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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 150 191
Rank change year-on-year -83 +41 -19
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 524 544 506
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.89% 1.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.15% 9.98% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 347 385
10th Percentile £307 £401 £363
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £521 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -3.07% -10.42%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £638
90th Percentile £685 £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -8.16% -6.67% -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% -49.29%
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% -52.67%

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 7,331 5,450 7,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.08% 18.91% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,930 3,739 5,247
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 96 147
10th Percentile £14.26 £20.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.17 £24.06 £20.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £33.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.12% -15.49% -31.09%
75th Percentile £71.88 £65.71 £61.55
90th Percentile £82.25 £78.10 £73.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.36 £31.64 £39.25
% change year-on-year +33.87% -19.39% -29.53%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -82 422 £455 -13.33% 164
UK excluding London -81 245 £450 -8.16% 124
London -37 231 £500 -5.66% 70
Work from Home -91 133 £450 -15.65% 101
South East -39 59 £290 -43.41% 28
North of England -78 58 £446 -3.51% 41
Scotland -17 53 £470 - 7
Midlands -60 43 £464 -5.36% 19
North West -56 35 £416 -10.10% 21
West Midlands -55 31 £464 -6.31% 11
South West -32 20 £448 -31.15% 13
Yorkshire -47 18 £519 -5.64% 15
East Midlands -24 12 £475 -3.06% 8
North East -21 8 £450 - 5
East of England -34 8 £505 -6.05% 8
Northern Ireland -2 4 - - 10
Wales -9 4 £475 -12.04% 1

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 30 (5.73%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.48%) Apache
2 13 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.91%) Confluence
4 8 (1.53%) IIS
4 8 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.34%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.15%) Appian
6 6 (1.15%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.95%) JBoss
8 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.57%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.57%) Camunda
10 2 (0.38%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.38%) WordPress
11 1 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Findur
1 6 (1.15%) Summit
2 5 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.76%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.76%) Finacle
3 4 (0.76%) Magento
4 3 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.57%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.57%) 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 CRM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 170 (32.44%) AWS
2 113 (21.56%) Azure
3 64 (12.21%) GitHub
4 58 (11.07%) GCP
4 58 (11.07%) Power Platform
5 43 (8.21%) Serverless
6 35 (6.68%) Amazon S3
7 31 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (5.73%) Snowflake
9 28 (5.34%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
11 15 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (2.86%) OpenShift
11 15 (2.86%) SaaS
12 14 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.10%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.10%) ChatGPT
13 11 (2.10%) dbt
13 11 (2.10%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.53%) HTTP
2 6 (1.15%) Firewall
3 4 (0.76%) VPN
4 3 (0.57%) AMQP
5 2 (0.38%) Network Security
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
1 138 (26.34%) PostgreSQL
2 105 (20.04%) SQL Server
3 82 (15.65%) RDBMS
4 81 (15.46%) MySQL
5 76 (14.50%) MongoDB
6 68 (12.98%) NoSQL
7 56 (10.69%) Power BI
8 49 (9.35%) Data Warehouse
9 36 (6.87%) Metadata
10 24 (4.58%) Oracle Database
11 23 (4.39%) Big Data
11 23 (4.39%) Tableau
12 22 (4.20%) Data Lake
13 21 (4.01%) DB2
14 18 (3.44%) Oracle Reports
14 18 (3.44%) Redis
15 17 (3.24%) DynamoDB
16 14 (2.67%) Power Query
17 12 (2.29%) Flink
18 10 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 77 (14.69%) Git
2 54 (10.31%) Jenkins
3 44 (8.40%) GitLab
4 26 (4.96%) JIRA
5 20 (3.82%) JUnit
6 15 (2.86%) Mockito
7 14 (2.67%) Selenium
8 13 (2.48%) Maven
8 13 (2.48%) REST Assured
9 12 (2.29%) Gradle
10 11 (2.10%) Eclipse
11 10 (1.91%) Gatling
11 10 (1.91%) Serenity BDD
12 9 (1.72%) Browser DevTools
13 6 (1.15%) Android Studio
13 6 (1.15%) Liquibase
13 6 (1.15%) NUnit
13 6 (1.15%) Xcode
14 5 (0.95%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.95%) ERwin
General
1 153 (29.20%) Finance
2 150 (28.63%) Social Skills
3 98 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.26%) Banking
5 48 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.92%) Investment Banking
7 24 (4.58%) Front Office
8 14 (2.67%) Publishing
9 11 (2.10%) Military
10 7 (1.34%) Back Office
10 7 (1.34%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.34%) Retail
10 7 (1.34%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.15%) Marketing
11 6 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 200 (38.17%) Developer
2 87 (16.60%) Senior
3 56 (10.69%) Java Developer
4 52 (9.92%) Data Engineer
5 41 (7.82%) Analyst
5 41 (7.82%) Software Engineer
6 39 (7.44%) Python Developer
6 39 (7.44%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.68%) Lead
8 25 (4.77%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (4.20%) Architect
10 21 (4.01%) .NET Developer
11 19 (3.63%) Data Analyst
11 19 (3.63%) DBA
11 19 (3.63%) Software Developer
11 19 (3.63%) Technical Support
12 18 (3.44%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (3.44%) Site Engineer
12 18 (3.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (22.90%) REST
2 88 (16.79%) Kafka
3 86 (16.41%) React
4 83 (15.84%) Spring
5 81 (15.46%) RESTful
5 81 (15.46%) Spring Boot
6 55 (10.50%) .NET
7 42 (8.02%) CSS
8 41 (7.82%) JSON
9 39 (7.44%) XML
10 35 (6.68%) HTML
11 31 (5.92%) AngularJS
12 26 (4.96%) GraphQL
12 26 (4.96%) Web Services
13 24 (4.58%) FastAPI
13 24 (4.58%) OAuth
14 23 (4.39%) SOAP
15 21 (4.01%) Django
15 21 (4.01%) Flask
16 20 (3.82%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.40%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.68%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (6.68%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.96%) Data Structures
5 22 (4.20%) Derivative
6 12 (2.29%) Fixed Income
7 11 (2.10%) Equities
7 11 (2.10%) Equity Derivative
8 10 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.91%) Hedge funds
8 10 (1.91%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.53%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 62 (11.83%) Linux
2 45 (8.59%) Unix
3 33 (6.30%) Windows
4 6 (1.15%) Android
5 5 (0.95%) 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 (40.08%) CI/CD
2 177 (33.78%) Agile
3 162 (30.92%) DevOps
4 134 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (22.71%) Microservices
6 118 (22.52%) Data Modelling
7 97 (18.51%) Analytics
8 96 (18.32%) Containerisation
9 91 (17.37%) Data Pipeline
10 85 (16.22%) Observability
11 84 (16.03%) AI
12 83 (15.84%) Software Engineering
13 78 (14.89%) ETL
14 72 (13.74%) Test Automation
15 66 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
16 61 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (11.64%) Performance Tuning
17 57 (10.88%) Data Engineering
17 57 (10.88%) SDLC
18 49 (9.35%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 292 (55.73%) SQL
2 190 (36.26%) Java
3 188 (35.88%) Python
4 92 (17.56%) JavaScript
5 71 (13.55%) C#
6 42 (8.02%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.01%) Perl
8 19 (3.63%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (2.86%) Scala
10 13 (2.48%) PL/SQL
11 11 (2.10%) Bash
11 11 (2.10%) C++
11 11 (2.10%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.53%) R
13 7 (1.34%) Apex Code
13 7 (1.34%) Ruby
14 6 (1.15%) Go
14 6 (1.15%) PHP
15 5 (0.95%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.97%) Degree
4 30 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.76%) MBA
10 3 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.19%) OCP
12 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (12.21%) Data Quality
2 48 (9.16%) QA
3 21 (4.01%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.24%) GDPR
5 11 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.95%) SLA
7 4 (0.76%) WCAG
8 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.57%) NCSC
9 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.38%) FATCA
9 2 (0.38%) IFRS
9 2 (0.38%) NIST
9 2 (0.38%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) EMIR
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 134 (25.57%) Docker
2 4 (0.76%) Varnish
3 2 (0.38%) ACF2
3 2 (0.38%) GridGain
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 116 (22.14%) Kubernetes
2 42 (8.02%) Terraform
3 29 (5.53%) Grafana
4 28 (5.34%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.72%) Ansible
6 5 (0.95%) Argo
7 4 (0.76%) Puppet
8 3 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.57%) Kibana
8 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.38%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 140 (26.72%) Oracle
2 65 (12.40%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.58%) Databricks
4 20 (3.82%) Splunk
5 17 (3.24%) IBM
6 16 (3.05%) Adobe
7 13 (2.48%) Sybase
8 12 (2.29%) Google
8 12 (2.29%) Informatica
9 10 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.34%) OutSystems
10 7 (1.34%) SAP
10 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.34%) Teradata
11 5 (0.95%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.95%) Sparx
12 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.76%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.76%) SimCorp
12 4 (0.76%) Talend