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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 155 200
Rank change year-on-year -65 +45 -27
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 533 535 506
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.82% 1.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.31% 9.58% 6.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 343 385
10th Percentile £313 £403 £363
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £521 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% -3.07% -10.42%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 4
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.05 £24.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £21.20 £26.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +47.89% -48.83%
75th Percentile £53.44 £53.75 £43.81
90th Percentile £72.72 £92.50 £49.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £21.40 £35.50
% change year-on-year +133.64% -39.72% -52.03%

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 7,291 5,582 7,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 19.00% 17.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,917 3,827 5,219
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 98 146
10th Percentile £15.94 £20.47 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.59 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.54 £33.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -15.49% -33.33%
75th Percentile £73.81 £65.62 £61.58
90th Percentile £82.25 £76.63 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.55% -20.90% -28.19%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -75 430 £464 -11.67% 197
UK excluding London -77 252 £450 -10.00% 142
London -38 232 £523 -1.32% 76
Work from Home -69 141 £450 -15.65% 437
North of England -57 64 £429 -7.24% 54
South East -44 59 £290 -43.41% 37
Scotland -17 54 £475 +1.06% 5
Midlands -53 45 £469 -4.82% 20
North West -43 41 £402 -13.08% 28
West Midlands -51 33 £469 -5.78% 11
South West -33 19 £448 -31.15% 17
Yorkshire -45 18 £519 -5.64% 21
East Midlands -19 12 £475 -3.06% 9
North East -14 8 £450 - 6
East of England -28 7 £505 -6.05% 11
Northern Ireland 0 4 - - 1
Wales -11 4 £475 -12.04% 2

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 29 (5.44%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.44%) Apache
2 13 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.88%) Confluence
4 8 (1.50%) IIS
4 8 (1.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.31%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.31%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.13%) Appian
6 6 (1.13%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.94%) JBoss
8 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.56%) Camunda
9 3 (0.56%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.38%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.38%) WordPress
11 1 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Findur
1 6 (1.13%) Summit
2 5 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.75%) Finacle
3 4 (0.75%) Magento
4 3 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.56%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.38%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 173 (32.46%) AWS
2 116 (21.76%) Azure
3 64 (12.01%) GitHub
4 57 (10.69%) Power Platform
5 56 (10.51%) GCP
6 46 (8.63%) Serverless
7 39 (7.32%) Amazon S3
8 31 (5.82%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (5.25%) Snowflake
11 17 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (3.19%) OpenShift
12 16 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
12 16 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (3.00%) SaaS
13 12 (2.25%) GitHub Copilot
14 11 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (2.06%) dbt
15 9 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.50%) HTTP
2 5 (0.94%) Firewall
3 4 (0.75%) Network Security
4 3 (0.56%) AMQP
4 3 (0.56%) VPN
5 2 (0.38%) SMS
6 1 (0.19%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.19%) Multicast
6 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.19%) RTMP
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (26.83%) PostgreSQL
2 103 (19.32%) SQL Server
3 88 (16.51%) RDBMS
4 84 (15.76%) MySQL
5 74 (13.88%) MongoDB
6 68 (12.76%) NoSQL
7 55 (10.32%) Power BI
8 48 (9.01%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (6.38%) Metadata
10 26 (4.88%) Oracle Database
11 22 (4.13%) Data Lake
11 22 (4.13%) Tableau
12 21 (3.94%) Big Data
13 19 (3.56%) DB2
13 19 (3.56%) Oracle Reports
14 18 (3.38%) Redis
15 17 (3.19%) DynamoDB
16 16 (3.00%) Power Query
17 12 (2.25%) Flink
18 11 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 79 (14.82%) Git
2 55 (10.32%) Jenkins
3 47 (8.82%) GitLab
4 26 (4.88%) JIRA
5 19 (3.56%) JUnit
6 15 (2.81%) Mockito
7 13 (2.44%) Maven
7 13 (2.44%) REST Assured
7 13 (2.44%) Selenium
8 12 (2.25%) Gradle
9 10 (1.88%) Eclipse
9 10 (1.88%) Gatling
9 10 (1.88%) Serenity BDD
10 9 (1.69%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (1.13%) Android Studio
11 6 (1.13%) Liquibase
11 6 (1.13%) NUnit
11 6 (1.13%) Xcode
12 5 (0.94%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.94%) ERwin
General
1 153 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 150 (28.14%) Finance
3 97 (18.20%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (10.13%) Public Sector
5 52 (9.76%) Banking
6 27 (5.07%) Investment Banking
7 23 (4.32%) Front Office
8 14 (2.63%) Publishing
9 11 (2.06%) Military
10 7 (1.31%) Back Office
10 7 (1.31%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.13%) Marketing
11 6 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.13%) Retail
12 4 (0.75%) Automotive
13 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Legal
13 3 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 206 (38.65%) Developer
2 86 (16.14%) Senior
3 58 (10.88%) Java Developer
4 52 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 40 (7.50%) Python Developer
5 40 (7.50%) Software Engineer
6 37 (6.94%) Analyst
6 37 (6.94%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.57%) Lead
8 25 (4.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (4.13%) Architect
10 21 (3.94%) .NET Developer
10 21 (3.94%) DBA
10 21 (3.94%) Site Engineer
10 21 (3.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 19 (3.56%) Senior Data Engineer
11 19 (3.56%) Technical Support
12 18 (3.38%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.00%) C# Developer
13 16 (3.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (21.95%) REST
2 88 (16.51%) Kafka
2 88 (16.51%) React
3 84 (15.76%) Spring
4 83 (15.57%) RESTful
5 82 (15.38%) Spring Boot
6 56 (10.51%) .NET
7 42 (7.88%) JSON
8 41 (7.69%) CSS
9 40 (7.50%) XML
10 35 (6.57%) HTML
11 31 (5.82%) AngularJS
12 27 (5.07%) GraphQL
13 26 (4.88%) Web Services
14 24 (4.50%) FastAPI
15 22 (4.13%) Django
15 22 (4.13%) OAuth
16 21 (3.94%) Flask
17 20 (3.75%) Apache Avro
17 20 (3.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (6.57%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.63%) Data Structures
4 28 (5.25%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.75%) Derivative
6 13 (2.44%) Fixed Income
7 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.06%) Equities
8 10 (1.88%) Hedge funds
9 9 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
10 8 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.31%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.31%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.38%) Linux
2 49 (9.19%) Unix
3 33 (6.19%) Windows
4 6 (1.13%) Android
5 5 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.38%) MVS
6 2 (0.38%) zOS
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (39.40%) CI/CD
2 179 (33.58%) Agile
3 161 (30.21%) DevOps
4 138 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (23.08%) Microservices
6 119 (22.33%) Data Modelling
7 103 (19.32%) Containerisation
8 94 (17.64%) Analytics
9 88 (16.51%) Data Pipeline
9 88 (16.51%) Observability
10 84 (15.76%) Software Engineering
11 81 (15.20%) AI
12 80 (15.01%) ETL
13 74 (13.88%) Test Automation
14 66 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
15 63 (11.82%) Performance Tuning
16 61 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (10.69%) Data Engineering
17 57 (10.69%) SDLC
18 51 (9.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 297 (55.72%) SQL
2 190 (35.65%) Java
3 187 (35.08%) Python
4 91 (17.07%) JavaScript
5 71 (13.32%) C#
6 44 (8.26%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.69%) Perl
8 23 (4.32%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.19%) PL/SQL
10 16 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (3.00%) Scala
11 12 (2.25%) Bash
11 12 (2.25%) PowerShell
12 11 (2.06%) PHP
13 9 (1.69%) C++
13 9 (1.69%) R
14 8 (1.50%) Go
15 7 (1.31%) Apex Code
15 7 (1.31%) Ruby
16 5 (0.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.38%) Degree
4 34 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.75%) MBA
10 3 (0.56%) CISSP
10 3 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.56%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.44%) Data Quality
2 51 (9.57%) QA
3 22 (4.13%) Accessibility
4 19 (3.56%) GDPR
5 11 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.94%) SLA
6 5 (0.94%) WCAG
7 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.38%) FATCA
8 2 (0.38%) IFRS
8 2 (0.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) EMIR
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 139 (26.08%) Docker
2 4 (0.75%) Varnish
3 2 (0.38%) ACF2
3 2 (0.38%) GridGain
3 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 122 (22.89%) Kubernetes
2 45 (8.44%) Terraform
3 32 (6.00%) Grafana
4 30 (5.63%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.25%) Ansible
6 6 (1.13%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.13%) Puppet
7 5 (0.94%) Argo
8 4 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.56%) Kibana
10 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.38%) TIBCO Hawk
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 143 (26.83%) Oracle
2 72 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.32%) Databricks
4 19 (3.56%) Splunk
5 16 (3.00%) Adobe
6 14 (2.63%) IBM
7 12 (2.25%) Google
8 11 (2.06%) Informatica
8 11 (2.06%) Sybase
9 10 (1.88%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.31%) SAP
10 7 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.31%) Teradata
11 5 (0.94%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.94%) OutSystems
11 5 (0.94%) Sparx
12 4 (0.75%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.75%) SimCorp
13 3 (0.56%) Talend
13 3 (0.56%) TIBCO