Relational Database Contract Job Trends

Relational Database
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Relational Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 159 177
Rank change year-on-year -61 +18 +3
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 614 578 588
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.77% 1.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.60% 9.73% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 371 433
10th Percentile £350 £363 £343
25th Percentile £411 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -5.12% -10.42%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +0.64% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 2
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.05 £41.58
25th Percentile £35.00 £21.20 £43.19
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.90% -38.00%
75th Percentile £69.44 £53.75 £50.44
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £52.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £21.40 £46.50
% change year-on-year +133.64% -53.98% -37.16%

All Database & BI Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,077 5,942 7,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.33% 18.18% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,341 4,029 5,376
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 103 139
10th Percentile £15.99 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -6.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £64.88 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.50 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.64 £31.25
% change year-on-year +20.89% +1.25% -39.02%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Relational Database job vacancy trend in the UK

Relational Database
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 13 July 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
England -64 498 £500 -3.15% 230
UK excluding London -87 288 £473 +0.64% 122
London -26 268 £506 -8.09% 137
Work from Home -88 158 £500 -6.28% 93
North of England -64 77 £450 +1.98% 37
Scotland -29 59 £450 -4.26% 7
South East -72 55 £425 -10.53% 27
Midlands -26 52 £470 -3.59% 19
North West -60 49 £420 -3.91% 20
West Midlands -47 37 £470 -4.08% 12
Yorkshire -36 23 £519 -5.64% 11
South West -40 22 £470 -12.56% 9
East of England -14 17 £597 +25.63% 10
East Midlands -9 15 £475 -0.26% 7
North East -25 11 £450 - 6
Wales -13 6 £475 -9.52% 3
Northern Ireland -4 4 - - 12

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 31 (5.05%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.42%) Confluence
3 16 (2.61%) Apache
4 14 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.47%) IIS
6 7 (1.14%) Appian
7 6 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.98%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.98%) Tuxedo
8 5 (0.81%) JBoss
9 4 (0.65%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.49%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.33%) Drupal
11 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.65%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.65%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.63%) Finacle
2 9 (1.47%) Findur
3 8 (1.30%) Adobe Campaign
4 6 (0.98%) Summit
5 4 (0.65%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.49%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.49%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.16%) Magento
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 201 (32.74%) AWS
2 140 (22.80%) Azure
3 77 (12.54%) GCP
4 68 (11.07%) GitHub
5 60 (9.77%) Power Platform
6 37 (6.03%) Amazon S3
7 36 (5.86%) Serverless
8 35 (5.70%) Snowflake
9 32 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (2.28%) SaaS
15 13 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.12%) ChatGPT
16 12 (1.95%) Datadog
16 12 (1.95%) OCI
16 12 (1.95%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.63%) HTTP
2 9 (1.47%) Firewall
2 9 (1.47%) VPN
3 3 (0.49%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.33%) AMQP
4 2 (0.33%) Internet
4 2 (0.33%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.16%) Multicast
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.16%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (26.22%) PostgreSQL
2 134 (21.82%) SQL Server
3 111 (18.08%) RDBMS
4 76 (12.38%) MySQL
5 73 (11.89%) MongoDB
6 65 (10.59%) NoSQL
7 63 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (9.45%) Power BI
9 46 (7.49%) Oracle Database
10 36 (5.86%) Metadata
11 27 (4.40%) Tableau
12 25 (4.07%) Db2
13 23 (3.75%) Oracle Reports
14 22 (3.58%) Big Data
14 22 (3.58%) Data Lake
15 20 (3.26%) Redis
16 16 (2.61%) DynamoDB
17 15 (2.44%) Power Query
18 13 (2.12%) Oracle Exadata
19 12 (1.95%) Flink
Development Applications
1 110 (17.92%) Git
2 68 (11.07%) Jenkins
3 53 (8.63%) GitLab
4 33 (5.37%) JIRA
5 20 (3.26%) JUnit
6 19 (3.09%) Gradle
6 19 (3.09%) Maven
7 16 (2.61%) Selenium
8 14 (2.28%) REST Assured
9 13 (2.12%) Eclipse
9 13 (2.12%) Mockito
9 13 (2.12%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (1.79%) Gatling
11 10 (1.63%) Serenity BDD
11 10 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (1.47%) Liquibase
13 7 (1.14%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.98%) Ant
14 6 (0.98%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.98%) ER Studio
General
1 184 (29.97%) Finance
2 177 (28.83%) Social Skills
3 138 (22.48%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (13.84%) Banking
5 75 (12.21%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.21%) Front Office
7 31 (5.05%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.93%) Military
9 16 (2.61%) Publishing
10 13 (2.12%) Back Office
11 12 (1.95%) Retail
12 10 (1.63%) Marketing
13 8 (1.30%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.81%) Automotive
17 4 (0.65%) Electronics
17 4 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 250 (40.72%) Developer
2 113 (18.40%) Senior
3 75 (12.21%) Java Developer
4 56 (9.12%) Data Engineer
5 53 (8.63%) Analyst
6 49 (7.98%) Senior Developer
6 49 (7.98%) Software Engineer
7 47 (7.65%) Lead
8 42 (6.84%) Python Developer
9 39 (6.35%) Full-Stack Developer
10 27 (4.40%) Architect
11 26 (4.23%) Software Developer
12 23 (3.75%) .NET Developer
12 23 (3.75%) C# Developer
13 21 (3.42%) Backend Developer
13 21 (3.42%) Business Analyst
14 20 (3.26%) Data Analyst
15 19 (3.09%) Java Engineer
16 18 (2.93%) Senior Java Developer
17 17 (2.77%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (22.31%) REST
2 105 (17.10%) Kafka
3 103 (16.78%) RESTful
4 99 (16.12%) Spring
5 97 (15.80%) Spring Boot
6 95 (15.47%) React
7 73 (11.89%) .NET
8 40 (6.51%) XML
9 38 (6.19%) CSS
10 36 (5.86%) Web Services
11 34 (5.54%) HTML
11 34 (5.54%) JSON
12 32 (5.21%) OAuth
12 32 (5.21%) SOAP
13 28 (4.56%) .NET Framework
14 27 (4.40%) AngularJS
15 26 (4.23%) FastAPI
16 25 (4.07%) Django
17 23 (3.75%) Flask
18 20 (3.26%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.42%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.00%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (6.68%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.89%) Data Structures
5 28 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 25 (4.07%) Derivative
7 17 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.77%) Low-Code
8 14 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.12%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.12%) Equity Derivative
10 12 (1.95%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.95%) Equities
10 12 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.79%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.63%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.63%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (11.73%) Linux
2 44 (7.17%) Unix
3 35 (5.70%) Windows
4 13 (2.12%) AIX
5 9 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.49%) Android
8 2 (0.33%) MVS
8 2 (0.33%) zOS
9 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (41.04%) CI/CD
2 216 (35.18%) Agile
3 183 (29.80%) DevOps
4 170 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (21.82%) Data Modelling
6 130 (21.17%) Microservices
7 109 (17.75%) AI
7 109 (17.75%) Software Engineering
8 101 (16.45%) Analytics
9 99 (16.12%) Data Pipeline
10 96 (15.64%) Containerisation
11 92 (14.98%) ETL
12 81 (13.19%) Observability
13 79 (12.87%) Test Automation
14 73 (11.89%) Performance Tuning
14 73 (11.89%) SDLC
14 73 (11.89%) Validation
15 69 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
15 69 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (10.42%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 350 (57.00%) SQL
2 212 (34.53%) Java
3 193 (31.43%) Python
4 88 (14.33%) C#
5 82 (13.36%) JavaScript
6 51 (8.31%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.58%) Shell Script
8 21 (3.42%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (2.61%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.28%) Scala
11 12 (1.95%) C++
11 12 (1.95%) Perl
12 11 (1.79%) VB
13 10 (1.63%) Apex Code
13 10 (1.63%) R
14 8 (1.30%) Bash
14 8 (1.30%) VB6
15 7 (1.14%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 134 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 103 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 53 (8.63%) Degree
4 30 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.30%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.65%) MBA
9 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 3 (0.49%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.16%) CFA
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.21%) Data Quality
2 64 (10.42%) QA
3 28 (4.56%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.28%) GDPR
5 7 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.98%) WCAG
7 5 (0.81%) SLA
8 4 (0.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.65%) GMP
8 4 (0.65%) GxP
8 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.33%) FATCA
10 2 (0.33%) IFRS
10 2 (0.33%) NIST
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) EMIR
System Software
1 141 (22.96%) Docker
2 14 (2.28%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.33%) ACF2
3 2 (0.33%) GridGain
3 2 (0.33%) RACF
4 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.16%) Varnish
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 124 (20.20%) Kubernetes
2 53 (8.63%) Terraform
3 30 (4.89%) Prometheus
4 28 (4.56%) Ansible
5 24 (3.91%) Grafana
6 12 (1.95%) Data Guard
6 12 (1.95%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.81%) Argo
8 3 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.49%) Kibana
8 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 178 (28.99%) Oracle
2 73 (11.89%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.56%) IBM
4 27 (4.40%) Databricks
5 24 (3.91%) Google
6 19 (3.09%) Splunk
7 17 (2.77%) Sybase
8 16 (2.61%) Salesforce
9 14 (2.28%) Informatica
10 13 (2.12%) Adobe
11 11 (1.79%) SAP
12 9 (1.47%) Teradata
13 8 (1.30%) OutSystems
13 8 (1.30%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.14%) Actian
14 7 (1.14%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.81%) Ab Initio
15 5 (0.81%) Dynatrace
15 5 (0.81%) OpenLink
15 5 (0.81%) Solace