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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 150 180
Rank change year-on-year -70 +30 +3
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 588 563 578
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.82% 1.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.49% 9.92% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 358 431
10th Percentile £331 £375 £360
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -5.09% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £688 £691 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.05% -9.52% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.05 £26.30
25th Percentile £29.75 £21.20 £31.63
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +29.63% -44.33%
75th Percentile £71.08 £53.75 £47.13
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £51.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £21.40 £40.50
% change year-on-year +133.64% -47.16% -45.27%

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 7,849 5,674 7,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.25% 18.32% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,195 3,844 5,413
10th Percentile £350 £356 £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 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £759 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 101 150
10th Percentile £15.21 £19.59 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £25.75 £20.82
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% -29.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £53.29
90th Percentile £76.80 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.31 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +17.92% -4.12% -40.00%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -60 479 £475 -8.65% 230
UK excluding London -98 270 £470 -1.05% 151
London -35 266 £500 -9.09% 114
Work from Home -95 144 £475 -10.97% 106
North of England -70 68 £450 +1.12% 45
Scotland -24 58 £473 +0.53% 7
South East -54 55 £423 -11.05% 38
Midlands -27 52 £472 -3.28% 26
North West -64 43 £416 -6.63% 26
West Midlands -40 38 £472 -3.78% 17
South West -37 21 £488 -11.36% 12
Yorkshire -31 20 £519 -5.64% 12
East Midlands -14 14 £475 -0.26% 9
East of England -19 11 £505 +6.32% 16
North East -22 10 £450 - 9
Wales -10 6 £475 -12.04% 1
Northern Ireland -6 3 - - 10

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 32 (5.44%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.57%) Confluence
3 16 (2.72%) Apache
4 15 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.53%) IIS
6 7 (1.19%) Appian
7 6 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.02%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.02%) Tuxedo
8 5 (0.85%) JBoss
9 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.68%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.68%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.51%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.34%) Camunda
11 2 (0.34%) Drupal
11 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.68%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.68%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.68%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.70%) Finacle
2 9 (1.53%) Findur
3 8 (1.36%) Adobe Campaign
4 6 (1.02%) Summit
5 4 (0.68%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.51%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.51%) Magento
6 3 (0.51%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 190 (32.31%) AWS
2 133 (22.62%) Azure
3 67 (11.39%) GitHub
4 65 (11.05%) GCP
5 61 (10.37%) Power Platform
6 36 (6.12%) Amazon S3
6 36 (6.12%) Snowflake
7 35 (5.95%) Serverless
8 30 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (3.06%) GitHub Copilot
12 14 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (2.21%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.21%) ChatGPT
13 13 (2.21%) OpenShift
14 12 (2.04%) dbt
15 11 (1.87%) Datadog
15 11 (1.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.36%) HTTP
2 5 (0.85%) Firewall
2 5 (0.85%) VPN
3 2 (0.34%) AMQP
3 2 (0.34%) Internet
3 2 (0.34%) Intranet
3 2 (0.34%) WinSCP
4 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.17%) Multicast
4 1 (0.17%) Network Security
4 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.17%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (25.51%) PostgreSQL
2 129 (21.94%) SQL Server
3 105 (17.86%) RDBMS
4 76 (12.93%) MongoDB
5 74 (12.59%) MySQL
6 67 (11.39%) NoSQL
7 59 (10.03%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (10.03%) Power BI
8 41 (6.97%) Oracle Database
9 36 (6.12%) Metadata
10 27 (4.59%) Tableau
11 24 (4.08%) Data Lake
11 24 (4.08%) Db2
12 22 (3.74%) Big Data
12 22 (3.74%) Redis
13 20 (3.40%) Oracle Reports
14 16 (2.72%) DynamoDB
15 15 (2.55%) Power Query
16 12 (2.04%) Flink
17 11 (1.87%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 95 (16.16%) Git
2 66 (11.22%) Jenkins
3 47 (7.99%) GitLab
4 35 (5.95%) JIRA
5 20 (3.40%) JUnit
6 16 (2.72%) Selenium
7 14 (2.38%) Mockito
7 14 (2.38%) REST Assured
8 13 (2.21%) Eclipse
9 12 (2.04%) Gradle
9 12 (2.04%) Maven
10 11 (1.87%) Gatling
11 10 (1.70%) Oracle Forms
11 10 (1.70%) Serenity BDD
11 10 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (1.53%) Liquibase
13 7 (1.19%) Ant
14 6 (1.02%) ER Studio
14 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.85%) Browser DevTools
General
1 179 (30.44%) Finance
2 172 (29.25%) Social Skills
3 122 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.61%) Banking
5 71 (12.07%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.44%) Front Office
6 32 (5.44%) Investment Banking
7 17 (2.89%) Military
8 16 (2.72%) Publishing
9 13 (2.21%) Back Office
10 12 (2.04%) Retail
11 10 (1.70%) Marketing
12 8 (1.36%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.68%) Automotive
14 4 (0.68%) Electronics
15 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 228 (38.78%) Developer
2 107 (18.20%) Senior
3 62 (10.54%) Java Developer
4 58 (9.86%) Data Engineer
5 51 (8.67%) Analyst
6 47 (7.99%) Software Engineer
7 46 (7.82%) Senior Developer
8 43 (7.31%) Lead
8 43 (7.31%) Python Developer
9 36 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 27 (4.59%) Architect
11 23 (3.91%) .NET Developer
11 23 (3.91%) C# Developer
12 21 (3.57%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.40%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.06%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (3.06%) Senior Java Developer
15 17 (2.89%) Backend Developer
15 17 (2.89%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (21.60%) REST
2 101 (17.18%) Kafka
3 92 (15.65%) RESTful
3 92 (15.65%) Spring
4 91 (15.48%) React
5 90 (15.31%) Spring Boot
6 69 (11.73%) .NET
7 37 (6.29%) XML
8 35 (5.95%) JSON
9 33 (5.61%) CSS
10 30 (5.10%) Web Services
11 29 (4.93%) HTML
11 29 (4.93%) OAuth
11 29 (4.93%) SOAP
12 27 (4.59%) AngularJS
13 26 (4.42%) Django
14 25 (4.25%) FastAPI
15 23 (3.91%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.74%) Flask
16 22 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.20%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.97%) Distributed Systems
2 41 (6.97%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.27%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.25%) Derivative
6 17 (2.89%) Low-Code
7 16 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.21%) Equity Derivative
10 12 (2.04%) AI Agents
10 12 (2.04%) Equities
11 11 (1.87%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.87%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.70%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 9 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.36%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 67 (11.39%) Linux
2 44 (7.48%) Unix
3 32 (5.44%) Windows
4 8 (1.36%) AIX
5 5 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) MVS
8 2 (0.34%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (39.80%) CI/CD
2 207 (35.20%) Agile
3 172 (29.25%) DevOps
4 150 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (20.92%) Data Modelling
6 120 (20.41%) Microservices
7 106 (18.03%) AI
8 102 (17.35%) Software Engineering
9 100 (17.01%) Analytics
10 98 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
11 91 (15.48%) Containerisation
12 90 (15.31%) ETL
13 82 (13.95%) Observability
14 81 (13.78%) Test Automation
15 70 (11.90%) SDLC
16 69 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
16 69 (11.73%) Validation
17 67 (11.39%) Performance Tuning
18 62 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
19 60 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 337 (57.31%) SQL
2 196 (33.33%) Java
3 192 (32.65%) Python
4 85 (14.46%) C#
5 76 (12.93%) JavaScript
6 49 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 21 (3.57%) Shell Script
8 20 (3.40%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (2.55%) Scala
11 14 (2.38%) PowerShell
12 13 (2.21%) Perl
13 12 (2.04%) C++
14 11 (1.87%) VB
15 10 (1.70%) Apex Code
15 10 (1.70%) R
16 8 (1.36%) Bash
16 8 (1.36%) VB6
17 6 (1.02%) C
17 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.31%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.50%) Degree
4 29 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.36%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.68%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) CISSP
10 3 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.17%) CFA
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.76%) Data Quality
2 60 (10.20%) QA
3 26 (4.42%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.55%) GDPR
5 8 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.02%) WCAG
7 5 (0.85%) SLA
8 3 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.34%) FATCA
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) EMIR
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 134 (22.79%) Docker
2 9 (1.53%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.51%) Varnish
4 2 (0.34%) ACF2
4 2 (0.34%) GridGain
4 2 (0.34%) RACF
5 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 117 (19.90%) Kubernetes
2 48 (8.16%) Terraform
3 29 (4.93%) Prometheus
4 23 (3.91%) Ansible
4 23 (3.91%) Grafana
5 7 (1.19%) Data Guard
5 7 (1.19%) Oracle RMAN
6 5 (0.85%) Argo
7 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.51%) Kibana
7 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.34%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (27.21%) Oracle
2 71 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 27 (4.59%) Databricks
3 27 (4.59%) IBM
4 19 (3.23%) Splunk
5 16 (2.72%) Google
5 16 (2.72%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.72%) Sybase
6 15 (2.55%) Adobe
6 15 (2.55%) Informatica
7 11 (1.87%) SAP
8 8 (1.36%) OutSystems
8 8 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.36%) Teradata
9 7 (1.19%) Actian
9 7 (1.19%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.85%) Ab Initio
10 5 (0.85%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.85%) OpenLink
10 5 (0.85%) Solace