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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 239 170
Rank change year-on-year -15 -69 -14
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 159 196 582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.35% 1.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.48% 6.05% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 108 147 456
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +6.96% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,600 £89,250 £88,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%

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 2,455 3,238 7,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.96% 22.25% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 2,139 6,244
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,059 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,850 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 26 May 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 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.89%) Apache
3 3 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.89%) CMS
4 2 (1.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.63%) Drupal
5 1 (0.63%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.63%) JBoss
5 1 (0.63%) nginx
5 1 (0.63%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 58 (36.48%) AWS
2 39 (24.53%) Azure
3 18 (11.32%) Pulumi
4 17 (10.69%) Power Platform
5 16 (10.06%) GCP
6 9 (5.66%) GitHub
7 8 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (5.03%) Serverless
8 7 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.77%) PowerApps
10 5 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.14%) dbt
11 4 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.89%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 25 (15.72%) Broadband
2 5 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.52%) DHCP
3 4 (2.52%) DNS
3 4 (2.52%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.52%) VPN
4 1 (0.63%) Firewall
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.63%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.63%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (24.53%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (16.98%) NoSQL
2 27 (16.98%) RDBMS
3 26 (16.35%) SQL Server
4 20 (12.58%) MySQL
5 17 (10.69%) Power BI
6 16 (10.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (8.81%) MongoDB
8 12 (7.55%) Oracle Database
9 8 (5.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (3.77%) Metadata
11 5 (3.14%) Data Lake
11 5 (3.14%) DynamoDB
12 4 (2.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.89%) BigQuery
14 2 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (1.26%) FileMaker
14 2 (1.26%) Star Schema
14 2 (1.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (23.27%) Git
2 18 (11.32%) Jaeger
3 7 (4.40%) GitLab
4 3 (1.89%) JIRA
5 2 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.26%) MSTest
5 2 (1.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.63%) CMake
6 1 (0.63%) JUnit
6 1 (0.63%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.63%) Valgrind
6 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (25.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.35%) Finance
3 25 (15.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.29%) Retail
6 9 (5.66%) Law
7 6 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.14%) Banking
8 5 (3.14%) Social Housing
9 4 (2.52%) Front Office
9 4 (2.52%) Health Technology
9 4 (2.52%) Legal
9 4 (2.52%) Marketing
9 4 (2.52%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.89%) Aviation
10 3 (1.89%) Back Office
11 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.63%) Billing
12 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (32.08%) Developer
2 37 (23.27%) Data Engineer
3 27 (16.98%) Lead
4 26 (16.35%) Senior
5 21 (13.21%) Analyst
6 15 (9.43%) Senior Developer
7 11 (6.92%) Systems Developer
8 10 (6.29%) Software Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Python Engineer
10 8 (5.03%) Applications Developer
10 8 (5.03%) Applications Support
10 8 (5.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (4.40%) Team Leader
12 6 (3.77%) Architect
12 6 (3.77%) Data Architect
12 6 (3.77%) Senior Applications Developer
12 6 (3.77%) Senior Applications Support
13 5 (3.14%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (15.09%) CSS
2 22 (13.84%) HTML
2 22 (13.84%) REST
3 19 (11.95%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (11.95%) React
4 18 (11.32%) OpenTelemetry
5 15 (9.43%) Node.js
6 13 (8.18%) .NET
6 13 (8.18%) Kafka
7 10 (6.29%) PySpark
8 9 (5.66%) jQuery
9 8 (5.03%) FastAPI
9 8 (5.03%) HTML5
9 8 (5.03%) Tailwind CSS
10 6 (3.77%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.77%) Classic ASP
10 6 (3.77%) Django
11 5 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (3.14%) SQLAlchemy
11 5 (3.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.72%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.92%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.77%) CUDA
3 6 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.77%) Legacy Code
4 5 (3.14%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.52%) CCTV
5 4 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.52%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.89%) Blog
6 3 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.26%) Replication
8 1 (0.63%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.24%) Linux
2 18 (11.32%) Unix
3 8 (5.03%) Windows
4 4 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.04%) Agile
1 43 (27.04%) CI/CD
1 43 (27.04%) Data Modelling
2 41 (25.79%) Analytics
3 40 (25.16%) DevOps
4 37 (23.27%) Containerisation
5 35 (22.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (20.75%) ETL
7 32 (20.13%) Data Pipeline
8 30 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (18.24%) Performance Optimisation
10 28 (17.61%) Software Engineering
11 27 (16.98%) Data Engineering
11 27 (16.98%) Full-Stack Development
12 26 (16.35%) Business Intelligence
12 26 (16.35%) Continuous Integration
13 25 (15.72%) Data Architecture
13 25 (15.72%) GitOps
14 24 (15.09%) Mentoring
15 22 (13.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 71 (44.65%) SQL
2 57 (35.85%) Python
3 52 (32.70%) JavaScript
4 32 (20.13%) Java
5 19 (11.95%) Bash
5 19 (11.95%) Go
6 14 (8.81%) C#
7 12 (7.55%) PHP
7 12 (7.55%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.40%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.14%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.52%) Delphi
10 4 (2.52%) Pascal
11 3 (1.89%) R
12 2 (1.26%) Bicep
12 2 (1.26%) Scala
12 2 (1.26%) VBA
13 1 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.63%) C++
13 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (12.58%) Degree
2 18 (11.32%) AWS Certification
3 13 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.77%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.26%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.24%) Data Quality
2 21 (13.21%) GDPR
3 15 (9.43%) QA
4 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.26%) WCAG
6 1 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.63%) HL7
6 1 (0.63%) MiFID
System Software
1 48 (30.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (25.16%) Kubernetes
2 34 (21.38%) Terraform
3 21 (13.21%) Prometheus
4 20 (12.58%) Ansible
5 18 (11.32%) Argo
5 18 (11.32%) Kustomize
6 3 (1.89%) Grafana
7 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.47%) Oracle
3 21 (13.21%) Google
4 11 (6.92%) Databricks
5 1 (0.63%) Foundry
5 1 (0.63%) Infragistics
5 1 (0.63%) Palantir
5 1 (0.63%) Perforce
5 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.63%) Solace