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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 166 139
Rank change year-on-year -82 -27 +14
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 119 328 537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 2.00% 2.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.59% 7.90% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 88 117 404
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,823 £39,575
25th Percentile £38,625 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
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
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 2,127 4,151 5,644
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.87% 25.29% 24.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 2,467 4,643
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,063 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -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 17 January 2026.

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 3 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.68%) CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Mendix
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.84%) Confluence
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 47 (39.50%) AWS
2 42 (35.29%) Azure
3 20 (16.81%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (10.92%) Pulumi
5 12 (10.08%) GitHub
5 12 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.88%) GCP
6 7 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.88%) Serverless
7 6 (5.04%) Boomi
7 6 (5.04%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.04%) SaaS
8 5 (4.20%) iPaaS
8 5 (4.20%) Workato
9 4 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.36%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.52%) dbt
10 3 (2.52%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) Broadband
2 2 (1.68%) DNS
2 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.84%) Firewall
3 1 (0.84%) HTTP
3 1 (0.84%) Internet
3 1 (0.84%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (24.37%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (21.85%) SQL Server
3 22 (18.49%) RDBMS
4 21 (17.65%) MySQL
5 19 (15.97%) NoSQL
6 6 (5.04%) Power BI
6 6 (5.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (4.20%) Metadata
8 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.52%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.52%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.68%) FileMaker
10 2 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.84%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 22 (18.49%) Git
2 13 (10.92%) Jaeger
3 8 (6.72%) JIRA
4 6 (5.04%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.36%) JUnit
5 4 (3.36%) Selenium
6 3 (2.52%) GitLab
7 2 (1.68%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.68%) Mockito
7 2 (1.68%) Postman
7 2 (1.68%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (15.13%) Finance
3 18 (15.13%) Law
4 13 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.40%) Legal
6 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.88%) Retail
8 5 (4.20%) Marketing
9 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.68%) Banking
10 2 (1.68%) Electronics
10 2 (1.68%) Front Office
10 2 (1.68%) German Language
10 2 (1.68%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.84%) Back Office
11 1 (0.84%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.84%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (34.45%) Developer
2 15 (12.61%) Analyst
3 14 (11.76%) Lead
3 14 (11.76%) Senior
4 13 (10.92%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.72%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (6.72%) Data Engineer
5 8 (6.72%) Senior Developer
6 6 (5.04%) .NET Developer
6 6 (5.04%) C# Developer
6 6 (5.04%) Java Developer
6 6 (5.04%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 6 (5.04%) Tester
7 5 (4.20%) Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Development Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Junior
7 5 (4.20%) Software Developer
7 5 (4.20%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Team Leader
7 5 (4.20%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.69%) CSS
2 26 (21.85%) HTML
3 23 (19.33%) React
4 22 (18.49%) REST
5 21 (17.65%) .NET
6 18 (15.13%) Elastic Stack
6 18 (15.13%) JSON
7 17 (14.29%) AngularJS
8 15 (12.61%) XML
9 14 (11.76%) Node.js
9 14 (11.76%) Vue
9 14 (11.76%) Web Services
10 13 (10.92%) OpenTelemetry
11 12 (10.08%) RESTful
11 12 (10.08%) SOAP
12 11 (9.24%) .NET Core
13 9 (7.56%) Spring
14 8 (6.72%) Spring Boot
15 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
15 6 (5.04%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.72%) Low-Code
2 8 (6.72%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.52%) CMDB
5 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.68%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.68%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.68%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.84%) Blog
7 1 (0.84%) Clustering
7 1 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.84%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.84%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.65%) Linux
2 18 (15.13%) Unix
3 6 (5.04%) Windows
3 6 (5.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (58.82%) Agile
2 48 (40.34%) DevOps
3 43 (36.13%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (26.89%) CI/CD
5 28 (23.53%) Containerisation
6 23 (19.33%) Mentoring
7 21 (17.65%) Scrum
7 21 (17.65%) Software Engineering
8 20 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (15.13%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (15.13%) Performance Optimisation
10 16 (13.45%) Code Quality
10 16 (13.45%) High Availability
10 16 (13.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (13.45%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.61%) Data Modelling
11 15 (12.61%) Full-Stack Development
11 15 (12.61%) Test Automation
12 14 (11.76%) Clean Code
12 14 (11.76%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (47.06%) SQL
2 54 (45.38%) JavaScript
3 47 (39.50%) Python
4 36 (30.25%) Java
5 26 (21.85%) C#
6 18 (15.13%) Go
7 14 (11.76%) Bash
8 9 (7.56%) PHP
8 9 (7.56%) TypeScript
9 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
10 5 (4.20%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.52%) Ruby
12 2 (1.68%) Delphi
12 2 (1.68%) Scala
12 2 (1.68%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.68%) VBA
13 1 (0.84%) Bicep
13 1 (0.84%) Groovy
13 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.61%) Degree
2 14 (11.76%) AWS Certification
3 13 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.92%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.88%) ISTQB
5 7 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) QA
2 9 (7.56%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.88%) GDPR
4 3 (2.52%) HL7
5 1 (0.84%) IFRS
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (26.89%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (25.21%) Kubernetes
2 19 (15.97%) Terraform
3 16 (13.45%) Ansible
4 15 (12.61%) Argo
5 13 (10.92%) Kustomize
5 13 (10.92%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.68%) Grafana
6 2 (1.68%) SCCM
7 1 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.84%) Puppet
7 1 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.76%) Google
3 12 (10.08%) Oracle
4 7 (5.88%) SAP
5 6 (5.04%) Informatica
5 6 (5.04%) MuleSoft
5 6 (5.04%) Talend
6 5 (4.20%) Dell
6 5 (4.20%) Epicor
6 5 (4.20%) IBM
6 5 (4.20%) IFS
6 5 (4.20%) Infor
6 5 (4.20%) Jitterbit
6 5 (4.20%) SnapLogic
6 5 (4.20%) Software AG
6 5 (4.20%) TIBCO
6 5 (4.20%) Workday
7 3 (2.52%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.68%) HubSpot