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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 287 225
Rank change year-on-year -111 -62 -13
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 244 295 812
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.87% 1.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.44% 6.51% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 177 176 488
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £33,925
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,712 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% +2.27% +4.36%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,563 £70,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £83,759
UK median annual salary £56,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -13.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 5,494 4,529 10,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.59% 13.32% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,761 2,874 6,775
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £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 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -4.76%

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 20 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 20 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 -14 79 £62,500 +19.05% 25
South East -29 72 £55,000 - 26
North West -4 45 £58,750 +11.90% 10
East of England -14 28 £47,500 -23.39% 12
Midlands -37 27 £48,750 +5.41% 11
Yorkshire -19 26 £62,500 -10.71% 10
South West -72 22 £50,000 +5.26% 8
East Midlands -15 17 £60,000 +60.00% 5
Wales -56 13 £67,250 -13.23% 3
West Midlands -32 10 £45,000 -25.00% 6
North East -43 8 £65,000 +25.30% 6
Scotland -19 4 £27,250 -61.07% 2
Northern Ireland -60 1 - - 1
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 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (2.46%) CMS
2 5 (2.05%) IIS
3 4 (1.64%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.82%) Apache
4 2 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.82%) CICS
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.82%) Drupal
4 2 (0.82%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) Documentum
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.41%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.41%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.23%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.82%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 94 (38.52%) AWS
2 84 (34.43%) Azure
3 40 (16.39%) Power Platform
4 34 (13.93%) GCP
5 32 (13.11%) Serverless
6 22 (9.02%) Amazon ECS
7 21 (8.61%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (8.20%) GitHub
9 15 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.74%) SaaS
11 12 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (4.51%) PowerApps
13 10 (4.10%) Amazon S3
13 10 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.69%) Power Automate
15 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.87%) Intranet
2 4 (1.64%) Firewall
2 4 (1.64%) LAN
2 4 (1.64%) WAN
3 3 (1.23%) HTTP
3 3 (1.23%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.82%) FTP
4 2 (0.82%) Internet
4 2 (0.82%) SMTP
4 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.82%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) Broadband
5 1 (0.41%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (26.64%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (20.90%) MySQL
3 49 (20.08%) SQL Server
4 40 (16.39%) Power BI
5 26 (10.66%) MongoDB
5 26 (10.66%) RDBMS
6 20 (8.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (7.79%) NoSQL
7 19 (7.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (6.97%) Tableau
9 11 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (3.69%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (2.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.64%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.64%) Db2
12 4 (1.64%) MariaDB
12 4 (1.64%) Metadata
13 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 75 (30.74%) Git
2 29 (11.89%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.56%) JIRA
4 12 (4.92%) JUnit
5 11 (4.51%) GitLab
6 9 (3.69%) Mockito
7 7 (2.87%) JMeter
8 4 (1.64%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.23%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.23%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.23%) RSpec
10 2 (0.82%) Bower
10 2 (0.82%) ERwin
10 2 (0.82%) minitest
10 2 (0.82%) MSTest
10 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.82%) Selenium
10 2 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.82%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 78 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.98%) Finance
3 37 (15.16%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.10%) Legal
6 10 (4.10%) Retail
7 6 (2.46%) Law
7 6 (2.46%) Social Housing
8 5 (2.05%) Health Technology
9 4 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.64%) Banking
10 3 (1.23%) Back Office
10 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Aviation
11 2 (0.82%) Legal Technology
11 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.82%) Police
11 2 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 117 (47.95%) Developer
2 44 (18.03%) Analyst
3 37 (15.16%) Senior
4 25 (10.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (9.84%) Senior Developer
6 21 (8.61%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.79%) Java Developer
8 17 (6.97%) Software Engineer
8 17 (6.97%) Systems Analyst
9 16 (6.56%) Applications Support
10 15 (6.15%) Software Developer
11 13 (5.33%) Lead
11 13 (5.33%) Systems Developer
12 10 (4.10%) Data Analyst
13 9 (3.69%) Applications Support Analyst
13 9 (3.69%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.69%) PHP Developer
13 9 (3.69%) Web Developer
14 8 (3.28%) Applications Developer
14 8 (3.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (22.54%) REST
2 52 (21.31%) HTML
3 48 (19.67%) React
4 46 (18.85%) CSS
5 29 (11.89%) .NET
5 29 (11.89%) Spring
6 26 (10.66%) Spring Boot
7 24 (9.84%) RESTful
8 23 (9.43%) jQuery
8 23 (9.43%) Node.js
9 22 (9.02%) Web Services
10 21 (8.61%) XML
11 19 (7.79%) JSON
12 17 (6.97%) Vue
13 16 (6.56%) HTML5
14 15 (6.15%) AngularJS
15 13 (5.33%) Hibernate
16 12 (4.92%) FastAPI
16 12 (4.92%) Kafka
17 11 (4.51%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.07%) Cloud Native
2 20 (8.20%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.51%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.51%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.51%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.87%) Replication
5 6 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.46%) Legacy Code
6 5 (2.05%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.64%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.64%) CUDA
8 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.23%) Life Science
8 3 (1.23%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.15%) Windows
2 12 (4.92%) Linux
3 3 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.82%) Solaris
4 2 (0.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.07%) CI/CD
2 82 (33.61%) Agile
3 79 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (23.36%) DevOps
5 54 (22.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 50 (20.49%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (18.85%) Microservices
9 41 (16.80%) AI
10 40 (16.39%) Scrum
11 38 (15.57%) Analytics
11 38 (15.57%) Decision-Making
12 37 (15.16%) Software Engineering
13 36 (14.75%) ETL
14 35 (14.34%) Data Governance
14 35 (14.34%) Data Modelling
14 35 (14.34%) Kanban
15 32 (13.11%) Data Engineering
16 30 (12.30%) SDLC
17 29 (11.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 122 (50.00%) SQL
2 83 (34.02%) JavaScript
3 58 (23.77%) Python
4 57 (23.36%) Java
5 35 (14.34%) C#
6 27 (11.07%) TypeScript
7 24 (9.84%) PHP
8 9 (3.69%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.28%) PowerShell
9 8 (3.28%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.87%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.05%) Delphi
12 4 (1.64%) Bash
12 4 (1.64%) C++
12 4 (1.64%) Scala
13 3 (1.23%) Ruby
14 2 (0.82%) Perl
14 2 (0.82%) R
14 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 39 (15.98%) Degree
2 21 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.15%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.10%) ACCA
5 10 (4.10%) CIMA
6 6 (2.46%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.82%) CEH
10 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.82%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (18.85%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.97%) GDPR
3 16 (6.56%) QA
4 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.82%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.82%) SLA
5 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.82%) WCAG
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 58 (23.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 31 (12.70%) Terraform
3 12 (4.92%) Ansible
4 10 (4.10%) Kibana
5 4 (1.64%) Grafana
6 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.82%) QRadar
8 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.41%) SCCM
8 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (19.67%) Oracle
2 46 (18.85%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.92%) Google
3 12 (4.92%) Splunk
4 10 (4.10%) Sage
4 10 (4.10%) SAP
5 8 (3.28%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.87%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.46%) Databricks
7 6 (2.46%) IBM
8 4 (1.64%) Informatica
8 4 (1.64%) Pega
9 3 (1.23%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.23%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.23%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.82%) iManage
10 2 (0.82%) Infor
10 2 (0.82%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.82%) Sybase
10 2 (0.82%) WSO2