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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 293 217
Rank change year-on-year -91 -76 +6
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 285 296 695
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.85% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.98% 6.56% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 200 185 373
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,905
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,356 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% - +4.36%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -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 5,723 4,515 8,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.44% 13.04% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 2,851 4,945
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £40,675 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.82%

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 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 10 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 -21 88 £62,500 +19.05% 40
South East -32 83 £55,000 +34.15% 49
North West +1 48 £55,000 +4.76% 23
East of England -19 35 £47,500 -23.39% 9
Midlands -33 34 £50,000 - 31
Yorkshire -29 30 £62,500 +2.04% 13
South West -78 24 £50,000 -6.98% 20
East Midlands -17 17 £60,000 +60.00% 9
West Midlands -32 17 £48,750 -18.75% 22
Wales -49 17 £62,000 -20.00% 4
North East -53 10 £65,000 +25.30% 6
Scotland -24 5 £27,250 -60.36% 14
Northern Ireland -70 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 10 (3.51%) IIS
2 6 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.40%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) CMS
5 2 (0.70%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.70%) CICS
5 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 2 (0.70%) Drupal
5 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) Documentum
6 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.35%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.35%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (38.25%) Azure
2 104 (36.49%) AWS
3 45 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 41 (14.39%) GCP
5 38 (13.33%) Serverless
6 32 (11.23%) GitHub
7 28 (9.82%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (7.72%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (7.72%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (7.37%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (5.61%) SaaS
11 14 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (4.21%) Power Automate
12 12 (4.21%) PowerApps
13 11 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.86%) Amazon S3
13 11 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (2.46%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.46%) Intranet
2 5 (1.75%) HTTP
3 4 (1.40%) Firewall
3 4 (1.40%) LAN
3 4 (1.40%) WAN
4 3 (1.05%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.70%) FTP
5 2 (0.70%) Internet
5 2 (0.70%) SMTP
5 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.70%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) Broadband
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (28.42%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (24.56%) SQL Server
3 65 (22.81%) MySQL
4 42 (14.74%) Power BI
5 31 (10.88%) RDBMS
6 24 (8.42%) MongoDB
7 22 (7.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (7.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (6.67%) Tableau
10 16 (5.61%) NoSQL
11 14 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (3.16%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (2.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (2.11%) Data Lake
16 5 (1.75%) BigQuery
16 5 (1.75%) MariaDB
16 5 (1.75%) Redis
17 4 (1.40%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 92 (32.28%) Git
2 36 (12.63%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.61%) JIRA
4 14 (4.91%) JUnit
5 12 (4.21%) GitLab
6 10 (3.51%) Claude Code
7 9 (3.16%) Mockito
8 7 (2.46%) JMeter
8 7 (2.46%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (2.46%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.75%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.75%) NUnit
9 5 (1.75%) RSpec
10 4 (1.40%) minitest
11 3 (1.05%) IntelliJ
11 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.70%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.70%) ERwin
12 2 (0.70%) MSTest
12 2 (0.70%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 99 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.40%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (17.19%) Finance
4 29 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.96%) Manufacturing
7 14 (4.91%) Retail
8 13 (4.56%) Law
9 11 (3.86%) Legal
10 7 (2.46%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.11%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.75%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.40%) Aviation
13 4 (1.40%) Banking
13 4 (1.40%) Marketing
14 3 (1.05%) Back Office
14 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 135 (47.37%) Developer
2 47 (16.49%) Senior
3 46 (16.14%) Analyst
4 31 (10.88%) Senior Developer
5 28 (9.82%) Software Developer
6 26 (9.12%) Software Engineer
7 24 (8.42%) Data Engineer
7 24 (8.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (7.37%) Lead
9 20 (7.02%) .NET Developer
9 20 (7.02%) Java Developer
10 17 (5.96%) Systems Analyst
11 16 (5.61%) C# Developer
12 15 (5.26%) Applications Support
13 12 (4.21%) Systems Developer
14 11 (3.86%) Consultant
15 10 (3.51%) .NET Software Developer
15 10 (3.51%) Business Analyst
15 10 (3.51%) Data Analyst
15 10 (3.51%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (22.81%) HTML
2 61 (21.40%) CSS
2 61 (21.40%) REST
3 60 (21.05%) React
4 57 (20.00%) .NET
5 37 (12.98%) Spring
6 34 (11.93%) Spring Boot
7 29 (10.18%) RESTful
8 28 (9.82%) jQuery
9 24 (8.42%) AngularJS
9 24 (8.42%) Node.js
10 23 (8.07%) Web Services
11 22 (7.72%) ASP.NET
12 19 (6.67%) Entity Framework
13 18 (6.32%) .NET Framework
13 18 (6.32%) HTML5
13 18 (6.32%) JSON
13 18 (6.32%) XML
14 16 (5.61%) .NET Core
14 16 (5.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.56%) Data Structures
4 13 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (4.21%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.46%) Replication
9 6 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (2.11%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.75%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.40%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.40%) CUDA
11 4 (1.40%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.61%) Windows
2 10 (3.51%) Linux
3 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.70%) Solaris
4 2 (0.70%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (37.89%) CI/CD
2 105 (36.84%) Agile
3 100 (35.09%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (26.67%) DevOps
5 62 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (21.05%) Software Engineering
7 58 (20.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 54 (18.95%) Scrum
9 53 (18.60%) AI
10 50 (17.54%) Business Intelligence
11 47 (16.49%) Microservices
12 42 (14.74%) Decision-Making
13 41 (14.39%) Kanban
14 40 (14.04%) Analytics
15 39 (13.68%) SDLC
16 37 (12.98%) Data Modelling
16 37 (12.98%) ETL
17 35 (12.28%) Data Governance
17 35 (12.28%) Infrastructure as Code
18 34 (11.93%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 144 (50.53%) SQL
2 97 (34.04%) JavaScript
3 65 (22.81%) Java
4 61 (21.40%) Python
5 54 (18.95%) C#
6 38 (13.33%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.67%) PHP
8 12 (4.21%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.51%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.16%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.81%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.46%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.75%) Ruby
14 4 (1.40%) Bash
14 4 (1.40%) C++
14 4 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.40%) Scala
15 3 (1.05%) COBOL
15 3 (1.05%) Delphi
15 3 (1.05%) JCL
Qualifications
1 50 (17.54%) Degree
2 32 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.86%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.51%) ACCA
5 10 (3.51%) CIMA
6 6 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.70%) CEH
9 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.70%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.49%) Data Quality
2 25 (8.77%) QA
3 19 (6.67%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.70%) SLA
5 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.70%) WCAG
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (23.51%) Docker
2 6 (2.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 32 (11.23%) Terraform
3 12 (4.21%) Ansible
4 10 (3.51%) Kibana
5 5 (1.75%) Grafana
6 4 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.70%) QRadar
8 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
8 1 (0.35%) SCCM
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.25%) Oracle
3 16 (5.61%) Google
4 12 (4.21%) Splunk
5 11 (3.86%) Sage
6 10 (3.51%) SAP
7 9 (3.16%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.46%) Databricks
8 7 (2.46%) IBM
8 7 (2.46%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.40%) Informatica
9 4 (1.40%) Pega
9 4 (1.40%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.05%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.05%) Broadcom
10 3 (1.05%) JD Edwards
10 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.70%) IFS
11 2 (0.70%) iManage
11 2 (0.70%) OpenAI