Hybrid/Remote Relational Database Job Trends

Relational Database
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 184 143
Rank change year-on-year -76 -41 +4
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 119 353 489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.85% 2.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.33% 7.78% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 99 133 366
10th Percentile £34,750 £38,200 £39,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% -2.07% +4.17%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,336 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.61% +3.75%

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 2,234 4,539 5,042
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.58% 23.79% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,689 2,812 4,051
10th Percentile £35,833 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -1.64%
75th Percentile £81,500 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Relational Database and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Relational Database job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Relational Database
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Relational Database salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Relational Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (4.20%) Anypoint
2 4 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.68%) CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Confluence
3 2 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Mendix
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.84%) Luigi
4 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.84%) SAS
4 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Shopify
2 1 (0.84%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (40.34%) Azure
2 32 (26.89%) AWS
3 22 (18.49%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (11.76%) GitHub
5 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.72%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.88%) GCP
8 6 (5.04%) Boomi
8 6 (5.04%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.04%) SaaS
8 6 (5.04%) Serverless
9 5 (4.20%) iPaaS
9 5 (4.20%) Workato
10 4 (3.36%) dbt
10 4 (3.36%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.52%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.68%) DNS
1 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.84%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) Firewall
2 1 (0.84%) HTTP
2 1 (0.84%) Internet
2 1 (0.84%) SAN
2 1 (0.84%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (26.05%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (24.37%) SQL Server
3 21 (17.65%) MySQL
4 12 (10.08%) RDBMS
5 8 (6.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (5.88%) Power BI
7 5 (4.20%) NoSQL
8 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (3.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.52%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (2.52%) Metadata
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.68%) FileMaker
10 2 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.84%) DB2
11 1 (0.84%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 23 (19.33%) Git
2 11 (9.24%) JIRA
3 6 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.36%) JUnit
4 4 (3.36%) Selenium
5 3 (2.52%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.52%) GitLab
6 2 (1.68%) Mockito
6 2 (1.68%) Postman
6 2 (1.68%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.84%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (38.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.13%) Finance
2 18 (15.13%) Law
3 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (8.40%) Legal
6 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.88%) Retail
8 5 (4.20%) Marketing
9 4 (3.36%) Health Technology
10 3 (2.52%) Advertising
10 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.68%) Banking
11 2 (1.68%) Electronics
11 2 (1.68%) German Language
11 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (37.82%) Developer
2 16 (13.45%) Senior
3 15 (12.61%) Analyst
3 15 (12.61%) Software Engineer
4 10 (8.40%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Java Developer
6 8 (6.72%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.04%) .NET Developer
7 6 (5.04%) C# Developer
7 6 (5.04%) DBA
7 6 (5.04%) Junior
7 6 (5.04%) Tester
8 5 (4.20%) .NET Software Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Development Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Development Support Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.20%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.69%) CSS
2 26 (21.85%) HTML
3 24 (20.17%) React
4 22 (18.49%) .NET
5 21 (17.65%) REST
6 20 (16.81%) JSON
7 18 (15.13%) XML
8 17 (14.29%) AngularJS
9 16 (13.45%) Node.js
10 15 (12.61%) RESTful
10 15 (12.61%) Web Services
11 14 (11.76%) Vue
12 12 (10.08%) .NET Core
12 12 (10.08%) SOAP
13 11 (9.24%) Spring
14 10 (8.40%) Spring Boot
15 7 (5.88%) ASP.NET
16 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
16 6 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
16 6 (5.04%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.72%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.52%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.52%) CMDB
6 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.52%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.68%) Clustering
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.68%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.68%) Semantic Web
7 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.56%) Linux
2 7 (5.88%) Windows
3 6 (5.04%) Unix
3 6 (5.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.84%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (55.46%) Agile
2 46 (38.66%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (32.77%) DevOps
4 34 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 24 (20.17%) Software Engineering
6 23 (19.33%) Scrum
7 22 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.13%) Code Quality
9 17 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 16 (13.45%) Clean Code
10 16 (13.45%) Data Modelling
11 15 (12.61%) Containerisation
11 15 (12.61%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (11.76%) SDLC
13 12 (10.08%) Microservices
13 12 (10.08%) Regression Testing
14 11 (9.24%) Computer Science
14 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
14 11 (9.24%) User Experience
15 10 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 66 (55.46%) SQL
2 42 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 38 (31.93%) Python
4 27 (22.69%) C#
5 26 (21.85%) Java
6 11 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 9 (7.56%) PHP
8 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
9 6 (5.04%) Go
9 6 (5.04%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.52%) Ruby
10 3 (2.52%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.68%) Bash
11 2 (1.68%) Delphi
11 2 (1.68%) Scala
11 2 (1.68%) VBA
12 1 (0.84%) COBOL
12 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.84%) Groovy
12 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.61%) Degree
2 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
2 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.88%) ISTQB
3 7 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (3.36%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.45%) QA
2 10 (8.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.72%) GDPR
4 2 (1.68%) HL7
5 1 (0.84%) IFRS
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (17.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.88%) Terraform
3 4 (3.36%) Ansible
4 3 (2.52%) Argo
5 2 (1.68%) Grafana
5 2 (1.68%) SCCM
6 1 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.84%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.84%) Puppet
6 1 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.76%) Oracle
3 7 (5.88%) Informatica
3 7 (5.88%) SAP
3 7 (5.88%) Talend
4 6 (5.04%) MuleSoft
5 5 (4.20%) Dell
5 5 (4.20%) Epicor
5 5 (4.20%) IBM
5 5 (4.20%) IFS
5 5 (4.20%) Infor
5 5 (4.20%) Jitterbit
5 5 (4.20%) SnapLogic
5 5 (4.20%) Software AG
5 5 (4.20%) TIBCO
5 5 (4.20%) Workday
6 3 (2.52%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.68%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.68%) RedGate