PL/SQL Job Trends in the South West

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 190 194
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 +42
Permanent jobs citing PL/SQL 15 3 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.30% 0.070% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.98% 0.21% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 20
10th Percentile £42,750 - £51,716
25th Percentile £43,313 £76,727 £56,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,253 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -41.35% +43.15% +19.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £93,778 £68,733
90th Percentile £58,375 - £72,433
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £59,028
% change year-on-year +1.69% -0.05% +6.20%

All Programming Languages
South West

PL/SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 759 1,396 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.13% 32.36% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 563 763 1,429
10th Percentile £30,282 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,875 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PL/SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the South West

PL/SQL
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PL/SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in the South West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PL/SQL in the South West

PL/SQL
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +26 15 £50,000 -41.35% 3
PL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 3 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (20.00%) WebLogic Portal
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MS Access
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) webMethods Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) CSS
1 7 (46.67%) HTML
2 3 (20.00%) ModSecurity
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle ADF
2 3 (20.00%) WebCenter
3 1 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
1 4 (26.67%) Unix
2 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) Performance Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Matrix Management
5 1 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (46.67%) T-SQL
4 4 (26.67%) VBA
5 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Data Quality
1 4 (26.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) IFS
3 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 1 (6.67%) Software AG
4 1 (6.67%) webMethods