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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 204 194
Rank change year-on-year -82 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 232 494 517
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.55% 1.35% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.12% 8.57% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 174 168 382
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,313 £41,250 £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,727 £51,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £66,088
90th Percentile £67,125 £78,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.05% +2.01% -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 3,790 5,762 6,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.06% 15.70% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 3,010 4,951
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,844 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -0.29% -1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 4 January 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 4 January 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
South East -68 93 £41,000 -18.00% 267
North of England +8 54 £53,750 +3.86% 129
Midlands +13 36 £47,500 -7.32% 115
Yorkshire +6 29 £48,750 +2.63% 66
West Midlands +29 28 £47,500 +5.56% 56
North West +8 22 £55,000 -4.35% 53
South West -37 22 £43,953 -12.09% 78
East of England -18 13 £42,500 -33.33% 113
Scotland -24 13 £26,000 -51.09% 25
East Midlands -6 8 £37,500 -51.61% 52
Wales +7 5 £47,000 -1.05% 17
North East +1 3 £52,500 +15.38% 10
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
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 11 (4.74%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.29%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) CMS
3 2 (0.86%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.86%) Mendix
3 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) Appian
4 1 (0.43%) Camunda
4 1 (0.43%) JBoss
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Advent Geneva
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.43%) Shopify
1 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
1 1 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.16%) AWS
2 49 (21.12%) Azure
3 34 (14.66%) Serverless
4 28 (12.07%) SaaS
5 27 (11.64%) Amazon ECS
5 27 (11.64%) Power Platform
6 26 (11.21%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (6.47%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (5.60%) Amazon S3
9 12 (5.17%) GitHub
10 8 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.45%) GCP
10 8 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (3.02%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (3.02%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.72%) Snowflake
14 3 (1.29%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.45%) Intranet
2 6 (2.59%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.59%) Wireless
3 3 (1.29%) AMQP
4 2 (0.86%) Broadband
4 2 (0.86%) DNS
4 2 (0.86%) Firewall
5 1 (0.43%) HTTP
5 1 (0.43%) Internet
5 1 (0.43%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (25.43%) SQL Server
2 54 (23.28%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (13.79%) RDBMS
4 26 (11.21%) MySQL
5 25 (10.78%) Power BI
6 12 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (3.88%) Metadata
8 6 (2.59%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.72%) DB2
9 4 (1.72%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.72%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.72%) Redis
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.29%) InfluxDB
10 3 (1.29%) QlikView
10 3 (1.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (15.09%) Git
2 33 (14.22%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.76%) JUnit
4 16 (6.90%) JIRA
5 14 (6.03%) Mockito
6 13 (5.60%) JMeter
7 9 (3.88%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.02%) Selenium
9 6 (2.59%) GitLab
10 5 (2.16%) Bitbucket
10 5 (2.16%) Postman
10 5 (2.16%) SoapUI
11 4 (1.72%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.86%) Jaeger
13 1 (0.43%) Ant
13 1 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
13 1 (0.43%) Maven
13 1 (0.43%) Xcode
General
1 114 (49.14%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (17.67%) Finance
4 26 (11.21%) Retail
5 22 (9.48%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.76%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.88%) Law
8 5 (2.16%) Marketing
9 4 (1.72%) Back Office
9 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Advertising
11 2 (0.86%) Electronics
11 2 (0.86%) German Language
11 2 (0.86%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.86%) Legal
11 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (36.21%) Developer
2 36 (15.52%) Analyst
3 27 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
3 27 (11.64%) Java Developer
4 21 (9.05%) Support Engineer
5 20 (8.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 18 (7.76%) Software Engineer
7 16 (6.90%) Senior
8 15 (6.47%) Software Support Engineer
9 12 (5.17%) Junior
9 12 (5.17%) Mid-Level Java Developer
9 12 (5.17%) Technical Support
10 10 (4.31%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.31%) Lead
10 10 (4.31%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.45%) Graduate Consultant
11 8 (3.45%) Graduate Database Consultant
11 8 (3.45%) Graduate Support Consultant
11 8 (3.45%) Report Analyst
11 8 (3.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (22.84%) REST
2 41 (17.67%) React
3 38 (16.38%) JSON
4 35 (15.09%) Spring
5 34 (14.66%) Web Services
6 33 (14.22%) Spring Boot
7 32 (13.79%) HTML
8 30 (12.93%) XML
9 26 (11.21%) AngularJS
10 24 (10.34%) Node.js
11 22 (9.48%) .NET
12 21 (9.05%) CSS
13 18 (7.76%) jQuery
14 16 (6.90%) Apache Camel
15 15 (6.47%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (6.47%) Hibernate
16 14 (6.03%) Vue
17 12 (5.17%) ActiveMQ
17 12 (5.17%) WireMock
18 11 (4.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.07%) Onboarding
2 23 (9.91%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.31%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.31%) Operational Technology
5 10 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.45%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.02%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.59%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.72%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.86%) Clustering
11 2 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.86%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.86%) Semantic Web
12 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.78%) Windows
2 16 (6.90%) Linux
3 8 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.59%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (42.24%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (32.76%) Agile
3 59 (25.43%) CI/CD
4 41 (17.67%) DevOps
5 39 (16.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 36 (15.52%) SDLC
7 34 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (13.79%) Microservices
9 30 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (12.93%) TDD
10 29 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 29 (12.50%) Scrum
11 27 (11.64%) Client Onboarding
11 27 (11.64%) Software Engineering
12 26 (11.21%) Analytics
13 23 (9.91%) Data Modelling
14 22 (9.48%) ETL
15 21 (9.05%) Workflow
16 19 (8.19%) Containerisation
16 19 (8.19%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 129 (55.60%) SQL
2 71 (30.60%) Python
3 58 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 55 (23.71%) Java
5 36 (15.52%) C#
6 22 (9.48%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.90%) Shell Script
8 14 (6.03%) PHP
9 12 (5.17%) Go
10 11 (4.74%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.02%) Delphi
11 7 (3.02%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.29%) R
13 2 (0.86%) Bash
13 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.86%) VBA
14 1 (0.43%) C
14 1 (0.43%) C++
14 1 (0.43%) Perl
14 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (18.97%) Degree
2 24 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.31%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) ISTQB
5 7 (3.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.16%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.86%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.86%) CISSP
7 2 (0.86%) MCSE
7 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.86%) OCP
7 2 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 20 (8.62%) QA
3 8 (3.45%) GDPR
4 4 (1.72%) HL7
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) CDISC
6 1 (0.43%) COBIT
6 1 (0.43%) DICOM
6 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.43%) NCSC
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 41 (17.67%) Docker
2 6 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (18.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.03%) Kibana
2 14 (6.03%) Terraform
3 12 (5.17%) Ansible
4 7 (3.02%) Grafana
5 6 (2.59%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.29%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.86%) Argo
7 2 (0.86%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.86%) SCCM
8 1 (0.43%) Control-M
8 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.66%) Oracle
3 14 (6.03%) Splunk
4 12 (5.17%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.59%) Zoho
6 5 (2.16%) Google
7 4 (1.72%) Informatica
7 4 (1.72%) Pega
7 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.72%) Talend
7 4 (1.72%) WSO2
8 3 (1.29%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.29%) SAP
9 2 (0.86%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.86%) Databricks
9 2 (0.86%) IBM
9 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.86%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.86%) RedGate