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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 157 205
Rank change year-on-year -61 +48 -28
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 529 532 511
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.81% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.29% 9.57% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 353 375
10th Percentile £313 £402 £372
25th Percentile £400 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £662 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £493 £534
% change year-on-year -8.72% -7.68% -2.91%
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% -46.92%
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% -51.37%

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 7,260 5,560 7,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.35% 18.96% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,938 3,837 5,211
10th Percentile £350 £357 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £478
% change year-on-year -3.06% +2.51% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 104 144
10th Percentile £16.72 £19.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £28.19 £24.06 £20.98
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.70% -17.60% -31.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.15 £58.55
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.13 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.13 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.43% -25.00% -27.27%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -57 431 £450 -14.29% 187
UK excluding London -71 252 £450 -8.72% 132
London -51 229 £521 -1.70% 70
Work from Home -83 140 £450 -14.29% 113
South East -31 65 £300 -41.46% 38
North of England -50 63 £415 -10.38% 43
Scotland -16 52 £490 +4.26% 10
Midlands -53 47 £469 -4.92% 17
North West -44 42 £402 -13.08% 24
West Midlands -51 34 £470 -4.67% 9
Yorkshire -35 16 £518 -5.91% 14
South West -36 16 £388 -38.00% 13
East Midlands -28 13 £410 -17.17% 8
North East -14 7 £450 - 5
Northern Ireland +2 4 - -
East of England -31 4 £600 +14.29% 12
Wales -9 3 £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 30 (5.67%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.46%) Apache
3 12 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.51%) Confluence
5 8 (1.51%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.32%) IIS
7 6 (1.13%) Appian
7 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.13%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.76%) 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%) WordPress
11 1 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Findur
1 6 (1.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 6 (1.13%) Summit
2 5 (0.95%) Advent Geneva
2 5 (0.95%) Magento
3 4 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.76%) BusinessWorks
3 4 (0.76%) Finacle
4 3 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.57%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) Maximo
6 1 (0.19%) Shopify
6 1 (0.19%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.19%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 172 (32.51%) AWS
2 114 (21.55%) Azure
3 61 (11.53%) GitHub
4 54 (10.21%) Power Platform
5 51 (9.64%) GCP
6 48 (9.07%) Serverless
7 39 (7.37%) Amazon S3
8 34 (6.43%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.54%) Snowflake
12 20 (3.78%) OpenShift
13 17 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (3.02%) SaaS
15 15 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (2.46%) GitHub Copilot
17 11 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
18 10 (1.89%) dbt
19 9 (1.70%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.70%) HTTP
2 5 (0.95%) Network Security
3 4 (0.76%) AMQP
4 3 (0.57%) Firewall
5 2 (0.38%) DNS
5 2 (0.38%) SMS
6 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.19%) Internet
6 1 (0.19%) Multicast
6 1 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.19%) RTMP
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (27.22%) PostgreSQL
2 110 (20.79%) SQL Server
3 97 (18.34%) MySQL
4 85 (16.07%) RDBMS
5 70 (13.23%) MongoDB
6 68 (12.85%) NoSQL
7 52 (9.83%) Power BI
8 48 (9.07%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (6.62%) Metadata
10 25 (4.73%) DB2
11 22 (4.16%) Oracle Database
12 21 (3.97%) Big Data
13 20 (3.78%) Data Lake
13 20 (3.78%) DynamoDB
13 20 (3.78%) Tableau
14 18 (3.40%) Oracle Reports
15 16 (3.02%) Redis
16 15 (2.84%) Power Query
17 14 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
18 12 (2.27%) Flink
Development Applications
1 77 (14.56%) Git
2 51 (9.64%) Jenkins
3 39 (7.37%) GitLab
4 25 (4.73%) JIRA
5 20 (3.78%) JUnit
6 16 (3.02%) Mockito
7 11 (2.08%) Gradle
7 11 (2.08%) Maven
8 9 (1.70%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (1.51%) Eclipse
10 7 (1.32%) REST Assured
10 7 (1.32%) Selenium
11 6 (1.13%) Android Studio
11 6 (1.13%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.13%) Gatling
11 6 (1.13%) NUnit
11 6 (1.13%) Xcode
12 5 (0.95%) ERwin
12 5 (0.95%) Serenity BDD
12 5 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 161 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 142 (26.84%) Finance
3 99 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.07%) Banking
6 25 (4.73%) Front Office
7 23 (4.35%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.46%) Publishing
9 9 (1.70%) Military
10 7 (1.32%) Back Office
10 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.13%) Marketing
11 6 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.13%) Retail
12 4 (0.76%) Legal
13 2 (0.38%) Automotive
13 2 (0.38%) Law
13 2 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 213 (40.26%) Developer
2 78 (14.74%) Senior
3 56 (10.59%) Java Developer
4 51 (9.64%) Data Engineer
5 36 (6.81%) Analyst
5 36 (6.81%) Python Developer
6 34 (6.43%) Software Engineer
7 32 (6.05%) Senior Developer
8 29 (5.48%) Lead
9 27 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
10 25 (4.73%) Architect
11 20 (3.78%) .NET Developer
11 20 (3.78%) Site Engineer
11 20 (3.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 20 (3.78%) Technical Support
12 19 (3.59%) DBA
13 18 (3.40%) Business Analyst
14 16 (3.02%) C# Developer
14 16 (3.02%) Senior Data Engineer
15 15 (2.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (20.79%) REST
2 88 (16.64%) React
3 82 (15.50%) RESTful
4 76 (14.37%) Spring
5 74 (13.99%) Kafka
6 73 (13.80%) Spring Boot
7 63 (11.91%) .NET
8 42 (7.94%) CSS
9 41 (7.75%) XML
10 39 (7.37%) JSON
11 34 (6.43%) HTML
12 30 (5.67%) AngularJS
13 28 (5.29%) GraphQL
14 24 (4.54%) Web Services
15 23 (4.35%) FastAPI
16 22 (4.16%) Django
16 22 (4.16%) OAuth
17 21 (3.97%) SOAP
18 20 (3.78%) Flask
19 18 (3.40%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.62%) Product Ownership
3 34 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (5.10%) Data Structures
5 25 (4.73%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.40%) Derivative
7 14 (2.65%) Fixed Income
8 11 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.89%) Equities
9 10 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.70%) Hedge funds
10 9 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.51%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.51%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.51%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.51%) Equity Derivative
11 8 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.48%) Linux
2 49 (9.26%) Unix
3 34 (6.43%) Windows
4 6 (1.13%) Android
5 4 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.38%) CentOS
6 2 (0.38%) MVS
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) zOS
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (38.19%) CI/CD
2 176 (33.27%) Agile
3 150 (28.36%) DevOps
4 136 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (23.06%) Microservices
6 119 (22.50%) Data Modelling
7 103 (19.47%) Containerisation
8 92 (17.39%) Analytics
9 83 (15.69%) Data Pipeline
10 81 (15.31%) ETL
11 77 (14.56%) Software Engineering
12 76 (14.37%) AI
12 76 (14.37%) Observability
13 70 (13.23%) Test Automation
14 66 (12.48%) Business Intelligence
15 60 (11.34%) Data Engineering
15 60 (11.34%) SDLC
16 59 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (10.96%) Performance Tuning
18 52 (9.83%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 292 (55.20%) SQL
2 183 (34.59%) Java
3 181 (34.22%) Python
4 86 (16.26%) JavaScript
5 69 (13.04%) C#
6 43 (8.13%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.73%) Perl
8 24 (4.54%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (3.21%) Scala
10 16 (3.02%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.27%) PHP
12 11 (2.08%) Bash
12 11 (2.08%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.89%) R
14 9 (1.70%) C++
14 9 (1.70%) Go
15 7 (1.32%) Ruby
16 6 (1.13%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.95%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 69 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.83%) Degree
4 35 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.70%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.70%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.76%) MBA
10 3 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.38%) OCP
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.72%) Data Quality
2 51 (9.64%) QA
3 20 (3.78%) GDPR
4 18 (3.40%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.95%) SLA
6 5 (0.95%) WCAG
7 3 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.57%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.38%) FATCA
8 2 (0.38%) IFRS
8 2 (0.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) EMIR
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 137 (25.90%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) Varnish
3 2 (0.38%) ACF2
3 2 (0.38%) GridGain
3 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 123 (23.25%) Kubernetes
2 45 (8.51%) Terraform
3 26 (4.91%) Grafana
4 24 (4.54%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.65%) Ansible
6 7 (1.32%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.13%) Puppet
8 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.76%) TIBCO Hawk
9 3 (0.57%) Argo
9 3 (0.57%) Kibana
10 2 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 145 (27.41%) Oracle
2 72 (13.61%) Microsoft
3 21 (3.97%) Databricks
4 17 (3.21%) Adobe
5 16 (3.02%) IBM
6 14 (2.65%) Splunk
7 12 (2.27%) Google
7 12 (2.27%) Informatica
8 10 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.89%) Sybase
9 8 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.51%) Teradata
10 6 (1.13%) Ab Initio
10 6 (1.13%) SAP
10 6 (1.13%) Sparx
11 5 (0.95%) Advent
11 5 (0.95%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.76%) BEA
12 4 (0.76%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.76%) Talend