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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 292 171
Rank change year-on-year +31 -121 -14
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 215 124 402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.75% 1.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.74% 4.77% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 151 102 169
10th Percentile £39,250 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,813 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £74,750 £69,688 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -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 3,188 2,602 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.68% 15.74% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 1,788 2,925
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,823 £39,350
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +13.82%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,150 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 October 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 4 (1.86%) Apache
1 4 (1.86%) IIS
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.40%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Moodle
4 1 (0.47%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.40%) Notion
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.93%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.47%) Finacle
3 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 72 (33.49%) AWS
2 51 (23.72%) Azure
3 34 (15.81%) GitHub
4 33 (15.35%) Power Platform
5 22 (10.23%) Serverless
6 21 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (6.05%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (6.05%) GCP
9 12 (5.58%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.65%) SaaS
11 9 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.26%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (3.26%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (3.26%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (3.26%) Power Automate
12 7 (3.26%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.26%) Broadband
2 2 (0.93%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (33.02%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (24.19%) SQL Server
3 40 (18.60%) MySQL
4 31 (14.42%) Power BI
5 18 (8.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (6.05%) MongoDB
8 12 (5.58%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.72%) DynamoDB
9 8 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (3.26%) NoSQL
10 7 (3.26%) Tableau
11 6 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (2.33%) Redis
12 5 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (1.86%) Ataccama
13 4 (1.86%) ClickHouse
13 4 (1.86%) IBM InfoSphere
13 4 (1.86%) Metadata
13 4 (1.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 60 (27.91%) Git
2 9 (4.19%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.19%) JIRA
3 8 (3.72%) GitLab
4 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.40%) JUnit
5 2 (0.93%) Bower
5 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.93%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.93%) Maven
5 2 (0.93%) Mockito
5 2 (0.93%) NUnit
5 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) CMake
6 1 (0.47%) Mocha
6 1 (0.47%) Valgrind
General
1 77 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.07%) Finance
3 39 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (9.30%) Law
6 19 (8.84%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.98%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.12%) Marketing
9 8 (3.72%) Retail
10 7 (3.26%) Banking
11 5 (2.33%) Legal
11 5 (2.33%) Social Housing
12 4 (1.86%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.86%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.93%) Back Office
14 2 (0.93%) Front Office
14 2 (0.93%) Games
14 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 94 (43.72%) Developer
2 54 (25.12%) Senior
3 29 (13.49%) Software Engineer
4 28 (13.02%) Senior Developer
5 27 (12.56%) Analyst
6 23 (10.70%) Lead
7 20 (9.30%) Data Engineer
8 17 (7.91%) Software Developer
9 16 (7.44%) Data Analyst
10 15 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (6.51%) C# Developer
12 13 (6.05%) .NET Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Java Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Senior C# Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Systems Developer
14 8 (3.72%) Consultant
14 8 (3.72%) SQL Developer
15 7 (3.26%) C# .NET Developer
16 6 (2.79%) Java Engineer
16 6 (2.79%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (23.72%) React
2 48 (22.33%) CSS
3 44 (20.47%) HTML
4 39 (18.14%) .NET
5 38 (17.67%) REST
6 27 (12.56%) Node.js
7 25 (11.63%) AngularJS
8 22 (10.23%) RESTful
9 21 (9.77%) Spring
10 20 (9.30%) .NET Core
10 20 (9.30%) .NET Framework
10 20 (9.30%) Entity Framework
11 16 (7.44%) jQuery
11 16 (7.44%) Vue
12 14 (6.51%) PySpark
12 14 (6.51%) Spring Boot
12 14 (6.51%) Web Services
13 13 (6.05%) Terraform
14 11 (5.12%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (4.19%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.49%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.91%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.79%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.33%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.86%) PMI
9 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.40%) CMDB
9 3 (1.40%) Derivative
9 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.40%) NHS
10 2 (0.93%) Equities
10 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.65%) Linux
2 8 (3.72%) Windows
3 5 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.93%) Android
4 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 78 (36.28%) Software Engineering
3 70 (32.56%) Agile
4 54 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (24.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (24.19%) Full-Stack Development
6 45 (20.93%) Data Modelling
7 42 (19.53%) AI
7 42 (19.53%) DevOps
8 39 (18.14%) Analytics
9 36 (16.74%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (15.81%) Decision-Making
11 32 (14.88%) Microservices
12 30 (13.95%) Mentoring
13 27 (12.56%) Collaborative Working
13 27 (12.56%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (12.09%) Clean Code
14 26 (12.09%) Code Quality
14 26 (12.09%) SDLC
14 26 (12.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 121 (56.28%) SQL
2 63 (29.30%) JavaScript
3 51 (23.72%) Python
4 38 (17.67%) C#
5 37 (17.21%) Java
6 34 (15.81%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.65%) PHP
8 5 (2.33%) R
8 5 (2.33%) VBA
9 4 (1.86%) Clojure
9 4 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.86%) Haskell
9 4 (1.86%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.86%) Lisp
9 4 (1.86%) OCaml
9 4 (1.86%) Rust
10 2 (0.93%) C
10 2 (0.93%) Dart
10 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (16.74%) Degree
2 22 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.72%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.86%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.93%) ISEB
7 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.93%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.28%) Data Quality
2 25 (11.63%) QA
3 18 (8.37%) GDPR
4 7 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.93%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 54 (25.12%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (10.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.79%) Ansible
3 4 (1.86%) Grafana
4 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.47%) Kibana
5 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 54 (25.12%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.30%) Oracle
3 17 (7.91%) Databricks
4 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.86%) Google
5 4 (1.86%) IBM
5 4 (1.86%) Informatica
5 4 (1.86%) TIBCO
6 3 (1.40%) Sage
6 3 (1.40%) SAP
7 2 (0.93%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.93%) Telerik
8 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.47%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.47%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) SYSPRO
8 1 (0.47%) TippingPoint