (2.08%) IBM Integration Bus
14 6 (2.08%) WCF
15 5 (1.73%) NumPy
15 5 (1.73%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.11%) Synthetic Data
3 8 (2.77%) Clustering
3 8 (2.77%) NHS
4 7 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.42%) Replication
4 7 (2.42%) SCADA
5 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.73%) Legacy Code
6 5 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.04%) IPTV
8 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.34%) Windows
2 27 (9.34%) Linux
3 26 (9.00%) Unix
4 16 (5.54%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.73%) AIX
7 3 (1.04%) Solaris
7 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.35%) VME
9 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.18%) Agile
2 77 (26.64%) DevOps
3 66 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (21.45%) Business Intelligence
5 53 (18.34%) Validation
6 52 (17.99%) CI/CD
7 49 (16.96%) Performance Tuning
8 44 (15.22%) ETL
9 41 (14.19%) Collaborative Working
10 39 (13.49%) ERP
10 39 (13.49%) Migration
11 38 (13.15%) Data Modelling
12 37 (12.80%) Data Analysis
13 36 (12.46%) Scrum
14 31 (10.73%) Requirements Analysis
15 29 (10.03%) Web Application Development
16 28 (9.69%) Software Delivery
17 27 (9.34%) Analytics
18 26 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
18 26 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 285 (98.62%) SQL
2 48 (16.61%) C#
2 48 (16.61%) Java
3 45 (15.57%) JavaScript
4 42 (14.53%) T-SQL
5 35 (12.11%) Python
6 22 (7.61%) VB
7 18 (6.23%) Shell Script
8 17 (5.88%) VBA
9 14 (4.84%) Perl
10 8 (2.77%) Korn
10 8 (2.77%) ProC
11 7 (2.42%) Groovy
12 6 (2.08%) Bash
12 6 (2.08%) PHP
12 6 (2.08%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.73%) C
13 5 (1.73%) COBOL
14 4 (1.38%) C++
14 4 (1.38%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 79 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 61 (21.11%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.65%) Degree
4 15 (5.19%) Oracle Certification
5 10 (3.46%) OCA
6 8 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.69%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.69%) OCP
9 2 (0.69%) PMP
10 1 (0.35%) HP APS
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.88%) QA
2 21 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.15%) GDPR
4 5 (1.73%) SLA
5 3 (1.04%) SEPA
6 2 (0.69%) Basel III
6 2 (0.69%) GAAP
6 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.69%) IFRS
6 2 (0.69%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) DICOM
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.35%) MiFID
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (7.96%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (2.77%) Docker
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Clusterware
4 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (7.27%) Data Guard
1 21 (7.27%) Oracle RMAN
2 12 (4.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 8 (2.77%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.73%) Ansible
5 4 (1.38%) Control-M
5 4 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.04%) CEMLI
6 3 (1.04%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.04%) Terraform
7 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 2 (0.69%) Foglight
7 2 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 251 (86.85%) Oracle
2 28 (9.69%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.30%) Citrix
4 14 (4.84%) IBM
5 11 (3.81%) Databricks
6 10 (3.46%) SAP
7 7 (2.42%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.08%) NEC
9 5 (1.73%) Informatica
9 5 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.73%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.38%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.38%) DevExpress
11 3 (1.04%) BMC
11 3 (1.04%) Cloudera
11 3 (1.04%) HP
11 3 (1.04%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (1.04%) Splunk
11 3 (1.04%) Talend
11 3 (1.04%) VMware