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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 282 190
Rank change year-on-year -110 -92 +40
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 298 292 753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.84% 1.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.30% 6.68% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 209 181 333
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -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 5,621 4,371 7,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.99% 12.51% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,907 2,776 4,485
10th Percentile £34,900 £30,750 £32,660
25th Percentile £41,754 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,450 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +3.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 31 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 31 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 -39 92 £62,500 +19.05% 43
South East -45 81 £55,000 +34.15% 48
North West +5 52 £55,000 +4.76% 27
Midlands -28 40 £50,000 -9.09% 35
East of England +3 38 £47,500 -23.39% 13
Yorkshire -25 29 £62,500 - 13
West Midlands -29 24 £48,750 -18.75% 14
South West -80 23 £51,250 -4.65% 30
Wales -62 17 £62,000 +10.22% 2
East Midlands -17 16 £60,000 +54.84% 20
North East -56 11 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Scotland -28 8 £27,250 -51.34% 24
Northern Ireland -83 1 - - 5
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 14 (4.70%) IIS
2 5 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.34%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.01%) Apache
4 3 (1.01%) CMS
4 3 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.67%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.67%) CICS
5 2 (0.67%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Documentum
6 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.34%) JBoss
6 1 (0.34%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.34%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.01%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.67%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.34%) Finacle
3 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 117 (39.26%) Azure
2 110 (36.91%) AWS
3 45 (15.10%) Power Platform
4 42 (14.09%) GCP
5 41 (13.76%) Serverless
6 40 (13.42%) GitHub
7 32 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (9.40%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (8.05%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (6.71%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (5.70%) SaaS
12 16 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (4.36%) Amazon S3
14 13 (4.36%) Power Automate
15 11 (3.69%) PowerApps
16 10 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (3.02%) GitHub Copilot
17 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.68%) HTTP
1 5 (1.68%) Intranet
2 4 (1.34%) Firewall
2 4 (1.34%) Internet
2 4 (1.34%) LAN
2 4 (1.34%) WAN
3 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.67%) FTP
4 2 (0.67%) SMTP
4 2 (0.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.67%) VPN
5 1 (0.34%) Broadband
5 1 (0.34%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (28.86%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (25.84%) SQL Server
3 70 (23.49%) MySQL
4 41 (13.76%) Power BI
5 29 (9.73%) RDBMS
6 24 (8.05%) MongoDB
7 18 (6.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (6.04%) Tableau
8 17 (5.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (5.03%) NoSQL
10 12 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (2.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (2.35%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (2.01%) Data Lake
14 6 (2.01%) DynamoDB
15 5 (1.68%) MariaDB
15 5 (1.68%) Redis
16 4 (1.34%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 98 (32.89%) Git
2 40 (13.42%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.70%) JIRA
4 13 (4.36%) Claude Code
4 13 (4.36%) GitLab
4 13 (4.36%) JUnit
5 10 (3.36%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (3.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (3.02%) Mockito
7 7 (2.35%) JMeter
8 5 (1.68%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.68%) RSpec
9 4 (1.34%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.34%) minitest
9 4 (1.34%) NUnit
10 3 (1.01%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.01%) Mocha
10 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.67%) Bower
11 2 (0.67%) MSTest
General
1 109 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 70 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (18.79%) Finance
4 31 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.38%) Manufacturing
6 21 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.70%) Retail
8 16 (5.37%) Law
9 11 (3.69%) Legal
10 8 (2.68%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.68%) Banking
11 6 (2.01%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.68%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.34%) Aviation
13 4 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.34%) Marketing
14 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.67%) Legal Technology
15 2 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 142 (47.65%) Developer
2 49 (16.44%) Senior
3 42 (14.09%) Analyst
4 33 (11.07%) Software Developer
5 32 (10.74%) Senior Developer
6 30 (10.07%) Software Engineer
7 26 (8.72%) .NET Developer
8 24 (8.05%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (7.38%) Java Developer
10 21 (7.05%) Lead
11 20 (6.71%) Data Engineer
12 16 (5.37%) C# Developer
12 16 (5.37%) Systems Analyst
13 13 (4.36%) Applications Support
13 13 (4.36%) Consultant
14 11 (3.69%) .NET Software Developer
14 11 (3.69%) Web Developer
15 10 (3.36%) Business Analyst
15 10 (3.36%) Systems Developer
16 9 (3.02%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (24.50%) HTML
2 70 (23.49%) CSS
3 68 (22.82%) REST
4 67 (22.48%) React
5 66 (22.15%) .NET
6 44 (14.77%) Spring
7 41 (13.76%) Spring Boot
8 34 (11.41%) Terraform
9 33 (11.07%) RESTful
10 32 (10.74%) jQuery
11 29 (9.73%) AngularJS
12 27 (9.06%) ASP.NET
12 27 (9.06%) Node.js
13 25 (8.39%) Web Services
14 23 (7.72%) .NET Framework
15 22 (7.38%) Entity Framework
16 19 (6.38%) .NET Core
16 19 (6.38%) HTML5
16 19 (6.38%) JSON
17 18 (6.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.40%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.05%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.36%) Data Structures
5 13 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.36%) Legacy Applications
6 10 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.68%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.68%) Mainframe
8 6 (2.01%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.01%) Replication
9 5 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.34%) CUDA
10 4 (1.34%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.34%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.34%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.38%) Windows
2 12 (4.03%) Linux
3 5 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.01%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (40.60%) Agile
2 116 (38.93%) CI/CD
3 111 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (27.18%) DevOps
5 69 (23.15%) Software Engineering
6 67 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (21.14%) AI
8 62 (20.81%) Full-Stack Development
9 57 (19.13%) Scrum
10 51 (17.11%) Microservices
11 47 (15.77%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (14.77%) Decision-Making
13 38 (12.75%) Infrastructure as Code
13 38 (12.75%) SDLC
14 37 (12.42%) Data Modelling
15 36 (12.08%) Kanban
15 36 (12.08%) Test Automation
16 35 (11.74%) Analytics
16 35 (11.74%) Mentoring
17 34 (11.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 144 (48.32%) SQL
2 104 (34.90%) JavaScript
3 70 (23.49%) Java
4 65 (21.81%) Python
5 55 (18.46%) C#
6 46 (15.44%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.38%) PHP
8 13 (4.36%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.03%) VB.NET
10 10 (3.36%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.68%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.35%) COBOL
12 7 (2.35%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.01%) JCL
14 5 (1.68%) Ruby
15 4 (1.34%) Bash
15 4 (1.34%) C++
15 4 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (1.01%) Kotlin
16 3 (1.01%) Scala
Qualifications
1 52 (17.45%) Degree
2 36 (12.08%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.03%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.36%) ACCA
6 10 (3.36%) CIMA
7 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.67%) CEH
9 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.67%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.43%) Data Quality
2 26 (8.72%) QA
3 23 (7.72%) GDPR
4 4 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.67%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.67%) WCAG
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (24.50%) Docker
2 9 (3.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (11.74%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.03%) Ansible
3 10 (3.36%) Kibana
4 5 (1.68%) Grafana
5 4 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.67%) Puppet
7 2 (0.67%) QRadar
8 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 56 (18.79%) Oracle
3 16 (5.37%) Google
4 12 (4.03%) Sage
4 12 (4.03%) Splunk
5 10 (3.36%) SAP
6 9 (3.02%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.35%) IBM
7 7 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.01%) Broadcom
8 6 (2.01%) Databricks
9 5 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.34%) Informatica
10 4 (1.34%) Pega
10 4 (1.34%) TIBCO
11 3 (1.01%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.01%) DevExpress
11 3 (1.01%) JD Edwards
11 3 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.01%) Telerik