Relational Database Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Relational Database
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Relational Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 -30
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 31 50 18
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 4.44% 5.98% 1.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.25% 27.62% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 16
10th Percentile £354 £390 £391
25th Percentile £375 £416 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £470 £438
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +7.43% -41.67%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £600
90th Percentile £575 £550 £675
Scotland median daily rate £453 £470 £425
% change year-on-year -3.72% +10.59% -39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -23.64%

All Database & BI Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 161 181 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.07% 21.65% 18.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 124 127
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £358 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £538
90th Percentile £570 £582 £675
Scotland median daily rate £438 £460 £480
% change year-on-year -4.89% -4.17% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £36.50 £20.16 -
25th Percentile £38.75 £21.01 £51.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £23.05 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.42% -56.10% +50.00%
75th Percentile £46.25 £25.71 £53.75
90th Percentile £48.50 £26.93 -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £26.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year +88.68% +22.46% -38.17%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Relational Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Relational Database job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Relational Database
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Relational Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in Glasgow over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in Glasgow

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Relational Database.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) AWS
2 8 (25.81%) Azure
3 6 (19.35%) GitHub
4 4 (12.90%) GCP
4 4 (12.90%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (6.45%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (6.45%) ChatGPT
5 2 (6.45%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (45.16%) MySQL
2 7 (22.58%) MongoDB
3 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
4 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (12.90%) DynamoDB
5 4 (12.90%) NoSQL
6 3 (9.68%) DB2
7 2 (6.45%) Big Data
7 2 (6.45%) Metadata
8 1 (3.23%) Power BI
8 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) JUnit
2 1 (3.23%) NUnit
2 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (51.61%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (19.35%) Banking
4 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
5 5 (16.13%) Investment Banking
6 3 (9.68%) Financial Institution
6 3 (9.68%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Analyst
1 5 (16.13%) Developer
1 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
1 5 (16.13%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (16.13%) Software Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Azure Software Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Data Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Java Developer
2 4 (12.90%) PowerShell Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Site Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Data Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Data Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) React
2 6 (19.35%) RESTful
3 5 (16.13%) Redux
4 4 (12.90%) Django
4 4 (12.90%) Express.js
4 4 (12.90%) FastAPI
4 4 (12.90%) Flask
4 4 (12.90%) GraphQL
4 4 (12.90%) MERN Stack
4 4 (12.90%) NestJS
4 4 (12.90%) Node.js
4 4 (12.90%) REST
4 4 (12.90%) Spring
5 3 (9.68%) Spring Boot
6 2 (6.45%) HTML
7 1 (3.23%) .NET
7 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
7 1 (3.23%) CSS
7 1 (3.23%) Hibernate
7 1 (3.23%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Product Ownership
2 7 (22.58%) CMDB
3 5 (16.13%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (16.13%) Virtual Team
4 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.45%) Derivative
5 2 (6.45%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.23%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Microservices
2 12 (38.71%) Agile
3 11 (35.48%) SDLC
4 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (29.03%) Data Lineage
5 9 (29.03%) Runbook
6 8 (25.81%) CI/CD
6 8 (25.81%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Data Architecture
7 7 (22.58%) ITSM
8 6 (19.35%) DevOps
8 6 (19.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (19.35%) ITIL
8 6 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (16.13%) Containerisation
9 5 (16.13%) Data Modelling
9 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
9 5 (16.13%) Time Management
10 4 (12.90%) API Development
10 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) SQL
2 14 (45.16%) Java
3 9 (29.03%) TypeScript
4 8 (25.81%) Python
5 7 (22.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
7 2 (6.45%) C++
8 1 (3.23%) C#
8 1 (3.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) Sybase
3 2 (6.45%) IBM
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft