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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 271 211
Rank change year-on-year -128 -60 -2
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 212 294 962
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.99% 1.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.18% 6.73% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 148 170 591
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £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 5,068 4,370 11,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.58% 14.74% 15.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,283 2,748 8,146
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
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 £78,750
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 14 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 14 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 -27 80 £62,500 +13.64% 24
South East -43 59 £55,000 -1.02% 36
North West -6 46 £55,000 +4.76% 15
Yorkshire -40 28 £65,000 +8.33% 8
East of England -20 24 £47,500 -23.39% 14
Midlands -36 24 £50,000 +11.11% 15
South West -68 21 £52,500 -2.33% 13
East Midlands -20 18 £60,000 +60.00% 3
West Midlands -39 6 £45,000 -25.00% 12
North East -42 6 £65,000 +26.83% 1
Wales -56 5 £45,000 -36.84% 3
Scotland -10 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland -30 1 - - 4
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 7 (3.30%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.83%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) IIS
4 2 (0.94%) CICS
4 2 (0.94%) Drupal
4 2 (0.94%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.47%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.42%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 78 (36.79%) AWS
2 63 (29.72%) Azure
3 34 (16.04%) Power Platform
4 31 (14.62%) Serverless
5 24 (11.32%) Amazon ECS
5 24 (11.32%) Amazon EKS
6 21 (9.91%) GCP
7 12 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (5.19%) GitHub
9 10 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (4.72%) Amazon S3
10 9 (4.25%) PowerApps
10 9 (4.25%) SaaS
11 8 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (3.30%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.89%) Firewall
1 4 (1.89%) Intranet
1 4 (1.89%) LAN
1 4 (1.89%) WAN
2 3 (1.42%) Broadband
2 3 (1.42%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.94%) FTP
3 2 (0.94%) HTTP
3 2 (0.94%) Internet
3 2 (0.94%) SMTP
3 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.94%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (25.47%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (20.28%) SQL Server
3 35 (16.51%) MySQL
4 34 (16.04%) Power BI
5 26 (12.26%) RDBMS
6 23 (10.85%) NoSQL
7 19 (8.96%) MongoDB
7 19 (8.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (7.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (5.66%) Tableau
10 9 (4.25%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (3.30%) Metadata
12 6 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (2.83%) Db2
12 6 (2.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.89%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.89%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.89%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 59 (27.83%) Git
2 26 (12.26%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.66%) JIRA
4 10 (4.72%) JUnit
5 8 (3.77%) Mockito
6 7 (3.30%) JMeter
7 6 (2.83%) GitLab
8 2 (0.94%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.94%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.94%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.94%) MSTest
8 2 (0.94%) Selenium
9 1 (0.47%) ERwin
9 1 (0.47%) Mocha
9 1 (0.47%) NUnit
9 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.47%) Poetry
9 1 (0.47%) Postman
9 1 (0.47%) RSpec
9 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 68 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.09%) Finance
3 29 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.08%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.72%) Legal
7 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.25%) Retail
8 6 (2.83%) Law
8 6 (2.83%) Social Housing
9 5 (2.36%) Banking
9 5 (2.36%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.42%) Back Office
11 3 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.94%) Aviation
12 2 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.94%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.94%) Police
12 2 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 97 (45.75%) Developer
2 38 (17.92%) Analyst
3 29 (13.68%) Senior
4 22 (10.38%) Senior Developer
5 20 (9.43%) Java Developer
6 19 (8.96%) Data Engineer
6 19 (8.96%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (7.55%) Applications Support
8 14 (6.60%) Software Engineer
9 13 (6.13%) Systems Analyst
9 13 (6.13%) Systems Developer
10 11 (5.19%) Software Developer
11 10 (4.72%) C# Developer
11 10 (4.72%) Lead
12 9 (4.25%) Applications Support Analyst
12 9 (4.25%) Data Analyst
13 8 (3.77%) Applications Developer
13 8 (3.77%) PHP Developer
13 8 (3.77%) Support Analyst
14 7 (3.30%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (21.23%) REST
2 43 (20.28%) HTML
3 42 (19.81%) React
4 37 (17.45%) CSS
5 25 (11.79%) Spring
6 24 (11.32%) Web Services
7 22 (10.38%) .NET
7 22 (10.38%) Spring Boot
8 21 (9.91%) Node.js
9 18 (8.49%) jQuery
10 17 (8.02%) XML
11 16 (7.55%) JSON
12 15 (7.08%) HTML5
13 14 (6.60%) RESTful
14 13 (6.13%) AngularJS
14 13 (6.13%) FastAPI
15 12 (5.66%) Elastic Stack
15 12 (5.66%) Vue
16 11 (5.19%) Flask
17 10 (4.72%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.38%) Cloud Native
2 20 (9.43%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.72%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.30%) Replication
7 6 (2.83%) Legacy Code
8 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.89%) CUDA
9 4 (1.89%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.42%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.94%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.94%) MISP
11 2 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.47%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.19%) Windows
2 10 (4.72%) Linux
3 4 (1.89%) Unix
4 2 (0.94%) Solaris
4 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.96%) CI/CD
2 68 (32.08%) Agile
3 55 (25.94%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (22.64%) Full-Stack Development
5 43 (20.28%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (19.34%) DevOps
7 40 (18.87%) Data Modelling
8 39 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (18.40%) Microservices
9 38 (17.92%) Analytics
10 37 (17.45%) ETL
11 36 (16.98%) Scrum
12 31 (14.62%) AI
12 31 (14.62%) Decision-Making
13 29 (13.68%) Kanban
14 28 (13.21%) Data Engineering
15 27 (12.74%) SDLC
16 26 (12.26%) Data Governance
17 24 (11.32%) Software Engineering
18 21 (9.91%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (52.36%) SQL
2 73 (34.43%) JavaScript
3 58 (27.36%) Python
4 51 (24.06%) Java
5 32 (15.09%) C#
6 20 (9.43%) TypeScript
7 18 (8.49%) PHP
8 9 (4.25%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.77%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.30%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.83%) Delphi
12 5 (2.36%) Bash
12 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.89%) C++
13 4 (1.89%) Scala
14 3 (1.42%) Go
14 3 (1.42%) Perl
15 2 (0.94%) R
16 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.47%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 30 (14.15%) Degree
2 19 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.08%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.83%) ACCA
5 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.83%) CIMA
6 5 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.94%) CEH
8 2 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.94%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.94%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.87%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.60%) GDPR
3 11 (5.19%) QA
4 3 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.94%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.94%) SLA
5 2 (0.94%) WCAG
6 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) HL7
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (23.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (14.62%) Kubernetes
2 22 (10.38%) Terraform
3 11 (5.19%) Ansible
4 10 (4.72%) Kibana
5 4 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.42%) Grafana
7 2 (0.94%) Argo
7 2 (0.94%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.94%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.47%) SCCM
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (19.81%) Oracle
2 35 (16.51%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.66%) Splunk
4 8 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.30%) Databricks
5 7 (3.30%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.30%) Google
6 6 (2.83%) Sage
6 6 (2.83%) SAP
7 4 (1.89%) IBM
7 4 (1.89%) Pega
8 3 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.42%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.94%) IFS
9 2 (0.94%) iManage
9 2 (0.94%) Sybase
9 2 (0.94%) WSO2
10 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud