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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 224 207
Rank change year-on-year -62 -17 -41
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 271 563 482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.12% 1.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.82% 8.72% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 175 204 402
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

All Database and 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 3,976 6,455 6,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.56% 12.88% 20.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 3,315 5,248
10th Percentile £29,775 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 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
South East -74 95 £41,000 -25.45% 87
North of England -8 57 £52,500 +1.95% 56
Scotland -10 35 £42,750 -14.50% 14
Midlands +16 34 £47,500 -20.83% 35
North West -11 32 £55,000 - 33
West Midlands +38 29 £47,500 -17.39% 24
South West -2 28 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Yorkshire +17 20 £57,500 +21.05% 18
East of England -27 20 £55,000 -10.57% 11
North East +3 5 £52,500 +25.75% 5
East Midlands 0 5 £35,000 -57.58% 11
Wales +13 4 £56,250 +18.90% 7
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 6 (2.21%) JBoss
1 6 (2.21%) OpenStack
2 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.85%) Confluence
2 5 (1.85%) Red Hat Fuse
3 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) Appian
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Mendix
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.37%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 92 (33.95%) AWS
2 66 (24.35%) Azure
3 45 (16.61%) Serverless
4 37 (13.65%) Amazon ECS
5 35 (12.92%) Amazon EKS
6 29 (10.70%) SaaS
7 25 (9.23%) Amazon EC2
8 23 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (7.75%) Power Platform
10 19 (7.01%) GitHub
11 15 (5.54%) Amazon S3
12 12 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (4.06%) Snowflake
14 8 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (2.58%) Boomi
15 7 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
16 4 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
16 4 (1.48%) dbt
16 4 (1.48%) OpenShift
17 3 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.48%) Firewall
2 4 (1.48%) HTTP
3 3 (1.11%) AMQP
3 3 (1.11%) Internet
3 3 (1.11%) Wireless
4 2 (0.74%) DNS
4 2 (0.74%) FTP
4 2 (0.74%) LAN
4 2 (0.74%) Network Security
4 2 (0.74%) SMTP
4 2 (0.74%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) WAN
5 1 (0.37%) Broadband
5 1 (0.37%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (27.31%) SQL Server
2 67 (24.72%) RDBMS
3 66 (24.35%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (12.55%) MySQL
5 19 (7.01%) Power BI
5 19 (7.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (6.64%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (4.80%) NoSQL
9 12 (4.43%) Oracle Database
10 9 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (2.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.95%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (2.95%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.58%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (2.58%) Big Data
13 6 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.85%) DB2
14 5 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (17.34%) Git
2 43 (15.87%) Jenkins
3 31 (11.44%) JUnit
4 22 (8.12%) Mockito
5 21 (7.75%) JMeter
6 14 (5.17%) JIRA
7 7 (2.58%) Selenium
8 6 (2.21%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.21%) Postman
9 5 (1.85%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.85%) GitLab
9 5 (1.85%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.11%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.37%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.37%) Maven
11 1 (0.37%) MLflow
11 1 (0.37%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.37%) Xcode
General
1 108 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.77%) Finance
3 39 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 30 (11.07%) Law
4 30 (11.07%) Retail
5 26 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.64%) Banking
7 13 (4.80%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.32%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.95%) Marketing
10 5 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.85%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.48%) Advertising
11 4 (1.48%) Back Office
11 4 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.48%) Private Banking
11 4 (1.48%) Publishing
12 3 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 102 (37.64%) Developer
2 47 (17.34%) Java Developer
3 31 (11.44%) Software Engineer
4 29 (10.70%) Analyst
5 26 (9.59%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (8.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 22 (8.12%) Senior
8 19 (7.01%) Lead
9 18 (6.64%) Java Engineer
10 15 (5.54%) Consultant
10 15 (5.54%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (5.17%) Support Engineer
12 13 (4.80%) Mid-Level Java Developer
13 12 (4.43%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.43%) Technical Support
14 11 (4.06%) Senior Developer
14 11 (4.06%) Software Support Engineer
15 10 (3.69%) DBA
15 10 (3.69%) Software Developer
16 9 (3.32%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (24.35%) Spring
1 66 (24.35%) Spring Boot
2 61 (22.51%) REST
3 50 (18.45%) Web Services
4 44 (16.24%) JSON
5 40 (14.76%) HTML
6 36 (13.28%) RESTful
7 33 (12.18%) .NET
7 33 (12.18%) React
8 30 (11.07%) Apache Camel
9 28 (10.33%) Hibernate
10 27 (9.96%) Kafka
10 27 (9.96%) XML
11 26 (9.59%) AngularJS
11 26 (9.59%) jQuery
12 21 (7.75%) ActiveMQ
12 21 (7.75%) WireMock
13 19 (7.01%) CSS
14 17 (6.27%) SOAP
15 13 (4.80%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.81%) Distributed Systems
2 28 (10.33%) Onboarding
3 19 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 19 (7.01%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (6.27%) Operational Technology
4 17 (6.27%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.80%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.69%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.32%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.95%) e-Learning
8 8 (2.95%) Life Science
8 8 (2.95%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.58%) SCADA
10 6 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.85%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.48%) Clustering
12 4 (1.48%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.23%) Windows
2 21 (7.75%) Linux
3 6 (2.21%) Unix
3 6 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (37.64%) Agile
2 89 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (28.78%) CI/CD
4 56 (20.66%) Microservices
5 54 (19.93%) DevOps
6 50 (18.45%) SDLC
7 44 (16.24%) TDD
8 43 (15.87%) Scrum
8 43 (15.87%) Software Engineering
9 41 (15.13%) Full-Stack Development
10 37 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (12.18%) Mentoring
12 32 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (11.44%) BDD
13 31 (11.44%) ETL
14 30 (11.07%) Computer Science
15 28 (10.33%) Workflow
16 27 (9.96%) Client Onboarding
17 25 (9.23%) Analytics
17 25 (9.23%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (61.25%) SQL
2 89 (32.84%) Java
3 86 (31.73%) Python
4 62 (22.88%) JavaScript
5 41 (15.13%) C#
6 25 (9.23%) Shell Script
7 22 (8.12%) PowerShell
8 13 (4.80%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.43%) PHP
10 10 (3.69%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.69%) TypeScript
11 9 (3.32%) Go
12 6 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.48%) R
14 3 (1.11%) C++
15 2 (0.74%) Bash
15 2 (0.74%) VBA
16 1 (0.37%) Groovy
16 1 (0.37%) Perl
16 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (20.66%) Degree
2 35 (12.92%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.95%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.48%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.74%) OCP
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
10 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.01%) QA
2 16 (5.90%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.32%) GDPR
4 6 (2.21%) HL7
5 5 (1.85%) SLA
6 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.74%) DICOM
8 1 (0.37%) CDISC
8 1 (0.37%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 58 (21.40%) Docker
2 7 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (23.25%) Kubernetes
2 25 (9.23%) Kibana
3 18 (6.64%) Terraform
4 15 (5.54%) Ansible
5 4 (1.48%) Grafana
5 4 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.11%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.74%) SCCM
8 1 (0.37%) Argo
8 1 (0.37%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 47 (17.34%) Oracle
3 29 (10.70%) Splunk
4 21 (7.75%) Dynatrace
5 9 (3.32%) Databricks
6 7 (2.58%) Rockwell
6 7 (2.58%) Siemens
6 7 (2.58%) Talend
7 6 (2.21%) Dell
7 6 (2.21%) IBM
7 6 (2.21%) IFS
7 6 (2.21%) Informatica
7 6 (2.21%) Zoho
8 5 (1.85%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.85%) RedGate
8 5 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.48%) Google
9 4 (1.48%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.48%) Pega
9 4 (1.48%) WSO2