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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 48 59
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -29
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 39 34 19
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.39% 4.15% 2.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.03% 19.21% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile £327 £379 £391
25th Percentile £360 £416 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +4.44% -40.00%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £600
90th Percentile £574 £550 £675
Scotland median daily rate £438 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -10.71% +8.89% -37.93%
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 - - +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 177 177 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 24.45% 21.59% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 123 119
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £514 £517 £538
90th Percentile £570 £589 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £484
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.86% -1.58%
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 £50.00 £23.05 £21.64
% change year-on-year +116.97% +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 28 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 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 16 (41.03%) AWS
2 10 (25.64%) Azure
3 4 (10.26%) GCP
3 4 (10.26%) GitHub
3 4 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) MySQL
2 8 (20.51%) MongoDB
3 7 (17.95%) NoSQL
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
5 4 (10.26%) DB2
5 4 (10.26%) DynamoDB
5 4 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (7.69%) RDBMS
7 2 (5.13%) Big Data
7 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
7 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) JUnit
2 4 (10.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.56%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.56%) Git
3 1 (2.56%) Mockito
3 1 (2.56%) NUnit
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (56.41%) Finance
2 11 (28.21%) Banking
3 9 (23.08%) Investment Banking
3 9 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Front Office
6 3 (7.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) Data Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Developer
4 6 (15.38%) Java Developer
5 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Azure Software Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Business Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 4 (10.26%) PowerShell Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Software Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) SQL Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Sybase Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Python Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior
7 3 (7.69%) Site Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) React
2 7 (17.95%) Spring
3 5 (12.82%) Redux
3 5 (12.82%) REST
3 5 (12.82%) RESTful
4 4 (10.26%) Django
4 4 (10.26%) Express.js
4 4 (10.26%) FastAPI
4 4 (10.26%) Flask
4 4 (10.26%) GraphQL
4 4 (10.26%) JMS
4 4 (10.26%) Kafka
4 4 (10.26%) MERN Stack
4 4 (10.26%) NestJS
4 4 (10.26%) Node.js
5 3 (7.69%) Spring Boot
6 2 (5.13%) HTML
6 2 (5.13%) NumPy
6 2 (5.13%) Pandas
6 2 (5.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 11 (28.21%) CMDB
3 9 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (20.51%) Virtual Team
5 5 (12.82%) Data Centre
6 4 (10.26%) Data Structures
6 4 (10.26%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Agile
2 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (38.46%) SDLC
3 14 (35.90%) Microservices
4 11 (28.21%) Data Architecture
5 10 (25.64%) Data Lineage
5 10 (25.64%) ITIL
5 10 (25.64%) ITSM
6 9 (23.08%) Analytics
6 9 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 9 (23.08%) Visualisation
7 8 (20.51%) Runbook
7 8 (20.51%) Time Management
7 8 (20.51%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
8 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
8 7 (17.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (17.95%) Programme Management
8 7 (17.95%) Service Management
8 7 (17.95%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (61.54%) SQL
2 15 (38.46%) Java
3 13 (33.33%) Python
4 9 (23.08%) TypeScript
5 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
6 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
6 4 (10.26%) Shell Script
7 2 (5.13%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (10.26%) Sybase
3 3 (7.69%) Databricks
4 2 (5.13%) Cloudera
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle