Relational Database Job Trends in Scotland

Relational Database
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 124 112
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +11
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 31 42 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.15% 1.25% 1.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.33% 8.06% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 36
10th Percentile - £28,500 £38,125
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% -23.08% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,125 £79,139
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £86,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 300 521 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.12% 15.50% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 110 239 429
10th Percentile £25,975 £33,750 £35,733
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,304 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £51,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% -10.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,438 £65,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £77,625 £75,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Relational Database job vacancy trend in Scotland

Relational Database
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Relational Database in Scotland

Relational Database
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Relational Database within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 November 2025. 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
Glasgow +9 19 £60,000 - 2
Edinburgh -15 12 £25,000 -48.75%
Relational Database
UK

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (9.68%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) Snowflake
3 3 (9.68%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (9.68%) Amazon S3
3 3 (9.68%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (9.68%) GitHub
3 3 (9.68%) Serverless
4 2 (6.45%) Azure
4 2 (6.45%) Azure AKS
4 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) Boomi
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (51.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (22.58%) RDBMS
3 6 (19.35%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (16.13%) NoSQL
4 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (9.68%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (9.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (9.68%) Apache Hive
5 3 (9.68%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (9.68%) Big Data
5 3 (9.68%) DynamoDB
5 3 (9.68%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (9.68%) Impala
5 3 (9.68%) MongoDB
5 3 (9.68%) Redshift Spectrum
6 2 (6.45%) DB2
6 2 (6.45%) MySQL
6 2 (6.45%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.23%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) JUnit
2 1 (3.23%) Maven
General
1 15 (48.39%) Finance
2 12 (38.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (38.71%) Law
2 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (32.26%) Banking
4 7 (22.58%) Investment Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Marketing
5 3 (9.68%) Private Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Publishing
6 2 (6.45%) Games
6 2 (6.45%) Health Technology
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Software Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Database Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Graduate
2 10 (32.26%) Graduate Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Graduate Database Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Graduate Support Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Support Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Java Engineer
3 9 (29.03%) Java Software Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Java Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (41.94%) Kafka
2 12 (38.71%) Spring
2 12 (38.71%) Spring Boot
3 9 (29.03%) RESTful
4 4 (12.90%) SOAP
4 4 (12.90%) Web Services
5 3 (9.68%) AngularJS
5 3 (9.68%) Hibernate
5 3 (9.68%) React
5 3 (9.68%) Vue
6 2 (6.45%) JSON
6 2 (6.45%) REST
7 1 (3.23%) CSS
7 1 (3.23%) HTML
7 1 (3.23%) J2EE
7 1 (3.23%) JMS
7 1 (3.23%) Middleware
7 1 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Cloud Native
2 10 (32.26%) e-Learning
2 10 (32.26%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (19.35%) Algorithms
4 3 (9.68%) Distributed Applications
4 3 (9.68%) Public Cloud
5 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Agile
2 12 (38.71%) SDLC
2 12 (38.71%) Software Engineering
3 10 (32.26%) Data Entry
4 9 (29.03%) CI/CD
4 9 (29.03%) Operational Stability
5 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
6 7 (22.58%) Analytics
6 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (22.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (22.58%) Microservices
6 7 (22.58%) Visualisation
7 6 (19.35%) Community of Practice
7 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (19.35%) Tech Ops
8 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (16.13%) Containerisation
9 4 (12.90%) ETL
9 4 (12.90%) TDD
9 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (70.97%) SQL
2 13 (41.94%) Java
3 3 (9.68%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (16.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) Databricks
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft