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

 6 months to
13 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 174 139
Rank change year-on-year -82 -35 +13
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 118 326 523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.99% 2.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.67% 7.90% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 88 116 391
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,707 £39,500
25th Percentile £38,625 £50,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £66,563 £79,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,125 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.05% +2.01% -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 2,080 4,125 5,415
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.84% 25.20% 24.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 2,458 4,426
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,093
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 13 January 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 (4.24%) Anypoint
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.69%) CMS
3 2 (1.69%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.69%) Mendix
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.85%) Luigi
4 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.85%) SAS
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Shopify
2 1 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (38.98%) AWS
2 42 (35.59%) Azure
3 20 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (11.02%) Pulumi
5 12 (10.17%) GitHub
5 12 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.93%) Serverless
7 6 (5.08%) Boomi
7 6 (5.08%) GCP
7 6 (5.08%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.08%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.08%) SaaS
8 5 (4.24%) iPaaS
8 5 (4.24%) Workato
9 4 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.39%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.54%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.54%) Firebase
11 2 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.02%) Broadband
2 2 (1.69%) DNS
2 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) Firewall
3 1 (0.85%) HTTP
3 1 (0.85%) Internet
3 1 (0.85%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (23.73%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (22.03%) SQL Server
3 22 (18.64%) RDBMS
4 21 (17.80%) MySQL
5 19 (16.10%) NoSQL
6 6 (5.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (4.24%) Metadata
7 5 (4.24%) Power BI
8 4 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.54%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.54%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.69%) FileMaker
10 2 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.85%) RavenDB
11 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (18.64%) Git
2 13 (11.02%) Jaeger
3 8 (6.78%) JIRA
4 6 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.39%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.39%) JUnit
5 4 (3.39%) Selenium
6 3 (2.54%) GitLab
7 2 (1.69%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.69%) Mockito
7 2 (1.69%) Postman
7 2 (1.69%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (14.41%) Finance
3 17 (14.41%) Law
4 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.47%) Legal
6 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.08%) Retail
8 5 (4.24%) Marketing
9 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.69%) Electronics
10 2 (1.69%) Front Office
10 2 (1.69%) German Language
10 2 (1.69%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.85%) Back Office
11 1 (0.85%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Local Government
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (34.75%) Developer
2 14 (11.86%) Analyst
2 14 (11.86%) Lead
3 13 (11.02%) Senior
3 13 (11.02%) Software Engineer
4 8 (6.78%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (6.78%) Data Engineer
4 8 (6.78%) Senior Developer
5 6 (5.08%) .NET Developer
5 6 (5.08%) C# Developer
5 6 (5.08%) Java Developer
5 6 (5.08%) Lead Cloud Engineer
5 6 (5.08%) Tester
6 5 (4.24%) Architect
6 5 (4.24%) Development Engineer
6 5 (4.24%) IT Analyst
6 5 (4.24%) Junior
6 5 (4.24%) Software Developer
6 5 (4.24%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.24%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.88%) CSS
2 26 (22.03%) HTML
3 23 (19.49%) React
4 22 (18.64%) REST
5 21 (17.80%) .NET
6 19 (16.10%) JSON
7 18 (15.25%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (14.41%) AngularJS
9 16 (13.56%) XML
10 14 (11.86%) Node.js
10 14 (11.86%) Vue
10 14 (11.86%) Web Services
11 13 (11.02%) OpenTelemetry
12 12 (10.17%) RESTful
12 12 (10.17%) SOAP
13 11 (9.32%) .NET Core
14 9 (7.63%) Spring
15 8 (6.78%) Spring Boot
16 6 (5.08%) ASP.NET
16 6 (5.08%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Cloud Native
1 8 (6.78%) Low-Code
1 8 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.93%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.54%) CMDB
4 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.69%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.69%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.69%) Semantic Web
6 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.95%) Linux
2 18 (15.25%) Unix
3 6 (5.08%) Windows
3 6 (5.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (60.17%) Agile
2 48 (40.68%) DevOps
3 42 (35.59%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (27.12%) CI/CD
5 28 (23.73%) Containerisation
6 23 (19.49%) Mentoring
7 21 (17.80%) Scrum
7 21 (17.80%) Software Engineering
8 20 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (15.25%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (15.25%) Performance Optimisation
10 16 (13.56%) Code Quality
10 16 (13.56%) High Availability
10 16 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (13.56%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.56%) Test Automation
11 15 (12.71%) Data Modelling
11 15 (12.71%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (11.86%) Clean Code
12 14 (11.86%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (46.61%) SQL
2 54 (45.76%) JavaScript
3 47 (39.83%) Python
4 35 (29.66%) Java
5 26 (22.03%) C#
6 18 (15.25%) Go
7 14 (11.86%) Bash
8 9 (7.63%) PHP
8 9 (7.63%) TypeScript
9 7 (5.93%) PowerShell
10 5 (4.24%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.54%) Ruby
12 2 (1.69%) Delphi
12 2 (1.69%) Scala
12 2 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.69%) VBA
13 1 (0.85%) Bicep
13 1 (0.85%) Groovy
13 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) Degree
2 14 (11.86%) AWS Certification
3 13 (11.02%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.93%) ISTQB
5 7 (5.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) QA
2 9 (7.63%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.93%) GDPR
4 3 (2.54%) HL7
5 1 (0.85%) IFRS
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (27.12%) Docker
2 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (24.58%) Kubernetes
2 18 (15.25%) Terraform
3 16 (13.56%) Ansible
4 15 (12.71%) Argo
5 13 (11.02%) Kustomize
5 13 (11.02%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.69%) Grafana
6 2 (1.69%) SCCM
7 1 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.85%) Puppet
7 1 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.86%) Google
3 12 (10.17%) Oracle
4 7 (5.93%) SAP
5 6 (5.08%) Informatica
5 6 (5.08%) MuleSoft
5 6 (5.08%) Talend
6 5 (4.24%) Dell
6 5 (4.24%) Epicor
6 5 (4.24%) IBM
6 5 (4.24%) IFS
6 5 (4.24%) Infor
6 5 (4.24%) Jitterbit
6 5 (4.24%) SnapLogic
6 5 (4.24%) Software AG
6 5 (4.24%) TIBCO
6 5 (4.24%) Workday
7 3 (2.54%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.69%) HubSpot
296 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs