Relational Database Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 289 217
Rank change year-on-year -96 -72 +3
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 271 291 695
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.85% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.75% 6.44% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 190 178 388
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,712 £55,283 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +0.51% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -7.69%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,705 4,522 8,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.59% 13.13% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,898 2,880 5,049
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,996
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,390 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -4.00%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Relational Database job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Relational Database within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
North of England -17 85 £62,500 +19.05% 36
South East -18 82 £55,000 +15.79% 39
North West +11 48 £55,000 +4.76% 18
East of England -20 30 £47,500 -23.39% 9
Midlands -33 30 £50,000 +5.26% 28
Yorkshire -28 28 £62,500 -10.71% 14
South West -80 24 £50,000 - 12
East Midlands -16 16 £60,000 +60.00% 7
Wales -56 16 £60,000 -22.58% 3
West Midlands -40 14 £47,500 -20.83% 21
North East -51 9 £65,000 +25.30% 6
Scotland -23 5 £27,250 -59.63% 8
Northern Ireland -76 1 - - 10
Relational Database
UK

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (3.32%) IIS
2 6 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.48%) CMS
3 4 (1.48%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.11%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.74%) CICS
5 2 (0.74%) Confluence
5 2 (0.74%) Drupal
5 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) Documentum
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) JBoss
6 1 (0.37%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.37%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.37%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (37.64%) AWS
1 102 (37.64%) Azure
2 43 (15.87%) Power Platform
3 41 (15.13%) GCP
4 34 (12.55%) Serverless
5 28 (10.33%) GitHub
6 23 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (7.75%) Amazon ECS
7 21 (7.75%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (7.01%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (5.17%) SaaS
10 13 (4.80%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.43%) PowerApps
12 11 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 10 (3.69%) Amazon S3
13 10 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.58%) Intranet
2 5 (1.85%) HTTP
3 4 (1.48%) Firewall
3 4 (1.48%) LAN
3 4 (1.48%) WAN
4 3 (1.11%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.74%) FTP
5 2 (0.74%) Internet
5 2 (0.74%) SMTP
5 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.74%) VPN
6 1 (0.37%) Broadband
6 1 (0.37%) Network Security
6 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (28.78%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (23.99%) SQL Server
3 64 (23.62%) MySQL
4 40 (14.76%) Power BI
5 29 (10.70%) RDBMS
6 25 (9.23%) MongoDB
7 21 (7.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (7.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (6.64%) Tableau
10 17 (6.27%) NoSQL
11 13 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (3.32%) Apache Cassandra
13 8 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (2.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (1.85%) BigQuery
16 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
16 5 (1.85%) MariaDB
16 5 (1.85%) Redis
17 4 (1.48%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 86 (31.73%) Git
2 35 (12.92%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.27%) JIRA
4 14 (5.17%) JUnit
5 12 (4.43%) GitLab
6 9 (3.32%) Claude Code
6 9 (3.32%) Mockito
7 7 (2.58%) JMeter
8 6 (2.21%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (2.21%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.85%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.85%) NUnit
9 5 (1.85%) RSpec
10 4 (1.48%) minitest
11 3 (1.11%) IntelliJ
11 3 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.74%) ERwin
12 2 (0.74%) MSTest
12 2 (0.74%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 90 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (16.61%) Finance
4 27 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.54%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.43%) Retail
8 11 (4.06%) Law
9 10 (3.69%) Legal
10 6 (2.21%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.21%) Social Housing
11 5 (1.85%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.48%) Aviation
13 3 (1.11%) Back Office
13 3 (1.11%) Banking
13 3 (1.11%) Marketing
13 3 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 127 (46.86%) Developer
2 46 (16.97%) Analyst
3 43 (15.87%) Senior
4 28 (10.33%) Senior Developer
5 24 (8.86%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (8.49%) Software Engineer
7 22 (8.12%) Data Engineer
7 22 (8.12%) Software Developer
8 20 (7.38%) Lead
9 19 (7.01%) Java Developer
10 17 (6.27%) Systems Analyst
11 16 (5.90%) .NET Developer
11 16 (5.90%) Applications Support
12 14 (5.17%) C# Developer
13 13 (4.80%) Systems Developer
14 10 (3.69%) Data Analyst
14 10 (3.69%) Web Developer
15 9 (3.32%) Applications Support Analyst
15 9 (3.32%) Business Analyst
15 9 (3.32%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (22.51%) HTML
2 60 (22.14%) REST
3 58 (21.40%) React
4 56 (20.66%) CSS
5 49 (18.08%) .NET
6 34 (12.55%) Spring
7 31 (11.44%) Spring Boot
8 29 (10.70%) RESTful
9 27 (9.96%) jQuery
10 23 (8.49%) Node.js
11 22 (8.12%) AngularJS
11 22 (8.12%) Web Services
12 20 (7.38%) ASP.NET
13 19 (7.01%) JSON
13 19 (7.01%) XML
14 17 (6.27%) HTML5
14 17 (6.27%) Vue
15 16 (5.90%) Entity Framework
16 15 (5.54%) .NET Framework
16 15 (5.54%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.59%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.54%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.80%) Data Structures
4 13 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (4.43%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.58%) Replication
7 7 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.21%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.21%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.48%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.48%) CUDA
10 4 (1.48%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.48%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.11%) Life Science
11 3 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.90%) Windows
2 11 (4.06%) Linux
3 3 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.74%) Solaris
4 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (36.90%) CI/CD
2 95 (35.06%) Agile
3 94 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (25.46%) DevOps
5 57 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (21.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 53 (19.56%) Software Engineering
7 49 (18.08%) Scrum
8 48 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
9 47 (17.34%) AI
9 47 (17.34%) Microservices
10 40 (14.76%) Decision-Making
11 39 (14.39%) Analytics
11 39 (14.39%) Kanban
12 37 (13.65%) SDLC
13 36 (13.28%) Data Modelling
14 35 (12.92%) Data Governance
14 35 (12.92%) ETL
15 34 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
16 31 (11.44%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 136 (50.18%) SQL
2 94 (34.69%) JavaScript
3 63 (23.25%) Java
4 60 (22.14%) Python
5 49 (18.08%) C#
6 34 (12.55%) TypeScript
7 20 (7.38%) PHP
8 10 (3.69%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.32%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.32%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.58%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.58%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.85%) Ruby
12 4 (1.48%) Bash
12 4 (1.48%) C++
12 4 (1.48%) Scala
13 3 (1.11%) Delphi
14 2 (0.74%) COBOL
14 2 (0.74%) JCL
14 2 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (16.97%) Degree
2 29 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.49%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.69%) ACCA
5 10 (3.69%) CIMA
5 10 (3.69%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.85%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.74%) CEH
8 2 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.74%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.97%) Data Quality
2 21 (7.75%) QA
3 18 (6.64%) GDPR
4 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.74%) SLA
5 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.74%) WCAG
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (23.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 32 (11.81%) Terraform
3 12 (4.43%) Ansible
4 10 (3.69%) Kibana
5 5 (1.85%) Grafana
6 4 (1.48%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.74%) QRadar
8 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Puppet
8 1 (0.37%) SCCM
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 50 (18.45%) Oracle
3 16 (5.90%) Google
4 12 (4.43%) Splunk
5 11 (4.06%) Sage
6 10 (3.69%) SAP
7 9 (3.32%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.58%) IBM
8 7 (2.58%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.21%) Databricks
10 4 (1.48%) Informatica
10 4 (1.48%) Pega
10 4 (1.48%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.11%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.11%) JD Edwards
12 2 (0.74%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.74%) IFS
12 2 (0.74%) Infor
12 2 (0.74%) Sybase
12 2 (0.74%) WSO2