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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 189 201
Rank change year-on-year -130 +12 -15
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 215 476 720
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 1.44% 1.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.50% 8.92% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 157 154 556
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,478 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,150 £79,625 £83,759
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%

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 3,909 5,338 9,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.38% 16.17% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 2,787 7,376
10th Percentile £32,125 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,531 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 10 February 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 10 February 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
South East -84 78 £42,250 -20.66% 46
North of England -11 58 £55,000 - 40
Midlands +2 38 £45,125 +0.28% 18
Yorkshire -23 29 £48,750 -11.36% 8
North West +4 27 £55,000 - 26
West Midlands +11 26 £47,500 +5.56% 7
South West -55 20 £43,953 -12.09% 22
East Midlands -14 12 £37,500 -55.88% 11
East of England -19 12 £42,500 -34.62% 5
Scotland -34 9 £26,000 -46.70% 13
Wales -3 4 £41,500 -17.00%
North East -9 2 £52,500 +15.38% 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 (5.12%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.33%) CMS
3 3 (1.40%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.93%) Confluence
4 2 (0.93%) Mendix
4 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Appian
5 1 (0.47%) Camunda
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
5 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.47%) Shopify
2 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (27.44%) AWS
2 48 (22.33%) Azure
3 28 (13.02%) Serverless
4 27 (12.56%) Power Platform
5 25 (11.63%) Amazon ECS
6 22 (10.23%) Amazon EKS
6 22 (10.23%) SaaS
7 13 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (5.12%) GCP
9 10 (4.65%) GitHub
10 9 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (4.19%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (3.26%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (1.86%) OpenShift
15 4 (1.86%) Snowflake
16 3 (1.40%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.72%) Intranet
2 6 (2.79%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.79%) Wireless
3 2 (0.93%) Broadband
3 2 (0.93%) DNS
3 2 (0.93%) Firewall
4 1 (0.47%) HTTP
4 1 (0.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (24.65%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (23.26%) SQL Server
3 30 (13.95%) MySQL
4 27 (12.56%) RDBMS
5 26 (12.09%) Power BI
6 13 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.65%) Metadata
8 9 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (3.26%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.79%) DB2
11 4 (1.86%) FileMaker
11 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.86%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.86%) Redis
12 3 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.93%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.93%) OLAP
13 2 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 35 (16.28%) Git
2 27 (12.56%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.44%) JIRA
4 14 (6.51%) JUnit
5 11 (5.12%) Mockito
6 10 (4.65%) JMeter
7 8 (3.72%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.79%) Selenium
9 4 (1.86%) GitLab
9 4 (1.86%) Postman
9 4 (1.86%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.40%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.93%) Jaeger
12 1 (0.47%) Ant
12 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.47%) ERwin
12 1 (0.47%) Subversion
12 1 (0.47%) Xcode
General
1 106 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (17.67%) Finance
4 19 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.91%) Retail
6 16 (7.44%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.72%) Law
8 5 (2.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Banking
11 2 (0.93%) Electronics
11 2 (0.93%) German Language
11 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Back Office
12 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (40.47%) Developer
2 34 (15.81%) Analyst
3 27 (12.56%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (10.70%) Java Developer
5 19 (8.84%) Software Engineer
6 17 (7.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 17 (7.91%) Support Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Senior
8 11 (5.12%) Software Support Engineer
9 10 (4.65%) Data Analyst
9 10 (4.65%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.19%) Architect
10 9 (4.19%) C# Developer
10 9 (4.19%) Junior
10 9 (4.19%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 9 (4.19%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.19%) Technical Support
11 8 (3.72%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.72%) Lead
11 8 (3.72%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (24.65%) REST
2 42 (19.53%) React
3 33 (15.35%) JSON
4 31 (14.42%) Spring
5 30 (13.95%) Spring Boot
6 28 (13.02%) Web Services
7 27 (12.56%) HTML
7 27 (12.56%) Node.js
7 27 (12.56%) XML
8 25 (11.63%) AngularJS
9 21 (9.77%) CSS
10 19 (8.84%) .NET
11 17 (7.91%) Vue
12 15 (6.98%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (6.98%) jQuery
13 13 (6.05%) Apache Camel
14 12 (5.58%) Laravel
15 11 (5.12%) SOAP
16 10 (4.65%) Hibernate
16 10 (4.65%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.70%) Onboarding
2 20 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.12%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.65%) Data Structures
4 10 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 10 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.26%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.86%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.86%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.93%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.93%) Replication
10 2 (0.93%) Semantic Web
11 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.77%) Windows
2 15 (6.98%) Linux
3 8 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.79%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (40.93%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (34.42%) Agile
3 50 (23.26%) CI/CD
4 41 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (16.74%) DevOps
6 33 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (15.35%) SDLC
7 32 (14.88%) Microservices
8 29 (13.49%) Data Modelling
9 28 (13.02%) Scrum
10 27 (12.56%) Analytics
10 27 (12.56%) Software Engineering
10 27 (12.56%) TDD
11 26 (12.09%) Mentoring
12 25 (11.63%) ETL
13 22 (10.23%) Client Onboarding
14 19 (8.84%) Workflow
15 18 (8.37%) API Integration
15 18 (8.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 119 (55.35%) SQL
2 64 (29.77%) Python
3 57 (26.51%) JavaScript
4 49 (22.79%) Java
5 36 (16.74%) C#
6 22 (10.23%) PowerShell
7 18 (8.37%) PHP
8 13 (6.05%) TypeScript
9 10 (4.65%) Delphi
9 10 (4.65%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.72%) Go
11 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.93%) Bash
12 2 (0.93%) C
12 2 (0.93%) Perl
12 2 (0.93%) R
13 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.47%) Groovy
13 1 (0.47%) SAS Macro
13 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (14.88%) Degree
2 17 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.26%) ISTQB
4 7 (3.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (1.86%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CISSP
7 2 (0.93%) MCSE
7 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.93%) OCP
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.37%) QA
3 8 (3.72%) GDPR
4 3 (1.40%) HL7
5 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.47%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (17.67%) Docker
2 6 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (16.28%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.65%) Terraform
3 9 (4.19%) Ansible
3 9 (4.19%) Kibana
4 4 (1.86%) Grafana
5 3 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.93%) Argo
6 2 (0.93%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.93%) SCCM
7 1 (0.47%) Control-M
7 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (15.35%) Oracle
3 11 (5.12%) Splunk
4 9 (4.19%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.79%) Google
5 6 (2.79%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.79%) Zoho
6 4 (1.86%) Informatica
6 4 (1.86%) Pega
6 4 (1.86%) Talend
6 4 (1.86%) WSO2
7 3 (1.40%) Databricks
7 3 (1.40%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.40%) IBM
7 3 (1.40%) SAP
8 2 (0.93%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.93%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.93%) Siemens