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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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Rank | 219 | 266 | 238 |
Rank change year-on-year | +47 | -28 | +29 |
Contract jobs citing PL/SQL | 373 | 384 | 686 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.28% | 0.89% | 1.16% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.76% | 3.01% | 3.33% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 276 | 292 | 477 |
10th Percentile | £363 | £385 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £406 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £533 | £510 |
Median % change year-on-year | -7.13% | +4.51% | +2.00% |
75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £600 |
90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £713 |
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 | 11 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £53.75 |
25th Percentile | £91.25 | - | £56.88 |
Median hourly rate | £92.50 | - | £80.00 |
75th Percentile | £93.75 | - | £85.00 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £87.50 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £57.50 |
% change year-on-year | - | - | -11.54% |
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 | 9,926 | 12,769 | 20,585 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.14% | 29.59% | 34.85% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 6,749 | 9,080 | 14,839 |
10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £394 |
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 | £775 | £763 | £775 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +2.04% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 250 | 487 | 463 |
10th Percentile | £22.50 | £31.70 | £26.15 |
25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £49.84 |
Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | +2.67% | +20.00% |
75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
90th Percentile | £85.00 | £79.50 | £77.80 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £60.63 |
% change year-on-year | +2.40% | +3.09% | +21.86% |
PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PL/SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PL/SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.
PL/SQL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.
PL/SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.
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 5 May 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 |
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England | +61 | 301 | £500 | -6.28% | 138 |
UK excluding London | +40 | 175 | £500 | -4.76% | 96 |
London | +56 | 166 | £471 | -5.99% | 64 |
Work from Home | +5 | 122 | £475 | -11.21% | 139 |
South East | +47 | 53 | £500 | +5.26% | 39 |
North of England | +58 | 49 | £550 | -4.60% | 19 |
Scotland | +23 | 48 | £400 | -23.44% | 5 |
Yorkshire | +39 | 26 | £538 | - | 6 |
North West | +26 | 23 | £620 | +7.55% | 12 |
Midlands | -29 | 12 | £460 | -14.02% | 17 |
South West | +29 | 10 | £463 | -28.85% | 11 |
West Midlands | -29 | 8 | £460 | -14.02% | 12 |
East of England | +35 | 7 | £538 | +23.56% | 3 |
East Midlands | +14 | 4 | £425 | +9.68% | 3 |
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:
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