RDBMS Contracts in Scotland

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring RDBMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RDBMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 128 141
Rank change year-on-year +37 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing RDBMS 25 1 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.54% 0.045% 0.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.98% 0.25% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 1 14
10th Percentile £400 - £306
25th Percentile £408 £675 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £700 £378
Median % change year-on-year -33.93% +85.19% -16.00%
75th Percentile £480 £725 £485
90th Percentile £488 - £708
UK median daily rate £470 £531 £575
% change year-on-year -11.49% -7.65% +0.88%
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
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £40.50 £66.56
% change year-on-year +29.63% -39.15% +32.59%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

RDBMS 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 358 398 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.03% 17.95% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 295 486
10th Percentile £300 £325 £400
25th Percentile £408 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £589 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £20.72 £24.60 £19.83
25th Percentile £22.42 £29.04 £27.94
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +5.91% +34.62%
75th Percentile £28.07 £45.72 £67.66
90th Percentile £28.25 £50.54 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

RDBMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing RDBMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for RDBMS in Scotland

RDBMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RDBMS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for RDBMS in Scotland

RDBMS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RDBMS in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RDBMS in Scotland

RDBMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RDBMS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for RDBMS in Scotland

RDBMS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RDBMS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +17 15 £460 -34.29% 13
Edinburgh - 6 £463 - 3
Stirling - 3 £400 -
Perthshire - 1 - -
RDBMS
UK

RDBMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) Relational Database
2 11 (44.00%) Oracle Database
3 6 (24.00%) DB2
3 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (20.00%) MongoDB
5 3 (12.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
7 1 (4.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (44.00%) JUnit
2 10 (40.00%) Git
3 5 (20.00%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (4.00%) Cucumber
4 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.00%) Mercurial
4 1 (4.00%) Selenium
4 1 (4.00%) Subversion
General
1 8 (32.00%) Back Office
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Front Office
5 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 11 (44.00%) Java Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) DBA
5 2 (8.00%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (8.00%) SQL DBA
6 1 (4.00%) Administrator
6 1 (4.00%) Java Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Junior
6 1 (4.00%) Junior Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Junior Java Developer
6 1 (4.00%) MongoDB Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Python Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Python Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (48.00%) Spring
2 11 (44.00%) Kafka
3 6 (24.00%) REST
3 6 (24.00%) Spring Boot
4 5 (20.00%) JMS
5 2 (8.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (8.00%) CSS
5 2 (8.00%) HTML
5 2 (8.00%) Node.js
6 1 (4.00%) DOM
6 1 (4.00%) EJB
6 1 (4.00%) FastAPI
6 1 (4.00%) Java EE
6 1 (4.00%) JAX-RS
6 1 (4.00%) JDBC
6 1 (4.00%) JPA
6 1 (4.00%) Middleware
6 1 (4.00%) pytest
6 1 (4.00%) RESTful
6 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (12.00%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 6 (24.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Agile
2 12 (48.00%) DevOps
3 10 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (28.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 7 (28.00%) Multithreading
5 7 (28.00%) Software Engineering
6 6 (24.00%) Data Design
6 6 (24.00%) Event-Driven
7 5 (20.00%) API Development
7 5 (20.00%) SDLC
8 4 (16.00%) Open Source
8 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
9 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
9 3 (12.00%) Database Security
9 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
10 2 (8.00%) Continuous Deployment
10 2 (8.00%) Front End Development
10 2 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
10 2 (8.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) SQL
2 13 (52.00%) Java
2 13 (52.00%) Python
3 11 (44.00%) PL/SQL
4 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.00%) C#
5 1 (4.00%) C++
5 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Podman
2 1 (4.00%) RSA Archer
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Oracle
2 6 (24.00%) Sybase
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.00%) IBM
5 1 (4.00%) Netskope
5 1 (4.00%) Proofpoint
5 1 (4.00%) Splunk
5 1 (4.00%) Symantec