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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 57
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 -27
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 47 30 25
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 6.54% 3.71% 2.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.27% 18.75% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 22
10th Percentile £329 £372 £396
25th Percentile £359 £418 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £470 £463
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +1.62% -38.33%
75th Percentile £560 £514 £513
90th Percentile £573 £550 £671
Scotland median daily rate £438 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -8.85% +6.67% -38.98%
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 £42.50 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +110.00%

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 186 160 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.87% 19.80% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 107 123
10th Percentile £313 £319 £315
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £498 £535
90th Percentile £570 £589 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £465 £482
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.43% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £36.50 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £19.59 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.95% -62.69% +50.00%
75th Percentile £46.25 £23.67 £53.75
90th Percentile £48.50 £26.12 -
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £23.05 £21.64
% change year-on-year +127.82% +6.49% -27.87%

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 14 February 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) AWS
2 10 (21.28%) Azure
3 4 (8.51%) GitHub
4 3 (6.38%) GCP
4 3 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (6.38%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) MySQL
2 9 (19.15%) MongoDB
3 8 (17.02%) NoSQL
4 7 (14.89%) DB2
5 5 (10.64%) RDBMS
5 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
6 4 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (6.38%) Data Lake
7 3 (6.38%) DynamoDB
7 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (4.26%) Big Data
9 1 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JUnit
2 4 (8.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) Mockito
4 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.13%) NUnit
4 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (61.70%) Finance
2 16 (34.04%) Banking
3 12 (25.53%) Investment Banking
4 11 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
5 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
6 6 (12.77%) Front Office
7 3 (6.38%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Analyst
2 13 (27.66%) Data Analyst
3 10 (21.28%) Developer
4 9 (19.15%) Java Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Data Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 6 (12.77%) SQL Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Sybase Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Azure Software Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Business Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) PowerShell Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Python Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Senior
8 3 (6.38%) Data Business Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Python Data Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.28%) Spring
2 9 (19.15%) React
3 6 (12.77%) JMS
3 6 (12.77%) Kafka
4 5 (10.64%) REST
5 4 (8.51%) NumPy
5 4 (8.51%) Pandas
5 4 (8.51%) PySpark
5 4 (8.51%) Redux
5 4 (8.51%) RESTful
5 4 (8.51%) Spring Boot
6 3 (6.38%) Django
6 3 (6.38%) Express.js
6 3 (6.38%) FastAPI
6 3 (6.38%) Flask
6 3 (6.38%) GraphQL
6 3 (6.38%) MERN Stack
6 3 (6.38%) NestJS
6 3 (6.38%) Node.js
7 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) CMDB
2 11 (23.40%) Product Ownership
3 10 (21.28%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (19.15%) Virtual Team
5 8 (17.02%) Data Structures
6 6 (12.77%) Data Centre
6 6 (12.77%) Equities
7 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Linux
2 3 (6.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (51.06%) Agile
2 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (36.17%) SDLC
4 13 (27.66%) Analytics
4 13 (27.66%) Data Architecture
4 13 (27.66%) Data Modelling
4 13 (27.66%) Microservices
5 12 (25.53%) Data Lineage
6 11 (23.40%) ITIL
6 11 (23.40%) ITSM
6 11 (23.40%) Software Engineering
6 11 (23.40%) Visualisation
7 10 (21.28%) Data Analysis
8 9 (19.15%) Time Management
8 9 (19.15%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (17.02%) Business Analysis
9 8 (17.02%) Change Control
9 8 (17.02%) Data Management
9 8 (17.02%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (17.02%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 32 (68.09%) SQL
2 19 (40.43%) Java
3 17 (36.17%) Python
4 8 (17.02%) TypeScript
5 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
5 6 (12.77%) Shell Script
6 4 (8.51%) PL/SQL
6 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) ServiceNow
2 6 (12.77%) Sybase
3 4 (8.51%) Databricks
4 3 (6.38%) Cloudera
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle