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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 165 177
Rank change year-on-year -64 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 608 569 549
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.74% 1.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.45% 9.64% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 352 405
10th Percentile £361 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £712 £700 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +6.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 1
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.70 -
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.59 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +29.63% -46.00%
75th Percentile £76.50 £63.44 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £20.07 £40.50
% change year-on-year +149.13% -50.44% -46.00%

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 8,160 5,905 7,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.21% 18.05% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,437 3,967 4,921
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.09%
75th Percentile £606 £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 251 94 100
10th Percentile £15.75 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £22.91 £29.00 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.25 £36.75 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +10.64% -39.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £63.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.74 £69.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £32.58 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.40% +8.60% -42.86%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -57 496 £505 +1.00% 224
UK excluding London -78 280 £478 +6.11% 127
London -44 263 £545 -0.91% 115
Work from Home -89 149 £513 -2.38% 95
North of England -78 77 £450 +7.53% 33
South East -73 54 £525 +135.96% 27
North West -55 51 £425 +2.41% 17
Midlands -32 48 £462 -6.29% 26
Scotland -42 48 £470 +1.62% 9
West Midlands -47 31 £473 -4.92% 10
East of England -5 30 £518 +0.98% 10
Yorkshire -41 22 £507 +5.35% 13
East Midlands -6 17 £410 -13.91% 15
South West -51 16 £538 +43.33% 22
North East -35 8 £450 - 4
Wales -11 7 £475 -6.40% 1
Northern Ireland -8 3 - - 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 21 (3.45%) Confluence
2 20 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.96%) Apache
4 15 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.99%) Tuxedo
7 5 (0.82%) IIS
8 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.49%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) Appian
11 1 (0.16%) Camunda
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) JBoss
11 1 (0.16%) Liferay
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.66%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.66%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Finacle
2 7 (1.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.82%) Findur
4 4 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.66%) Summit
5 3 (0.49%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.33%) Cerner Millennium
6 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.16%) Endur
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 203 (33.39%) AWS
2 141 (23.19%) Azure
3 89 (14.64%) GCP
4 69 (11.35%) GitHub
5 65 (10.69%) Power Platform
6 35 (5.76%) Snowflake
7 32 (5.26%) Serverless
8 30 (4.93%) Amazon S3
9 28 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
12 16 (2.63%) Anthropic Claude
12 16 (2.63%) OCI
13 15 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.47%) ChatGPT
14 14 (2.30%) dbt
15 13 (2.14%) Amazon SQS
15 13 (2.14%) SaaS
16 12 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.97%) Firewall
1 12 (1.97%) HTTP
1 12 (1.97%) VPN
2 3 (0.49%) WinSCP
3 2 (0.33%) Internet
3 2 (0.33%) Intranet
3 2 (0.33%) SSL
4 1 (0.16%) AMQP
4 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.16%) Multicast
4 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (27.30%) PostgreSQL
2 130 (21.38%) SQL Server
3 119 (19.57%) RDBMS
4 76 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
5 62 (10.20%) MongoDB
5 62 (10.20%) MySQL
5 62 (10.20%) Power BI
6 51 (8.39%) NoSQL
7 50 (8.22%) Oracle Database
8 39 (6.41%) Metadata
9 28 (4.61%) Db2
10 27 (4.44%) Tableau
11 26 (4.28%) Data Lake
12 20 (3.29%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (2.80%) Oracle Exadata
13 17 (2.80%) Redis
14 15 (2.47%) Big Data
14 15 (2.47%) BigQuery
14 15 (2.47%) Power Query
15 12 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 124 (20.39%) Git
2 66 (10.86%) Jenkins
3 59 (9.70%) GitLab
4 34 (5.59%) JIRA
5 26 (4.28%) Maven
6 25 (4.11%) Gradle
7 19 (3.13%) JUnit
8 14 (2.30%) Selenium
9 13 (2.14%) Eclipse
9 13 (2.14%) Mockito
10 12 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
11 10 (1.64%) Visual Studio
12 9 (1.48%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.32%) ER Studio
13 8 (1.32%) Liquibase
13 8 (1.32%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.99%) Ant
15 6 (0.99%) Gatling
15 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 198 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 181 (29.77%) Finance
3 158 (25.99%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (15.30%) Public Sector
5 91 (14.97%) Banking
6 31 (5.10%) Front Office
7 26 (4.28%) Investment Banking
8 16 (2.63%) Military
8 16 (2.63%) Publishing
9 12 (1.97%) Back Office
9 12 (1.97%) Retail
10 9 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.15%) Law
12 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Marketing
14 5 (0.82%) Automotive
15 4 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 251 (41.28%) Developer
2 121 (19.90%) Senior
3 82 (13.49%) Java Developer
4 64 (10.53%) Data Engineer
5 55 (9.05%) Senior Developer
5 55 (9.05%) Software Engineer
6 49 (8.06%) Analyst
7 39 (6.41%) Python Developer
8 38 (6.25%) Lead
9 36 (5.92%) Full-Stack Developer
10 29 (4.77%) Software Developer
11 26 (4.28%) Architect
11 26 (4.28%) Data Analyst
12 23 (3.78%) Java Engineer
13 20 (3.29%) Backend Developer
14 19 (3.13%) .NET Developer
14 19 (3.13%) Python Engineer
15 18 (2.96%) DBA
15 18 (2.96%) Senior Data Engineer
16 17 (2.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (23.19%) REST
2 105 (17.27%) RESTful
3 100 (16.45%) Kafka
4 94 (15.46%) Spring
4 94 (15.46%) Spring Boot
5 81 (13.32%) React
6 70 (11.51%) .NET
7 56 (9.21%) Terraform
8 40 (6.58%) XML
9 39 (6.41%) CSS
9 39 (6.41%) OAuth
9 39 (6.41%) Web Services
10 37 (6.09%) HTML
11 36 (5.92%) JSON
12 34 (5.59%) AngularJS
13 29 (4.77%) SOAP
14 25 (4.11%) Middleware
14 25 (4.11%) OAuth2
15 21 (3.45%) Apache Avro
15 21 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.99%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.57%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.58%) Data Structures
4 31 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.62%) Derivative
7 21 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.63%) Low-Code
9 15 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.30%) Equity Derivative
10 14 (2.30%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.14%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.97%) Replication
13 11 (1.81%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.81%) Equities
14 10 (1.64%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 8 (1.32%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.86%) Linux
2 45 (7.40%) Unix
3 35 (5.76%) Windows
4 22 (3.62%) AIX
5 14 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.49%) Android
7 3 (0.49%) MVS
7 3 (0.49%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (42.43%) CI/CD
2 225 (37.01%) Agile
3 186 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (29.77%) DevOps
5 146 (24.01%) Data Modelling
6 127 (20.89%) Microservices
7 124 (20.39%) Software Engineering
8 112 (18.42%) Data Pipeline
8 112 (18.42%) ETL
9 108 (17.76%) AI
10 104 (17.11%) Analytics
11 101 (16.61%) Validation
12 89 (14.64%) Test Automation
13 88 (14.47%) Containerisation
14 79 (12.99%) Performance Tuning
15 77 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 76 (12.50%) Migration
17 71 (11.68%) Observability
18 69 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
18 69 (11.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 345 (56.74%) SQL
2 206 (33.88%) Java
3 199 (32.73%) Python
4 83 (13.65%) C#
5 78 (12.83%) JavaScript
6 39 (6.41%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.95%) PL/SQL
8 20 (3.29%) Shell Script
9 16 (2.63%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.97%) C++
11 12 (1.97%) Scala
12 11 (1.81%) R
13 9 (1.48%) Perl
13 9 (1.48%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.32%) Bash
15 7 (1.15%) Apex Code
15 7 (1.15%) VB
16 6 (0.99%) C
16 6 (0.99%) VB6
Qualifications
1 137 (22.53%) Security Cleared
2 110 (18.09%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.05%) Degree
4 33 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.66%) MBA
9 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.49%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.16%) CFA
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (16.12%) Data Quality
2 75 (12.34%) QA
3 30 (4.93%) Accessibility
4 19 (3.13%) GDPR
5 8 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.99%) WCAG
7 5 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.82%) GMP
7 5 (0.82%) GxP
7 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.49%) SLA
9 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.33%) SEPA
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) ITGC
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 135 (22.20%) Docker
2 19 (3.13%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.49%) ACF2
4 3 (0.49%) RACF
5 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.33%) GridGain
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 122 (20.07%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.59%) Ansible
3 20 (3.29%) Prometheus
4 18 (2.96%) Grafana
5 17 (2.80%) Data Guard
5 17 (2.80%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.99%) Argo
7 3 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.16%) Istio
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 178 (29.28%) Oracle
2 76 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.59%) IBM
4 33 (5.43%) Google
5 23 (3.78%) Databricks
6 17 (2.80%) Sybase
7 13 (2.14%) Splunk
8 12 (1.97%) Informatica
8 12 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.64%) SAP
10 8 (1.32%) OutSystems
10 8 (1.32%) Teradata
11 7 (1.15%) Adobe
11 7 (1.15%) Sparx
12 6 (0.99%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.99%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (0.82%) Bomgar
13 5 (0.82%) Talend
13 5 (0.82%) VMware