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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 270 202
Rank change year-on-year -5 -68 -49
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 196 168 411
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.02% 1.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.27% 5.33% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 145 139 285
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,100 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £74,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £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 3,124 3,151 5,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.86% 19.12% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 2,111 4,018
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £37,940
25th Percentile £45,309 £46,250 £46,990
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 £82,751 £91,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 6 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 (3.06%) Apache
2 5 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Drupal
5 1 (0.51%) JBoss
5 1 (0.51%) Moodle
5 1 (0.51%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.02%) 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 55 (28.06%) AWS
1 55 (28.06%) Azure
2 26 (13.27%) Power Platform
3 22 (11.22%) GitHub
4 18 (9.18%) GCP
5 15 (7.65%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (7.14%) Serverless
7 10 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (4.08%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.57%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (3.06%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.55%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.57%) Broadband
2 4 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.53%) DHCP
3 3 (1.53%) DNS
3 3 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.53%) VPN
4 2 (1.02%) Intranet
5 1 (0.51%) Firewall
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (33.16%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (24.49%) SQL Server
3 35 (17.86%) MySQL
4 25 (12.76%) Power BI
5 23 (11.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (8.16%) MongoDB
7 14 (7.14%) Oracle Database
7 14 (7.14%) RDBMS
8 12 (6.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (4.59%) NoSQL
10 6 (3.06%) Tableau
11 5 (2.55%) DynamoDB
11 5 (2.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (2.04%) Ataccama
12 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (2.04%) IBM InfoSphere
12 4 (2.04%) TIBCO EBX
13 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (1.02%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 58 (29.59%) Git
2 7 (3.57%) GitLab
3 6 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.06%) JIRA
4 2 (1.02%) Bower
4 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.02%) JUnit
4 2 (1.02%) MSTest
4 2 (1.02%) NUnit
4 2 (1.02%) 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 54 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.80%) Finance
4 19 (9.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.65%) Law
7 10 (5.10%) Marketing
8 9 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.59%) Retail
9 6 (3.06%) Social Housing
10 5 (2.55%) Health Technology
10 5 (2.55%) Legal
11 4 (2.04%) Back Office
11 4 (2.04%) Banking
12 3 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.53%) Front Office
12 3 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.02%) Aviation
13 2 (1.02%) Games
13 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 74 (37.76%) Developer
2 47 (23.98%) Senior
3 32 (16.33%) Data Engineer
4 27 (13.78%) Analyst
4 27 (13.78%) Senior Developer
5 24 (12.24%) Lead
6 20 (10.20%) Software Engineer
7 13 (6.63%) Data Analyst
8 12 (6.12%) Systems Developer
9 11 (5.61%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.10%) Python Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) C# Developer
12 8 (4.08%) Applications Developer
12 8 (4.08%) Consultant
12 8 (4.08%) SQL Developer
13 7 (3.57%) Applications Support
13 7 (3.57%) Senior C# Developer
13 7 (3.57%) Software Developer
14 6 (3.06%) Java Developer
14 6 (3.06%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.41%) React
2 39 (19.90%) CSS
3 38 (19.39%) REST
4 37 (18.88%) HTML
5 26 (13.27%) .NET
6 21 (10.71%) Node.js
7 17 (8.67%) AngularJS
8 15 (7.65%) Spring
9 14 (7.14%) Kafka
10 13 (6.63%) FastAPI
10 13 (6.63%) RESTful
11 12 (6.12%) jQuery
11 12 (6.12%) PySpark
12 11 (5.61%) Flask
12 11 (5.61%) Vue
13 10 (5.10%) .NET Core
13 10 (5.10%) Web Services
14 9 (4.59%) .NET Framework
14 9 (4.59%) Entity Framework
14 9 (4.59%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.80%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.06%) CUDA
5 6 (3.06%) Legacy Code
6 4 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.04%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.04%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.53%) CCTV
7 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.53%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.53%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.02%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.02%) Replication
9 1 (0.51%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.08%) Linux
2 7 (3.57%) Windows
3 3 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (38.27%) CI/CD
2 53 (27.04%) Analytics
2 53 (27.04%) Software Engineering
3 46 (23.47%) Agile
4 45 (22.96%) Data Modelling
4 45 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (18.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (17.35%) DevOps
9 31 (15.82%) Decision-Making
9 31 (15.82%) Microservices
10 30 (15.31%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (14.80%) ETL
11 29 (14.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (14.29%) AI
13 27 (13.78%) Clean Code
14 26 (13.27%) Data Architecture
15 25 (12.76%) Data Engineering
15 25 (12.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 101 (51.53%) SQL
2 52 (26.53%) JavaScript
3 51 (26.02%) Python
4 32 (16.33%) Java
5 27 (13.78%) C#
6 25 (12.76%) TypeScript
7 12 (6.12%) PHP
8 6 (3.06%) VBA
9 4 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.04%) R
9 4 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.53%) Delphi
10 3 (1.53%) Pascal
10 3 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.53%) Scala
11 2 (1.02%) Bash
11 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.51%) Dart
12 1 (0.51%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) Degree
2 16 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.63%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.61%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.02%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.31%) Data Quality
2 25 (12.76%) GDPR
2 25 (12.76%) QA
3 5 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.02%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (1.02%) WCAG
5 1 (0.51%) MiFID
System Software
1 39 (19.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (12.76%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.69%) Terraform
3 4 (2.04%) Ansible
4 3 (1.53%) Grafana
4 3 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.29%) Oracle
3 14 (7.14%) Databricks
4 4 (2.04%) Google
4 4 (2.04%) IBM
4 4 (2.04%) Informatica
4 4 (2.04%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.53%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.51%) Foundry
6 1 (0.51%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.51%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.51%) Palantir
6 1 (0.51%) Sage
6 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.51%) Solace
6 1 (0.51%) SYSPRO
6 1 (0.51%) TippingPoint
146 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs