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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 173 170
Rank change year-on-year -64 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 615 550 551
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.67% 1.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.46% 9.19% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 344 403
10th Percentile £350 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £587
90th Percentile £708 £674 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 3
10th Percentile - £33.22 £37.65
25th Percentile £14.00 £51.25 £39.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £52.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +26.51% -43.92%
75th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £57.75
90th Percentile - - £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £21.40 £72.50
% change year-on-year +55.37% -70.48% -

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 8,248 5,987 6,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.04% 18.17% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 4,012 4,763
10th Percentile £356 £343 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -2.20%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £712 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 89 91
10th Percentile £16.56 £21.24 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £29.07 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.18 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +24.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £60.78
90th Percentile £75.20 £81.50 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £37.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.39% +24.93% -45.45%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -54 498 £511 +4.72% 853
UK excluding London -91 280 £490 +8.89% 403
London -38 262 £550 +3.77% 519
Work from Home -82 157 £513 +3.54% 326
North of England -83 68 £500 +20.48% 86
South East -55 58 £475 +128.92% 99
Midlands -23 55 £473 -3.96% 67
Scotland -44 47 £460 -0.54% 42
North West -58 44 £465 +23.87% 51
West Midlands -29 41 £473 -4.92% 39
East of England -7 30 £518 +0.98% 29
Yorkshire -46 22 £507 +1.30% 27
South West -40 17 £521 +39.00% 56
East Midlands -8 14 £493 +3.41% 28
Wales -8 6 £475 - 7
North East -46 6 £363 - 9
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 20

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 31 (5.04%) Confluence
2 19 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.93%) Apache
4 13 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.46%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.98%) Tuxedo
7 5 (0.81%) IIS
8 4 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.49%) CICS
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.33%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
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%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.65%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.33%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.95%) Finacle
2 7 (1.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.65%) Findur
4 4 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.33%) Cerner Millennium
6 2 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
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
6 2 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 215 (34.96%) AWS
2 138 (22.44%) Azure
3 93 (15.12%) GCP
4 70 (11.38%) GitHub
5 69 (11.22%) Power Platform
6 38 (6.18%) Snowflake
7 28 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (4.07%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.90%) Serverless
10 21 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (3.41%) GitHub Copilot
11 16 (2.60%) OCI
12 15 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
12 15 (2.44%) ChatGPT
12 15 (2.44%) SaaS
13 14 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.28%) dbt
14 12 (1.95%) OpenShift
15 11 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.28%) HTTP
2 13 (2.11%) Firewall
3 12 (1.95%) VPN
4 3 (0.49%) Internet
4 3 (0.49%) WinSCP
5 2 (0.33%) Intranet
5 2 (0.33%) SSL
6 1 (0.16%) AMQP
6 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (27.64%) PostgreSQL
2 118 (19.19%) SQL Server
3 113 (18.37%) RDBMS
4 77 (12.52%) Data Warehouse
5 65 (10.57%) Power BI
6 63 (10.24%) MySQL
7 55 (8.94%) MongoDB
8 50 (8.13%) Oracle Database
9 43 (6.99%) NoSQL
10 36 (5.85%) Metadata
11 27 (4.39%) Db2
12 26 (4.23%) Data Lake
13 24 (3.90%) Tableau
14 17 (2.76%) Oracle Exadata
14 17 (2.76%) Oracle Reports
15 16 (2.60%) BigQuery
15 16 (2.60%) Power Query
16 15 (2.44%) Redis
17 12 (1.95%) Big Data
17 12 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 156 (25.37%) Git
2 73 (11.87%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.11%) GitLab
4 47 (7.64%) JIRA
5 39 (6.34%) Maven
6 30 (4.88%) Gradle
6 30 (4.88%) JUnit
7 26 (4.23%) Selenium
8 23 (3.74%) Mockito
9 14 (2.28%) Oracle Forms
9 14 (2.28%) SonarQube
10 13 (2.11%) Eclipse
11 10 (1.63%) Visual Studio
12 9 (1.46%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.30%) ER Studio
13 8 (1.30%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.14%) Bitbucket
14 7 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.98%) Ant
15 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 216 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 179 (29.11%) Finance
3 161 (26.18%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (15.61%) Public Sector
5 95 (15.45%) Banking
6 28 (4.55%) Front Office
7 25 (4.07%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.44%) Military
9 14 (2.28%) Back Office
9 14 (2.28%) Retail
10 13 (2.11%) Publishing
11 12 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.30%) Law
13 8 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.81%) Automotive
15 5 (0.81%) Legal
15 5 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 261 (42.44%) Developer
2 126 (20.49%) Senior
3 93 (15.12%) Java Developer
4 60 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 59 (9.59%) Senior Developer
6 49 (7.97%) Software Engineer
7 47 (7.64%) Analyst
8 41 (6.67%) Lead
9 40 (6.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (5.85%) Python Developer
11 30 (4.88%) Data Analyst
12 27 (4.39%) Architect
12 27 (4.39%) Software Developer
13 26 (4.23%) Java Engineer
14 20 (3.25%) Backend Developer
15 19 (3.09%) .NET Developer
15 19 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
16 18 (2.93%) Senior Data Engineer
17 17 (2.76%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (24.23%) REST
2 111 (18.05%) RESTful
3 109 (17.72%) Spring
4 108 (17.56%) Spring Boot
5 94 (15.28%) Kafka
6 77 (12.52%) React
7 67 (10.89%) .NET
8 59 (9.59%) Terraform
9 50 (8.13%) Web Services
10 48 (7.80%) AngularJS
11 41 (6.67%) CSS
11 41 (6.67%) HTML
11 41 (6.67%) SOAP
12 39 (6.34%) OAuth
13 37 (6.02%) XML
14 31 (5.04%) JSON
15 29 (4.72%) Middleware
16 25 (4.07%) OAuth2
17 23 (3.74%) .NET Framework
17 23 (3.74%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 85 (13.82%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.48%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.83%) Data Structures
4 37 (6.02%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.09%) Derivative
7 16 (2.60%) Low-Code
8 14 (2.28%) Equity Derivative
8 14 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.95%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (1.79%) Equities
11 11 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (11.54%) Linux
2 48 (7.80%) Unix
3 38 (6.18%) Windows
4 23 (3.74%) AIX
5 20 (3.25%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.98%) zOS
7 5 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Android
8 3 (0.49%) MVS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (45.37%) CI/CD
2 248 (40.33%) Agile
3 194 (31.54%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (27.80%) DevOps
5 154 (25.04%) Data Modelling
6 130 (21.14%) Microservices
7 122 (19.84%) Software Engineering
8 118 (19.19%) Validation
9 115 (18.70%) Test Automation
10 113 (18.37%) ETL
11 107 (17.40%) Containerisation
12 106 (17.24%) Data Pipeline
13 101 (16.42%) Analytics
14 100 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (16.10%) AI
16 85 (13.82%) SDLC
17 84 (13.66%) Migration
18 75 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
18 75 (12.20%) Performance Tuning
19 74 (12.03%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 353 (57.40%) SQL
2 214 (34.80%) Java
3 204 (33.17%) Python
4 79 (12.85%) JavaScript
5 77 (12.52%) C#
6 49 (7.97%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.90%) PL/SQL
8 17 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.76%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (1.79%) Scala
11 10 (1.63%) C++
11 10 (1.63%) R
11 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.46%) Bash
12 9 (1.46%) Perl
13 8 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.14%) Apex Code
14 7 (1.14%) VB
15 6 (0.98%) C
Qualifications
1 146 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 111 (18.05%) SC Cleared
3 58 (9.43%) Degree
4 34 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.65%) MBA
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (16.42%) Data Quality
2 79 (12.85%) QA
3 31 (5.04%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.25%) GDPR
5 7 (1.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 7 (1.14%) GMP
5 7 (1.14%) GxP
5 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 7 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.65%) SEPA
6 4 (0.65%) WCAG
7 3 (0.49%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.33%) PSD2
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) ITGC
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 140 (22.76%) Docker
2 19 (3.09%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.98%) RACF
4 5 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.49%) ACF2
5 3 (0.49%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 114 (18.54%) Kubernetes
2 38 (6.18%) Ansible
3 28 (4.55%) Prometheus
4 26 (4.23%) Grafana
5 17 (2.76%) Data Guard
6 16 (2.60%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.98%) Argo
8 3 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Istio
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Podman
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) systemd
Vendors
1 175 (28.46%) Oracle
2 76 (12.36%) Microsoft
3 35 (5.69%) IBM
4 33 (5.37%) Google
5 23 (3.74%) Databricks
6 16 (2.60%) Sybase
7 13 (2.11%) Splunk
8 12 (1.95%) Informatica
8 12 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.63%) SAP
10 8 (1.30%) OutSystems
10 8 (1.30%) Teradata
11 7 (1.14%) Adobe
11 7 (1.14%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.14%) Sparx
12 6 (0.98%) Broadcom
12 6 (0.98%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.98%) Talend
13 5 (0.81%) Actian
13 5 (0.81%) BeyondTrust