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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 177 141
Rank change year-on-year -80 -36 +7
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 119 326 488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.87% 2.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.42% 7.57% 10.08%
Number of salaries quoted 99 120 369
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,600 £39,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,206 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% -2.07% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,750 £77,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,042 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,853 £61,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -0.24% -2.40%

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 2,196 4,304 4,840
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.33% 24.65% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 2,649 3,873
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -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 19 December 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 (4.20%) Anypoint
2 4 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.68%) CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Confluence
3 2 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.68%) Mendix
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.84%) Luigi
4 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.84%) SAS
4 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Chatbot
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Shopify
2 1 (0.84%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (40.34%) Azure
2 33 (27.73%) AWS
3 22 (18.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (10.92%) GitHub
4 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.72%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.88%) GCP
6 7 (5.88%) Serverless
7 6 (5.04%) Boomi
7 6 (5.04%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.04%) SaaS
8 5 (4.20%) iPaaS
8 5 (4.20%) Workato
9 4 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.36%) dbt
9 4 (3.36%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.52%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.68%) DNS
1 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.84%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) Firewall
2 1 (0.84%) HTTP
2 1 (0.84%) Internet
2 1 (0.84%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (26.05%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (23.53%) SQL Server
3 22 (18.49%) MySQL
4 12 (10.08%) RDBMS
5 8 (6.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (5.88%) Power BI
7 5 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (4.20%) NoSQL
8 4 (3.36%) Metadata
8 4 (3.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.52%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.68%) FileMaker
10 2 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.84%) MS Access
11 1 (0.84%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 23 (19.33%) Git
2 11 (9.24%) JIRA
3 6 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.36%) JUnit
4 4 (3.36%) Selenium
5 3 (2.52%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.52%) GitLab
6 2 (1.68%) Mockito
6 2 (1.68%) Postman
6 2 (1.68%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.84%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.81%) Finance
3 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.29%) Law
4 13 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (8.40%) Legal
6 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.88%) Retail
8 5 (4.20%) Marketing
9 4 (3.36%) Health Technology
10 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.68%) Advertising
11 2 (1.68%) Banking
11 2 (1.68%) Electronics
11 2 (1.68%) Front Office
11 2 (1.68%) German Language
11 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (37.82%) Developer
2 16 (13.45%) Analyst
2 16 (13.45%) Senior
3 14 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 12 (10.08%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Java Developer
6 8 (6.72%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.04%) .NET Developer
7 6 (5.04%) C# Developer
7 6 (5.04%) Junior
7 6 (5.04%) Tester
8 5 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) DBA
8 5 (4.20%) Development Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Development Support Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.20%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.69%) CSS
2 26 (21.85%) HTML
3 24 (20.17%) React
4 22 (18.49%) .NET
4 22 (18.49%) REST
5 21 (17.65%) JSON
6 18 (15.13%) XML
7 17 (14.29%) AngularJS
8 16 (13.45%) Node.js
9 15 (12.61%) RESTful
9 15 (12.61%) Web Services
10 14 (11.76%) Vue
11 12 (10.08%) SOAP
12 11 (9.24%) .NET Core
12 11 (9.24%) Spring
13 10 (8.40%) Spring Boot
14 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
14 6 (5.04%) ASP.NET
14 6 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
14 6 (5.04%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.72%) Low-Code
2 8 (6.72%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.52%) CMDB
6 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.52%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.68%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.68%) Clustering
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.68%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.68%) Semantic Web
7 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.56%) Linux
2 6 (5.04%) Unix
2 6 (5.04%) Windows
2 6 (5.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (53.78%) Agile
2 46 (38.66%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (32.77%) DevOps
4 34 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 23 (19.33%) Scrum
5 23 (19.33%) Software Engineering
6 22 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (15.13%) Code Quality
8 17 (14.29%) Test Automation
9 16 (13.45%) Clean Code
9 16 (13.45%) Containerisation
9 16 (13.45%) Data Modelling
10 15 (12.61%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (10.92%) SDLC
12 12 (10.08%) Computer Science
12 12 (10.08%) ETL
12 12 (10.08%) Microservices
12 12 (10.08%) Regression Testing
12 12 (10.08%) User Experience
13 11 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 67 (56.30%) SQL
2 43 (36.13%) JavaScript
3 40 (33.61%) Python
4 27 (22.69%) C#
5 26 (21.85%) Java
6 11 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 9 (7.56%) PHP
8 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
9 6 (5.04%) Go
10 5 (4.20%) Shell Script
11 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.52%) Ruby
12 3 (2.52%) Scala
13 2 (1.68%) Bash
13 2 (1.68%) Bicep
13 2 (1.68%) Delphi
13 2 (1.68%) VBA
14 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.84%) Groovy
14 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.61%) Degree
2 11 (9.24%) SC Cleared
2 11 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.88%) ISTQB
4 7 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.36%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.68%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.45%) QA
2 12 (10.08%) Data Quality
3 9 (7.56%) GDPR
4 3 (2.52%) HL7
5 1 (0.84%) IFRS
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (18.49%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (15.13%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.72%) Terraform
3 4 (3.36%) Ansible
4 3 (2.52%) Argo
5 2 (1.68%) Grafana
5 2 (1.68%) SCCM
6 1 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.84%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.84%) Puppet
6 1 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.92%) Oracle
3 7 (5.88%) Informatica
3 7 (5.88%) SAP
3 7 (5.88%) Talend
4 6 (5.04%) MuleSoft
5 5 (4.20%) Dell
5 5 (4.20%) Epicor
5 5 (4.20%) IBM
5 5 (4.20%) IFS
5 5 (4.20%) Infor
5 5 (4.20%) Jitterbit
5 5 (4.20%) SnapLogic
5 5 (4.20%) Software AG
5 5 (4.20%) TIBCO
5 5 (4.20%) Workday
6 3 (2.52%) Databricks
6 3 (2.52%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.68%) HubSpot