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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 297 222
Rank change year-on-year -107 -75 -21
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 240 298 868
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.88% 1.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.35% 6.55% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 171 175 530
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £33,573
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +4.36%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £83,759
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 5,521 4,549 10,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.73% 13.46% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,735 2,876 7,264
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,823 £41,250 £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 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -18 78 £62,500 +19.05% 40
South East -31 70 £55,000 - 32
North West -11 45 £58,750 +11.90% 20
Midlands -42 28 £48,750 +5.41% 17
East of England -16 27 £46,250 -25.40% 10
Yorkshire -30 25 £62,500 -10.71% 14
South West -74 22 £50,000 +5.26% 57
East Midlands -25 18 £60,000 +60.00% 6
West Midlands -36 10 £45,000 -25.00% 11
Wales -56 10 £74,500 +4.56% 3
North East -49 8 £65,000 +25.30% 7
Scotland -21 6 £27,250 -62.41% 6
Northern Ireland -58 1 - - 12
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 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (2.50%) CMS
2 4 (1.67%) IIS
2 4 (1.67%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.83%) Apache
3 2 (0.83%) CICS
3 2 (0.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) Drupal
3 2 (0.83%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.42%) Documentum
4 1 (0.42%) nginx
4 1 (0.42%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.42%) PegaRULES
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.25%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.42%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 89 (37.08%) AWS
2 79 (32.92%) Azure
3 41 (17.08%) Power Platform
4 32 (13.33%) Serverless
5 31 (12.92%) GCP
6 22 (9.17%) Amazon ECS
7 21 (8.75%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (7.92%) GitHub
9 15 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (5.83%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (5.00%) SaaS
12 11 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.58%) PowerApps
13 10 (4.17%) Amazon S3
13 10 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.75%) Power Automate
15 8 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
17 6 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.92%) Intranet
2 4 (1.67%) Firewall
2 4 (1.67%) LAN
2 4 (1.67%) WAN
3 3 (1.25%) HTTP
3 3 (1.25%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.83%) FTP
4 2 (0.83%) Internet
4 2 (0.83%) SMTP
4 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.83%) VPN
5 1 (0.42%) Broadband
5 1 (0.42%) Network Security
5 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (26.67%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (20.42%) SQL Server
3 48 (20.00%) MySQL
4 41 (17.08%) Power BI
5 26 (10.83%) MongoDB
5 26 (10.83%) RDBMS
6 19 (7.92%) NoSQL
6 19 (7.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (7.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (7.08%) Tableau
8 11 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.75%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.67%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.67%) Db2
11 4 (1.67%) MariaDB
11 4 (1.67%) Metadata
12 3 (1.25%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 72 (30.00%) Git
2 28 (11.67%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.67%) JIRA
4 12 (5.00%) JUnit
5 9 (3.75%) GitLab
5 9 (3.75%) Mockito
6 7 (2.92%) JMeter
7 3 (1.25%) Claude Code
7 3 (1.25%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.25%) ERwin
7 3 (1.25%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.83%) Bower
8 2 (0.83%) MSTest
8 2 (0.83%) Selenium
8 2 (0.83%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.42%) Maven
9 1 (0.42%) NUnit
9 1 (0.42%) RSpec
9 1 (0.42%) Subversion
9 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.83%) Finance
3 34 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.17%) Legal
7 10 (4.17%) Retail
8 6 (2.50%) Law
8 6 (2.50%) Social Housing
9 5 (2.08%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.67%) Banking
11 3 (1.25%) Back Office
11 3 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Aviation
12 2 (0.83%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.83%) Police
12 2 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 114 (47.50%) Developer
2 43 (17.92%) Analyst
3 35 (14.58%) Senior
4 24 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 23 (9.58%) Senior Developer
6 20 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.92%) Java Developer
7 19 (7.92%) Software Engineer
8 17 (7.08%) Systems Analyst
9 16 (6.67%) Applications Support
10 13 (5.42%) Systems Developer
11 12 (5.00%) Lead
11 12 (5.00%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.17%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.75%) Applications Support Analyst
13 9 (3.75%) Data Analyst
13 9 (3.75%) PHP Developer
14 8 (3.33%) Applications Developer
14 8 (3.33%) Support Analyst
14 8 (3.33%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (22.50%) REST
2 50 (20.83%) HTML
3 47 (19.58%) React
4 44 (18.33%) CSS
5 29 (12.08%) Spring
6 27 (11.25%) .NET
7 26 (10.83%) Spring Boot
8 23 (9.58%) Node.js
9 22 (9.17%) jQuery
9 22 (9.17%) Web Services
10 20 (8.33%) RESTful
10 20 (8.33%) XML
11 18 (7.50%) JSON
12 15 (6.25%) AngularJS
12 15 (6.25%) HTML5
12 15 (6.25%) Vue
13 13 (5.42%) FastAPI
13 13 (5.42%) Hibernate
14 11 (4.58%) Flask
14 11 (4.58%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.83%) Cloud Native
2 20 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.58%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.33%) Replication
7 6 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.50%) Legacy Code
8 5 (2.08%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.67%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.67%) CUDA
10 3 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.83%) Windows
2 11 (4.58%) Linux
3 2 (0.83%) Solaris
3 2 (0.83%) Unix
3 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (35.42%) CI/CD
2 79 (32.92%) Agile
3 75 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (22.50%) DevOps
4 54 (22.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 50 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 45 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (18.33%) Microservices
8 41 (17.08%) AI
9 39 (16.25%) Scrum
10 38 (15.83%) Analytics
11 37 (15.42%) Data Modelling
11 37 (15.42%) Software Engineering
12 36 (15.00%) Decision-Making
13 35 (14.58%) ETL
14 34 (14.17%) Kanban
15 32 (13.33%) Data Engineering
15 32 (13.33%) Data Governance
16 30 (12.50%) SDLC
17 28 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 119 (49.58%) SQL
2 80 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 57 (23.75%) Java
3 57 (23.75%) Python
4 35 (14.58%) C#
5 27 (11.25%) TypeScript
6 24 (10.00%) PHP
7 9 (3.75%) Shell Script
8 8 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.92%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.50%) Delphi
10 6 (2.50%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.08%) C++
12 4 (1.67%) Bash
12 4 (1.67%) Scala
13 3 (1.25%) Perl
14 2 (0.83%) R
15 1 (0.42%) Go
15 1 (0.42%) PROC SQL
15 1 (0.42%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 38 (15.83%) Degree
2 22 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.17%) ACCA
5 10 (4.17%) CIMA
6 6 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.83%) CEH
9 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.83%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.83%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.33%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.67%) GDPR
3 14 (5.83%) QA
4 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 2 (0.83%) WCAG
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (23.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (12.92%) Kubernetes
2 29 (12.08%) Terraform
3 11 (4.58%) Ansible
4 10 (4.17%) Kibana
5 4 (1.67%) Grafana
6 3 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.83%) QRadar
8 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.42%) SCCM
8 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (20.83%) Oracle
2 42 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.00%) Splunk
4 10 (4.17%) Google
4 10 (4.17%) Sage
4 10 (4.17%) SAP
5 8 (3.33%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.50%) Databricks
7 6 (2.50%) IBM
8 4 (1.67%) Pega
9 3 (1.25%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.25%) Informatica
9 3 (1.25%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.83%) iManage
10 2 (0.83%) Infor
10 2 (0.83%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.83%) Sybase
10 2 (0.83%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.83%) WSO2