RDBMS Job Trends in Scotland

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring RDBMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 139 172
Rank change year-on-year - +33 +8
Permanent jobs citing RDBMS 0 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 0.19% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 1.02% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 16
10th Percentile - £61,625 £60,000
25th Percentile - £62,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.92% -19.05%
75th Percentile - £64,688 -
90th Percentile - £64,875 £71,250
UK median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £62,750
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.40% -8.73%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

RDBMS 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 262 492 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.58% 19.17% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 95 218 415
10th Percentile £26,100 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.87% -5.23% -
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £77,274 £74,401 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%

RDBMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RDBMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

RDBMS job vacancy trend in Scotland

RDBMS
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RDBMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RDBMS