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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 284 204
Rank change year-on-year -109 -80 +12
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 197 268 963
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.94% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.91% 6.10% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 130 167 591
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,820 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%

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 5,042 4,397 11,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.69% 15.37% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,974 2,874 8,109
10th Percentile £34,599 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -13 70 £62,500 +13.64% 46
South East -31 65 £55,000 -2.71% 41
North West -3 33 £60,000 +11.63% 27
Yorkshire -52 31 £62,500 +13.64% 15
South West -53 24 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Midlands -49 22 £42,500 -5.56% 20
East of England -18 17 £46,250 -25.40% 11
East Midlands -21 15 £49,500 +32.00% 9
West Midlands -43 7 £42,500 -29.17% 11
North East -33 6 £57,500 +28.32% 5
Wales -46 3 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Scotland -17 2 - - 6
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
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 11 (5.58%) OpenStack
2 6 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (3.05%) CMS
3 2 (1.02%) CICS
3 2 (1.02%) Confluence
3 2 (1.02%) Drupal
3 2 (1.02%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.02%) IIS
3 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) Camunda
4 1 (0.51%) JBoss
4 1 (0.51%) nginx
4 1 (0.51%) PegaRULES
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.51%) SAS
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.02%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 71 (36.04%) AWS
2 63 (31.98%) Azure
3 35 (17.77%) Power Platform
4 29 (14.72%) Serverless
5 26 (13.20%) GCP
6 25 (12.69%) Amazon ECS
7 23 (11.68%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (5.58%) Amazon S3
10 10 (5.08%) SaaS
11 9 (4.57%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (4.06%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (4.06%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.05%) GitHub
13 6 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (2.03%) AWS Data Pipeline
15 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (2.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.55%) Intranet
2 3 (1.52%) Broadband
2 3 (1.52%) Firewall
2 3 (1.52%) LAN
2 3 (1.52%) WAN
3 2 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.51%) FTP
4 1 (0.51%) HTTP
4 1 (0.51%) Internet
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.51%) SMTP
4 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (28.43%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (21.83%) SQL Server
3 35 (17.77%) Power BI
4 34 (17.26%) MySQL
5 22 (11.17%) RDBMS
6 19 (9.64%) NoSQL
6 19 (9.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (8.63%) MongoDB
8 16 (8.12%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (8.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (4.57%) Metadata
10 8 (4.06%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (3.05%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (3.05%) DB2
11 6 (3.05%) Tableau
12 5 (2.54%) BigQuery
13 4 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (2.03%) DynamoDB
13 4 (2.03%) MariaDB
14 3 (1.52%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 57 (28.93%) Git
2 28 (14.21%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.09%) JIRA
3 12 (6.09%) JUnit
4 9 (4.57%) Mockito
5 8 (4.06%) JMeter
6 6 (3.05%) GitLab
7 3 (1.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.02%) Eclipse
8 2 (1.02%) IntelliJ
8 2 (1.02%) Jaeger
8 2 (1.02%) MSTest
8 2 (1.02%) Selenium
9 1 (0.51%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.51%) Poetry
9 1 (0.51%) Postman
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (15.74%) Finance
4 16 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.11%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.05%) Legal
6 6 (3.05%) Retail
7 5 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.03%) Banking
9 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.52%) Back Office
9 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.52%) Law
9 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.02%) Aviation
10 2 (1.02%) Police
11 1 (0.51%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (45.69%) Developer
2 31 (15.74%) Analyst
3 28 (14.21%) Senior
4 23 (11.68%) Java Developer
5 21 (10.66%) Data Engineer
6 19 (9.64%) Senior Developer
7 17 (8.63%) Applications Support
8 16 (8.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 13 (6.60%) C# Developer
10 12 (6.09%) Software Engineer
10 12 (6.09%) Support Analyst
11 10 (5.08%) Applications Support Analyst
11 10 (5.08%) Data Analyst
12 9 (4.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 9 (4.57%) PHP Developer
12 9 (4.57%) Systems Developer
13 8 (4.06%) Applications Developer
14 7 (3.55%) Senior Applications Support
15 6 (3.05%) Lead
15 6 (3.05%) Senior Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (22.34%) REST
2 37 (18.78%) React
3 34 (17.26%) HTML
4 29 (14.72%) CSS
5 28 (14.21%) Spring
6 25 (12.69%) Spring Boot
7 22 (11.17%) Node.js
7 22 (11.17%) Web Services
8 21 (10.66%) .NET
8 21 (10.66%) XML
9 16 (8.12%) AngularJS
9 16 (8.12%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (7.11%) JSON
11 13 (6.60%) Kafka
11 13 (6.60%) RESTful
12 12 (6.09%) jQuery
13 11 (5.58%) Mustache
13 11 (5.58%) WinForms
14 10 (5.08%) Apache Camel
15 9 (4.57%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.15%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.09%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.58%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.55%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.55%) Replication
6 6 (3.05%) Legacy Code
7 4 (2.03%) CUDA
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.52%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.02%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.02%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.51%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.51%) SCADA
10 1 (0.51%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.08%) Linux
1 10 (5.08%) Windows
2 4 (2.03%) Unix
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Solaris
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.03%) Agile
2 63 (31.98%) CI/CD
3 55 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (21.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (21.32%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (20.81%) DevOps
7 40 (20.30%) Analytics
8 39 (19.80%) Data Modelling
8 39 (19.80%) ETL
9 38 (19.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 37 (18.78%) Microservices
11 36 (18.27%) Scrum
12 31 (15.74%) SDLC
13 27 (13.71%) Kanban
14 26 (13.20%) TDD
15 24 (12.18%) Software Engineering
16 22 (11.17%) Data Engineering
16 22 (11.17%) Decision-Making
17 21 (10.66%) Data Pipeline
18 20 (10.15%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 101 (51.27%) SQL
2 68 (34.52%) JavaScript
3 54 (27.41%) Java
4 47 (23.86%) Python
5 35 (17.77%) C#
6 15 (7.61%) PHP
7 14 (7.11%) TypeScript
8 11 (5.58%) Delphi
9 9 (4.57%) T-SQL
10 8 (4.06%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.55%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.54%) Go
12 5 (2.54%) Scala
13 4 (2.03%) Bash
14 3 (1.52%) C++
14 3 (1.52%) R
15 2 (1.02%) C
15 2 (1.02%) Perl
15 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 26 (13.20%) Degree
2 18 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.52%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.02%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.51%) ACCA
9 1 (0.51%) CEH
9 1 (0.51%) CIMA
9 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (20.81%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.60%) QA
3 12 (6.09%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.02%) SLA
5 2 (1.02%) WCAG
6 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.51%) HL7
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (24.37%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (19.29%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.64%) Terraform
3 10 (5.08%) Kibana
4 9 (4.57%) Ansible
5 5 (2.54%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.03%) Grafana
7 2 (1.02%) Argo
7 2 (1.02%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.51%) Control-M
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.51%) QRadar
8 1 (0.51%) SCCM
8 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (19.80%) Oracle
2 36 (18.27%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.08%) Splunk
4 7 (3.55%) Databricks
4 7 (3.55%) Dynatrace
4 7 (3.55%) Google
4 7 (3.55%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.03%) IBM
5 4 (2.03%) Pega
6 3 (1.52%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.02%) IFS
7 2 (1.02%) iManage
7 2 (1.02%) Informatica
7 2 (1.02%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.02%) SAP
7 2 (1.02%) Siemens
7 2 (1.02%) WSO2
8 1 (0.51%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.51%) Sage
8 1 (0.51%) Sybase