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

 6 months to
8 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 178 177
Rank change year-on-year -65 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 606 541 544
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.64% 1.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.47% 9.01% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 339 394
10th Percentile £350 £221 £283
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £585
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £425 £465
% change year-on-year +17.06% -8.60% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £14.00 - £37.65
25th Percentile £17.38 £51.25 £39.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £52.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.76% +26.51% -44.67%
75th Percentile £77.00 £53.75 £57.75
90th Percentile £88.75 - £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - -0.68%

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 8,110 6,002 6,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.87% 18.16% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,395 4,007 4,601
10th Percentile £356 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 82 91
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.58 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.36 £39.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.75% +12.80% -33.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.88 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -63 487 £522 +4.40% 778
UK excluding London -82 271 £498 +17.06% 376
London -51 258 £550 - 461
Work from Home -87 162 £513 +2.50% 316
North of England -56 73 £517 +29.13% 69
South East -68 55 £475 +128.92% 99
North West -34 49 £575 +56.89% 48
Scotland -37 48 £470 +4.44% 46
Midlands -32 47 £474 -3.76% 53
West Midlands -25 41 £474 -4.72% 35
East of England -14 30 £525 +2.44% 38
Yorkshire -41 23 £507 +1.40% 18
South West -42 16 £538 +5.91% 37
East Midlands -14 6 £455 -4.46% 18
North East -35 5 - - 4
Wales -8 4 £538 +10.82% 11
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 26

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 33 (5.45%) Confluence
2 16 (2.64%) Apache
3 14 (2.31%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.65%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (1.16%) IIS
7 6 (0.99%) Tuxedo
8 4 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.50%) CICS
10 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.17%) Appian
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) Liferay
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.66%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.33%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.82%) Finacle
2 7 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.50%) Findur
4 3 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.33%) Cerner Millennium
5 2 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.17%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 218 (35.97%) AWS
2 147 (24.26%) Azure
3 96 (15.84%) GCP
4 72 (11.88%) GitHub
5 66 (10.89%) Power Platform
6 32 (5.28%) Snowflake
7 29 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.80%) Serverless
10 22 (3.63%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.97%) GitHub Copilot
12 17 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (2.81%) OCI
13 16 (2.64%) SaaS
14 14 (2.31%) Entra ID
15 13 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.15%) ChatGPT
16 12 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (1.98%) Anthropic Claude
16 12 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.64%) Firewall
2 14 (2.31%) HTTP
3 13 (2.15%) VPN
4 4 (0.66%) Internet
4 4 (0.66%) SSL
5 3 (0.50%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.33%) DNS
6 2 (0.33%) Intranet
6 2 (0.33%) Network Security
6 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.17%) AMQP
7 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (28.55%) PostgreSQL
2 124 (20.46%) SQL Server
3 112 (18.48%) RDBMS
4 71 (11.72%) MySQL
5 69 (11.39%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (9.90%) Power BI
7 55 (9.08%) MongoDB
8 53 (8.75%) Oracle Database
9 37 (6.11%) NoSQL
10 34 (5.61%) Metadata
11 26 (4.29%) Data Lake
12 23 (3.80%) Db2
13 22 (3.63%) Tableau
14 18 (2.97%) Oracle Exadata
15 16 (2.64%) Redis
16 14 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
17 13 (2.15%) Power Query
18 11 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (1.82%) BigQuery
19 10 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 174 (28.71%) Git
2 76 (12.54%) Jenkins
3 52 (8.58%) GitLab
4 48 (7.92%) JIRA
5 45 (7.43%) Maven
6 35 (5.78%) Gradle
7 30 (4.95%) JUnit
8 27 (4.46%) Selenium
9 25 (4.13%) Mockito
10 16 (2.64%) SonarQube
11 13 (2.15%) Eclipse
11 13 (2.15%) Oracle Forms
12 10 (1.65%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (1.65%) Visual Studio
13 9 (1.49%) Bitbucket
13 9 (1.49%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.32%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.16%) ER Studio
16 6 (0.99%) Gatling
16 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 173 (28.55%) Finance
3 162 (26.73%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (16.50%) Banking
5 98 (16.17%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.62%) Investment Banking
7 25 (4.13%) Front Office
8 16 (2.64%) Back Office
9 14 (2.31%) Military
9 14 (2.31%) Retail
10 10 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.32%) Law
11 8 (1.32%) Publishing
12 6 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.83%) Automotive
13 5 (0.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 270 (44.55%) Developer
2 130 (21.45%) Senior
3 95 (15.68%) Java Developer
4 65 (10.73%) Senior Developer
5 56 (9.24%) Data Engineer
6 51 (8.42%) Analyst
7 44 (7.26%) Software Engineer
8 43 (7.10%) Python Developer
9 41 (6.77%) Lead
10 40 (6.60%) Full-Stack Developer
11 34 (5.61%) Data Analyst
12 27 (4.46%) Java Engineer
13 25 (4.13%) Architect
14 23 (3.80%) Software Developer
15 22 (3.63%) Senior Java Developer
16 21 (3.47%) Backend Developer
17 18 (2.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 18 (2.97%) Java Software Engineer
18 17 (2.81%) .NET Developer
18 17 (2.81%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (22.94%) REST
2 116 (19.14%) RESTful
3 113 (18.65%) Spring
4 111 (18.32%) Spring Boot
5 96 (15.84%) Kafka
6 82 (13.53%) React
7 65 (10.73%) Terraform
8 64 (10.56%) .NET
9 56 (9.24%) AngularJS
10 50 (8.25%) Web Services
11 48 (7.92%) CSS
12 47 (7.76%) HTML
13 46 (7.59%) SOAP
14 41 (6.77%) OAuth
15 39 (6.44%) XML
16 32 (5.28%) JSON
17 31 (5.12%) Middleware
18 25 (4.13%) Django
18 25 (4.13%) OAuth2
19 24 (3.96%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 84 (13.86%) Cloud Native
2 53 (8.75%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (7.59%) Data Structures
4 39 (6.44%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.81%) Derivative
8 16 (2.64%) Low-Code
9 14 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.15%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.15%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.15%) Replication
11 12 (1.98%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.98%) Equity Derivative
11 12 (1.98%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.65%) Equities
13 10 (1.65%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 78 (12.87%) Linux
2 49 (8.09%) Unix
3 39 (6.44%) Windows
4 25 (4.13%) AIX
5 22 (3.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.99%) zOS
7 5 (0.83%) Android
7 5 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.50%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.50%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (46.86%) CI/CD
2 257 (42.41%) Agile
3 195 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (27.23%) DevOps
5 151 (24.92%) Data Modelling
6 128 (21.12%) Microservices
7 126 (20.79%) Validation
8 122 (20.13%) Test Automation
9 118 (19.47%) Software Engineering
10 110 (18.15%) Containerisation
11 105 (17.33%) ETL
12 104 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (16.67%) Analytics
14 100 (16.50%) Data Pipeline
15 96 (15.84%) AI
16 89 (14.69%) Migration
17 87 (14.36%) SDLC
18 75 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
18 75 (12.38%) Scrum
19 73 (12.05%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 348 (57.43%) SQL
2 208 (34.32%) Java
3 200 (33.00%) Python
4 90 (14.85%) JavaScript
5 73 (12.05%) C#
6 54 (8.91%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.29%) PL/SQL
8 20 (3.30%) Shell Script
9 19 (3.14%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.15%) Bash
10 13 (2.15%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.82%) C++
12 11 (1.82%) Perl
13 10 (1.65%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.32%) R
14 8 (1.32%) Scala
15 7 (1.16%) VB
16 6 (0.99%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.99%) C
Qualifications
1 145 (23.93%) Security Cleared
2 111 (18.32%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.25%) Degree
4 28 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.29%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.17%) CISSP
10 1 (0.17%) ISEB
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 82 (13.53%) QA
3 32 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.30%) GDPR
5 7 (1.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 7 (1.16%) GMP
5 7 (1.16%) GxP
5 7 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 7 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.66%) SEPA
6 4 (0.66%) WCAG
7 3 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.50%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.33%) PSD2
9 1 (0.17%) ITGC
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 140 (23.10%) Docker
2 21 (3.47%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.99%) RACF
4 5 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.66%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.50%) ACF2
6 3 (0.50%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 115 (18.98%) Kubernetes
2 41 (6.77%) Ansible
3 30 (4.95%) Prometheus
4 29 (4.79%) Grafana
5 18 (2.97%) Data Guard
6 16 (2.64%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.99%) Argo
8 3 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) systemd
10 1 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Podman
Vendors
1 172 (28.38%) Oracle
2 83 (13.70%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.61%) Google
3 34 (5.61%) IBM
4 24 (3.96%) Databricks
5 14 (2.31%) Splunk
5 14 (2.31%) Sybase
6 11 (1.82%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.65%) Informatica
8 9 (1.49%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.49%) SAP
9 8 (1.32%) OutSystems
10 7 (1.16%) Adobe
10 7 (1.16%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.16%) Sparx
11 6 (0.99%) Broadcom
11 6 (0.99%) Teradata
12 5 (0.83%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (0.83%) Bomgar
12 5 (0.83%) Talend
909 Relational Database jobs Nationwide