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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 154 201
Rank change year-on-year -68 +47 -29
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 527 531 517
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.83% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.52% 9.64% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 368 377
10th Percentile £313 £393 £353
25th Percentile £400 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% -5.27% -5.98%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £685 £679 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £442 £497 £525
% change year-on-year -11.08% -5.43% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 9
10th Percentile £33.80 £18.39 £22.36
25th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £27.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £26.50 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% -42.46% +67.47%
75th Percentile - £51.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.32 £57.63 £72.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.84 £40.50
% change year-on-year +93.50% -36.20% -43.16%

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 7,010 5,506 7,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.90% 18.97% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,810 3,831 5,158
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 102 164
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.99 £14.11
25th Percentile £30.26 £24.38 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.23 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.26% -19.44% -29.08%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.67 £56.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.11 £38.50
% change year-on-year +66.09% -21.81% -30.00%

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 27 March 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 March 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 March 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 -66 441 £455 -13.33% 184
UK excluding London -75 244 £442 -11.08% 136
London -35 238 £523 -1.32% 70
Work from Home -74 158 £450 -14.29% 145
South East -19 74 £390 -22.96% 44
North of England -51 67 £425 -7.10% 33
Scotland -12 44 £450 -6.25% 9
North West -35 43 £402 -11.21% 13
Midlands -60 39 £460 -6.69% 24
West Midlands -57 28 £469 -4.92% 15
Yorkshire -40 19 £518 -5.91% 18
South West -37 14 £550 - 14
East Midlands -25 11 £433 -11.73% 9
North East - 7 £450 - 4
Northern Ireland -6 4 - - 2
East of England -30 3 - - 7
Wales -15 1 £475 -9.52% 4

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 (5.12%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.66%) WebLogic
3 13 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (2.28%) Apache
5 7 (1.33%) IIS
5 7 (1.33%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.33%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.14%) Appian
6 6 (1.14%) Confluence
6 6 (1.14%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.95%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.76%) JBoss
8 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.57%) Camunda
10 2 (0.38%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.38%) CMS
10 2 (0.38%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.52%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Advent Geneva
1 7 (1.33%) BusinessWorks
2 6 (1.14%) Findur
3 5 (0.95%) Magento
3 5 (0.95%) Summit
4 4 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.57%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.38%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.19%) Maximo
7 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.19%) Shopify
7 1 (0.19%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.19%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 199 (37.76%) AWS
2 114 (21.63%) Azure
3 64 (12.14%) GitHub
4 60 (11.39%) Serverless
5 54 (10.25%) Amazon S3
6 46 (8.73%) AWS Lambda
7 44 (8.35%) Power Platform
8 40 (7.59%) GCP
9 27 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (4.74%) Amazon ECS
11 23 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
13 19 (3.61%) SaaS
14 17 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (3.23%) OpenShift
14 17 (3.23%) Snowflake
15 14 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
18 10 (1.90%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.14%) Wireless
2 5 (0.95%) Firewall
2 5 (0.95%) HTTP
2 5 (0.95%) Network Security
3 4 (0.76%) AMQP
3 4 (0.76%) DNS
3 4 (0.76%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) SMS
5 1 (0.19%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.19%) Multicast
5 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.19%) RTMP
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (25.81%) PostgreSQL
2 107 (20.30%) SQL Server
3 104 (19.73%) MySQL
4 88 (16.70%) RDBMS
5 70 (13.28%) MongoDB
6 69 (13.09%) NoSQL
7 51 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (7.97%) Power BI
9 25 (4.74%) DB2
10 24 (4.55%) Metadata
11 23 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
11 23 (4.36%) Big Data
12 22 (4.17%) DynamoDB
13 21 (3.98%) Data Lake
14 20 (3.80%) Oracle Database
15 17 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (2.28%) Amazon Aurora
16 12 (2.28%) Redis
17 11 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (2.09%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 89 (16.89%) Git
2 56 (10.63%) Jenkins
3 35 (6.64%) GitLab
4 28 (5.31%) JUnit
5 22 (4.17%) JIRA
6 15 (2.85%) Mockito
7 11 (2.09%) Maven
8 10 (1.90%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (1.71%) Android Studio
9 9 (1.71%) Eclipse
9 9 (1.71%) Xcode
10 8 (1.52%) Gradle
10 8 (1.52%) REST Assured
10 8 (1.52%) Selenium
11 7 (1.33%) ERwin
11 7 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.14%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.14%) Gatling
12 6 (1.14%) PyCharm
13 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
General
1 165 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 123 (23.34%) Finance
3 98 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.35%) Banking
6 23 (4.36%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.04%) Front Office
8 11 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.52%) Publishing
9 8 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.14%) Marketing
11 5 (0.95%) Military
11 5 (0.95%) Retail
12 3 (0.57%) Back Office
12 3 (0.57%) Legal
13 2 (0.38%) Billing
13 2 (0.38%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (42.88%) Developer
2 76 (14.42%) Senior
3 68 (12.90%) Java Developer
4 46 (8.73%) Data Engineer
5 38 (7.21%) Senior Developer
6 36 (6.83%) Analyst
7 32 (6.07%) Python Developer
7 32 (6.07%) Software Engineer
8 29 (5.50%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (5.12%) Lead
10 25 (4.74%) Architect
11 23 (4.36%) Technical Support
12 18 (3.42%) Senior Java Developer
13 17 (3.23%) .NET Developer
13 17 (3.23%) DBA
14 16 (3.04%) Business Analyst
14 16 (3.04%) C# Developer
15 14 (2.66%) Python Engineer
15 14 (2.66%) Software Developer
15 14 (2.66%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (19.54%) REST
2 92 (17.46%) React
3 90 (17.08%) RESTful
4 84 (15.94%) Spring
5 76 (14.42%) Spring Boot
6 69 (13.09%) Kafka
7 59 (11.20%) .NET
8 45 (8.54%) XML
9 41 (7.78%) CSS
10 39 (7.40%) AngularJS
10 39 (7.40%) JSON
11 31 (5.88%) HTML
11 31 (5.88%) Web Services
12 26 (4.93%) GraphQL
13 22 (4.17%) SOAP
14 21 (3.98%) Django
14 21 (3.98%) Pandas
15 20 (3.80%) NumPy
16 19 (3.61%) Node.js
17 17 (3.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.83%) Cloud Native
1 36 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.69%) Data Structures
3 28 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.04%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.47%) Fixed Income
8 12 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.09%) Distributed Computing
10 10 (1.90%) CMDB
10 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.71%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.71%) Equities
11 9 (1.71%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.52%) Derivative
12 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.33%) Clustering
13 7 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.47%) Linux
2 44 (8.35%) Unix
3 38 (7.21%) Windows
4 9 (1.71%) Android
5 4 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.57%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.57%) CentOS
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (37.00%) Agile
2 179 (33.97%) CI/CD
3 154 (29.22%) Problem-Solving
4 146 (27.70%) DevOps
5 131 (24.86%) Microservices
6 112 (21.25%) Data Modelling
7 105 (19.92%) Containerisation
8 92 (17.46%) Analytics
9 78 (14.80%) Software Engineering
10 76 (14.42%) ETL
11 68 (12.90%) SDLC
12 66 (12.52%) Data Pipeline
13 64 (12.14%) Data Engineering
14 63 (11.95%) AI
14 63 (11.95%) Test Automation
15 58 (11.01%) Performance Tuning
16 57 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
17 54 (10.25%) Observability
18 53 (10.06%) Computer Science
19 52 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 294 (55.79%) SQL
2 196 (37.19%) Java
3 190 (36.05%) Python
4 87 (16.51%) JavaScript
5 60 (11.39%) C#
6 35 (6.64%) TypeScript
7 28 (5.31%) Perl
8 21 (3.98%) Shell Script
9 18 (3.42%) PL/SQL
10 16 (3.04%) Scala
11 13 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (2.47%) PHP
12 12 (2.28%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.90%) Bash
14 9 (1.71%) Go
15 7 (1.33%) R
15 7 (1.33%) XPath
16 6 (1.14%) Ruby
17 4 (0.76%) C++
17 4 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 63 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.49%) Degree
4 33 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.09%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.71%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.76%) MBA
10 3 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.57%) OCP
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CISSP
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (10.63%) Data Quality
2 49 (9.30%) QA
3 19 (3.61%) GDPR
4 17 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.95%) SLA
6 5 (0.95%) WCAG
7 3 (0.57%) IFRS
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.38%) FATCA
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) EMIR
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 142 (26.94%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) Varnish
3 2 (0.38%) GridGain
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 122 (23.15%) Kubernetes
2 49 (9.30%) Terraform
3 25 (4.74%) Grafana
4 22 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.66%) Ansible
6 7 (1.33%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.33%) TIBCO Hawk
7 6 (1.14%) Puppet
8 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.57%) Argo
9 3 (0.57%) Packer
10 2 (0.38%) Consul
10 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.38%) Kibana
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 140 (26.57%) Oracle
2 71 (13.47%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.17%) Databricks
4 19 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.61%) Splunk
5 17 (3.23%) Adobe
6 14 (2.66%) IBM
7 11 (2.09%) Sybase
8 10 (1.90%) Informatica
9 9 (1.71%) Google
10 8 (1.52%) TIBCO
11 7 (1.33%) Advent
11 7 (1.33%) BEA
11 7 (1.33%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.76%) Ab Initio
12 4 (0.76%) Dataiku
12 4 (0.76%) DevExpress
12 4 (0.76%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.76%) SAP
12 4 (0.76%) Teradata