PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PL/SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PL/SQL over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 482 330
Rank change year-on-year -51 -152 +286
Permanent jobs citing PL/SQL 213 466 854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.46% 1.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.27% 1.48% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 156 246 394
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,306 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,250 £56,541
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -0.51% +5.68%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,938 £72,325
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +5.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,770 31,493 34,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.88% 31.36% 40.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10,704 22,964 24,997
10th Percentile £36,650 £35,195 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PL/SQL.

Salary trend for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
England +60 183 £65,000 +8.33% 99
UK excluding London -24 150 £60,000 +14.29% 57
Work from Home +2 76 £65,000 +13.04% 37
South East +45 71 £65,000 +8.33% 22
London +65 48 £70,000 +7.69% 57
Midlands +65 23 £55,000 -4.35% 12
West Midlands +58 17 £55,000 -6.38% 8
East of England +41 17 £55,000 +29.41%
North of England +34 16 £44,500 -1.11% 8
North West +3 13 £44,500 +0.40% 5
Scotland -17 10 £45,000 -15.09% 4
South West +88 7 £42,750 -41.03% 6
Northern Ireland +43 6 £57,500 - 3
Yorkshire +28 3 £122,773 +189.97% 2
East Midlands +37 2 £50,000 +33.33% 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 14 (6.57%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.88%) Apache
3 4 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.94%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (15.02%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (3.29%) Q-Pulse
3 6 (2.82%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (1.88%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.94%) Odoo
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle iRecruitment
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.66%) Azure
2 22 (10.33%) AWS
3 19 (8.92%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.16%) SaaS
5 9 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (4.23%) GCP
5 9 (4.23%) OCI
6 8 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (3.29%) Boomi
7 7 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (2.35%) BlazeMeter
8 5 (2.35%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.88%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.41%) Azure App Service
10 3 (1.41%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.41%) Serverless
11 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (21.13%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.68%) OLTP
2 27 (12.68%) Oracle ODI
2 27 (12.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 24 (11.27%) MySQL
4 23 (10.80%) Oracle Database
5 19 (8.92%) Relational Database
6 17 (7.98%) DB2
6 17 (7.98%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (6.10%) Big Data
9 12 (5.63%) Power BI
9 12 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (4.69%) Apache Hive
11 9 (4.23%) Data Lake
11 9 (4.23%) Hadoop
11 9 (4.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 8 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (3.29%) RDBMS
14 5 (2.35%) HBase
Development Applications
1 17 (7.98%) Git
2 11 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.23%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (4.23%) Visual Studio
4 8 (3.76%) JIRA
4 8 (3.76%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (3.29%) Maven
6 5 (2.35%) Artifactory
6 5 (2.35%) Gradle
6 5 (2.35%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.88%) NUnit
7 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.41%) GitLab
8 3 (1.41%) JUnit
9 2 (0.94%) Mockito
10 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
General
1 68 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 63 (29.58%) Finance
3 56 (26.29%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (7.51%) Banking
6 12 (5.63%) Law
7 11 (5.16%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.16%) Marketing
8 10 (4.69%) Health Technology
9 7 (3.29%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.29%) Aviation
9 7 (3.29%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.29%) Military
9 7 (3.29%) Retail
10 5 (2.35%) Advertising
10 5 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.35%) Front Office
10 5 (2.35%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.88%) Back Office
12 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (35.68%) Developer
2 45 (21.13%) Senior
3 42 (19.72%) Oracle Developer
4 32 (15.02%) Analyst
4 32 (15.02%) Applications Support
5 31 (14.55%) Senior Developer
6 28 (13.15%) Consultant
7 27 (12.68%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 22 (10.33%) Applications Support Analyst
8 22 (10.33%) Support Analyst
9 21 (9.86%) Software Engineer
10 20 (9.39%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (8.45%) Oracle Consultant
11 18 (8.45%) SQL Developer
12 17 (7.98%) Oracle Technical Consultant
13 15 (7.04%) Data Consultant
13 15 (7.04%) Data Migration Consultant
13 15 (7.04%) Migration Consultant
13 15 (7.04%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
14 14 (6.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.02%) .NET
2 31 (14.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 27 (12.68%) HTML
4 25 (11.74%) REST
5 24 (11.27%) JSON
6 23 (10.80%) XML
7 15 (7.04%) Spring
8 14 (6.57%) SOAP
9 13 (6.10%) .NET Framework
10 11 (5.16%) AngularJS
10 11 (5.16%) React
11 10 (4.69%) Web Services
12 9 (4.23%) ASP.NET
13 8 (3.76%) RESTful
14 7 (3.29%) Middleware
15 5 (2.35%) JPA
15 5 (2.35%) Kafka
16 4 (1.88%) .NET Core
16 4 (1.88%) Kendo UI
16 4 (1.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.08%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (13.62%) Data Structures
3 27 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.29%) e-Learning
4 7 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 7 (3.29%) Reference Data
5 5 (2.35%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.41%) Life Science
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) IoT
9 1 (0.47%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.68%) Linux
2 20 (9.39%) Windows
3 16 (7.51%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Solaris
4 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.99%) Migration
2 58 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (24.88%) Data Migration
4 46 (21.60%) ERP
5 44 (20.66%) ETL
6 42 (19.72%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (16.43%) Agile
8 30 (14.08%) CI/CD
8 30 (14.08%) Validation
9 28 (13.15%) Data Analysis
9 28 (13.15%) Data Mapping
10 25 (11.74%) Computer Science
10 25 (11.74%) DevOps
11 22 (10.33%) Data Cleansing
11 22 (10.33%) Software Engineering
12 20 (9.39%) Data Security
12 20 (9.39%) ITSM
13 19 (8.92%) Data Governance
13 19 (8.92%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 201 (94.37%) SQL
2 43 (20.19%) Java
3 31 (14.55%) JavaScript
4 27 (12.68%) C#
5 23 (10.80%) T-SQL
6 21 (9.86%) Shell Script
7 18 (8.45%) Python
8 14 (6.57%) VB.NET
9 11 (5.16%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.29%) C-shell
10 7 (3.29%) Korn
11 3 (1.41%) Bash
11 3 (1.41%) Fortran
11 3 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.41%) VBA
12 2 (0.94%) Delphi
12 2 (0.94%) Groovy
12 2 (0.94%) PHP
13 1 (0.47%) C
13 1 (0.47%) ProC
Qualifications
1 34 (15.96%) Degree
2 17 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.29%) Oracle Certification
4 7 (3.29%) PhD
5 6 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.35%) OCP
7 4 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.41%) OCA
8 3 (1.41%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.82%) QA
3 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (5.16%) Docker
2 9 (4.23%) HDFS
3 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.29%) Grafana
3 5 (2.35%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.41%) Control-M
5 3 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.94%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) Ansible
7 1 (0.47%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 147 (69.01%) Oracle
2 26 (12.21%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.10%) IFS
4 11 (5.16%) IBM
4 11 (5.16%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.23%) Databricks
6 8 (3.76%) SAP
7 7 (3.29%) Dell
7 7 (3.29%) Dynatrace
7 7 (3.29%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.29%) SolarWinds
7 7 (3.29%) Splunk
8 5 (2.35%) Cloudera
9 4 (1.88%) Google
9 4 (1.88%) Teradata
9 4 (1.88%) Trayport
10 2 (0.94%) ATG
10 2 (0.94%) Concur
10 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.94%) Zoho