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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 154 176
Rank change year-on-year -68 +22 +4
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 594 576 584
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.81% 1.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.53% 9.90% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 368 434
10th Percentile £335 £368 £356
25th Percentile £404 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% -4.65% -10.42%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £688 £691 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £473 £515
% change year-on-year -0.53% -8.25% -1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.05 £26.30
25th Percentile £29.75 £21.20 £31.63
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +29.63% -46.00%
75th Percentile £71.08 £53.75 £47.13
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.50 £51.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £21.40 £40.50
% change year-on-year +133.64% -47.16% -45.27%

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 7,884 5,818 7,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.24% 18.32% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,204 3,939 5,415
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 103 152
10th Percentile £15.30 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.38 £20.68
Median hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -7.89% -33.91%
75th Percentile £63.81 £63.75 £51.79
90th Percentile £76.75 £76.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £31.64 £31.25
% change year-on-year +18.52% +1.25% -43.18%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -67 484 £478 -7.73% 218
UK excluding London -95 276 £470 -0.53% 144
London -42 266 £500 -9.09% 110
Work from Home -91 146 £480 -10.03% 102
North of England -68 71 £450 +1.12% 42
Scotland -29 58 £473 +0.53% 7
South East -53 55 £423 -11.29% 38
Midlands -35 52 £472 -3.28% 26
North West -54 45 £416 -6.60% 25
West Midlands -43 38 £472 -3.78% 17
South West -30 22 £470 -10.48% 11
Yorkshire -40 21 £519 -5.64% 10
East Midlands -11 14 £475 -0.26% 9
East of England -28 12 £505 +6.32% 13
North East -27 11 £450 - 9
Wales -15 6 £475 -10.80% 1
Northern Ireland -4 4 - - 10

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 (5.39%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.54%) Confluence
3 16 (2.69%) Apache
4 15 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.52%) IIS
6 7 (1.18%) Appian
7 6 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.01%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.01%) Tuxedo
8 5 (0.84%) JBoss
8 5 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.67%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.67%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.51%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.34%) Drupal
11 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.67%) CPLEX
3 4 (0.67%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Finacle
2 9 (1.52%) Findur
3 8 (1.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 6 (1.01%) Summit
5 4 (0.67%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.51%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.51%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.34%) Magento
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%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 192 (32.32%) AWS
2 133 (22.39%) Azure
3 67 (11.28%) GCP
3 67 (11.28%) GitHub
4 60 (10.10%) Power Platform
5 36 (6.06%) Amazon S3
5 36 (6.06%) Snowflake
6 35 (5.89%) Serverless
7 31 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
11 14 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.19%) Anthropic Claude
12 13 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.19%) ChatGPT
13 12 (2.02%) dbt
13 12 (2.02%) OpenShift
13 12 (2.02%) SaaS
14 11 (1.85%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.52%) HTTP
2 6 (1.01%) Firewall
2 6 (1.01%) VPN
3 2 (0.34%) AMQP
3 2 (0.34%) Internet
3 2 (0.34%) Intranet
3 2 (0.34%) WinSCP
4 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.17%) Multicast
4 1 (0.17%) Network Security
4 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.17%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (25.08%) PostgreSQL
2 131 (22.05%) SQL Server
3 108 (18.18%) RDBMS
4 75 (12.63%) MongoDB
5 72 (12.12%) MySQL
6 66 (11.11%) NoSQL
7 59 (9.93%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (9.76%) Power BI
9 43 (7.24%) Oracle Database
10 36 (6.06%) Metadata
11 27 (4.55%) Tableau
12 24 (4.04%) Db2
13 23 (3.87%) Data Lake
14 22 (3.70%) Big Data
14 22 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
15 21 (3.54%) Redis
16 16 (2.69%) DynamoDB
17 15 (2.53%) Power Query
18 12 (2.02%) Flink
19 11 (1.85%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 94 (15.82%) Git
2 65 (10.94%) Jenkins
3 48 (8.08%) GitLab
4 35 (5.89%) JIRA
5 19 (3.20%) JUnit
6 16 (2.69%) Selenium
7 14 (2.36%) REST Assured
8 13 (2.19%) Eclipse
9 12 (2.02%) Mockito
9 12 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (1.85%) Gatling
10 11 (1.85%) Gradle
10 11 (1.85%) Maven
11 10 (1.68%) Serenity BDD
11 10 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (1.52%) Liquibase
13 6 (1.01%) Claude Code
13 6 (1.01%) ER Studio
13 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio
13 6 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 181 (30.47%) Finance
2 173 (29.12%) Social Skills
3 125 (21.04%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (13.80%) Banking
5 71 (11.95%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.39%) Front Office
6 32 (5.39%) Investment Banking
7 17 (2.86%) Military
8 16 (2.69%) Publishing
9 13 (2.19%) Back Office
10 12 (2.02%) Retail
11 10 (1.68%) Marketing
12 8 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.67%) Automotive
14 4 (0.67%) Electronics
14 4 (0.67%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (39.23%) Developer
2 108 (18.18%) Senior
3 64 (10.77%) Java Developer
4 58 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 51 (8.59%) Analyst
6 47 (7.91%) Software Engineer
7 46 (7.74%) Senior Developer
8 44 (7.41%) Lead
8 44 (7.41%) Python Developer
9 37 (6.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 27 (4.55%) Architect
11 23 (3.87%) .NET Developer
11 23 (3.87%) C# Developer
11 23 (3.87%) Software Developer
12 20 (3.37%) Business Analyst
12 20 (3.37%) Data Analyst
13 19 (3.20%) Backend Developer
14 18 (3.03%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (3.03%) Senior Java Developer
15 17 (2.86%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (22.05%) REST
2 102 (17.17%) Kafka
3 92 (15.49%) React
3 92 (15.49%) Spring
4 91 (15.32%) RESTful
5 90 (15.15%) Spring Boot
6 72 (12.12%) .NET
7 39 (6.57%) XML
8 34 (5.72%) JSON
9 32 (5.39%) CSS
9 32 (5.39%) Web Services
10 31 (5.22%) SOAP
11 29 (4.88%) OAuth
12 28 (4.71%) HTML
13 26 (4.38%) .NET Framework
13 26 (4.38%) AngularJS
13 26 (4.38%) Django
13 26 (4.38%) FastAPI
14 22 (3.70%) Flask
14 22 (3.70%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.27%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.73%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (6.73%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.22%) Data Structures
4 29 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.21%) Derivative
6 17 (2.86%) Low-Code
7 16 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.19%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.19%) Equity Derivative
10 12 (2.02%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.02%) Equities
11 11 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.85%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.85%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.68%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (11.78%) Linux
2 45 (7.58%) Unix
3 34 (5.72%) Windows
4 10 (1.68%) AIX
5 7 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) MVS
8 2 (0.34%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (39.90%) CI/CD
2 206 (34.68%) Agile
3 173 (29.12%) DevOps
4 154 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (21.38%) Data Modelling
6 121 (20.37%) Microservices
7 108 (18.18%) AI
8 104 (17.51%) Software Engineering
9 101 (17.00%) Analytics
10 97 (16.33%) Data Pipeline
11 92 (15.49%) Containerisation
12 89 (14.98%) ETL
13 81 (13.64%) Observability
14 79 (13.30%) Test Automation
15 72 (12.12%) SDLC
16 71 (11.95%) Validation
17 68 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (11.45%) Performance Tuning
18 62 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
19 61 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 341 (57.41%) SQL
2 198 (33.33%) Java
3 192 (32.32%) Python
4 88 (14.81%) C#
5 76 (12.79%) JavaScript
6 50 (8.42%) TypeScript
7 21 (3.54%) Shell Script
8 20 (3.37%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (2.36%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.36%) Scala
11 13 (2.19%) Perl
12 12 (2.02%) C++
13 11 (1.85%) VB
14 10 (1.68%) Apex Code
14 10 (1.68%) R
15 8 (1.35%) Bash
15 8 (1.35%) VB6
16 6 (1.01%) SOQL
16 6 (1.01%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 122 (20.54%) Security Cleared
2 91 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.59%) Degree
4 29 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.35%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.67%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) CISSP
10 3 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.17%) CFA
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.63%) Data Quality
2 61 (10.27%) QA
3 26 (4.38%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.36%) GDPR
5 7 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.01%) WCAG
7 5 (0.84%) SLA
8 3 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.51%) GMP
8 3 (0.51%) GxP
8 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.34%) FATCA
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 132 (22.22%) Docker
2 11 (1.85%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.34%) ACF2
3 2 (0.34%) GridGain
3 2 (0.34%) RACF
3 2 (0.34%) Varnish
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 115 (19.36%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.42%) Terraform
3 29 (4.88%) Prometheus
4 25 (4.21%) Ansible
5 23 (3.87%) Grafana
6 9 (1.52%) Data Guard
6 9 (1.52%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.84%) Argo
8 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.51%) Kibana
8 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.34%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.34%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 165 (27.78%) Oracle
2 72 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 27 (4.55%) Databricks
3 27 (4.55%) IBM
4 19 (3.20%) Splunk
5 18 (3.03%) Google
6 17 (2.86%) Sybase
7 16 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.53%) Informatica
9 14 (2.36%) Adobe
10 11 (1.85%) SAP
11 8 (1.35%) OutSystems
11 8 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.35%) Teradata
12 7 (1.18%) Actian
12 7 (1.18%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.84%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.84%) OpenLink
13 5 (0.84%) Solace