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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 155 196
Rank change year-on-year -66 +41 -13
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 534 528 516
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.80% 1.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.33% 9.49% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 350 383
10th Percentile £313 £406 £364
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% -5.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £663 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £534
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.37% -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% -48.36%
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 7,282 5,565 7,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.27% 19.00% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,926 3,835 5,241
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £421 £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 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.95% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 102 143
10th Percentile £16.71 £20.89 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.25 £24.25 £20.98
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.70% -17.60% -32.54%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.46 £58.88
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.47% -25.00% -28.19%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -64 434 £455 -13.33% 190
UK excluding London -74 253 £450 -10.00% 136
London -33 233 £525 -0.94% 74
Work from Home -74 139 £450 -14.29% 111
South East -22 65 £300 -41.46% 44
North of England -44 62 £414 -10.54% 44
Scotland -14 54 £490 +4.26% 8
Midlands -59 47 £473 -5.50% 14
North West -40 42 £401 -13.30% 23
West Midlands -49 35 £473 -5.50% 10
South West -36 16 £388 -38.00% 12
Yorkshire -39 15 £520 -5.55% 15
East Midlands -26 12 £475 -5.00% 4
North East -11 7 £450 - 6
Northern Ireland 0 4 - - 1
East of England -33 4 £600 +14.29% 14
Wales -14 3 £475 -12.04% 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 (5.62%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.62%) Apache
3 13 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.50%) Confluence
5 8 (1.50%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.31%) IIS
7 6 (1.12%) Appian
7 6 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.12%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.75%) JBoss
8 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.75%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.56%) Camunda
10 2 (0.37%) Drupal
10 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.37%) WordPress
11 1 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.12%) Findur
1 6 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 6 (1.12%) Summit
2 5 (0.94%) Magento
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.75%) Advent Geneva
3 4 (0.75%) BusinessWorks
3 4 (0.75%) Finacle
4 3 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.56%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.37%) 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
1 175 (32.77%) AWS
2 117 (21.91%) Azure
3 61 (11.42%) GitHub
4 56 (10.49%) Power Platform
5 53 (9.93%) GCP
6 46 (8.61%) Serverless
7 39 (7.30%) Amazon S3
8 32 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (4.87%) Snowflake
12 20 (3.75%) OpenShift
13 16 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (3.00%) SaaS
14 15 (2.81%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.43%) GitHub Copilot
16 11 (2.06%) dbt
17 10 (1.87%) Amazon SQS
18 9 (1.69%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.69%) HTTP
2 5 (0.94%) Network Security
3 4 (0.75%) AMQP
4 2 (0.37%) Firewall
4 2 (0.37%) SMS
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
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%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (27.34%) PostgreSQL
2 110 (20.60%) SQL Server
3 94 (17.60%) MySQL
4 88 (16.48%) RDBMS
5 72 (13.48%) MongoDB
6 67 (12.55%) NoSQL
7 54 (10.11%) Power BI
8 49 (9.18%) Data Warehouse
9 36 (6.74%) Metadata
10 25 (4.68%) DB2
11 22 (4.12%) Big Data
11 22 (4.12%) Data Lake
11 22 (4.12%) Oracle Database
11 22 (4.12%) Tableau
12 18 (3.37%) DynamoDB
12 18 (3.37%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (3.18%) Redis
14 16 (3.00%) Power Query
15 13 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (2.25%) Flink
Development Applications
1 78 (14.61%) Git
2 50 (9.36%) Jenkins
3 41 (7.68%) GitLab
4 25 (4.68%) JIRA
5 20 (3.75%) JUnit
6 16 (3.00%) Mockito
7 12 (2.25%) Gradle
7 12 (2.25%) Maven
8 9 (1.69%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (1.50%) Eclipse
9 8 (1.50%) REST Assured
9 8 (1.50%) Selenium
10 7 (1.31%) Gatling
11 6 (1.12%) Android Studio
11 6 (1.12%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.12%) NUnit
11 6 (1.12%) Serenity BDD
11 6 (1.12%) Xcode
12 5 (0.94%) ERwin
12 5 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 161 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 149 (27.90%) Finance
3 100 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 48 (8.99%) Banking
6 27 (5.06%) Front Office
7 24 (4.49%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.62%) Publishing
9 9 (1.69%) Military
10 7 (1.31%) Back Office
10 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.12%) Marketing
11 6 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.12%) Retail
12 4 (0.75%) Legal
13 2 (0.37%) Automotive
13 2 (0.37%) Billing
13 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 218 (40.82%) Developer
2 80 (14.98%) Senior
3 57 (10.67%) Java Developer
4 51 (9.55%) Data Engineer
5 39 (7.30%) Python Developer
6 37 (6.93%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.74%) Analyst
8 34 (6.37%) Senior Developer
9 31 (5.81%) Lead
10 28 (5.24%) Full-Stack Developer
11 24 (4.49%) Architect
12 21 (3.93%) .NET Developer
12 21 (3.93%) Site Engineer
12 21 (3.93%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 20 (3.75%) Technical Support
14 19 (3.56%) DBA
15 18 (3.37%) Business Analyst
16 17 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
17 16 (3.00%) C# Developer
18 15 (2.81%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (21.72%) REST
2 92 (17.23%) React
3 81 (15.17%) RESTful
4 78 (14.61%) Kafka
5 77 (14.42%) Spring
6 74 (13.86%) Spring Boot
7 62 (11.61%) .NET
8 43 (8.05%) CSS
9 41 (7.68%) XML
10 38 (7.12%) JSON
11 35 (6.55%) HTML
12 31 (5.81%) AngularJS
13 30 (5.62%) GraphQL
14 24 (4.49%) FastAPI
14 24 (4.49%) OAuth
14 24 (4.49%) Web Services
15 22 (4.12%) Django
15 22 (4.12%) SOAP
16 21 (3.93%) Flask
17 18 (3.37%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.74%) Product Ownership
3 35 (6.55%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (5.24%) Data Structures
5 27 (5.06%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.75%) Derivative
7 14 (2.62%) Fixed Income
8 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.06%) Equities
9 10 (1.87%) Hedge funds
10 9 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
10 9 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.50%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.50%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.31%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 65 (12.17%) Linux
2 49 (9.18%) Unix
3 33 (6.18%) Windows
4 6 (1.12%) Android
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) CentOS
6 2 (0.37%) MVS
6 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.37%) zOS
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (38.58%) CI/CD
2 175 (32.77%) Agile
3 151 (28.28%) DevOps
4 135 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (22.85%) Microservices
6 119 (22.28%) Data Modelling
7 104 (19.48%) Containerisation
8 94 (17.60%) Analytics
9 85 (15.92%) Data Pipeline
10 80 (14.98%) AI
10 80 (14.98%) ETL
10 80 (14.98%) Observability
10 80 (14.98%) Software Engineering
11 72 (13.48%) Test Automation
12 67 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (11.42%) SDLC
14 59 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (11.05%) Data Engineering
15 57 (10.67%) Performance Tuning
16 53 (9.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 297 (55.62%) SQL
2 186 (34.83%) Java
3 185 (34.64%) Python
4 90 (16.85%) JavaScript
5 71 (13.30%) C#
6 46 (8.61%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.87%) Perl
8 24 (4.49%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.18%) Scala
10 16 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (3.00%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.25%) PHP
12 11 (2.06%) Bash
12 11 (2.06%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.87%) R
14 9 (1.69%) C++
14 9 (1.69%) Go
15 7 (1.31%) Ruby
16 6 (1.12%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (18.73%) Security Cleared
2 70 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.74%) Degree
4 35 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.75%) MBA
10 3 (0.56%) CISSP
10 3 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.56%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.37%) OCP
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.19%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.80%) Data Quality
2 51 (9.55%) QA
3 20 (3.75%) GDPR
4 19 (3.56%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.94%) SLA
6 5 (0.94%) WCAG
7 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.37%) FATCA
8 2 (0.37%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) NIST
8 2 (0.37%) 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
1 138 (25.84%) Docker
2 5 (0.94%) Varnish
3 2 (0.37%) ACF2
3 2 (0.37%) GridGain
3 2 (0.37%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 124 (23.22%) Kubernetes
2 44 (8.24%) Terraform
3 28 (5.24%) Grafana
4 26 (4.87%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.62%) Ansible
6 7 (1.31%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.12%) Puppet
8 4 (0.75%) Argo
8 4 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.75%) TIBCO Hawk
9 3 (0.56%) Kibana
10 2 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 147 (27.53%) Oracle
2 72 (13.48%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.12%) Databricks
4 17 (3.18%) Adobe
5 16 (3.00%) IBM
6 14 (2.62%) Splunk
7 13 (2.43%) Google
8 12 (2.25%) Informatica
9 11 (2.06%) Sybase
10 10 (1.87%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.50%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.31%) SAP
12 7 (1.31%) Teradata
13 6 (1.12%) Sparx
14 5 (0.94%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.94%) OutSystems
14 5 (0.94%) TIBCO
15 4 (0.75%) Advent
15 4 (0.75%) BEA
15 4 (0.75%) OpenLink