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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 180 171
Rank change year-on-year -58 -9 +17
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 615 540 549
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.64% 1.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.45% 8.97% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 339 399
10th Percentile £350 £248 £295
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £586
90th Percentile £722 £678 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £446 £475
% change year-on-year +9.30% -6.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - £30.22 £37.65
25th Percentile £14.00 £43.74 £39.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £71.25 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +71.69% -43.92%
75th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £57.75
90th Percentile - - £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £21.40 £72.50
% change year-on-year +55.37% -70.48% -

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 8,254 6,022 6,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.04% 18.25% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,512 4,040 4,691
10th Percentile £355 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £532
Median % change year-on-year - -6.02% -1.48%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £650
90th Percentile £710 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 87 91
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.13 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.18 £40.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +15.69% -36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £60.78
90th Percentile £74.97 £83.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £37.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.39% +24.93% -45.21%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -62 497 £511 +2.10% 854
UK excluding London -82 280 £488 +9.30% 452
London -57 261 £550 - 488
Work from Home -71 160 £511 +2.20% 352
North of England -67 69 £500 +21.21% 99
South East -66 58 £500 +140.96% 104
Midlands -20 55 £473 -3.96% 69
Scotland -49 46 £460 -0.54% 44
North West -53 45 £465 +24.28% 65
West Midlands -16 44 £475 -4.52% 39
East of England -14 31 £525 +2.44% 38
Yorkshire -46 22 £507 +1.30% 29
South West -40 17 £505 -0.49% 60
East Midlands -8 11 £393 -17.59% 30
Wales -12 6 £475 -2.06% 13
North East -39 6 £363 - 6
Northern Ireland -5 1 - - 29

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 32 (5.20%) Confluence
2 18 (2.93%) Apache
2 18 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.46%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.98%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.81%) IIS
7 4 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.49%) CICS
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.33%) Apache Superset
9 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.16%) Appian
10 1 (0.16%) Camunda
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Liferay
10 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.65%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.33%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.95%) Finacle
2 7 (1.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.49%) Findur
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.33%) Cerner Millennium
5 2 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 218 (35.45%) AWS
2 140 (22.76%) Azure
3 96 (15.61%) GCP
4 69 (11.22%) GitHub
5 67 (10.89%) Power Platform
6 37 (6.02%) Snowflake
7 28 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (4.07%) Serverless
9 24 (3.90%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.25%) GitHub Copilot
13 16 (2.60%) OCI
13 16 (2.60%) SaaS
14 14 (2.28%) ChatGPT
15 13 (2.11%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.11%) dbt
16 12 (1.95%) OpenShift
17 11 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.44%) Firewall
2 14 (2.28%) HTTP
3 13 (2.11%) VPN
4 4 (0.65%) Internet
5 3 (0.49%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.33%) Intranet
6 2 (0.33%) SSL
7 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (28.29%) PostgreSQL
2 119 (19.35%) SQL Server
3 115 (18.70%) RDBMS
4 77 (12.52%) Data Warehouse
5 68 (11.06%) MySQL
6 63 (10.24%) Power BI
7 55 (8.94%) MongoDB
8 50 (8.13%) Oracle Database
9 43 (6.99%) NoSQL
10 37 (6.02%) Metadata
11 26 (4.23%) Data Lake
12 25 (4.07%) Db2
13 24 (3.90%) Tableau
14 17 (2.76%) Oracle Exadata
15 15 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (2.44%) Redis
16 14 (2.28%) BigQuery
16 14 (2.28%) Power Query
17 12 (1.95%) Big Data
18 11 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 158 (25.69%) Git
2 72 (11.71%) Jenkins
3 55 (8.94%) GitLab
4 48 (7.80%) JIRA
5 40 (6.50%) Maven
6 31 (5.04%) Gradle
7 30 (4.88%) JUnit
8 26 (4.23%) Selenium
9 24 (3.90%) Mockito
10 15 (2.44%) SonarQube
11 13 (2.11%) Eclipse
11 13 (2.11%) Oracle Forms
12 10 (1.63%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.30%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.30%) ER Studio
13 8 (1.30%) REST Assured
13 8 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (1.14%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.98%) Liquibase
15 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 216 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 178 (28.94%) Finance
3 160 (26.02%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (15.61%) Public Sector
5 95 (15.45%) Banking
6 27 (4.39%) Front Office
7 24 (3.90%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.44%) Military
9 13 (2.11%) Back Office
9 13 (2.11%) Retail
10 12 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.95%) Publishing
11 9 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.30%) Law
13 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.81%) Automotive
14 5 (0.81%) Legal
14 5 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 265 (43.09%) Developer
2 130 (21.14%) Senior
3 93 (15.12%) Java Developer
4 62 (10.08%) Senior Developer
5 59 (9.59%) Data Engineer
6 49 (7.97%) Analyst
7 48 (7.80%) Software Engineer
8 41 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
8 41 (6.67%) Lead
9 37 (6.02%) Python Developer
10 32 (5.20%) Data Analyst
11 28 (4.55%) Architect
12 27 (4.39%) Software Developer
13 26 (4.23%) Java Engineer
14 21 (3.41%) Backend Developer
15 20 (3.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 19 (3.09%) .NET Developer
16 19 (3.09%) Senior Data Engineer
16 19 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
17 18 (2.93%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (23.58%) REST
2 112 (18.21%) RESTful
3 108 (17.56%) Spring
4 107 (17.40%) Spring Boot
5 94 (15.28%) Kafka
6 81 (13.17%) React
7 66 (10.73%) .NET
8 57 (9.27%) Terraform
9 52 (8.46%) AngularJS
10 51 (8.29%) Web Services
11 43 (6.99%) SOAP
12 42 (6.83%) CSS
12 42 (6.83%) HTML
13 40 (6.50%) OAuth
14 37 (6.02%) XML
15 30 (4.88%) JSON
15 30 (4.88%) Middleware
16 26 (4.23%) OAuth2
17 24 (3.90%) .NET Framework
18 23 (3.74%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.98%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (6.67%) Data Structures
3 41 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.93%) Derivative
7 16 (2.60%) Low-Code
8 14 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.11%) Equity Derivative
9 13 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.95%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (1.79%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.79%) Equities
11 11 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 73 (11.87%) Linux
2 50 (8.13%) Unix
3 39 (6.34%) Windows
4 24 (3.90%) AIX
5 21 (3.41%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.98%) zOS
7 5 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.65%) Android
9 3 (0.49%) MVS
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (44.72%) CI/CD
2 252 (40.98%) Agile
3 195 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (27.15%) DevOps
5 154 (25.04%) Data Modelling
6 131 (21.30%) Microservices
7 122 (19.84%) Software Engineering
8 121 (19.67%) Validation
9 116 (18.86%) Test Automation
10 112 (18.21%) ETL
11 109 (17.72%) Containerisation
12 105 (17.07%) Data Pipeline
13 101 (16.42%) Analytics
14 100 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (16.10%) AI
16 87 (14.15%) SDLC
17 85 (13.82%) Migration
18 76 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
19 75 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
20 74 (12.03%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 348 (56.59%) SQL
2 209 (33.98%) Java
3 204 (33.17%) Python
4 81 (13.17%) JavaScript
5 75 (12.20%) C#
6 52 (8.46%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.07%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.93%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.76%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.79%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.63%) Bash
12 10 (1.63%) C++
12 10 (1.63%) Perl
12 10 (1.63%) R
13 9 (1.46%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.46%) Scala
14 7 (1.14%) Apex Code
14 7 (1.14%) VB
15 6 (0.98%) C
Qualifications
1 145 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 111 (18.05%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.27%) Degree
4 33 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.74%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.65%) MBA
10 3 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CISSP
12 1 (0.16%) ISEB
12 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (16.26%) Data Quality
2 79 (12.85%) QA
3 31 (5.04%) Accessibility
4 21 (3.41%) GDPR
5 7 (1.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 7 (1.14%) GMP
5 7 (1.14%) GxP
5 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 7 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.65%) SEPA
6 4 (0.65%) WCAG
7 3 (0.49%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.33%) PSD2
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) ITGC
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 142 (23.09%) Docker
2 19 (3.09%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.98%) RACF
4 5 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.49%) ACF2
5 3 (0.49%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 113 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 38 (6.18%) Ansible
3 27 (4.39%) Prometheus
4 25 (4.07%) Grafana
5 17 (2.76%) Data Guard
6 16 (2.60%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.98%) Argo
8 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.33%) systemd
9 1 (0.16%) Istio
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Podman
9 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (28.13%) Oracle
2 81 (13.17%) Microsoft
3 35 (5.69%) Google
3 35 (5.69%) IBM
4 24 (3.90%) Databricks
5 15 (2.44%) Sybase
6 13 (2.11%) Splunk
7 12 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.79%) Informatica
9 10 (1.63%) SAP
10 8 (1.30%) OutSystems
10 8 (1.30%) Teradata
11 7 (1.14%) Adobe
11 7 (1.14%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.14%) Sparx
12 6 (0.98%) Broadcom
12 6 (0.98%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.98%) Talend
13 5 (0.81%) Actian
13 5 (0.81%) BeyondTrust