Relational Database Job Trends in Dorset

Relational Database
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 31 34
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +33
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 2 19 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.43% 5.03% 3.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.56% 26.39% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 12
10th Percentile - £39,750 £46,625
25th Percentile - £41,250 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile - - £55,750
90th Percentile - £51,500 £61,750
South West median annual salary £51,977 £50,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +3.95% -13.42% +7.94%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset

Relational Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 36 72 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.83% 19.05% 24.32%
Number of salaries quoted 16 49 87
10th Percentile £34,250 £39,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,425 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.85% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £72,813 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £59,000 £71,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Relational Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Relational Database job vacancy trend in Dorset

Relational Database
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Relational Database within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -6 2 - - 3
Relational Database
South West

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Django Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Python/Django Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) Django
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SOLID
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle