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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 30 45
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 52 63 24
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.11% 7.62% 3.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.64% 29.44% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 21
10th Percentile £332 £405 £333
25th Percentile £396 £418 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £483 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +13.53% -
75th Percentile £508 £550 £563
90th Percentile £570 £575 £675
Scotland median daily rate £460 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -2.13% +4.44% +5.88%
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 - - -21.13%

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 220 214 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.61% 25.88% 18.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 116 111
10th Percentile £310 £294 £316
25th Percentile £320 £398 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +6.82% -10.75%
75th Percentile £493 £573 £500
90th Percentile £571 £613 £575
Scotland median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £26.17 £17.45
25th Percentile - £36.05 £18.26
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +180.76% -44.03%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £36.67
90th Percentile - - £46.92
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £20.62
% change year-on-year -9.09% +166.80% -41.10%

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 12 July 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) GitHub
2 13 (25.00%) ChatGPT
3 12 (23.08%) AWS
4 11 (21.15%) Anthropic Claude
4 11 (21.15%) Snowflake
5 10 (19.23%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (15.38%) Power Platform
7 5 (9.62%) Azure
7 5 (9.62%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (7.69%) GCP
9 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (36.54%) MySQL
2 12 (23.08%) Db2
2 12 (23.08%) MongoDB
2 12 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (21.15%) Metadata
4 9 (17.31%) SQL Server
5 8 (15.38%) Power BI
5 8 (15.38%) Tableau
6 4 (7.69%) DynamoDB
6 4 (7.69%) NoSQL
7 3 (5.77%) RDBMS
8 2 (3.85%) Oracle Database
8 2 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (1.92%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.77%) Git
3 1 (1.92%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.92%) GitLab
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.92%) Selenium
3 1 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.92%) Subversion
General
1 29 (55.77%) Finance
2 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.77%) Banking
4 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 9 (17.31%) Front Office
7 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
8 3 (5.77%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Developer
2 13 (25.00%) Site Engineer
2 13 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 11 (21.15%) Senior
4 9 (17.31%) Java Developer
4 9 (17.31%) Python Developer
5 5 (9.62%) Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Business Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Python Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Senior Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Core Java Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Gen AI Developer
7 3 (5.77%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Data Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) DB2 Developer
8 2 (3.85%) Sybase Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.31%) React
2 6 (11.54%) RESTful
3 5 (9.62%) Redux
4 4 (7.69%) Django
4 4 (7.69%) Express.js
4 4 (7.69%) FastAPI
4 4 (7.69%) Flask
4 4 (7.69%) GraphQL
4 4 (7.69%) MERN Stack
4 4 (7.69%) NestJS
4 4 (7.69%) Node.js
4 4 (7.69%) REST
5 3 (5.77%) Spring
5 3 (5.77%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.92%) CSS3
6 1 (1.92%) HTML5
6 1 (1.92%) Jest
6 1 (1.92%) Playwright
6 1 (1.92%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Equity Derivative
2 11 (21.15%) Derivative
3 10 (19.23%) Product Ownership
4 5 (9.62%) CMDB
5 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.69%) Data Structures
6 3 (5.77%) Legacy Code
6 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
6 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.77%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Linux
2 9 (17.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (59.62%) CI/CD
2 22 (42.31%) AI
2 22 (42.31%) LLM
3 19 (36.54%) Agile
4 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (30.77%) Risk Management
6 15 (28.85%) Data Lineage
6 15 (28.85%) Data Pipeline
6 15 (28.85%) Generative AI
6 15 (28.85%) Root Cause Analysis
7 14 (26.92%) BDD
7 14 (26.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 12 (23.08%) Observability
8 12 (23.08%) TDD
8 12 (23.08%) Test Automation
9 11 (21.15%) Data Modelling
9 11 (21.15%) Microservices
10 10 (19.23%) Data Architecture
10 10 (19.23%) Runbook
10 10 (19.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (59.62%) Python
2 28 (53.85%) SQL
3 25 (48.08%) Java
4 9 (17.31%) C++
5 7 (13.46%) JavaScript
5 7 (13.46%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.77%) Perl
6 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.92%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.92%) Scala
8 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (30.77%) QA
2 9 (17.31%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Oracle
2 12 (23.08%) Sybase
3 9 (17.31%) IBM
4 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.92%) Charles River