PL/SQL (PLSQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PL/SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 489 476
Rank change year-on-year -145 -13 -187
Permanent jobs citing PL/SQL 151 206 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.41% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.82% 1.47% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 103 151 208
10th Percentile £40,425 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £63,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +27.50% -4.76%

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 18,503 14,008 25,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.45% 28.13% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,140 9,185 17,818
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -

PL/SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PL/SQL job vacancy trend in the UK

PL/SQL
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PL/SQL

PL/SQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PL/SQL over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PL/SQL in the UK

PL/SQL
Top 14 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 12 August 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
England -120 137 £65,000 - 97
UK excluding London -148 94 £63,750 - 40
Work from Home -6 76 £66,250 +1.92% 38
London -46 47 £75,000 +7.14% 71
South East -56 45 £70,000 +7.69% 12
Midlands -14 24 £57,500 - 4
West Midlands -17 17 £57,500 +7.10% 2
North of England -50 14 £32,500 -26.97% 4
Yorkshire -20 9 £32,500 -39.53%
East Midlands -14 7 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Scotland +5 5 £62,500 +38.89% 9
North West -26 5 £72,500 +62.92% 3
East of England -44 4 £45,050 -18.09% 5
South West -67 4 £60,000 +40.35% 4

PL/SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 23 (15.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (2.65%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.99%) Apache
3 3 (1.99%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.99%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.99%) SAS
4 2 (1.32%) CICS
4 2 (1.32%) Confluence
4 2 (1.32%) IIS
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.66%) JBoss
5 1 (0.66%) nginx
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.66%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (14.57%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (9.27%) Oracle Applications
3 13 (8.61%) FLEXCUBE
4 10 (6.62%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (5.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (2.65%) Infor M3
7 4 (2.65%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (2.65%) JDE World
7 4 (2.65%) NetSuite
7 4 (2.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (2.65%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (1.32%) Misys Opics
8 2 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (1.32%) Siebel CRM
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.50%) Azure
2 32 (21.19%) AWS
3 20 (13.25%) OCI
4 10 (6.62%) Oracle CX
4 10 (6.62%) SaaS
5 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (2.65%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (2.65%) GCP
6 4 (2.65%) Serverless
6 4 (2.65%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (1.99%) Fivetran
8 2 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.32%) GitHub
8 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.99%) Firewall
2 1 (0.66%) HTTP
2 1 (0.66%) LAN
2 1 (0.66%) Network Security
2 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.66%) WAN
2 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.21%) Oracle Database
2 28 (18.54%) Oracle Reports
3 23 (15.23%) OLTP
4 17 (11.26%) SQL Server
5 14 (9.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 13 (8.61%) Relational Database
7 12 (7.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (6.62%) Db2
9 8 (5.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (4.64%) RDBMS
11 5 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (3.31%) Power BI
12 4 (2.65%) MySQL
12 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (1.99%) Airbyte
13 3 (1.99%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.99%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (1.99%) Oracle Exadata
13 3 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (1.32%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 20 (13.25%) Oracle Forms
2 15 (9.93%) Maven
3 14 (9.27%) Git
3 14 (9.27%) JUnit
3 14 (9.27%) Mockito
4 10 (6.62%) Jenkins
5 8 (5.30%) JIRA
6 5 (3.31%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (3.31%) Toad
7 4 (2.65%) GitLab
8 3 (1.99%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.99%) IntelliJ
8 3 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (1.99%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.66%) utPLSQL
General
1 58 (38.41%) Finance
2 54 (35.76%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.61%) Banking
6 7 (4.64%) Retail
7 6 (3.97%) General Ledger
8 5 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.31%) Law
9 4 (2.65%) Health Technology
9 4 (2.65%) Retail Finance
10 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.32%) Police
11 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Aviation
12 1 (0.66%) Billing
12 1 (0.66%) German Language
Job Titles
1 73 (48.34%) Developer
2 70 (46.36%) Senior
3 46 (30.46%) Senior Developer
4 38 (25.17%) Oracle Developer
5 26 (17.22%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 19 (12.58%) Java Developer
7 16 (10.60%) PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (9.93%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (9.93%) Senior SQL Developer
8 15 (9.93%) SQL Developer
9 14 (9.27%) DBA
10 13 (8.61%) Analyst
11 12 (7.95%) Applications Support
11 12 (7.95%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (7.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 12 (7.95%) Oracle DBA
11 12 (7.95%) Support Analyst
12 11 (7.28%) Lead
12 11 (7.28%) Senior DBA
12 11 (7.28%) Senior Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.56%) REST
2 24 (15.89%) React
3 20 (13.25%) Spring
4 17 (11.26%) Oracle Fusion
5 15 (9.93%) SOAP
6 14 (9.27%) .NET
6 14 (9.27%) HTML
7 10 (6.62%) XML
8 9 (5.96%) RESTful
9 8 (5.30%) AngularJS
9 8 (5.30%) Jakarta EE
10 6 (3.97%) JMS
10 6 (3.97%) Web Services
11 5 (3.31%) Middleware
11 5 (3.31%) Spring Boot
12 4 (2.65%) CSS
12 4 (2.65%) CSS3
12 4 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (2.65%) HTML5
12 4 (2.65%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.22%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (8.61%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.96%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (4.64%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.64%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.65%) NHS
7 3 (1.99%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.99%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.32%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.66%) Replication
9 1 (0.66%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.88%) Linux
2 18 (11.92%) Unix
3 12 (7.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (7.28%) AIX
4 11 (7.28%) Oracle Linux
5 8 (5.30%) Windows
6 1 (0.66%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (31.13%) Agile
2 44 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (21.85%) CI/CD
4 31 (20.53%) Business Intelligence
5 27 (17.88%) Scrum
6 25 (16.56%) Mentoring
7 23 (15.23%) SOA
8 21 (13.91%) Performance Tuning
9 20 (13.25%) ERP
9 20 (13.25%) Microservices
10 19 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (11.92%) Data Modelling
11 18 (11.92%) DevOps
11 18 (11.92%) Software Engineering
11 18 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (11.92%) TDD
12 17 (11.26%) ETL
12 17 (11.26%) ITIL
13 16 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (9.27%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 151 (100.00%) SQL
2 33 (21.85%) Java
3 24 (15.89%) Bash
4 22 (14.57%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.27%) C#
6 13 (8.61%) Korn
6 13 (8.61%) Shell Script
6 13 (8.61%) T-SQL
7 10 (6.62%) Python
8 8 (5.30%) VB.NET
9 4 (2.65%) C
9 4 (2.65%) C++
10 3 (1.99%) Scala
11 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.66%) Perl
12 1 (0.66%) ProC
Qualifications
1 26 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.23%) Degree
2 23 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.61%) Oracle Certification
4 5 (3.31%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.65%) OCA
6 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.66%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) QA
2 6 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.97%) GDPR
3 4 (2.65%) SNOMED CT
4 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (12.58%) Docker
2 14 (9.27%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (12.58%) Kubernetes
2 16 (10.60%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (9.27%) Data Guard
4 11 (7.28%) Nagios
5 7 (4.64%) Ansible
5 7 (4.64%) Kibana
6 5 (3.31%) Terraform
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.66%) SCCM
8 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (80.79%) Oracle
2 15 (9.93%) IBM
2 15 (9.93%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.96%) SAP
4 7 (4.64%) Infor
5 5 (3.31%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.31%) Workday
6 4 (2.65%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.65%) Epicor
6 4 (2.65%) IFS
6 4 (2.65%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.65%) Retek
6 4 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.99%) Informatica
7 3 (1.99%) Pega
8 2 (1.32%) Siebel
9 1 (0.66%) Google
9 1 (0.66%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.66%) VMware