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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 273 210
Rank change year-on-year +6 -63 -53
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 198 168 394
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.02% 1.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.30% 5.36% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 146 140 263
10th Percentile £36,375 £38,175 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £58,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -7.69%

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 3,145 3,132 5,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.86% 18.96% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,526 2,099 3,929
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,225
25th Percentile £45,236 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.82%

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 10 August 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 6 (3.03%) Apache
2 5 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Drupal
4 1 (0.51%) JBoss
4 1 (0.51%) Moodle
4 1 (0.51%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.51%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.28%) AWS
1 56 (28.28%) Azure
2 26 (13.13%) Power Platform
3 23 (11.62%) GitHub
4 18 (9.09%) GCP
5 16 (8.08%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (7.07%) Serverless
7 10 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (4.04%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.54%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (3.03%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.53%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (2.53%) SaaS
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.54%) Broadband
2 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.01%) DHCP
3 2 (1.01%) DNS
3 2 (1.01%) Intranet
3 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.01%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) Firewall
4 1 (0.51%) LAN
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (24.75%) SQL Server
3 36 (18.18%) MySQL
4 25 (12.63%) Power BI
5 23 (11.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (8.08%) MongoDB
7 14 (7.07%) Oracle Database
7 14 (7.07%) RDBMS
8 12 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (4.55%) NoSQL
10 6 (3.03%) Tableau
11 5 (2.53%) DynamoDB
11 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (2.02%) Ataccama
12 4 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (2.02%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (2.02%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (1.01%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 60 (30.30%) Git
2 7 (3.54%) GitLab
3 6 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.03%) JIRA
4 2 (1.01%) Bower
4 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.01%) JUnit
4 2 (1.01%) MSTest
4 2 (1.01%) NUnit
4 2 (1.01%) Selenium
5 1 (0.51%) CMake
5 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.51%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.51%) Maven
5 1 (0.51%) Mockito
5 1 (0.51%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.51%) Valgrind
General
1 56 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.65%) Finance
4 20 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 16 (8.08%) Law
7 10 (5.05%) Manufacturing
7 10 (5.05%) Marketing
8 9 (4.55%) Retail
9 6 (3.03%) Social Housing
10 5 (2.53%) Health Technology
10 5 (2.53%) Legal
11 4 (2.02%) Back Office
11 4 (2.02%) Banking
12 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.52%) Front Office
12 3 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.01%) Aviation
13 2 (1.01%) Games
13 2 (1.01%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 76 (38.38%) Developer
2 48 (24.24%) Senior
3 32 (16.16%) Data Engineer
4 28 (14.14%) Senior Developer
5 26 (13.13%) Analyst
6 24 (12.12%) Lead
7 21 (10.61%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.57%) Data Analyst
9 12 (6.06%) Systems Developer
10 11 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (5.05%) C# Developer
11 10 (5.05%) Python Engineer
12 8 (4.04%) Applications Developer
12 8 (4.04%) Consultant
12 8 (4.04%) Senior C# Developer
12 8 (4.04%) Software Developer
12 8 (4.04%) SQL Developer
13 7 (3.54%) Applications Support
14 6 (3.03%) .NET Developer
14 6 (3.03%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.21%) CSS
1 42 (21.21%) React
2 39 (19.70%) HTML
2 39 (19.70%) REST
3 27 (13.64%) .NET
4 22 (11.11%) Node.js
5 18 (9.09%) AngularJS
6 15 (7.58%) Spring
7 14 (7.07%) Kafka
8 13 (6.57%) FastAPI
8 13 (6.57%) RESTful
9 12 (6.06%) jQuery
9 12 (6.06%) PySpark
10 11 (5.56%) .NET Core
10 11 (5.56%) Flask
10 11 (5.56%) Vue
10 11 (5.56%) Web Services
11 10 (5.05%) .NET Framework
11 10 (5.05%) Entity Framework
11 10 (5.05%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.65%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.03%) CUDA
5 6 (3.03%) Legacy Code
6 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.02%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.02%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.01%) CCTV
9 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.01%) Replication
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.04%) Linux
2 6 (3.03%) Windows
3 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.38%) CI/CD
2 55 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 53 (26.77%) Analytics
4 48 (24.24%) Agile
5 46 (23.23%) Data Modelling
5 46 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
8 35 (17.68%) Business Intelligence
9 34 (17.17%) DevOps
10 31 (15.66%) Decision-Making
10 31 (15.66%) Microservices
11 30 (15.15%) Data Pipeline
11 30 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 29 (14.65%) AI
12 29 (14.65%) ETL
13 28 (14.14%) Clean Code
14 26 (13.13%) Data Architecture
15 25 (12.63%) Data Engineering
15 25 (12.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 100 (50.51%) SQL
2 54 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 51 (25.76%) Python
4 32 (16.16%) Java
5 28 (14.14%) C#
6 26 (13.13%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.56%) PHP
8 6 (3.03%) VBA
9 4 (2.02%) R
9 4 (2.02%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.52%) Scala
11 2 (1.01%) Bash
11 2 (1.01%) Delphi
11 2 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.01%) Pascal
12 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.51%) Dart
12 1 (0.51%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 35 (17.68%) Degree
2 16 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.54%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.01%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 25 (12.63%) GDPR
2 25 (12.63%) QA
3 5 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.01%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (1.01%) WCAG
5 1 (0.51%) MiFID
System Software
1 40 (20.20%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (12.63%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.60%) Terraform
3 4 (2.02%) Ansible
4 3 (1.52%) Grafana
4 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.51%) SCCM
5 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.14%) Oracle
3 14 (7.07%) Databricks
4 4 (2.02%) Google
4 4 (2.02%) IBM
4 4 (2.02%) Informatica
4 4 (2.02%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.52%) SAP
6 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.51%) Foundry
7 1 (0.51%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.51%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.51%) Palantir
7 1 (0.51%) Sage
7 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Solace
7 1 (0.51%) SYSPRO
7 1 (0.51%) TippingPoint
234 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs