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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 285 214
Rank change year-on-year -96 -71 +5
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 323 275 639
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.80% 1.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.92% 6.77% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 221 175 249
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £45,930
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,712 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%

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 5,459 4,060 6,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.34% 11.80% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,891 2,526 3,618
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,750 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 98 £65,000 +23.81% 82
South East -67 84 £60,000 +46.34% 72
North West -13 53 £55,000 +4.76% 53
Midlands -34 49 £60,000 +26.32% 58
East of England -6 42 £47,500 -13.64% 33
Yorkshire -11 34 £65,000 +18.18% 24
West Midlands -34 32 £75,000 +50.00% 37
South West -87 27 £45,000 -16.28% 47
Wales -45 19 £62,000 +10.22% 11
East Midlands -24 17 £56,250 +60.71% 21
North East -60 11 £65,000 +23.81% 6
Scotland -20 9 £27,250 -36.26% 35
Northern Ireland -87 1 - - 26
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 20 (6.19%) IIS
2 6 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.55%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.93%) Apache
5 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.62%) Drupal
5 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Documentum
6 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.31%) JBoss
6 1 (0.31%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.93%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.62%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.31%) Finacle
4 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.31%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 117 (36.22%) AWS
1 117 (36.22%) Azure
2 49 (15.17%) GitHub
3 47 (14.55%) Power Platform
3 47 (14.55%) Serverless
4 35 (10.84%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (10.53%) GCP
6 33 (10.22%) GitHub Actions
7 29 (8.98%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (6.81%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (5.57%) Amazon S3
11 17 (5.26%) SaaS
12 13 (4.02%) Power Automate
13 12 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.41%) PowerApps
15 9 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (2.79%) GitHub Copilot
15 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.55%) HTTP
1 5 (1.55%) Intranet
2 4 (1.24%) Internet
3 3 (0.93%) Firewall
3 3 (0.93%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.93%) LAN
3 3 (0.93%) WAN
4 2 (0.62%) FTP
4 2 (0.62%) SMTP
4 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.62%) VPN
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (27.55%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (26.32%) SQL Server
3 71 (21.98%) MySQL
4 43 (13.31%) Power BI
5 31 (9.60%) RDBMS
6 21 (6.50%) MongoDB
7 18 (5.57%) Tableau
8 17 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (4.33%) NoSQL
10 12 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (2.79%) DynamoDB
12 8 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (1.86%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.86%) Redis
14 5 (1.55%) Metadata
14 5 (1.55%) Star Schema
15 4 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (1.24%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 101 (31.27%) Git
2 44 (13.62%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.26%) Claude Code
4 15 (4.64%) JUnit
5 14 (4.33%) GitLab
6 13 (4.02%) JIRA
6 13 (4.02%) Oracle Forms
6 13 (4.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (3.10%) Mockito
8 8 (2.48%) JMeter
9 5 (1.55%) RSpec
10 4 (1.24%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.24%) minitest
10 4 (1.24%) NUnit
10 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.93%) Mocha
12 2 (0.62%) Bower
12 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.62%) MSTest
General
1 124 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 79 (24.46%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (19.20%) Finance
4 32 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.12%) Manufacturing
6 22 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (5.88%) Retail
8 15 (4.64%) Law
9 13 (4.02%) Legal
10 10 (3.10%) Banking
11 8 (2.48%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.86%) Social Housing
13 5 (1.55%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.24%) Aviation
14 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Marketing
15 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.62%) Back Office
16 2 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 153 (47.37%) Developer
2 55 (17.03%) Senior
3 44 (13.62%) Analyst
4 38 (11.76%) Software Developer
5 36 (11.15%) Software Engineer
6 35 (10.84%) .NET Developer
7 32 (9.91%) Senior Developer
8 27 (8.36%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (6.81%) Data Engineer
9 22 (6.81%) Lead
10 19 (5.88%) C# Developer
10 19 (5.88%) Java Developer
11 16 (4.95%) Systems Analyst
12 15 (4.64%) Consultant
13 14 (4.33%) Web Developer
14 13 (4.02%) Business Analyst
14 13 (4.02%) C# .NET Developer
15 12 (3.72%) .NET Software Developer
16 11 (3.41%) Data Analyst
17 10 (3.10%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (25.39%) .NET
2 76 (23.53%) HTML
3 73 (22.60%) React
4 72 (22.29%) CSS
5 68 (21.05%) REST
6 50 (15.48%) Spring
7 48 (14.86%) Spring Boot
8 39 (12.07%) jQuery
9 36 (11.15%) RESTful
10 32 (9.91%) Node.js
11 31 (9.60%) ASP.NET
12 29 (8.98%) .NET Framework
12 29 (8.98%) AngularJS
12 29 (8.98%) Terraform
13 28 (8.67%) Entity Framework
13 28 (8.67%) Web Services
14 23 (7.12%) Vue
15 22 (6.81%) .NET Core
15 22 (6.81%) JSON
16 20 (6.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 17 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.72%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.79%) Mainframe
6 9 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.48%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.86%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.24%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.24%) IoT
9 4 (1.24%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.24%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.24%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.24%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.81%) Windows
2 16 (4.95%) Linux
3 8 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.24%) Unix
5 2 (0.62%) Solaris
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (40.25%) Agile
2 125 (38.70%) CI/CD
3 120 (37.15%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (25.70%) DevOps
5 77 (23.84%) Software Engineering
6 73 (22.60%) AI
7 69 (21.36%) Full-Stack Development
8 67 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (18.27%) Scrum
10 55 (17.03%) Microservices
11 52 (16.10%) Business Intelligence
12 45 (13.93%) Data Modelling
13 44 (13.62%) Decision-Making
13 44 (13.62%) SDLC
14 43 (13.31%) Mentoring
15 40 (12.38%) Analytics
16 39 (12.07%) Code Quality
16 39 (12.07%) OO
17 38 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
18 37 (11.46%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 159 (49.23%) SQL
2 110 (34.06%) JavaScript
3 72 (22.29%) Java
4 68 (21.05%) Python
5 65 (20.12%) C#
6 52 (16.10%) TypeScript
7 20 (6.19%) PHP
8 15 (4.64%) VB.NET
9 13 (4.02%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.72%) Shell Script
11 10 (3.10%) COBOL
12 9 (2.79%) JCL
13 7 (2.17%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (1.55%) Ruby
16 4 (1.24%) Bash
16 4 (1.24%) C++
16 4 (1.24%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.93%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (14.55%) Degree
2 37 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 24 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.72%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.10%) ACCA
6 10 (3.10%) CIMA
7 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.62%) CEH
9 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.62%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.62%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (16.10%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.67%) QA
3 23 (7.12%) GDPR
4 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.62%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.62%) WCAG
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (24.15%) Docker
2 10 (3.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.33%) Ansible
3 12 (3.72%) Kibana
4 6 (1.86%) Grafana
5 4 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.62%) Puppet
7 2 (0.62%) QRadar
7 2 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.31%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 76 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 55 (17.03%) Oracle
3 14 (4.33%) Google
4 13 (4.02%) Sage
4 13 (4.02%) Splunk
5 12 (3.72%) Databricks
6 10 (3.10%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.10%) SAP
7 9 (2.79%) Broadcom
8 7 (2.17%) IBM
8 7 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.24%) DevExpress
10 4 (1.24%) Informatica
10 4 (1.24%) Telerik
10 4 (1.24%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.93%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.93%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.93%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.62%) Cisco