Relational Database Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Relational Database
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Relational Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	106	50	96
Rank change year-on-year	-56	+46	-2
Contract jobs citing Relational Database	41	71	24
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland	1.70%	4.45%	1.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	10.07%	19.19%	8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	12	30	17
10^th Percentile	£409	£324	£338
25^th Percentile	£421	£375	£378
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£463	£438	£425
Median % change year-on-year	+5.71%	+2.94%	-10.05%
75^th Percentile	£499	£525	£488
90^th Percentile	£548	£575	£523
UK median daily rate	£505	£475	£520
% change year-on-year	+6.32%	-8.65%	-5.45%

All Database & BI Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills	407	370	296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland	16.87%	23.21%	16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	239	212	185
10^th Percentile	£317	£313	£333
25^th Percentile	£377	£407	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-5.26%	+5.56%	-6.25%
75^th Percentile	£510	£538	£519
90^th Percentile	£575	£625	£645
UK median daily rate	£510	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.00%	-4.76%	-2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	2	4
10^th Percentile	-	-	£17.72
25^th Percentile	£16.13	£52.50	£18.92
Median hourly rate	£16.75	£55.00	£19.59
Median % change year-on-year	-69.55%	+180.76%	+0.46%
75^th Percentile	£17.38	£57.50	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£40.18	£40.25	£30.40
% change year-on-year	-0.16%	+32.38%	-39.20%

Relational Database Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Relational Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Relational Database Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Relational Database.

Relational Database Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in Scotland

Relational Database Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Relational Database.

Relational Database 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 Relational Database within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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	-30	39	£463	+8.82%	12
Edinburgh	-24	1	-	-	14
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Relational Database Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Relational Database also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Relational Database.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	63.4%	26
2	CI/CD	56.1%	23
3	Python	53.7%	22
4	Agile	46.3%	19
5	Java	39.0%	16
6	AI	34.1%	14
6	Problem-Solving	34.1%	14
8	Generative AI	31.7%	13
9	Data Modelling	29.3%	12
9	Linux	29.3%	12
9	LLM	29.3%	12
9	Risk Management	29.3%	12
9	Software Engineering	29.3%	12
14	Oracle	26.8%	11
14	Power Platform	26.8%	11
14	QA	26.8%	11
14	Snowflake	26.8%	11
18	Business Intelligence	24.4%	10
18	Event-Driven	24.4%	10
18	Root Cause Analysis	24.4%	10
18	Test Automation	24.4%	10
22	Computer Science	22.0%	9
22	Observability	22.0%	9
22	Power BI	22.0%	9
22	Site Reliability Engineering	22.0%	9
26	Data Quality	19.5%	8
26	SQL Server	19.5%	8
26	TDD	19.5%	8
26	Unix	19.5%	8
30	Analytics	17.1%	7

Relational Database Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Database & Business Intelligence

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Power BI	22.0%	9
2	SQL Server	19.5%	8
3	Data Warehouse	14.6%	6
3	Db2	14.6%	6
3	MySQL	14.6%	6
3	PostgreSQL	14.6%	6
3	Tableau	14.6%	6
8	RDBMS	12.2%	5
9	Metadata	9.8%	4
9	Oracle Database	9.8%	4
11	MongoDB	4.9%	2
11	Semantic Layer	4.9%	2
11	Snowflake Schema	4.9%	2
14	Amazon Aurora	2.4%	1
14	Data Lake	2.4%	1
14	GIS	2.4%	1
14	Metadata Repository	2.4%	1
14	Oracle Database 10g	2.4%	1
14	Oracle ODI	2.4%	1
14	Oracle Reports	2.4%	1