Relational Database Contracts

Relational Database
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Relational Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Relational Database over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 176 163
Rank change year-on-year -31 -13 -8
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 505 884 1,614
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.48% 1.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.97% 8.20% 9.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 608 1,125
10th Percentile £375 £413 £409
25th Percentile £431 £475 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £581
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.36% +10.57%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £688
90th Percentile £785 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -2.91% +11.11% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 26 20
10th Percentile £24.25 - £19.63
25th Percentile £26.50 £21.24 £38.44
Median hourly rate £35.50 £66.88 £51.85
Median % change year-on-year -46.92% +28.98% -5.73%
75th Percentile £43.81 £75.00 £65.51
90th Percentile £49.78 £76.75 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £73.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -51.37% +45.42% -8.73%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Relational Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,245 10,781 17,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.73% 18.03% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,147 7,685 12,759
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.40% +2.56% +9.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 185 187
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.52%
75th Percentile £58.55 £71.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% +45.83%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Relational Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Relational Database.

Daily rate trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Relational Database.

Hourly rate trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Relational Database within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -17 436 £550 -8.33% 252
London -12 273 £575 -11.54% 129
UK excluding London +7 201 £534 -2.91% 144
Work from Home -8 171 £540 -10.00% 133
North of England +40 68 £534 +10.16% 38
North West +5 40 £534 +12.42% 19
South East -23 34 £525 -8.70% 31
Midlands +15 31 £410 -24.07% 26
Yorkshire +38 26 £550 -4.35% 19
South West +20 24 £538 -2.27% 12
Scotland -9 24 £425 -32.00% 22
East Midlands +31 15 £475 +15.15% 12
Wales +27 15 £551 +13.03% 4
West Midlands +14 15 £400 -26.61% 14
East of England +12 6 £475 -2.06% 14
North East +19 2 £650 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 3

Relational Database
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 24 (4.75%) Apache
2 22 (4.36%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.76%) Confluence
4 17 (3.37%) JBoss
5 10 (1.98%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.78%) nginx
6 9 (1.78%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.78%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (1.78%) SAS
6 9 (1.78%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.99%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.79%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.59%) IIS
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.40%) CMS
10 2 (0.40%) GemFire
10 2 (0.40%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.78%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.59%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.59%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.40%) Endur
4 2 (0.40%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.40%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 149 (29.50%) AWS
2 126 (24.95%) Azure
3 51 (10.10%) Serverless
4 49 (9.70%) Power Platform
5 44 (8.71%) GCP
6 33 (6.53%) GitHub
7 31 (6.14%) Amazon S3
8 29 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
10 21 (4.16%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (3.17%) SaaS
13 13 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
14 12 (2.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 11 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.37%) DNS
2 15 (2.97%) Firewall
3 7 (1.39%) Network Security
4 6 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.99%) AMQP
6 4 (0.79%) HTTP
6 4 (0.79%) VPN
7 3 (0.59%) BGP
7 3 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.59%) Internet
7 3 (0.59%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.59%) SSL
8 1 (0.20%) DHCP
8 1 (0.20%) FTP
8 1 (0.20%) Intranet
8 1 (0.20%) SAN
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (28.71%) RDBMS
2 131 (25.94%) SQL Server
3 111 (21.98%) PostgreSQL
4 66 (13.07%) MySQL
5 63 (12.48%) NoSQL
6 60 (11.88%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (8.71%) Power BI
8 38 (7.52%) Tableau
9 37 (7.33%) MongoDB
10 28 (5.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (4.36%) Data Lake
12 20 (3.96%) Oracle Reports
13 19 (3.76%) Big Data
14 16 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (2.77%) BigQuery
15 14 (2.77%) Metadata
16 13 (2.57%) DB2
16 13 (2.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 12 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
17 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 79 (15.64%) Git
2 51 (10.10%) JIRA
3 41 (8.12%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.14%) JUnit
5 27 (5.35%) GitLab
6 25 (4.95%) TeamCity
7 19 (3.76%) Cypress.io
8 12 (2.38%) SonarQube
9 11 (2.18%) Postman
10 7 (1.39%) Burp Suite
10 7 (1.39%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.19%) AppScan
11 6 (1.19%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.19%) Selenium
11 6 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.99%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (0.99%) Maven
13 4 (0.79%) HP UFT
13 4 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 143 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 102 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (16.04%) Finance
4 60 (11.88%) Public Sector
5 59 (11.68%) Banking
6 36 (7.13%) Front Office
7 35 (6.93%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.38%) Marketing
10 9 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.58%) Back Office
12 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.99%) Retail
13 5 (0.99%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.79%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.59%) Agriculture
15 3 (0.59%) Law
16 2 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 171 (33.86%) Developer
2 59 (11.68%) Architect
3 54 (10.69%) Java Developer
4 47 (9.31%) Senior
5 44 (8.71%) Data Engineer
6 39 (7.72%) Analyst
7 36 (7.13%) Lead
8 33 (6.53%) DBA
9 27 (5.35%) Full Stack Developer
10 22 (4.36%) Data Architect
11 20 (3.96%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.76%) Applications Support
12 19 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.56%) Senior Developer
14 16 (3.17%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 16 (3.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 15 (2.97%) React Developer
16 14 (2.77%) PostgreSQL DBA
16 14 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
17 13 (2.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.46%) React
2 64 (12.67%) Spring
3 61 (12.08%) REST
4 59 (11.68%) Spring Boot
5 40 (7.92%) .NET
6 39 (7.72%) Kafka
7 38 (7.52%) JSON
8 37 (7.33%) RESTful
9 33 (6.53%) AngularJS
9 33 (6.53%) CSS
10 30 (5.94%) Elastic Stack
11 29 (5.74%) Web Services
11 29 (5.74%) XML
12 25 (4.95%) Hibernate
12 25 (4.95%) HTML
13 22 (4.36%) JPA
14 20 (3.96%) Node.js
15 19 (3.76%) Middleware
15 19 (3.76%) WPF
16 18 (3.56%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.52%) Data Structures
2 33 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.95%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.75%) Fixed Income
5 23 (4.55%) Public Cloud
6 22 (4.36%) Derivative
7 20 (3.96%) Product Ownership
8 19 (3.76%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (2.97%) Equities
11 12 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.98%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.78%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.78%) NHS
13 9 (1.78%) Replication
14 8 (1.58%) CMDB
14 8 (1.58%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 93 (18.42%) Linux
2 50 (9.90%) Windows
3 44 (8.71%) Unix
4 22 (4.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.97%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.99%) VMS
7 2 (0.40%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (37.43%) Agile
2 132 (26.14%) DevOps
3 91 (18.02%) Data Modelling
4 90 (17.82%) CI/CD
5 88 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (15.45%) Microservices
7 70 (13.86%) Scrum
8 67 (13.27%) ETL
9 64 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
10 61 (12.08%) Continuous Integration
11 57 (11.29%) Test Automation
12 55 (10.89%) Design Patterns
12 55 (10.89%) Migration
13 49 (9.70%) Mentoring
13 49 (9.70%) SDLC
13 49 (9.70%) TDD
14 47 (9.31%) Full Stack Development
15 46 (9.11%) Analytics
16 45 (8.91%) Computer Science
17 40 (7.92%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 253 (50.10%) SQL
2 152 (30.10%) Java
3 123 (24.36%) Python
4 81 (16.04%) C#
5 60 (11.88%) JavaScript
6 55 (10.89%) TypeScript
7 44 (8.71%) PowerShell
8 41 (8.12%) T-SQL
9 26 (5.15%) Shell Script
10 24 (4.75%) Bash
11 18 (3.56%) Perl
12 17 (3.37%) Scala
13 15 (2.97%) PHP
14 14 (2.77%) C++
14 14 (2.77%) Go
15 12 (2.38%) C
16 10 (1.98%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.39%) Kotlin
18 5 (0.99%) R
19 4 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 94 (18.61%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 62 (12.28%) Degree
4 30 (5.94%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.57%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.99%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.79%) SANS
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.59%) ISEB
10 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.40%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.20%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (11.49%) QA
2 18 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.99%) MiFID
5 4 (0.79%) ISO 15022
6 3 (0.59%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.20%) COPPA
8 1 (0.20%) COREP
8 1 (0.20%) EMIR
8 1 (0.20%) FATCA
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (15.25%) Docker
2 18 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.99%) vSphere
4 4 (0.79%) HDFS
4 4 (0.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (18.02%) Kubernetes
2 45 (8.91%) Terraform
3 40 (7.92%) Ansible
4 31 (6.14%) Grafana
5 22 (4.36%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.16%) Progress Chef
7 11 (2.18%) Graylog
8 10 (1.98%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (1.98%) Puppet
9 9 (1.78%) Nagios
10 8 (1.58%) Packer
11 7 (1.39%) Kibana
12 6 (1.19%) HP Fortify
12 6 (1.19%) Nessus
12 6 (1.19%) WebInspect
13 5 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.99%) vRealize
14 4 (0.79%) Zipkin
15 3 (0.59%) Istio
16 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 111 (21.98%) Oracle
2 66 (13.07%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.35%) Google
3 27 (5.35%) IBM
4 21 (4.16%) Splunk
5 19 (3.76%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.37%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.17%) Databricks
8 13 (2.57%) AVEVA
8 13 (2.57%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.38%) SAP
10 9 (1.78%) Temenos
10 9 (1.78%) Veritas
11 7 (1.39%) Checkmarx
11 7 (1.39%) Sybase
12 6 (1.19%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.19%) Veracode
12 6 (1.19%) VMware
13 5 (0.99%) Arqiva
13 5 (0.99%) Talend