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

 6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 182 142
Rank change year-on-year -65 -40 +2
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 128 364 504
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.80% 2.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.50% 7.93% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 108 141 381
10th Percentile £35,875 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,420 £90,000
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 2,326 4,591 5,319
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.21% 22.76% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,779 2,839 4,262
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,820
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% 0.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £93,750
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 22 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 (3.91%) Anypoint
2 4 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.34%) Confluence
4 2 (1.56%) CMS
4 2 (1.56%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.56%) Mendix
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.78%) Luigi
5 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.78%) SAS
5 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.78%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Chatbot
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Shopify
2 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.78%) FastStats
3 1 (0.78%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 51 (39.84%) Azure
2 35 (27.34%) AWS
3 22 (17.19%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (11.72%) GitHub
5 11 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 10 (7.81%) SaaS
7 7 (5.47%) GCP
8 6 (4.69%) Boomi
8 6 (4.69%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.91%) iPaaS
9 5 (3.91%) Serverless
9 5 (3.91%) Workato
10 4 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.13%) dbt
10 4 (3.13%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.34%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.34%) Figma
11 3 (2.34%) Firebase
12 2 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.56%) DNS
1 2 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.78%) Broadband
2 1 (0.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) HTTP
2 1 (0.78%) Internet
2 1 (0.78%) SAN
2 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (26.56%) SQL Server
2 32 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (19.53%) MySQL
4 18 (14.06%) RDBMS
5 10 (7.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (7.03%) NoSQL
6 9 (7.03%) Power BI
7 8 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (5.47%) MongoDB
9 4 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (2.34%) DB2
10 3 (2.34%) Metadata
11 2 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.56%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.78%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 28 (21.88%) Git
2 13 (10.16%) JIRA
3 6 (4.69%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.13%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.13%) JUnit
4 4 (3.13%) Selenium
5 3 (2.34%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.34%) GitLab
6 2 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.56%) Mockito
6 2 (1.56%) Postman
6 2 (1.56%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.78%) Jaeger
General
1 49 (38.28%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (16.41%) Finance
3 18 (14.06%) Law
4 13 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.59%) Legal
7 8 (6.25%) Retail
8 6 (4.69%) Marketing
9 5 (3.91%) Health Technology
10 4 (3.13%) Advertising
11 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.56%) Banking
12 2 (1.56%) Electronics
12 2 (1.56%) Games
12 2 (1.56%) German Language
12 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (41.41%) Developer
2 18 (14.06%) Senior
3 16 (12.50%) Analyst
4 15 (11.72%) Software Engineer
5 12 (9.38%) Java Developer
6 10 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 8 (6.25%) Senior Developer
8 7 (5.47%) .NET Developer
8 7 (5.47%) DBA
8 7 (5.47%) Junior
9 6 (4.69%) C# Developer
9 6 (4.69%) Web Developer
10 5 (3.91%) .NET Software Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Development Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Development Support Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (3.91%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) Software Developer
10 5 (3.91%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.31%) .NET
1 26 (20.31%) CSS
2 25 (19.53%) HTML
3 23 (17.97%) React
4 22 (17.19%) REST
5 20 (15.63%) JSON
6 18 (14.06%) XML
7 16 (12.50%) AngularJS
7 16 (12.50%) RESTful
7 16 (12.50%) Web Services
8 15 (11.72%) Node.js
9 14 (10.94%) Spring
9 14 (10.94%) Vue
10 13 (10.16%) Spring Boot
11 12 (9.38%) .NET Core
11 12 (9.38%) SOAP
12 9 (7.03%) ASP.NET
13 6 (4.69%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (4.69%) Next.js
14 5 (3.91%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.59%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.25%) Low-Code
3 7 (5.47%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.34%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.34%) Clustering
6 3 (2.34%) CMDB
6 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.56%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.56%) Semantic Web
7 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.81%) Linux
2 9 (7.03%) Windows
3 7 (5.47%) Unix
4 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (49.22%) Agile
2 47 (36.72%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (31.25%) DevOps
4 35 (27.34%) CI/CD
5 26 (20.31%) Software Engineering
6 24 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (15.63%) Scrum
8 19 (14.84%) Code Quality
9 17 (13.28%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (12.50%) Clean Code
10 16 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 16 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 16 (12.50%) Microservices
10 16 (12.50%) Test Automation
11 15 (11.72%) SDLC
12 14 (10.94%) Mentoring
12 14 (10.94%) Web Development
13 13 (10.16%) TDD
14 12 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (9.38%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 69 (53.91%) SQL
2 41 (32.03%) JavaScript
3 39 (30.47%) Python
4 32 (25.00%) Java
5 30 (23.44%) C#
6 10 (7.81%) PHP
6 10 (7.81%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.47%) PowerShell
8 6 (4.69%) Go
8 6 (4.69%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.13%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.34%) Ruby
11 2 (1.56%) Bash
11 2 (1.56%) Delphi
11 2 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.56%) Scala
11 2 (1.56%) VBA
12 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.78%) Julia
12 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (13.28%) Degree
2 12 (9.38%) SC Cleared
2 12 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.91%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.13%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) OCP
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.50%) QA
2 10 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.81%) GDPR
3 2 (1.56%) HL7
4 1 (0.78%) IFRS
4 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (17.97%) Docker
2 2 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (14.06%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.47%) Terraform
3 4 (3.13%) Ansible
4 3 (2.34%) Argo
5 2 (1.56%) Grafana
5 2 (1.56%) SCCM
6 1 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.78%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.78%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.78%) Puppet
6 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.72%) Oracle
3 8 (6.25%) Informatica
3 8 (6.25%) Talend
4 7 (5.47%) SAP
5 6 (4.69%) MuleSoft
6 5 (3.91%) Dell
6 5 (3.91%) Epicor
6 5 (3.91%) IBM
6 5 (3.91%) IFS
6 5 (3.91%) Infor
6 5 (3.91%) Jitterbit
6 5 (3.91%) SnapLogic
6 5 (3.91%) Software AG
6 5 (3.91%) TIBCO
6 5 (3.91%) Workday
7 3 (2.34%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.34%) RedGate
7 3 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.56%) HubSpot
237 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs