PL/SQL Job Trends in the Thames Valley

PL/SQL (PLSQL)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 132 115
Rank change year-on-year -21 -17 +99
Permanent jobs citing PL/SQL 33 65 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.94% 1.50% 2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.56% 4.89% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24 53 46
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% +9.52% -10.64%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 594 1,330 1,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.84% 30.67% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 398 740 990
10th Percentile £33,175 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PL/SQL
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PL/SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for PL/SQL in the Thames Valley

PL/SQL
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -2 29 £70,000 +7.69% 16
Oxfordshire +11 4 - -
PL/SQL
South East

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
1 4 (12.12%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (63.64%) OLTP
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 15 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (36.36%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
4 4 (12.12%) Aviation
4 4 (12.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Developer
1 25 (75.76%) Oracle Developer
1 25 (75.76%) Senior
1 25 (75.76%) Senior Developer
1 25 (75.76%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 6 (18.18%) PL/SQL Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Senior SQL Developer
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 1 (3.03%) Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (60.61%) HTML
2 16 (48.48%) JSON
3 10 (30.30%) XML
4 6 (18.18%) SOAP
5 3 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (3.03%) Middleware
6 1 (3.03%) REST
6 1 (3.03%) Web Services
6 1 (3.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) e-Learning
2 4 (12.12%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Configuration Management
2 15 (45.45%) Clean Code
2 15 (45.45%) Issue Tracking
3 5 (15.15%) Migration
3 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
4 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.12%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (12.12%) Regression Testing
4 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.09%) Workflow
6 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (3.03%) BPEL
7 1 (3.03%) SOA
7 1 (3.03%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) SQL
2 15 (45.45%) Java
2 15 (45.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 29 (87.88%) Oracle