Relational Database Contracts in England

Relational Database
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Relational Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Relational Database over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 196 176
Rank change year-on-year +25 -20 -16
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 392 439 747
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.61% 1.18% 1.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.48% 7.05% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 323 514
10th Percentile £400 £375 £413
25th Percentile £448 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £738
90th Percentile £771 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £521 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -5.27% -8.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 23
10th Percentile £17.36 £23.75 -
25th Percentile £19.97 £25.25 £21.24
Median hourly rate £26.50 £30.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% -53.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.88 £75.00
90th Percentile - £39.05 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £35.50 £66.88
% change year-on-year +47.89% -46.92% +28.98%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Relational Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,625 6,230 9,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.99% 16.75% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,253 4,477 6,506
10th Percentile £360 £352 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £659 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 130 166
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.61 £70.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database in England

Relational Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Relational Database in England

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in England

Relational Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Relational Database in England

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Relational Database in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Relational Database in England

Relational Database
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -3 216 £530 -7.83% 290
North of England +6 53 £463 -13.39% 82
North West +26 48 £463 -13.39% 40
South East +54 41 £513 -2.38% 129
Midlands +21 31 £493 +23.25% 66
West Midlands +23 24 £493 +23.25% 45
South West +43 21 £625 +16.28% 42
East Midlands 0 6 £495 +13.14% 18
East of England +27 3 £525 +10.53% 52
Yorkshire -15 3 £550 - 31
North East 0 2 - - 12
Relational Database
UK

Relational Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (6.38%) Apache Spark
2 18 (4.59%) Apache
3 17 (4.34%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.57%) SAS
5 11 (2.81%) Confluence
5 11 (2.81%) JBoss
6 8 (2.04%) GemFire
6 8 (2.04%) Oracle Coherence
7 7 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (1.53%) Camunda
9 5 (1.28%) CMS
10 4 (1.02%) Drupal
10 4 (1.02%) WordPress
11 3 (0.77%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.51%) Alfresco
12 2 (0.51%) IIS
12 2 (0.51%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.51%) OpenEdge
13 1 (0.26%) Gunicorn
13 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.28%) InfoPath
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.77%) Endur
3 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle TCA
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 114 (29.08%) AWS
2 67 (17.09%) Azure
3 50 (12.76%) Power Platform
4 39 (9.95%) Serverless
5 28 (7.14%) Amazon S3
6 25 (6.38%) GCP
7 20 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (4.59%) PowerApps
9 16 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.57%) Power Automate
11 13 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (3.06%) OpenShift
13 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (2.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.55%) HTTP
2 8 (2.04%) POP3
2 8 (2.04%) SMTP
3 4 (1.02%) Internet
4 3 (0.77%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.77%) SSH
4 3 (0.77%) SSL
5 2 (0.51%) MQTT
5 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) Firewall
6 1 (0.26%) Intranet
6 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.26%) Multicast
6 1 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (29.59%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (23.98%) RDBMS
3 58 (14.80%) MongoDB
4 54 (13.78%) NoSQL
5 46 (11.73%) MySQL
6 44 (11.22%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (10.97%) SQL Server
8 39 (9.95%) Power BI
9 30 (7.65%) Big Data
10 23 (5.87%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (5.36%) Data Lake
12 19 (4.85%) Oracle Database
13 15 (3.83%) DB2
14 14 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
14 14 (3.57%) Hadoop
15 12 (3.06%) Tableau
16 11 (2.81%) Metadata
17 10 (2.55%) DynamoDB
17 10 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
18 9 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (14.80%) JUnit
2 54 (13.78%) Jenkins
3 46 (11.73%) Git
4 37 (9.44%) Gradle
4 37 (9.44%) JIRA
5 35 (8.93%) Mockito
6 27 (6.89%) Liquibase
7 17 (4.34%) GitLab
8 16 (4.08%) ERwin
9 13 (3.32%) Bitbucket Server
10 12 (3.06%) SonarQube
11 10 (2.55%) Cucumber
12 9 (2.30%) TeamCity
13 8 (2.04%) CA Release Automation
13 8 (2.04%) Maven
13 8 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (1.28%) ER Studio
14 5 (1.28%) JMeter
15 4 (1.02%) PowerDesigner
15 4 (1.02%) Subversion
General
1 114 (29.08%) Finance
2 105 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 68 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 35 (8.93%) Banking
6 32 (8.16%) Marketing
7 25 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 21 (5.36%) Electronics
8 21 (5.36%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.34%) Investment Banking
10 15 (3.83%) Front Office
11 11 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.79%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.28%) Retail
16 3 (0.77%) Automotive
16 3 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (0.77%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 170 (43.37%) Developer
2 79 (20.15%) Java Developer
3 75 (19.13%) Senior
4 51 (13.01%) Senior Developer
5 49 (12.50%) Data Engineer
6 35 (8.93%) Senior Java Developer
7 27 (6.89%) Software Engineer
8 24 (6.12%) Analyst
8 24 (6.12%) Data Modeller
9 22 (5.61%) Lead
10 19 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
10 19 (4.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 18 (4.59%) DBA
12 17 (4.34%) Architect
12 17 (4.34%) Senior Data Engineer
13 15 (3.83%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.83%) SQL Developer
14 14 (3.57%) .NET Developer
15 13 (3.32%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
16 12 (3.06%) Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.13%) Spring
2 72 (18.37%) Kafka
3 63 (16.07%) Spring Boot
4 54 (13.78%) .NET
5 51 (13.01%) React
6 50 (12.76%) REST
7 46 (11.73%) AngularJS
8 35 (8.93%) Web Services
9 31 (7.91%) HTML
9 31 (7.91%) Swagger
10 30 (7.65%) OpenAPI
11 25 (6.38%) ASP.NET
11 25 (6.38%) XML
12 24 (6.12%) JSON
13 23 (5.87%) RESTful
14 22 (5.61%) .NET Framework
15 21 (5.36%) CSS
15 21 (5.36%) Entity Framework
16 19 (4.85%) SOAP
17 14 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.10%) Data Structures
2 16 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.81%) Equities
4 8 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.79%) Fixed Income
5 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
7 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.28%) N-Tier
7 5 (1.28%) PKI
8 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.02%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.27%) Linux
2 24 (6.12%) Windows
3 21 (5.36%) Unix
4 14 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (39.29%) Agile
2 112 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 105 (26.79%) Microservices
4 103 (26.28%) DevOps
5 85 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (18.88%) Software Engineering
7 68 (17.35%) Migration
8 67 (17.09%) Business Intelligence
9 66 (16.84%) TDD
10 63 (16.07%) Containerisation
10 63 (16.07%) Data Modelling
11 56 (14.29%) ETL
12 51 (13.01%) Analytics
13 45 (11.48%) Visualisation
14 36 (9.18%) Continuous Integration
14 36 (9.18%) Scrum
15 35 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (8.93%) Full-Stack Development
15 35 (8.93%) Performance Tuning
16 32 (8.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 221 (56.38%) SQL
2 132 (33.67%) Java
3 123 (31.38%) Python
4 53 (13.52%) C#
5 52 (13.27%) JavaScript
6 38 (9.69%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.87%) Shell Script
8 14 (3.57%) Perl
8 14 (3.57%) PL/SQL
9 12 (3.06%) R
10 11 (2.81%) Scala
11 8 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (2.04%) PHP
11 8 (2.04%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.04%) RPG
11 8 (2.04%) RPG IV
12 7 (1.79%) C++
13 6 (1.53%) SPARQL
13 6 (1.53%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 86 (21.94%) SC Cleared
3 61 (15.56%) Degree
4 13 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.06%) Numerate Degree
6 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.28%) MCPD
8 5 (1.28%) MCSD
9 2 (0.51%) OCP
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.51%) Sun Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.06%) QA
3 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) MiFID
5 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 94 (23.98%) Docker
2 20 (5.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.04%) GridGain
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 73 (18.62%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.85%) Terraform
3 11 (2.81%) Kibana
4 8 (2.04%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.79%) Ansible
6 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.51%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.26%) Graylog
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.26%) Packer
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (19.13%) Oracle
2 50 (12.76%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.69%) SAP
4 21 (5.36%) Sybase
5 14 (3.57%) Splunk
6 12 (3.06%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.55%) Databricks
7 10 (2.55%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.30%) Adobe
8 9 (2.30%) Google
9 8 (2.04%) Alteryx
9 8 (2.04%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.04%) IBM
10 7 (1.79%) Teradata
10 7 (1.79%) TIBCO
10 7 (1.79%) Zend
11 6 (1.53%) Virgin Media
12 4 (1.02%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.02%) SnapLogic
12 4 (1.02%) VMware