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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 285 206
Rank change year-on-year -110 -79 +5
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 210 289 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.98% 1.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.20% 6.69% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 146 171 588
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -0.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £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 5,002 4,322 11,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.50% 14.59% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,151 2,726 8,121
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £82,751 £79,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -20 80 £62,500 +16.28% 39
South East -39 59 £55,000 -1.02% 29
North West -15 43 £55,000 +4.76% 19
Yorkshire -36 31 £62,500 +4.17% 18
East of England -18 24 £47,500 -23.39% 12
Midlands -48 24 £60,000 +33.33% 25
South West -71 20 £52,500 -2.33% 16
East Midlands -20 19 £60,000 +60.00% 5
North East -42 6 £65,000 +31.65% 2
West Midlands -41 5 £45,000 -25.00% 20
Wales -55 4 £45,000 -30.77% 4
Scotland -21 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland -34 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 8 (3.81%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.86%) CMS
3 3 (1.43%) IIS
4 2 (0.95%) CICS
4 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) Drupal
4 2 (0.95%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) JBoss
5 1 (0.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.48%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.48%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.48%) SAS
5 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.48%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 79 (37.62%) AWS
2 66 (31.43%) Azure
3 34 (16.19%) Power Platform
4 33 (15.71%) Serverless
5 26 (12.38%) Amazon ECS
6 24 (11.43%) Amazon EKS
6 24 (11.43%) GCP
7 14 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (5.24%) GitHub
9 11 (5.24%) SaaS
10 10 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (4.76%) Amazon S3
11 9 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (3.81%) PowerApps
13 7 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (2.86%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.90%) Firewall
1 4 (1.90%) LAN
1 4 (1.90%) WAN
2 3 (1.43%) Broadband
2 3 (1.43%) HTTPS
2 3 (1.43%) Intranet
3 2 (0.95%) FTP
3 2 (0.95%) HTTP
3 2 (0.95%) Internet
3 2 (0.95%) SMTP
3 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.48%) Network Security
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (26.19%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (20.48%) SQL Server
3 37 (17.62%) MySQL
4 34 (16.19%) Power BI
5 28 (13.33%) RDBMS
6 22 (10.48%) NoSQL
7 19 (9.05%) MongoDB
8 18 (8.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (7.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (4.76%) Tableau
12 9 (4.29%) Apache Cassandra
13 8 (3.81%) Metadata
14 6 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (2.86%) Db2
14 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (2.38%) BigQuery
16 4 (1.90%) DynamoDB
16 4 (1.90%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 58 (27.62%) Git
2 27 (12.86%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.19%) JIRA
4 10 (4.76%) JUnit
5 8 (3.81%) JMeter
5 8 (3.81%) Mockito
6 7 (3.33%) GitLab
7 2 (0.95%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.95%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.95%) Jaeger
7 2 (0.95%) MSTest
7 2 (0.95%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) ERwin
8 1 (0.48%) Mocha
8 1 (0.48%) NUnit
8 1 (0.48%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Poetry
8 1 (0.48%) Postman
8 1 (0.48%) RSpec
8 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 69 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.76%) Finance
3 30 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.76%) Legal
7 9 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.29%) Retail
8 6 (2.86%) Law
8 6 (2.86%) Social Housing
9 5 (2.38%) Banking
9 5 (2.38%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.90%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.43%) Back Office
11 3 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Aviation
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.95%) Police
12 2 (0.95%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 94 (44.76%) Developer
2 36 (17.14%) Analyst
3 30 (14.29%) Senior
4 21 (10.00%) Data Engineer
4 21 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 21 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 17 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
6 16 (7.62%) Applications Support
7 14 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) Systems Developer
9 11 (5.24%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.76%) C# Developer
10 10 (4.76%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.76%) Lead
10 10 (4.76%) PHP Developer
11 9 (4.29%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.29%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.81%) Applications Developer
12 8 (3.81%) Support Analyst
13 7 (3.33%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (22.38%) REST
2 42 (20.00%) React
3 40 (19.05%) HTML
4 34 (16.19%) CSS
5 26 (12.38%) Spring
6 24 (11.43%) Web Services
7 23 (10.95%) Spring Boot
8 22 (10.48%) Node.js
9 20 (9.52%) .NET
10 16 (7.62%) jQuery
10 16 (7.62%) XML
11 15 (7.14%) HTML5
12 14 (6.67%) JSON
13 13 (6.19%) AngularJS
13 13 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
13 13 (6.19%) RESTful
14 11 (5.24%) FastAPI
15 10 (4.76%) Apache Camel
15 10 (4.76%) Kafka
15 10 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 20 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.81%) Replication
6 6 (2.86%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.90%) CUDA
8 4 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.43%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.43%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.95%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.95%) MISP
10 2 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.24%) Windows
2 10 (4.76%) Linux
3 4 (1.90%) Unix
4 2 (0.95%) Solaris
4 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (34.29%) CI/CD
2 68 (32.38%) Agile
3 55 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (22.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 43 (20.48%) Business Intelligence
6 42 (20.00%) DevOps
7 41 (19.52%) Data Modelling
8 40 (19.05%) Analytics
8 40 (19.05%) Microservices
9 39 (18.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (18.57%) ETL
10 36 (17.14%) Scrum
11 29 (13.81%) Decision-Making
12 28 (13.33%) Kanban
12 28 (13.33%) SDLC
13 27 (12.86%) AI
13 27 (12.86%) Data Engineering
14 24 (11.43%) Data Governance
14 24 (11.43%) Software Engineering
15 21 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 109 (51.90%) SQL
2 74 (35.24%) JavaScript
3 58 (27.62%) Python
4 53 (25.24%) Java
5 31 (14.76%) C#
6 20 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 18 (8.57%) PHP
8 10 (4.76%) T-SQL
9 9 (4.29%) Shell Script
10 7 (3.33%) Delphi
10 7 (3.33%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.38%) Bash
11 5 (2.38%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.38%) Scala
12 4 (1.90%) C++
13 3 (1.43%) Go
13 3 (1.43%) Perl
14 2 (0.95%) R
15 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.48%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 29 (13.81%) Degree
2 19 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.90%) ACCA
6 4 (1.90%) CIMA
6 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.95%) CEH
7 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.95%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.95%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.52%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.14%) GDPR
3 12 (5.71%) QA
4 3 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.95%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.95%) SLA
5 2 (0.95%) WCAG
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) HL7
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (23.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (15.24%) Kubernetes
2 22 (10.48%) Terraform
3 11 (5.24%) Ansible
4 10 (4.76%) Kibana
5 4 (1.90%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.43%) Grafana
7 2 (0.95%) Argo
7 2 (0.95%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.95%) QRadar
8 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.48%) SCCM
8 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (20.48%) Oracle
2 36 (17.14%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.71%) Splunk
4 8 (3.81%) Databricks
4 8 (3.81%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.33%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.33%) Google
6 4 (1.90%) IBM
6 4 (1.90%) Pega
6 4 (1.90%) Sage
6 4 (1.90%) SAP
7 3 (1.43%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.43%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.95%) IFS
8 2 (0.95%) iManage
8 2 (0.95%) Siemens
8 2 (0.95%) Sybase
8 2 (0.95%) WSO2
9 1 (0.48%) Informatica
9 1 (0.48%) Red Hat