Relational Database Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Relational Database
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Relational Database skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Relational Database over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 162 149
Rank change year-on-year -59 -13 -43
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 205 684 994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.37% 2.02% 2.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.26% 8.85% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 154 465 723
10th Percentile £41,512 £39,750 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £79,000 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £86,876 £87,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.17% -11.54% +13.04%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,273 7,726 10,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.87% 22.83% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 6,220 7,215
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,101 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

Relational Database
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Relational Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Relational Database trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Relational Database
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Relational Database.

Relational Database salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Relational Database
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Relational Database salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Relational Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.29%) Confluence
2 12 (5.85%) Apache
3 7 (3.41%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.41%) IIS
4 6 (2.93%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.46%) CMS
5 3 (1.46%) GemFire
5 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.46%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.49%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.49%) Luigi
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.49%) SAS
7 1 (0.49%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) Trello
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.39%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.98%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.32%) Azure
2 42 (20.49%) AWS
3 21 (10.24%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.34%) SaaS
4 13 (6.34%) Serverless
5 11 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (5.37%) GCP
6 10 (4.88%) GitHub
7 9 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.39%) Boomi
8 8 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.93%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.95%) dbt
12 3 (1.46%) AWS CodeBuild
12 3 (1.46%) AWS CodeCommit
12 3 (1.46%) AWS CodeDeploy
12 3 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.39%) Firewall
2 6 (2.93%) DNS
3 5 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.95%) Network Security
5 3 (1.46%) HTTP
5 3 (1.46%) Internet
6 1 (0.49%) FTP
6 1 (0.49%) SMTP
6 1 (0.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (24.39%) SQL Server
2 43 (20.98%) RDBMS
3 26 (12.68%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (11.22%) MySQL
5 18 (8.78%) NoSQL
6 14 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (6.83%) Power BI
7 12 (5.85%) MongoDB
8 11 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (4.39%) DB2
10 7 (3.41%) Tableau
11 5 (2.44%) Big Data
11 5 (2.44%) Hadoop
11 5 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.95%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.95%) MariaDB
12 4 (1.95%) Redis
13 3 (1.46%) Apache Ignite
13 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (27.80%) Git
2 30 (14.63%) JIRA
3 11 (5.37%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.88%) Selenium
4 10 (4.88%) Visual Studio
5 9 (4.39%) Moq
6 8 (3.90%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.44%) Postman
8 4 (1.95%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.95%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.95%) Subversion
8 4 (1.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.46%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (1.46%) JUnit
9 3 (1.46%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.98%) Ant
10 2 (0.98%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.98%) WebSpeed
General
1 69 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (18.05%) Finance
4 26 (12.68%) Banking
5 25 (12.20%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.88%) Back Office
7 8 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.41%) Games
8 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.41%) Law
9 6 (2.93%) Local Government
9 6 (2.93%) Retail
10 5 (2.44%) Marketing
11 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.95%) Legal
11 4 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Front Office
12 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (30.73%) Developer
2 51 (24.88%) Senior
3 38 (18.54%) Analyst
4 25 (12.20%) Software Engineer
5 21 (10.24%) Senior Developer
6 16 (7.80%) Data Engineer
7 14 (6.83%) Support Analyst
8 13 (6.34%) Software Developer
9 12 (5.85%) Architect
10 10 (4.88%) .NET Developer
10 10 (4.88%) Data Architect
11 9 (4.39%) C# Developer
11 9 (4.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.39%) Java Engineer
11 9 (4.39%) NetSuite Developer
11 9 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.39%) Technical Developer
12 8 (3.90%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.90%) Applications Support Analyst
12 8 (3.90%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.98%) .NET
2 36 (17.56%) HTML
3 32 (15.61%) CSS
4 26 (12.68%) .NET Framework
5 21 (10.24%) .NET Core
5 21 (10.24%) React
6 20 (9.76%) REST
7 19 (9.27%) ASP.NET
8 17 (8.29%) Kafka
8 17 (8.29%) OAuth
8 17 (8.29%) Web Services
9 16 (7.80%) Entity Framework
10 14 (6.83%) Middleware
10 14 (6.83%) XML
11 13 (6.34%) Spring
12 10 (4.88%) AngularJS
13 9 (4.39%) JSON
13 9 (4.39%) Restlet
13 9 (4.39%) SAML
14 8 (3.90%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.34%) Virtual Team
3 11 (5.37%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.41%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.41%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.41%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.93%) Educational Technology
7 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.44%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.46%) Credit Derivative
9 3 (1.46%) Derivative
9 3 (1.46%) Equities
9 3 (1.46%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.46%) IoT
9 3 (1.46%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.63%) Linux
2 24 (11.71%) Windows
3 18 (8.78%) Unix
4 6 (2.93%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.44%) CentOS
6 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.95%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.49%) AIX
8 1 (0.49%) Android
8 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.49%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (41.46%) Agile
2 57 (27.80%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (25.85%) DevOps
4 51 (24.88%) Computer Science
5 45 (21.95%) Microservices
6 42 (20.49%) Software Engineering
7 34 (16.59%) CI/CD
8 32 (15.61%) Data Modelling
9 30 (14.63%) Mentoring
10 29 (14.15%) Test Automation
11 26 (12.68%) ITIL
12 25 (12.20%) Analytics
12 25 (12.20%) Scrum
13 24 (11.71%) Data Science
14 22 (10.73%) Data Management
14 22 (10.73%) Project Management
15 21 (10.24%) Change Management
15 21 (10.24%) Front End Development
15 21 (10.24%) Migration
15 21 (10.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 116 (56.59%) SQL
2 74 (36.10%) Python
3 46 (22.44%) C#
4 45 (21.95%) JavaScript
5 39 (19.02%) Java
6 18 (8.78%) T-SQL
7 16 (7.80%) Go
7 16 (7.80%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.85%) PL/SQL
9 11 (5.37%) PHP
10 10 (4.88%) VB.NET
11 8 (3.90%) PowerShell
12 6 (2.93%) C++
13 5 (2.44%) Bash
14 4 (1.95%) C
14 4 (1.95%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.95%) Scala
15 3 (1.46%) Groovy
15 3 (1.46%) R
16 2 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 59 (28.78%) Degree
2 24 (11.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (9.76%) Master's Degree
4 12 (5.85%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.46%) OCP
6 3 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.98%) PhD
8 1 (0.49%) CISSP
8 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.49%) IIBA
8 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.76%) QA
2 13 (6.34%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.85%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.93%) CDISC
5 4 (1.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.98%) GRC
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (17.07%) Docker
2 10 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (13.17%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.37%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.90%) Terraform
4 5 (2.44%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.46%) Ansible
5 3 (1.46%) Argo
5 3 (1.46%) Grafana
5 3 (1.46%) Istio
5 3 (1.46%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) Kibana
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.22%) Oracle
3 18 (8.78%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.88%) VMware
5 9 (4.39%) Databricks
5 9 (4.39%) MuleSoft
6 7 (3.41%) SolarWinds
7 6 (2.93%) Google
8 4 (1.95%) SAP
9 3 (1.46%) Adobe
9 3 (1.46%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.46%) DocuSign
9 3 (1.46%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.46%) IBM
9 3 (1.46%) iManage
9 3 (1.46%) Informatica
9 3 (1.46%) Intapp
9 3 (1.46%) Solace
9 3 (1.46%) Teradata
9 3 (1.46%) TIBCO