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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 158 169
Rank change year-on-year -71 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 606 595 581
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.81% 1.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.44% 9.93% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 377 435
10th Percentile £355 £340 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -11.02%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +2.43% -7.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 2
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.70 £41.58
25th Percentile £24.31 £20.59 £43.19
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.90% -38.00%
75th Percentile £68.02 £63.44 £50.44
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £52.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £20.07 £46.50
% change year-on-year +149.13% -56.84% -38.00%

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 8,141 5,989 7,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.42% 18.17% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,408 4,057 5,137
10th Percentile £355 £348 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -3.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 92 106
10th Percentile £16.70 £19.28 £14.63
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.50 £20.19
Median hourly rate £41.71 £36.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% -3.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £62.00 £64.06 £59.34
90th Percentile £76.10 £78.58 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +24.84% +5.47% -41.46%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -67 489 £500 -2.44% 187
UK excluding London -87 285 £475 +2.43% 104
London -39 260 £525 -4.55% 101
Work from Home -90 156 £500 -6.28% 80
North of England -67 78 £488 +13.87% 35
Scotland -21 58 £450 -3.49% 4
South East -76 51 £450 +3.15% 33
Midlands -31 50 £469 -4.34% 14
North West -52 50 £429 +0.20% 17
West Midlands -34 35 £469 -5.78% 9
Yorkshire -39 23 £519 +18.63% 13
South West -48 22 £470 -10.48% 10
East of England -8 21 £549 +15.63% 11
East Midlands -8 15 £475 -3.06% 5
North East -31 11 £450 - 7
Wales -11 6 £475 -5.00% 1
Northern Ireland -5 3 - -

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 28 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.47%) Confluence
3 17 (2.81%) Apache
4 15 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.99%) IIS
5 6 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.99%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.50%) Appian
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.50%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.33%) Drupal
8 2 (0.33%) JBoss
8 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.33%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Liferay
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.66%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.66%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.65%) Finacle
2 9 (1.49%) Findur
3 8 (1.32%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.66%) Summit
6 3 (0.50%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.50%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.50%) 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 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 209 (34.49%) AWS
2 138 (22.77%) Azure
3 82 (13.53%) GCP
4 72 (11.88%) GitHub
5 60 (9.90%) Power Platform
6 36 (5.94%) Amazon S3
6 36 (5.94%) Serverless
7 35 (5.78%) Snowflake
8 29 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (3.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 16 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.48%) Anthropic Claude
13 15 (2.48%) ChatGPT
14 14 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (2.31%) OCI
14 14 (2.31%) SaaS
15 13 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.65%) HTTP
2 9 (1.49%) Firewall
2 9 (1.49%) VPN
3 3 (0.50%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.33%) Internet
4 2 (0.33%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) AMQP
5 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.17%) Multicast
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (27.39%) PostgreSQL
2 122 (20.13%) SQL Server
3 111 (18.32%) RDBMS
4 73 (12.05%) MySQL
5 72 (11.88%) MongoDB
6 69 (11.39%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (9.74%) NoSQL
8 58 (9.57%) Power BI
9 46 (7.59%) Oracle Database
10 34 (5.61%) Metadata
11 27 (4.46%) Db2
12 26 (4.29%) Tableau
13 24 (3.96%) Data Lake
14 23 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
15 19 (3.14%) Big Data
16 18 (2.97%) Redis
17 15 (2.48%) DynamoDB
17 15 (2.48%) Oracle Exadata
17 15 (2.48%) Power Query
18 14 (2.31%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 114 (18.81%) Git
2 68 (11.22%) Jenkins
3 55 (9.08%) GitLab
4 34 (5.61%) JIRA
5 24 (3.96%) Gradle
5 24 (3.96%) Maven
6 18 (2.97%) JUnit
7 17 (2.81%) Selenium
8 14 (2.31%) REST Assured
9 13 (2.15%) Eclipse
10 12 (1.98%) Oracle Forms
11 11 (1.82%) Gatling
11 11 (1.82%) Mockito
12 10 (1.65%) Serenity BDD
13 9 (1.49%) Liquibase
14 8 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (1.32%) Visual Studio
15 7 (1.16%) Claude Code
15 7 (1.16%) ER Studio
16 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 178 (29.37%) Finance
2 172 (28.38%) Social Skills
3 139 (22.94%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (14.03%) Public Sector
5 83 (13.70%) Banking
6 30 (4.95%) Front Office
7 26 (4.29%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.97%) Military
9 16 (2.64%) Publishing
10 13 (2.15%) Back Office
11 12 (1.98%) Retail
12 10 (1.65%) Marketing
13 8 (1.32%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.83%) Automotive
16 5 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.66%) Electronics
17 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 240 (39.60%) Developer
2 115 (18.98%) Senior
3 80 (13.20%) Java Developer
4 58 (9.57%) Data Engineer
5 53 (8.75%) Software Engineer
6 52 (8.58%) Analyst
7 49 (8.09%) Senior Developer
8 44 (7.26%) Lead
9 40 (6.60%) Python Developer
10 33 (5.45%) Full-Stack Developer
11 26 (4.29%) Software Developer
12 24 (3.96%) Architect
13 22 (3.63%) Data Analyst
14 20 (3.30%) Backend Developer
14 20 (3.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (3.14%) Java Engineer
16 18 (2.97%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.97%) DBA
16 18 (2.97%) Python Engineer
16 18 (2.97%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (22.61%) REST
2 109 (17.99%) Kafka
3 100 (16.50%) RESTful
4 98 (16.17%) Spring
5 97 (16.01%) Spring Boot
6 87 (14.36%) React
7 64 (10.56%) .NET
8 38 (6.27%) XML
9 35 (5.78%) JSON
9 35 (5.78%) Web Services
10 32 (5.28%) CSS
11 31 (5.12%) AngularJS
11 31 (5.12%) OAuth
12 29 (4.79%) HTML
13 26 (4.29%) FastAPI
14 25 (4.13%) SOAP
15 22 (3.63%) Django
15 22 (3.63%) Flask
16 21 (3.47%) .NET Framework
17 20 (3.30%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.72%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.59%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (6.27%) Product Ownership
4 33 (5.45%) Data Structures
5 27 (4.46%) Management Information System
6 21 (3.47%) Derivative
7 17 (2.81%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.31%) Equity Derivative
10 13 (2.15%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.82%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.82%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.65%) Equities
13 10 (1.65%) Hedge funds
13 10 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 9 (1.49%) Replication
15 8 (1.32%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 68 (11.22%) Linux
2 43 (7.10%) Unix
3 31 (5.12%) Windows
4 17 (2.81%) AIX
5 10 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.50%) Android
7 3 (0.50%) MVS
7 3 (0.50%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (41.75%) CI/CD
2 216 (35.64%) Agile
3 185 (30.53%) DevOps
4 166 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (22.77%) Data Modelling
6 133 (21.95%) Microservices
7 116 (19.14%) Software Engineering
8 107 (17.66%) AI
9 105 (17.33%) Data Pipeline
10 102 (16.83%) Analytics
11 99 (16.34%) ETL
12 94 (15.51%) Containerisation
13 81 (13.37%) Observability
13 81 (13.37%) Test Automation
14 77 (12.71%) Validation
15 75 (12.38%) Performance Tuning
16 69 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
18 66 (10.89%) Full-Stack Development
18 66 (10.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 338 (55.78%) SQL
2 215 (35.48%) Java
3 195 (32.18%) Python
4 78 (12.87%) C#
5 72 (11.88%) JavaScript
6 46 (7.59%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.80%) PL/SQL
8 22 (3.63%) Shell Script
9 16 (2.64%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.98%) C++
11 12 (1.98%) Scala
12 10 (1.65%) Bash
12 10 (1.65%) Perl
13 9 (1.49%) R
13 9 (1.49%) VB
14 8 (1.32%) Apex Code
14 8 (1.32%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.16%) VB6
16 6 (0.99%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 132 (21.78%) Security Cleared
2 102 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.58%) Degree
4 29 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.66%) MBA
9 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.50%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.33%) CISSP
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.17%) CFA
11 1 (0.17%) ISEB
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (14.03%) Data Quality
2 64 (10.56%) QA
3 29 (4.79%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.81%) GDPR
5 7 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.99%) WCAG
7 4 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.66%) GMP
7 4 (0.66%) GxP
7 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 4 (0.66%) SLA
8 3 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.33%) FATCA
9 2 (0.33%) NIST
9 2 (0.33%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) ITGC
10 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 143 (23.60%) Docker
2 17 (2.81%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.50%) ACF2
3 3 (0.50%) RACF
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.33%) GridGain
4 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 127 (20.96%) Kubernetes
2 57 (9.41%) Terraform
3 32 (5.28%) Prometheus
4 30 (4.95%) Ansible
5 25 (4.13%) Grafana
6 15 (2.48%) Data Guard
6 15 (2.48%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.99%) Argo
8 3 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.50%) Kibana
9 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 174 (28.71%) Oracle
2 72 (11.88%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.95%) IBM
4 27 (4.46%) Google
5 26 (4.29%) Databricks
6 19 (3.14%) Splunk
7 18 (2.97%) Sybase
8 14 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.15%) Informatica
10 11 (1.82%) Adobe
10 11 (1.82%) SAP
11 8 (1.32%) OutSystems
11 8 (1.32%) Teradata
12 6 (0.99%) Actian
12 6 (0.99%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.99%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.83%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.83%) Solace
13 5 (0.83%) Sparx
13 5 (0.83%) Talend