Relational Database Job Trends

Relational Database
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 274 219
Rank change year-on-year -111 -55 -36
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 447 558 1,299
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 1.14% 1.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.15% 7.32% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 279 333 828
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,524 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £50,848 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £74,813
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.36%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,672 7,622 16,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.82% 15.55% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,759 4,910 11,670
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,392
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Relational Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Relational Database job vacancy trend in the UK

Relational Database
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 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
England -89 418 £57,500 -11.54% 158
UK excluding London -96 239 £55,000 -4.35% 111
Work from Home -9 190 £55,000 -8.33% 71
London -66 190 £68,750 -8.33% 79
North of England -21 79 £62,500 +19.05% 29
South East -40 69 £55,000 - 31
North West -1 46 £58,750 +11.90% 13
Midlands -42 28 £48,750 +5.41% 16
East of England -13 27 £46,250 -25.40% 10
Yorkshire -22 25 £62,500 -10.71% 11
South West -73 22 £50,000 +5.26% 10
East Midlands -24 18 £60,000 +60.00% 6
West Midlands -33 10 £45,000 -25.00% 10
Wales -54 10 £74,500 +4.56% 3
North East -47 8 £65,000 +25.30% 6
Scotland -22 5 £35,293 -52.94% 4
Northern Ireland -61 1 - - 12

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 24 (5.37%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.92%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.36%) Apache
4 7 (1.57%) CMS
5 5 (1.12%) Confluence
6 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.89%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.67%) Drupal
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.67%) WordPress
8 2 (0.45%) CICS
8 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.45%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) Documentum
9 1 (0.22%) JBoss
9 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.67%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.22%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 146 (32.66%) AWS
2 129 (28.86%) Azure
3 64 (14.32%) Power Platform
4 44 (9.84%) GCP
5 39 (8.72%) Serverless
6 32 (7.16%) GitHub
7 30 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (6.26%) SaaS
9 25 (5.59%) Amazon ECS
10 24 (5.37%) Amazon EKS
11 19 (4.25%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (3.36%) dbt
13 14 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.91%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (2.68%) PowerApps
16 10 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (2.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.91%) Broadband
2 10 (2.24%) Intranet
3 6 (1.34%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.34%) VPN
4 5 (1.12%) Firewall
4 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.89%) DHCP
5 4 (0.89%) DNS
5 4 (0.89%) HTTP
5 4 (0.89%) LAN
5 4 (0.89%) WAN
5 4 (0.89%) WinSCP
6 3 (0.67%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.45%) FTP
7 2 (0.45%) Internet
7 2 (0.45%) SMTP
8 1 (0.22%) LTE
8 1 (0.22%) Network Security
8 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (24.38%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (20.13%) MySQL
3 77 (17.23%) SQL Server
4 64 (14.32%) RDBMS
5 62 (13.87%) Power BI
6 45 (10.07%) NoSQL
7 43 (9.62%) MongoDB
8 28 (6.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (5.15%) Tableau
10 22 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (4.03%) Metadata
12 18 (4.03%) Oracle Database
13 11 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.57%) BigQuery
16 7 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
17 6 (1.34%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 114 (25.50%) Git
2 39 (8.72%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.92%) JIRA
4 19 (4.25%) GitLab
5 17 (3.80%) Claude Code
6 13 (2.91%) JUnit
7 10 (2.24%) ERwin
7 10 (2.24%) Mockito
8 7 (1.57%) JMeter
9 6 (1.34%) Jaeger
10 5 (1.12%) Selenium
11 3 (0.67%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.67%) Maven
11 3 (0.67%) NUnit
11 3 (0.67%) Postman
11 3 (0.67%) Storybook
12 2 (0.45%) MSTest
12 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 2 (0.45%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 129 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.36%) Finance
3 73 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (3.36%) Retail
8 14 (3.13%) Banking
8 14 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.91%) Law
9 13 (2.91%) Marketing
10 12 (2.68%) Legal
11 11 (2.46%) Billing
12 10 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 9 (2.01%) Front Office
14 7 (1.57%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.34%) Social Housing
16 5 (1.12%) Back Office
16 5 (1.12%) Health Technology
17 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 149 (33.33%) Developer
2 80 (17.90%) Senior
3 72 (16.11%) Analyst
4 66 (14.77%) Data Engineer
5 43 (9.62%) Lead
6 39 (8.72%) Python Engineer
7 38 (8.50%) Senior Developer
8 30 (6.71%) Java Developer
9 28 (6.26%) Software Engineer
10 27 (6.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 24 (5.37%) Consultant
12 22 (4.92%) Applications Support
13 21 (4.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (4.47%) Data Analyst
15 19 (4.25%) Software Developer
16 17 (3.80%) Support Analyst
16 17 (3.80%) Systems Analyst
17 15 (3.36%) Java Engineer
18 14 (3.13%) Applications Support Analyst
19 13 (2.91%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (18.79%) REST
2 68 (15.21%) React
3 62 (13.87%) HTML
4 57 (12.75%) CSS
5 53 (11.86%) Spring
6 47 (10.51%) Kafka
6 47 (10.51%) Spring Boot
7 46 (10.29%) .NET
8 32 (7.16%) Node.js
9 31 (6.94%) RESTful
10 29 (6.49%) AngularJS
10 29 (6.49%) Flask
10 29 (6.49%) XML
11 28 (6.26%) JSON
12 23 (5.15%) Web Services
13 22 (4.92%) jQuery
14 17 (3.80%) FastAPI
14 17 (3.80%) SQLAlchemy
15 16 (3.58%) HTML5
15 16 (3.58%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (5.59%) Data Structures
4 20 (4.47%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.68%) Replication
7 10 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.79%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.34%) CUDA
10 6 (1.34%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.12%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.12%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.89%) CCTV
12 4 (0.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.94%) Linux
1 31 (6.94%) Windows
2 12 (2.68%) Unix
3 8 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.45%) Solaris
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (31.54%) CI/CD
2 137 (30.65%) Agile
3 114 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (24.61%) Data Modelling
5 95 (21.25%) Analytics
6 91 (20.36%) DevOps
7 87 (19.46%) AI
8 86 (19.24%) Microservices
9 83 (18.57%) Software Engineering
10 81 (18.12%) Full-Stack Development
11 79 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 76 (17.00%) Business Intelligence
13 71 (15.88%) Data Engineering
13 71 (15.88%) Data Pipeline
14 68 (15.21%) ETL
15 59 (13.20%) Containerisation
16 58 (12.98%) Decision-Making
16 58 (12.98%) Scrum
17 57 (12.75%) Infrastructure as Code
18 54 (12.08%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 223 (49.89%) SQL
2 148 (33.11%) Python
3 117 (26.17%) JavaScript
4 110 (24.61%) Java
5 60 (13.42%) C#
6 42 (9.40%) TypeScript
7 32 (7.16%) PHP
8 15 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.91%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.68%) Bash
10 12 (2.68%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.24%) Delphi
12 9 (2.01%) Go
12 9 (2.01%) Scala
13 8 (1.79%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.57%) R
15 6 (1.34%) C++
15 6 (1.34%) VBA
16 4 (0.89%) Pascal
16 4 (0.89%) Perl
Qualifications
1 56 (12.53%) Degree
2 33 (7.38%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.24%) ACCA
5 10 (2.24%) CIMA
6 9 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.45%) CEH
11 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.45%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.22%) MBA
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (17.90%) Data Quality
2 35 (7.83%) QA
3 28 (6.26%) GDPR
4 10 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.34%) SLA
6 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.45%) MiFID
6 2 (0.45%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.22%) EMIR
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 117 (26.17%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 80 (17.90%) Kubernetes
2 59 (13.20%) Terraform
3 20 (4.47%) Ansible
4 15 (3.36%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.68%) Grafana
6 10 (2.24%) Kibana
7 6 (1.34%) Argo
7 6 (1.34%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.45%) QRadar
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 71 (15.88%) Oracle
3 25 (5.59%) Databricks
4 21 (4.70%) Google
5 13 (2.91%) SAP
6 12 (2.68%) Splunk
7 11 (2.46%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.24%) Dynatrace
8 10 (2.24%) Sage
9 7 (1.57%) Sparx
10 6 (1.34%) IBM
11 4 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.89%) Informatica
11 4 (0.89%) Pega
12 3 (0.67%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.67%) iManage
12 3 (0.67%) JD Edwards
12 3 (0.67%) Sybase
13 2 (0.45%) Solace
13 2 (0.45%) TIBCO