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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 158 173
Rank change year-on-year -72 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 595 598 556
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.82% 1.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.23% 9.96% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 380 414
10th Percentile £357 £335 £319
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £695 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 1
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.70 -
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.59 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +29.63% -46.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.44 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £20.07 £40.50
% change year-on-year +149.13% -50.44% -46.00%

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 8,233 6,002 7,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.36% 18.25% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,480 4,057 4,971
10th Percentile £356 £344 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £656
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 91 100
10th Percentile £16.00 £19.59 £14.93
25th Percentile £24.00 £24.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% +1.55% -37.34%
75th Percentile £60.75 £62.88 £58.11
90th Percentile £76.30 £78.70 £71.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +20.89% +5.47% -40.00%

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 8 August 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 August 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 August 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 -76 481 £500 -1.96% 337
UK excluding London -93 278 £475 +2.70% 167
London -58 256 £525 -4.55% 202
Work from Home -110 148 £511 -4.22% 141
North of England -84 74 £494 +10.96% 39
Scotland -26 55 £425 -8.11% 13
South East -64 54 £475 +16.64% 49
North West -56 48 £429 -1.94% 22
Midlands -33 45 £462 -6.29% 33
West Midlands -41 30 £462 -7.24% 23
East of England -3 24 £508 -0.98% 8
Yorkshire -40 21 £517 +4.50% 13
South West -50 20 £505 +34.67% 21
East Midlands -5 15 £475 -3.06% 10
North East -36 9 £450 - 6
Wales -11 6 £475 -5.00% 4
Northern Ireland -4 3 - - 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 24 (4.03%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.53%) Confluence
3 18 (3.03%) Apache
4 15 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.01%) IIS
5 6 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.01%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.67%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.67%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.50%) Appian
7 3 (0.50%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.34%) JBoss
8 2 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Camunda
9 1 (0.17%) Liferay
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.67%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.67%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Finacle
2 9 (1.51%) Findur
3 8 (1.34%) Adobe Campaign
4 7 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.67%) Summit
6 3 (0.50%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.50%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.50%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 197 (33.11%) AWS
2 142 (23.87%) Azure
3 87 (14.62%) GCP
4 72 (12.10%) GitHub
5 65 (10.92%) Power Platform
6 35 (5.88%) Snowflake
7 34 (5.71%) Serverless
8 32 (5.38%) Amazon S3
9 31 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (3.19%) GitHub Copilot
13 17 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (2.52%) Anthropic Claude
14 15 (2.52%) ChatGPT
14 15 (2.52%) OCI
15 14 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (2.35%) dbt
15 14 (2.35%) SaaS
16 12 (2.02%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.85%) HTTP
2 10 (1.68%) Firewall
2 10 (1.68%) VPN
3 3 (0.50%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.34%) Internet
4 2 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) AMQP
5 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.17%) Multicast
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (27.73%) PostgreSQL
2 122 (20.50%) SQL Server
3 113 (18.99%) RDBMS
4 73 (12.27%) Data Warehouse
5 66 (11.09%) MongoDB
6 64 (10.76%) MySQL
7 63 (10.59%) Power BI
8 55 (9.24%) NoSQL
9 45 (7.56%) Oracle Database
10 36 (6.05%) Metadata
11 26 (4.37%) Data Lake
11 26 (4.37%) Db2
11 26 (4.37%) Tableau
12 23 (3.87%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (2.86%) Power Query
13 17 (2.86%) Redis
14 16 (2.69%) Big Data
14 16 (2.69%) Oracle Exadata
15 15 (2.52%) BigQuery
16 14 (2.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 121 (20.34%) Git
2 68 (11.43%) Jenkins
3 51 (8.57%) GitLab
4 35 (5.88%) JIRA
5 23 (3.87%) Gradle
5 23 (3.87%) Maven
6 17 (2.86%) JUnit
7 13 (2.18%) Eclipse
7 13 (2.18%) Mockito
7 13 (2.18%) Selenium
8 11 (1.85%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (1.51%) Liquibase
9 9 (1.51%) REST Assured
10 8 (1.34%) Claude Code
10 8 (1.34%) ER Studio
10 8 (1.34%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.18%) Gatling
11 7 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.01%) ERwin
12 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 180 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 179 (30.08%) Finance
3 147 (24.71%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (14.45%) Public Sector
5 83 (13.95%) Banking
6 30 (5.04%) Front Office
7 24 (4.03%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.86%) Military
9 16 (2.69%) Publishing
10 13 (2.18%) Back Office
11 12 (2.02%) Retail
12 10 (1.68%) Marketing
13 8 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.84%) Automotive
16 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.67%) Electronics
17 4 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 240 (40.34%) Developer
2 117 (19.66%) Senior
3 76 (12.77%) Java Developer
4 61 (10.25%) Data Engineer
5 53 (8.91%) Analyst
6 51 (8.57%) Software Engineer
7 50 (8.40%) Senior Developer
8 40 (6.72%) Python Developer
9 39 (6.55%) Lead
10 34 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
11 26 (4.37%) Data Analyst
11 26 (4.37%) Software Developer
12 23 (3.87%) Architect
13 19 (3.19%) Backend Developer
13 19 (3.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 18 (3.03%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.03%) DBA
14 18 (3.03%) Java Engineer
14 18 (3.03%) Python Engineer
15 17 (2.86%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.19%) REST
2 101 (16.97%) Kafka
2 101 (16.97%) RESTful
3 88 (14.79%) Spring
3 88 (14.79%) Spring Boot
4 81 (13.61%) React
5 68 (11.43%) .NET
6 36 (6.05%) XML
7 34 (5.71%) CSS
7 34 (5.71%) JSON
8 33 (5.55%) Web Services
9 32 (5.38%) OAuth
10 31 (5.21%) HTML
11 30 (5.04%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.20%) FastAPI
12 25 (4.20%) SOAP
13 23 (3.87%) Django
14 22 (3.70%) .NET Framework
15 21 (3.53%) Flask
15 21 (3.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.93%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (6.55%) Data Structures
4 30 (5.04%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 21 (3.53%) Derivative
7 16 (2.69%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.52%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.35%) Equity Derivative
10 13 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.85%) Equities
11 11 (1.85%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.68%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.68%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.68%) Replication
12 10 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 65 (10.92%) Linux
2 41 (6.89%) Unix
3 33 (5.55%) Windows
4 19 (3.19%) AIX
5 11 (1.85%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.50%) Android
7 3 (0.50%) MVS
7 3 (0.50%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (41.85%) CI/CD
2 219 (36.81%) Agile
3 184 (30.92%) DevOps
4 167 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (24.54%) Data Modelling
6 121 (20.34%) Microservices
7 114 (19.16%) Software Engineering
8 110 (18.49%) Data Pipeline
9 108 (18.15%) AI
9 108 (18.15%) Analytics
10 101 (16.97%) ETL
11 91 (15.29%) Containerisation
12 86 (14.45%) Validation
13 79 (13.28%) Test Automation
14 74 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
15 73 (12.27%) Performance Tuning
16 71 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (11.93%) Observability
17 69 (11.60%) Migration
18 66 (11.09%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 334 (56.13%) SQL
2 203 (34.12%) Python
3 195 (32.77%) Java
4 80 (13.45%) C#
5 70 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 41 (6.89%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.70%) PL/SQL
8 19 (3.19%) Shell Script
9 18 (3.03%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (2.02%) C++
11 12 (2.02%) Scala
12 11 (1.85%) R
13 10 (1.68%) Bash
14 9 (1.51%) Perl
15 8 (1.34%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.18%) Apex Code
16 7 (1.18%) VB
17 6 (1.01%) Ruby
17 6 (1.01%) VB6
Qualifications
1 129 (21.68%) Security Cleared
2 100 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.08%) Degree
4 31 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.67%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.67%) MBA
9 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.50%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.17%) CFA
11 1 (0.17%) ISEB
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (15.46%) Data Quality
2 62 (10.42%) QA
3 29 (4.87%) Accessibility
4 19 (3.19%) GDPR
5 8 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.01%) WCAG
7 4 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.67%) GMP
7 4 (0.67%) GxP
7 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.50%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.17%) COREP
10 1 (0.17%) EMIR
10 1 (0.17%) FINREP
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 136 (22.86%) Docker
2 18 (3.03%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.50%) ACF2
4 3 (0.50%) RACF
5 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.34%) GridGain
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 124 (20.84%) Kubernetes
2 56 (9.41%) Terraform
3 32 (5.38%) Ansible
4 22 (3.70%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.86%) Grafana
6 16 (2.69%) Data Guard
6 16 (2.69%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.84%) Argo
8 3 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 171 (28.74%) Oracle
2 71 (11.93%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.38%) Google
4 30 (5.04%) IBM
5 26 (4.37%) Databricks
6 17 (2.86%) Sybase
7 14 (2.35%) Splunk
8 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.85%) Adobe
10 10 (1.68%) Informatica
10 10 (1.68%) SAP
11 8 (1.34%) OutSystems
12 7 (1.18%) Sparx
12 7 (1.18%) Teradata
13 6 (1.01%) Alteryx
13 6 (1.01%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.01%) OpenLink
14 5 (0.84%) Actian
14 5 (0.84%) Solace
15 4 (0.67%) BeyondTrust