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 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
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.

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 5 May 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 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
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:

Application Platforms
1 38 (10.19%) Confluence
2 21 (5.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 14 (3.75%) IIS
4 11 (2.95%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (2.41%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.88%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.61%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (1.34%) JBoss
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.54%) Apache
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%) SAS
11 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.61%) Oracle Smart View
4 5 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (12.06%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (4.83%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (4.29%) Oracle EBS R12
4 15 (4.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 15 (4.02%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (3.75%) Oracle Assets
6 13 (3.49%) Oracle Cash Management
7 12 (3.22%) Oracle Applications
8 7 (1.88%) FLEXCUBE
8 7 (1.88%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (1.61%) Oracle BPM
9 6 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (1.07%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 4 (1.07%) Endur
11 3 (0.80%) Oracle 11i
11 3 (0.80%) Oracle iProcurement
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle Internet Expenses
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payroll
12 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.28%) AWS
2 39 (10.46%) Azure
3 24 (6.43%) OCI
4 15 (4.02%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.49%) SaaS
6 9 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (2.41%) Serverless
7 8 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.61%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.34%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.34%) Azure Storage
9 5 (1.34%) GitHub
10 4 (1.07%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.07%) Azure API Management
10 4 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.07%) PaaS
11 3 (0.80%) GCP
12 2 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.83%) DNS
2 11 (2.95%) Internet
3 4 (1.07%) HTTP
4 2 (0.54%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (36.19%) Oracle Database
2 46 (12.33%) Oracle Reports
3 39 (10.46%) SQL Server
4 35 (9.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 32 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (6.97%) Relational Database
7 22 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (5.09%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (3.49%) Power BI
11 12 (3.22%) MongoDB
11 12 (3.22%) RDBMS
12 10 (2.68%) Oracle ODI
13 9 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.88%) GIS
14 7 (1.88%) Oracle Database 10g
14 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.88%) Tableau
15 6 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (1.61%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 51 (13.67%) JIRA
2 32 (8.58%) Git
3 30 (8.04%) Oracle Forms
4 21 (5.63%) Subversion
5 18 (4.83%) Oracle APEX
5 18 (4.83%) Visual Studio
6 13 (3.49%) Toad
7 11 (2.95%) PVCS
8 10 (2.68%) Jenkins
9 6 (1.61%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.34%) GitLab
10 5 (1.34%) JUnit
11 4 (1.07%) Ant
11 4 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (1.07%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 3 (0.80%) Selenium
12 3 (0.80%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.80%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.54%) Hudson
General
1 134 (35.92%) Finance
2 117 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.80%) Banking
5 32 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.49%) Back Office
7 11 (2.95%) General Ledger
7 11 (2.95%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.41%) Military
10 7 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.61%) Retail
12 5 (1.34%) Billing
12 5 (1.34%) Front Office
12 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.07%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.54%) Automotive
14 2 (0.54%) French Language
14 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 185 (49.60%) Developer
2 74 (19.84%) Oracle Developer
3 37 (9.92%) .NET Developer
3 37 (9.92%) C# Developer
4 30 (8.04%) Analyst
5 29 (7.77%) C# WPF Developer
5 29 (7.77%) Consultant
5 29 (7.77%) WPF Developer
6 26 (6.97%) C# .NET Developer
7 23 (6.17%) Data Engineer
8 19 (5.09%) DBA
9 18 (4.83%) Lead
10 17 (4.56%) Senior
11 16 (4.29%) Delphi Developer
12 15 (4.02%) Architect
12 15 (4.02%) Cloud Developer
12 15 (4.02%) Oracle Consultant
12 15 (4.02%) Oracle DBA
12 15 (4.02%) SQL Developer
13 14 (3.75%) PL/SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.75%) .NET
2 47 (12.60%) .NET Framework
3 30 (8.04%) XML
4 29 (7.77%) Oracle Fusion
4 29 (7.77%) WPF
5 28 (7.51%) SOAP
6 20 (5.36%) Web Services
7 19 (5.09%) Middleware
8 17 (4.56%) REST
9 15 (4.02%) Kafka
10 14 (3.75%) Entity Framework
11 11 (2.95%) HTML
11 11 (2.95%) Java EE
11 11 (2.95%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.95%) WCF
11 11 (2.95%) WinForms
12 9 (2.41%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.41%) XSLT
13 8 (2.14%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.14%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.09%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (4.29%) Linux Command Line
3 14 (3.75%) SCADA
4 12 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.68%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.88%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.61%) Replication
8 5 (1.34%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.07%) TWAP
9 4 (1.07%) VWAP
10 3 (0.80%) Clustering
10 3 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 102 (27.35%) Windows
2 67 (17.96%) Linux
3 38 (10.19%) Unix
4 22 (5.90%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.61%) AIX
6 5 (1.34%) Solaris
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (24.13%) Agile
3 72 (19.30%) Migration
4 63 (16.89%) Data Modelling
5 48 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
6 45 (12.06%) DevOps
7 43 (11.53%) Microservices
7 43 (11.53%) Performance Tuning
8 42 (11.26%) Data Migration
9 36 (9.65%) ETL
10 35 (9.38%) CI/CD
11 34 (9.12%) SDLC
12 33 (8.85%) Analytics
13 32 (8.58%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (7.77%) ERP
15 27 (7.24%) Unit Testing
16 26 (6.97%) Validation
17 24 (6.43%) Data Analysis
18 23 (6.17%) Computer Science
19 22 (5.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 369 (98.93%) SQL
2 70 (18.77%) C#
3 57 (15.28%) Java
4 36 (9.65%) Perl
5 31 (8.31%) VB
6 29 (7.77%) VBA
7 27 (7.24%) T-SQL
8 24 (6.43%) Python
9 21 (5.63%) JavaScript
10 19 (5.09%) Bash
11 17 (4.56%) VB.NET
12 16 (4.29%) Delphi
12 16 (4.29%) Shell Script
13 15 (4.02%) PowerShell
14 13 (3.49%) C
15 11 (2.95%) ProC
15 11 (2.95%) RPG
15 11 (2.95%) RPG IV
16 6 (1.61%) C++
16 6 (1.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 92 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 85 (22.79%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.97%) Degree
4 18 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.80%) 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 (4.29%) QA
2 13 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.68%) GDPR
4 4 (1.07%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.80%) SEPA
6 2 (0.54%) NCSC
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (5.90%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.02%) Docker
3 7 (1.88%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.61%) Ansible
3 4 (1.07%) Data Guard
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.80%) Terraform
5 1 (0.27%) Control-M
5 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.27%) QRadar
5 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 305 (81.77%) Oracle
2 33 (8.85%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.83%) Cisco
4 12 (3.22%) IBM
4 12 (3.22%) MuleSoft
5 11 (2.95%) Citrix
6 9 (2.41%) IFS
6 9 (2.41%) Informatica
7 7 (1.88%) Avaloq
7 7 (1.88%) Siebel
8 6 (1.61%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.61%) Perforce
9 5 (1.34%) Cognos
10 4 (1.07%) CODA
10 4 (1.07%) OpenLink
10 4 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.07%) Solace
10 4 (1.07%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.80%) DocuSign
11 3 (0.80%) VMware