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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 128 132
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -31
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 33 69 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.29% 1.60% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.40% 8.48% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16 21 22
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,059
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

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 351 814 580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.74% 18.87% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 105 261 482
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,483
90th Percentile £81,150 £73,886 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% +4.17%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Relational Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +54 25 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Edinburgh -10 8 £25,000 -54.55% 4
Relational Database
UK

Relational Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) AWS
2 6 (18.18%) Snowflake
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon S3
3 4 (12.12%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (12.12%) GitHub
3 4 (12.12%) Serverless
4 3 (9.09%) Azure
5 2 (6.06%) Azure AKS
5 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Boomi
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) SQL Server
2 10 (30.30%) RDBMS
3 8 (24.24%) Apache Cassandra
4 7 (21.21%) NoSQL
5 6 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (15.15%) MongoDB
7 4 (12.12%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (12.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (12.12%) Apache Hive
7 4 (12.12%) Apache Iceberg
7 4 (12.12%) Big Data
7 4 (12.12%) DynamoDB
7 4 (12.12%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (12.12%) Impala
7 4 (12.12%) Redshift Spectrum
8 3 (9.09%) DB2
9 2 (6.06%) MySQL
9 2 (6.06%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (3.03%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.06%) JUnit
3 1 (3.03%) Maven
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 16 (48.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (48.48%) Law
3 13 (39.39%) Banking
4 9 (27.27%) Investment Banking
4 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Marketing
5 4 (12.12%) Private Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Publishing
6 2 (6.06%) Games
6 2 (6.06%) Health Technology
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Software Engineer
2 13 (39.39%) Java Engineer
3 12 (36.36%) Developer
3 12 (36.36%) Java Software Engineer
4 9 (27.27%) Java Developer
5 8 (24.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (24.24%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 6 (18.18%) Consultant
6 6 (18.18%) Database Consultant
6 6 (18.18%) Graduate
6 6 (18.18%) Graduate Consultant
6 6 (18.18%) Graduate Database Consultant
6 6 (18.18%) Graduate Support Consultant
6 6 (18.18%) Support Consultant
7 5 (15.15%) Senior
7 5 (15.15%) Senior Developer
7 5 (15.15%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (12.12%) Lead Java Developer
8 4 (12.12%) Lead Software Engineer
8 4 (12.12%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (54.55%) Kafka
2 17 (51.52%) Spring
2 17 (51.52%) Spring Boot
3 12 (36.36%) RESTful
4 5 (15.15%) SOAP
4 5 (15.15%) Web Services
5 4 (12.12%) AngularJS
5 4 (12.12%) Hibernate
5 4 (12.12%) React
5 4 (12.12%) Vue
6 2 (6.06%) JSON
6 2 (6.06%) REST
7 1 (3.03%) CSS
7 1 (3.03%) HTML
7 1 (3.03%) J2EE
7 1 (3.03%) JMS
7 1 (3.03%) Middleware
7 1 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Cloud Native
2 8 (24.24%) Algorithms
3 6 (18.18%) e-Learning
3 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (12.12%) Distributed Applications
4 4 (12.12%) Public Cloud
5 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.03%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (3.03%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Agile
2 17 (51.52%) SDLC
3 16 (48.48%) Software Engineering
4 12 (36.36%) Operational Stability
5 11 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 10 (30.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (30.30%) Microservices
6 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (27.27%) Analytics
7 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (27.27%) Visualisation
8 8 (24.24%) Community of Practice
8 8 (24.24%) Tech Ops
9 6 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (18.18%) Containerisation
9 6 (18.18%) Data Entry
10 5 (15.15%) ETL
10 5 (15.15%) TDD
10 5 (15.15%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) SQL
2 18 (54.55%) Java
3 5 (15.15%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.03%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (42.42%) Kubernetes
2 6 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) Databricks
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.06%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.03%) Sybase