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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 283 196
Rank change year-on-year +15 -87 -37
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 204 162 431
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 0.98% 1.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.51% 5.39% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 154 135 247
10th Percentile £38,020 £37,800 £41,232
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,954 £83,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -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 3,136 3,005 5,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.68% 18.15% 20.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 2,063 3,863
10th Percentile £36,425 £35,750 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £124,572
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 20 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 5 (2.45%) Apache
2 4 (1.96%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) JBoss
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Moodle
4 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.98%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.49%) Finacle
3 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (30.39%) Azure
2 59 (28.92%) AWS
3 27 (13.24%) GitHub
3 27 (13.24%) Power Platform
4 19 (9.31%) GCP
4 19 (9.31%) GitHub Actions
5 18 (8.82%) Serverless
6 13 (6.37%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.90%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.41%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.43%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.94%) AWS Step Functions
12 5 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.43%) Broadband
2 2 (0.98%) Intranet
2 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.49%) DHCP
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) LAN
3 1 (0.49%) Network Security
3 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.49%) VPN
3 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (34.31%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (26.47%) SQL Server
3 37 (18.14%) MySQL
4 25 (12.25%) Power BI
5 22 (10.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (7.35%) MongoDB
7 14 (6.86%) Oracle Database
8 12 (5.88%) RDBMS
9 11 (5.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (3.92%) NoSQL
11 7 (3.43%) DynamoDB
12 6 (2.94%) Tableau
13 5 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.96%) Ataccama
14 4 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (1.96%) IBM InfoSphere
14 4 (1.96%) TIBCO EBX
15 3 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (1.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 60 (29.41%) Git
2 7 (3.43%) GitLab
2 7 (3.43%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.43%) JIRA
3 3 (1.47%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.98%) Bower
4 2 (0.98%) JUnit
4 2 (0.98%) MSTest
4 2 (0.98%) NUnit
4 2 (0.98%) Selenium
5 1 (0.49%) CMake
5 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.49%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.49%) Maven
5 1 (0.49%) Mocha
5 1 (0.49%) Mockito
5 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.49%) Valgrind
General
1 60 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (16.67%) Finance
4 22 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 19 (9.31%) Law
7 13 (6.37%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.90%) Marketing
9 9 (4.41%) Retail
10 7 (3.43%) Banking
11 6 (2.94%) Social Housing
12 5 (2.45%) Health Technology
12 5 (2.45%) Legal
13 4 (1.96%) Back Office
14 3 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.47%) Front Office
14 3 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.98%) Aviation
15 2 (0.98%) Games
15 2 (0.98%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 79 (38.73%) Developer
2 51 (25.00%) Senior
3 33 (16.18%) Data Engineer
4 31 (15.20%) Senior Developer
5 25 (12.25%) Analyst
6 24 (11.76%) Software Engineer
7 23 (11.27%) Lead
8 13 (6.37%) Data Analyst
9 12 (5.88%) C# Developer
10 11 (5.39%) Python Engineer
11 10 (4.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (4.90%) Senior C# Developer
11 10 (4.90%) Software Developer
11 10 (4.90%) Systems Developer
12 8 (3.92%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.92%) Consultant
12 8 (3.92%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.92%) SQL Developer
13 7 (3.43%) .NET Developer
13 7 (3.43%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (22.55%) React
2 45 (22.06%) CSS
3 43 (21.08%) REST
4 41 (20.10%) HTML
5 30 (14.71%) .NET
6 25 (12.25%) Node.js
7 22 (10.78%) AngularJS
8 19 (9.31%) Terraform
9 18 (8.82%) Spring
10 14 (6.86%) .NET Core
10 14 (6.86%) PySpark
11 13 (6.37%) FastAPI
11 13 (6.37%) Kafka
11 13 (6.37%) RESTful
11 13 (6.37%) Web Services
12 12 (5.88%) .NET Framework
12 12 (5.88%) Entity Framework
12 12 (5.88%) jQuery
13 11 (5.39%) Flask
13 11 (5.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.20%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.94%) CUDA
7 5 (2.45%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.96%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.47%) CMDB
9 3 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.98%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.98%) Replication
11 1 (0.49%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.92%) Linux
2 5 (2.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (39.71%) CI/CD
2 62 (30.39%) Software Engineering
3 58 (28.43%) Agile
4 53 (25.98%) Analytics
5 50 (24.51%) Data Modelling
5 50 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (19.12%) Full-Stack Development
8 37 (18.14%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (18.14%) DevOps
9 33 (16.18%) Decision-Making
9 33 (16.18%) Microservices
10 32 (15.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (15.20%) AI
11 31 (15.20%) Data Pipeline
12 29 (14.22%) Clean Code
13 28 (13.73%) Data Architecture
14 27 (13.24%) ETL
15 25 (12.25%) Data Engineering
15 25 (12.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (51.47%) SQL
2 56 (27.45%) JavaScript
3 54 (26.47%) Python
4 35 (17.16%) Java
5 31 (15.20%) C#
5 31 (15.20%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.92%) PHP
7 6 (2.94%) VBA
8 4 (1.96%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.96%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.47%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.47%) R
9 3 (1.47%) Scala
10 2 (0.98%) Bash
10 2 (0.98%) C
10 2 (0.98%) Dart
10 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.98%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.49%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 35 (17.16%) Degree
2 20 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.98%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.71%) Data Quality
2 28 (13.73%) GDPR
3 24 (11.76%) QA
4 5 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.98%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.98%) WCAG
6 1 (0.49%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (22.06%) Docker
2 4 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (12.25%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.45%) Ansible
3 3 (1.47%) Grafana
3 3 (1.47%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.22%) Oracle
3 17 (8.33%) Databricks
4 4 (1.96%) IBM
4 4 (1.96%) Informatica
4 4 (1.96%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.96%) TIBCO
5 3 (1.47%) Google
5 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.47%) SAP
6 2 (0.98%) Sage
7 1 (0.49%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.49%) FIS
7 1 (0.49%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.49%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Solace
7 1 (0.49%) SYSPRO
7 1 (0.49%) Temenos
7 1 (0.49%) TippingPoint
79 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs