OLTP Job Trends in the South East

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OLTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 277 279
Rank change year-on-year +30 +2 +122
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 26 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.25% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.75% 1.17% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 15
10th Percentile £63,750 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +22.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +3.70% +5.88% -12.07%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

OLTP falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 944 1,618 1,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.11% 18.06% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 532 843 1,261
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,160 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.51%

OLTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OLTP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

OLTP job vacancy trend in the South East

OLTP
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OLTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OLTP

OLTP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OLTP in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OLTP in the South East

OLTP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLTP within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +21 26 £70,000 +3.70% 2
Berkshire +1 26 £70,000 +3.70% 2
OLTP
England

OLTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 11 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (100.00%) Developer
1 26 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
1 26 (100.00%) Senior
1 26 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 26 (100.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 15 (57.69%) PL/SQL Developer
2 15 (57.69%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
2 15 (57.69%) Senior SQL Developer
2 15 (57.69%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (80.77%) HTML
2 11 (42.31%) JSON
3 10 (38.46%) SOAP
3 10 (38.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Clean Code
1 11 (42.31%) Configuration Management
1 11 (42.31%) Issue Tracking
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (38.46%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (42.31%) Java
2 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Oracle