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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 177 145
Rank change year-on-year -85 -32 -2
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 133 364 515
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 1.83% 2.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.68% 8.03% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 115 140 390
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,838 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,853 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +3.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £90,193
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

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 2,340 4,535 5,451
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.95% 22.80% 24.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,802 2,762 4,361
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £94,500
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 15 November 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 (3.76%) Anypoint
2 4 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.26%) Confluence
4 2 (1.50%) CMS
4 2 (1.50%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.50%) Mendix
5 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.75%) Luigi
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.75%) SAS
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.75%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Shopify
2 3 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.75%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.75%) FastStats
3 1 (0.75%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 54 (40.60%) Azure
2 35 (26.32%) AWS
3 22 (16.54%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (12.78%) GitHub
5 13 (9.77%) Power Platform
6 11 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (7.52%) SaaS
8 7 (5.26%) GCP
9 6 (4.51%) Boomi
9 6 (4.51%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (3.76%) iPaaS
10 5 (3.76%) Serverless
10 5 (3.76%) Workato
11 4 (3.01%) dbt
11 4 (3.01%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 3 (2.26%) Figma
12 3 (2.26%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.50%) DNS
1 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) Broadband
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) HTTP
2 1 (0.75%) Internet
2 1 (0.75%) SAN
2 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (27.07%) SQL Server
2 35 (26.32%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (19.55%) MySQL
4 21 (15.79%) RDBMS
5 13 (9.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (9.02%) Power BI
7 9 (6.77%) MongoDB
7 9 (6.77%) NoSQL
8 8 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.26%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (2.26%) DB2
9 3 (2.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.50%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.50%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.50%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.50%) Metadata
10 2 (1.50%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (22.56%) Git
2 13 (9.77%) JIRA
3 6 (4.51%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.76%) Bitbucket
4 5 (3.76%) Cucumber
4 5 (3.76%) Selenium
5 4 (3.01%) JUnit
5 4 (3.01%) Postman
6 3 (2.26%) GitLab
6 3 (2.26%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.50%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.50%) Mockito
8 1 (0.75%) Jaeger
General
1 50 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.79%) Finance
4 19 (14.29%) Law
5 13 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (9.02%) Legal
7 11 (8.27%) Public Sector
8 10 (7.52%) Retail
9 5 (3.76%) Advertising
9 5 (3.76%) Health Technology
9 5 (3.76%) Marketing
10 2 (1.50%) Banking
10 2 (1.50%) Games
10 2 (1.50%) German Language
10 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Front Office
11 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (38.35%) Developer
2 19 (14.29%) Analyst
3 16 (12.03%) Senior
4 15 (11.28%) Software Engineer
5 12 (9.02%) Java Developer
6 10 (7.52%) Data Engineer
7 9 (6.77%) DBA
8 7 (5.26%) Junior
9 6 (4.51%) .NET Developer
9 6 (4.51%) C# Developer
9 6 (4.51%) Software Developer
9 6 (4.51%) SQL DBA
10 5 (3.76%) .NET Software Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Development Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Development Support Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.76%) Support Engineer
11 4 (3.01%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.55%) .NET
1 26 (19.55%) CSS
2 25 (18.80%) HTML
3 22 (16.54%) React
3 22 (16.54%) REST
4 19 (14.29%) JSON
5 17 (12.78%) Web Services
5 17 (12.78%) XML
6 16 (12.03%) AngularJS
6 16 (12.03%) RESTful
7 14 (10.53%) Node.js
7 14 (10.53%) Spring
7 14 (10.53%) Vue
8 13 (9.77%) SOAP
8 13 (9.77%) Spring Boot
9 12 (9.02%) .NET Core
10 11 (8.27%) ASP.NET
11 6 (4.51%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (4.51%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (4.51%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.02%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.77%) Low-Code
3 8 (6.02%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.26%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.01%) Client/Server
6 4 (3.01%) Clustering
6 4 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.01%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.26%) CMDB
7 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.27%) Linux
2 10 (7.52%) Windows
3 8 (6.02%) Unix
4 5 (3.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.12%) Agile
2 47 (35.34%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (30.83%) DevOps
4 32 (24.06%) CI/CD
5 27 (20.30%) Software Engineering
6 24 (18.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (15.04%) Scrum
8 19 (14.29%) Code Quality
9 17 (12.78%) Microservices
10 16 (12.03%) Data Modelling
10 16 (12.03%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (12.03%) SDLC
10 16 (12.03%) Test Automation
11 15 (11.28%) Clean Code
11 15 (11.28%) Containerisation
12 14 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (10.53%) ETL
12 14 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 14 (10.53%) TDD
12 14 (10.53%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 75 (56.39%) SQL
2 42 (31.58%) Python
3 41 (30.83%) JavaScript
4 34 (25.56%) Java
5 31 (23.31%) C#
6 10 (7.52%) PHP
7 9 (6.77%) TypeScript
8 7 (5.26%) Go
8 7 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 7 (5.26%) T-SQL
9 6 (4.51%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.26%) Bash
10 3 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.26%) Ruby
11 2 (1.50%) Delphi
11 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.50%) Scala
11 2 (1.50%) VBA
12 1 (0.75%) C++
12 1 (0.75%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.53%) Degree
2 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
2 11 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.01%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) OCP
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.28%) QA
2 11 (8.27%) GDPR
3 9 (6.77%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.50%) HL7
5 1 (0.75%) IFRS
5 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (16.54%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.51%) Terraform
3 4 (3.01%) Ansible
4 3 (2.26%) Argo
5 2 (1.50%) Grafana
5 2 (1.50%) SCCM
6 1 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.75%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.75%) Puppet
6 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.28%) Oracle
3 10 (7.52%) Informatica
3 10 (7.52%) Talend
4 6 (4.51%) MuleSoft
4 6 (4.51%) SAP
5 5 (3.76%) Dell
5 5 (3.76%) Epicor
5 5 (3.76%) IBM
5 5 (3.76%) IFS
5 5 (3.76%) Infor
5 5 (3.76%) Jitterbit
5 5 (3.76%) RedGate
5 5 (3.76%) SnapLogic
5 5 (3.76%) Software AG
5 5 (3.76%) TIBCO
5 5 (3.76%) Workday
6 3 (2.26%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.50%) Google