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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 +19
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 61 17 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 8.45% 2.48% 4.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.05% 13.49% 25.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 15 32
10th Percentile £327 £336 -
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £513
90th Percentile £575 £560 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £62.84
25th Percentile - - £63.83
Median hourly rate - - £66.56
75th Percentile - - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
Scotland median hourly rate - - £66.56
% change year-on-year - - +189.40%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 210 126 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 29.09% 18.37% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 87 119
10th Percentile £313 £324 £400
25th Percentile £400 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -13.27% -2.00%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £575
90th Percentile £648 £575 £638
Scotland median daily rate £494 £464 £480
% change year-on-year +6.52% -3.39% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £17.45 £62.84
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.26 £63.83
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year +180.76% -70.57% +280.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £19.59 £64.38
% change year-on-year +180.76% -69.57% +179.89%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database 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 15 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.64%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) AWS
2 5 (8.20%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.28%) GitHub
4 1 (1.64%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.64%) GCP
4 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (40.98%) DB2
2 22 (36.07%) MongoDB
3 14 (22.95%) RDBMS
4 5 (8.20%) NoSQL
4 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
5 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.28%) CockroachDB
6 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.28%) MySQL
7 1 (1.64%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (45.90%) JUnit
2 3 (4.92%) Git
3 2 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.64%) JIRA
4 1 (1.64%) Maven
4 1 (1.64%) Mockito
General
1 37 (60.66%) Finance
2 27 (44.26%) Banking
3 24 (39.34%) Social Skills
4 23 (37.70%) Investment Banking
5 22 (36.07%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (32.79%) Front Office
7 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.64%) Back Office
8 1 (1.64%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 44 (72.13%) Developer
2 39 (63.93%) Java Developer
3 17 (27.87%) SQL Developer
4 16 (26.23%) Investment Banking Java Developer
4 16 (26.23%) Sybase Developer
5 13 (21.31%) Core Java Developer
6 10 (16.39%) Analyst
7 9 (14.75%) Data Analyst
8 5 (8.20%) Data Engineer
8 5 (8.20%) Senior
9 3 (4.92%) Python Developer
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 2 (3.28%) Java Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Linux Developer
10 2 (3.28%) Python Data Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Python Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Java Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Python Developer
11 1 (1.64%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (45.90%) Spring
2 27 (44.26%) Kafka
3 21 (34.43%) JMS
4 7 (11.48%) Spring Boot
5 5 (8.20%) REST
6 4 (6.56%) AngularJS
6 4 (6.56%) NumPy
6 4 (6.56%) Pandas
6 4 (6.56%) PySpark
7 3 (4.92%) React
8 2 (3.28%) Django
8 2 (3.28%) HTML
8 2 (3.28%) JSON
9 1 (1.64%) CSS
9 1 (1.64%) Hibernate
9 1 (1.64%) J2EE
9 1 (1.64%) JPA
9 1 (1.64%) OAuth
9 1 (1.64%) SOAP
9 1 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (57.38%) Data Structures
2 19 (31.15%) Equities
3 7 (11.48%) CMDB
4 6 (9.84%) Management Information System
4 6 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (8.20%) Virtual Team
6 4 (6.56%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.28%) Derivative
7 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (60.66%) Linux
2 8 (13.11%) Unix
3 2 (3.28%) Windows
4 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (77.05%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (60.66%) Agile
3 26 (42.62%) Multithreading
4 22 (36.07%) Performance Tuning
4 22 (36.07%) Software Engineering
5 21 (34.43%) Open Source
5 21 (34.43%) SDLC
6 19 (31.15%) Database Tuning
7 14 (22.95%) Computer Science
7 14 (22.95%) Data Modelling
8 11 (18.03%) Analytics
9 9 (14.75%) Visualisation
10 8 (13.11%) Concurrent Programming
10 8 (13.11%) DevOps
11 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
11 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
11 7 (11.48%) Data Architecture
11 7 (11.48%) Data Management
11 7 (11.48%) Data Pipeline
11 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 58 (95.08%) SQL
2 42 (68.85%) Java
3 36 (59.02%) Python
4 22 (36.07%) Shell Script
5 5 (8.20%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.28%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.64%) Podman
1 1 (1.64%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (37.70%) Sybase
2 9 (14.75%) ServiceNow
3 5 (8.20%) Oracle
4 4 (6.56%) Databricks
5 3 (4.92%) IBM
6 2 (3.28%) Cloudera
6 2 (3.28%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.64%) Greenplum
7 1 (1.64%) Netskope
7 1 (1.64%) Pega
7 1 (1.64%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.64%) Splunk
7 1 (1.64%) Symantec