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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 155 178
Rank change year-on-year -67 +23 +5
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 610 594 588
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.81% 1.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.52% 9.92% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 377 438
10th Percentile £351 £350 £333
25th Percentile £412 £415 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% -3.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £609
90th Percentile £688 £705 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 2
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.70 £41.58
25th Percentile £35.00 £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 £69.44 £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 8,111 5,986 7,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.37% 18.25% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,361 4,057 5,307
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 100 124
10th Percentile £16.49 £19.56 £14.08
25th Percentile £25.10 £25.94 £20.77
Median hourly rate £42.11 £36.25 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -7.64% -28.64%
75th Percentile £64.00 £64.63 £54.06
90th Percentile £77.15 £77.62 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year +24.84% -2.65% -35.00%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -68 489 £500 -2.44% 172
UK excluding London -101 290 £474 +1.94% 96
London -45 257 £511 -7.09% 91
Work from Home -84 160 £500 -6.28% 76
North of England -64 81 £450 +1.98% 32
Scotland -27 59 £450 -2.70% 3
Midlands -22 53 £470 -4.08% 11
North West -53 51 £420 -1.80% 14
South East -72 51 £450 -4.26% 29
West Midlands -44 38 £470 -4.08% 6
Yorkshire -39 25 £514 +5.33% 12
South West -44 22 £470 -10.48% 11
East of England -7 18 £597 +25.63% 13
East Midlands -9 15 £475 -3.06% 5
North East -27 11 £450 - 7
Wales -13 6 £475 -5.00% 1
Northern Ireland -3 4 - - 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 27 (4.43%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.44%) Confluence
3 15 (2.46%) Apache
4 14 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.15%) IIS
6 6 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.98%) Tuxedo
7 4 (0.66%) Appian
7 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.66%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.49%) JBoss
8 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.33%) Drupal
9 2 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.30%) 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 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Finacle
2 9 (1.48%) Findur
3 8 (1.31%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.82%) Summit
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.49%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.49%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.49%) 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 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 206 (33.77%) AWS
2 140 (22.95%) Azure
3 79 (12.95%) GCP
4 73 (11.97%) GitHub
5 59 (9.67%) Power Platform
6 36 (5.90%) Amazon S3
6 36 (5.90%) Serverless
7 34 (5.57%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.11%) GitHub Copilot
12 16 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (2.30%) Anthropic Claude
13 14 (2.30%) ChatGPT
14 13 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.13%) OCI
14 13 (2.13%) SaaS
15 12 (1.97%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (1.97%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.80%) HTTP
2 9 (1.48%) Firewall
2 9 (1.48%) VPN
3 3 (0.49%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.33%) Internet
4 2 (0.33%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) AMQP
5 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.16%) Multicast
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (26.89%) PostgreSQL
2 127 (20.82%) SQL Server
3 109 (17.87%) RDBMS
4 75 (12.30%) MySQL
5 71 (11.64%) MongoDB
6 66 (10.82%) Data Warehouse
7 61 (10.00%) NoSQL
8 57 (9.34%) Power BI
9 46 (7.54%) Oracle Database
10 34 (5.57%) Metadata
11 27 (4.43%) Db2
12 26 (4.26%) Tableau
13 23 (3.77%) Data Lake
13 23 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
14 19 (3.11%) Big Data
15 18 (2.95%) Redis
16 15 (2.46%) DynamoDB
16 15 (2.46%) Power Query
17 14 (2.30%) Oracle Exadata
18 12 (1.97%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 115 (18.85%) Git
2 69 (11.31%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.18%) GitLab
4 34 (5.57%) JIRA
5 23 (3.77%) Gradle
5 23 (3.77%) Maven
6 22 (3.61%) JUnit
7 17 (2.79%) Selenium
8 15 (2.46%) Mockito
9 14 (2.30%) REST Assured
10 13 (2.13%) Eclipse
10 13 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
11 11 (1.80%) Gatling
12 10 (1.64%) Serenity BDD
12 10 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (1.48%) Liquibase
14 8 (1.31%) Visual Studio
15 7 (1.15%) Claude Code
16 6 (0.98%) ER Studio
16 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (28.85%) Finance
2 174 (28.52%) Social Skills
3 141 (23.11%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (13.77%) Banking
5 80 (13.11%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.08%) Front Office
7 29 (4.75%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.95%) Military
9 16 (2.62%) Publishing
10 13 (2.13%) Back Office
11 12 (1.97%) Retail
12 10 (1.64%) Marketing
13 8 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.82%) Automotive
16 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.66%) Electronics
17 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 249 (40.82%) Developer
2 114 (18.69%) Senior
3 81 (13.28%) Java Developer
4 54 (8.85%) Data Engineer
5 52 (8.52%) Analyst
6 50 (8.20%) Senior Developer
6 50 (8.20%) Software Engineer
7 44 (7.21%) Lead
8 41 (6.72%) Python Developer
9 38 (6.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 26 (4.26%) Software Developer
11 25 (4.10%) Architect
12 21 (3.44%) Data Analyst
13 20 (3.28%) Backend Developer
13 20 (3.28%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.28%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.11%) .NET Developer
14 19 (3.11%) C# Developer
14 19 (3.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 19 (3.11%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (22.79%) REST
2 106 (17.38%) Kafka
3 105 (17.21%) RESTful
4 101 (16.56%) Spring
5 99 (16.23%) Spring Boot
6 91 (14.92%) React
7 67 (10.98%) .NET
8 38 (6.23%) XML
9 36 (5.90%) CSS
10 35 (5.74%) JSON
11 34 (5.57%) Web Services
12 33 (5.41%) HTML
13 31 (5.08%) OAuth
14 29 (4.75%) AngularJS
14 29 (4.75%) SOAP
15 27 (4.43%) FastAPI
16 24 (3.93%) .NET Framework
17 23 (3.77%) Flask
18 22 (3.61%) Django
19 20 (3.28%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.15%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (7.05%) Product Ownership
4 33 (5.41%) Data Structures
5 27 (4.43%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.61%) Derivative
7 17 (2.79%) Low-Code
8 16 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.30%) Equity Derivative
11 13 (2.13%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.97%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.80%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.64%) Equities
14 10 (1.64%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 9 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.31%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 67 (10.98%) Linux
2 44 (7.21%) Unix
3 34 (5.57%) Windows
4 15 (2.46%) AIX
5 10 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.49%) Android
7 3 (0.49%) MVS
7 3 (0.49%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (41.64%) CI/CD
2 221 (36.23%) Agile
3 184 (30.16%) DevOps
4 170 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (22.46%) Data Modelling
6 133 (21.80%) Microservices
7 112 (18.36%) Software Engineering
8 109 (17.87%) AI
9 101 (16.56%) Data Pipeline
10 97 (15.90%) Analytics
11 94 (15.41%) ETL
12 92 (15.08%) Containerisation
13 82 (13.44%) Observability
13 82 (13.44%) Test Automation
14 74 (12.13%) Performance Tuning
14 74 (12.13%) Validation
15 70 (11.48%) SDLC
16 68 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
16 68 (11.15%) Full-Stack Development
17 67 (10.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 339 (55.57%) SQL
2 219 (35.90%) Java
3 191 (31.31%) Python
4 82 (13.44%) C#
5 79 (12.95%) JavaScript
6 48 (7.87%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.61%) PL/SQL
7 22 (3.61%) Shell Script
8 16 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (2.62%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.13%) Scala
10 12 (1.97%) C++
10 12 (1.97%) Perl
11 11 (1.80%) VB
12 10 (1.64%) Apex Code
13 9 (1.48%) Bash
13 9 (1.48%) R
14 8 (1.31%) VB6
15 7 (1.15%) Ruby
15 7 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 103 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.52%) Degree
4 30 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.31%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.66%) MBA
9 3 (0.49%) CISSP
9 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.49%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.49%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.16%) CFA
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.62%) Data Quality
2 66 (10.82%) QA
3 29 (4.75%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.62%) GDPR
5 7 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.98%) WCAG
7 5 (0.82%) SLA
8 4 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.66%) GMP
8 4 (0.66%) GxP
8 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.33%) FATCA
10 2 (0.33%) NIST
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) ITGC
System Software
1 139 (22.79%) Docker
2 16 (2.62%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.49%) ACF2
3 3 (0.49%) RACF
4 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.33%) GridGain
4 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 124 (20.33%) Kubernetes
2 55 (9.02%) Terraform
3 31 (5.08%) Prometheus
4 29 (4.75%) Ansible
5 24 (3.93%) Grafana
6 14 (2.30%) Data Guard
6 14 (2.30%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.82%) Argo
8 3 (0.49%) Kibana
9 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 179 (29.34%) Oracle
2 72 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.92%) IBM
4 25 (4.10%) Databricks
4 25 (4.10%) Google
5 19 (3.11%) Splunk
6 18 (2.95%) Sybase
7 16 (2.62%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.13%) Informatica
9 12 (1.97%) SAP
10 11 (1.80%) Adobe
11 8 (1.31%) OutSystems
11 8 (1.31%) Teradata
12 7 (1.15%) Actian
12 7 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.98%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.82%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.82%) OpenLink
14 5 (0.82%) Solace
14 5 (0.82%) Talend