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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 434 423
Rank change year-on-year -66 -11 +205
Permanent jobs citing PL/SQL 207 580 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.56% 0.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 1.72% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 155 250 395
10th Percentile £45,500 £41,125 £40,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,905 £44,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,582
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +3.45% +4.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
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 16,692 33,778 40,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 32.58% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,847 25,159 26,741
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,500 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.21% -2.16% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +57 179 £65,000 +8.33% 109
UK excluding London -49 141 £60,000 +14.29% 79
Work from Home -13 88 £66,500 +15.65% 67
South East +71 75 £65,000 +15.56% 22
London +39 46 £68,250 +5.00% 44
North of England +6 20 £52,500 +8.23% 18
Midlands +48 19 £57,500 - 11
West Midlands +53 14 £60,000 +5.73% 9
North West -13 14 £44,500 -1.11% 10
East of England +57 13 £50,000 +17.65% 8
Yorkshire +47 6 £122,773 +153.10% 7
Northern Ireland +39 6 £57,500 - 2
South West +97 4 £55,000 -24.14% 6
East Midlands +33 4 £47,500 +26.67% 1
Scotland -32 4 £50,000 -5.66% 12

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 11 (5.31%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.90%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.93%) Apache
3 4 (1.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.97%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.48%) Confluence
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 34 (16.43%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (3.38%) Oracle Applications
2 7 (3.38%) Q-Pulse
3 6 (2.90%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.93%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.97%) Odoo
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle iRecruitment
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.77%) Azure
2 20 (9.66%) AWS
3 18 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.76%) SaaS
5 11 (5.31%) GCP
6 9 (4.35%) OCI
7 8 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.90%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.93%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.93%) BlazeMeter
11 2 (0.97%) Azure App Service
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.97%) Boomi
11 2 (0.97%) Serverless
12 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (19.81%) SQL Server
2 32 (15.46%) MySQL
3 27 (13.04%) Oracle ODI
4 26 (12.56%) OLTP
4 26 (12.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 21 (10.14%) DB2
6 19 (9.18%) Oracle Database
7 17 (8.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (7.25%) Relational Database
9 13 (6.28%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (6.28%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (5.31%) Power BI
11 10 (4.83%) Big Data
12 9 (4.35%) Data Lake
13 8 (3.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 8 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (3.38%) Apache Hive
14 7 (3.38%) Hadoop
14 7 (3.38%) Oracle Exadata
15 6 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 14 (6.76%) Oracle Forms
2 13 (6.28%) Git
3 9 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.35%) Visual Studio
4 6 (2.90%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (2.42%) JIRA
5 5 (2.42%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.93%) NUnit
6 4 (1.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.45%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.45%) JUnit
7 3 (1.45%) Maven
8 2 (0.97%) GitLab
8 2 (0.97%) Gradle
8 2 (0.97%) Mockito
9 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.48%) Toad
General
1 60 (28.99%) Finance
2 57 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 47 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.18%) Banking
5 14 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.80%) Health Technology
7 10 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.86%) Retail
9 7 (3.38%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.38%) Aviation
9 7 (3.38%) Law
9 7 (3.38%) Military
10 6 (2.90%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.90%) Marketing
11 5 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.42%) Front Office
11 5 (2.42%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.93%) Advertising
13 3 (1.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.97%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (34.30%) Developer
2 51 (24.64%) Senior
3 42 (20.29%) Oracle Developer
4 40 (19.32%) Applications Support
5 33 (15.94%) Analyst
6 31 (14.98%) Senior Developer
7 27 (13.04%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 25 (12.08%) Applications Support Analyst
8 25 (12.08%) Support Analyst
9 23 (11.11%) SQL Developer
10 20 (9.66%) Consultant
10 20 (9.66%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (8.70%) Oracle Consultant
11 18 (8.70%) PL/SQL Developer
11 18 (8.70%) Software Engineer
12 17 (8.21%) Oracle Technical Consultant
12 17 (8.21%) Senior Applications Support
12 17 (8.21%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
12 17 (8.21%) Senior Support Analyst
12 17 (8.21%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (15.94%) .NET
1 33 (15.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 28 (13.53%) XML
3 27 (13.04%) HTML
4 20 (9.66%) SOAP
5 19 (9.18%) REST
6 16 (7.73%) JSON
7 13 (6.28%) .NET Framework
8 12 (5.80%) React
9 11 (5.31%) AngularJS
10 10 (4.83%) Middleware
10 10 (4.83%) Spring
11 9 (4.35%) ASP.NET
11 9 (4.35%) Web Services
12 8 (3.86%) Kafka
13 7 (3.38%) Oracle GoldenGate
14 6 (2.90%) Express.js
14 6 (2.90%) Node.js
15 4 (1.93%) Entity Framework
15 4 (1.93%) Kendo UI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.01%) Data Structures
2 26 (12.56%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.83%) Legacy Applications
5 8 (3.86%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.38%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 7 (3.38%) Reference Data
7 6 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.97%) Life Science
10 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.48%) FMCG
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (15.94%) Linux
2 28 (13.53%) Windows
3 17 (8.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) Solaris
4 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.43%) Migration
2 59 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (24.15%) Data Migration
4 41 (19.81%) ETL
5 40 (19.32%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (17.87%) ERP
7 31 (14.98%) Validation
8 27 (13.04%) Computer Science
8 27 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.08%) Agile
9 25 (12.08%) Software Testing
10 23 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 23 (11.11%) Data Mapping
11 22 (10.63%) Data Cleansing
12 21 (10.14%) Data Governance
12 21 (10.14%) Data Security
13 20 (9.66%) DevOps
14 19 (9.18%) ITSM
14 19 (9.18%) Software Engineering
14 19 (9.18%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 197 (95.17%) SQL
2 33 (15.94%) C#
3 29 (14.01%) Java
4 28 (13.53%) JavaScript
5 23 (11.11%) Shell Script
6 22 (10.63%) T-SQL
7 19 (9.18%) VB.NET
8 16 (7.73%) Python
9 11 (5.31%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.38%) C-shell
10 7 (3.38%) Korn
11 6 (2.90%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.45%) Bash
12 3 (1.45%) Groovy
13 2 (0.97%) Delphi
13 2 (0.97%) PHP
14 1 (0.48%) C
14 1 (0.48%) ProC
14 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (17.39%) Degree
2 17 (8.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.35%) Oracle Certification
3 9 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.38%) OCP
4 7 (3.38%) PhD
5 5 (2.42%) OCA
6 4 (1.93%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.97%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.45%) QA
4 1 (0.48%) COBIT
4 1 (0.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (5.31%) Docker
2 6 (2.90%) HDFS
3 2 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.38%) Oracle RMAN
3 6 (2.90%) Grafana
4 4 (1.93%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.45%) Control-M
5 3 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.97%) Kibana
7 1 (0.48%) Ansible
7 1 (0.48%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.48%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.48%) MOM
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 140 (67.63%) Oracle
2 25 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.31%) IBM
3 11 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.38%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.38%) SolarWinds
5 6 (2.90%) Databricks
5 6 (2.90%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.90%) Splunk
6 5 (2.42%) IFS
6 5 (2.42%) SAP
7 4 (1.93%) Google
7 4 (1.93%) Teradata
7 4 (1.93%) Trayport
8 2 (0.97%) ATG
8 2 (0.97%) Cloudera
8 2 (0.97%) Dell
8 2 (0.97%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.97%) Zoho