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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 231 181
Rank change year-on-year -24 -50 -23
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 152 207 593
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.44% 1.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.39% 5.94% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 100 155 466
10th Percentile £36,475 £41,599 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,749 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £78,500 £72,483
90th Percentile £77,800 £86,668 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.85% +12.17% -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 2,377 3,485 7,260
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.96% 24.25% 22.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,803 2,389 6,203
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £95,000
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 9 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 7 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.97%) Apache
3 3 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.97%) CMS
4 2 (1.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.66%) Drupal
5 1 (0.66%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.66%) JBoss
5 1 (0.66%) nginx
5 1 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) CiviCRM
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 55 (36.18%) AWS
2 38 (25.00%) Azure
3 19 (12.50%) Pulumi
4 16 (10.53%) GCP
5 12 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 10 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.26%) GitHub
8 7 (4.61%) dbt
8 7 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.95%) Serverless
10 4 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.63%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.97%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.97%) DigitalOcean
12 2 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.32%) BrowserStack
12 2 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (17.11%) Broadband
2 5 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.63%) DHCP
3 4 (2.63%) DNS
3 4 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) Firewall
4 1 (0.66%) LAN
4 1 (0.66%) Network Security
4 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.66%) WAN
4 1 (0.66%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (23.03%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (18.42%) RDBMS
3 27 (17.76%) NoSQL
4 21 (13.82%) MySQL
5 20 (13.16%) SQL Server
6 13 (8.55%) MongoDB
7 12 (7.89%) Oracle Database
7 12 (7.89%) Power BI
8 11 (7.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (4.61%) Metadata
11 5 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (3.29%) Data Lake
11 5 (3.29%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.97%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.97%) FileMaker
13 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (1.32%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.66%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (21.71%) Git
2 19 (12.50%) Jaeger
3 7 (4.61%) GitLab
4 4 (2.63%) Selenium
5 3 (1.97%) JIRA
6 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.32%) MSTest
6 2 (1.32%) Postman
6 2 (1.32%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.66%) JUnit
7 1 (0.66%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.45%) Finance
3 24 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.61%) Retail
6 6 (3.95%) Law
7 5 (3.29%) Banking
7 5 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.63%) Front Office
9 3 (1.97%) Aviation
9 3 (1.97%) Back Office
9 3 (1.97%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.97%) Marketing
9 3 (1.97%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.32%) Legal
11 1 (0.66%) Electronics
11 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (29.61%) Developer
2 39 (25.66%) Data Engineer
3 29 (19.08%) Lead
4 24 (15.79%) Senior
5 19 (12.50%) Analyst
6 14 (9.21%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.24%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (5.92%) Applications Developer
8 9 (5.92%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (5.92%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 9 (5.92%) Python Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Applications Support
9 8 (5.26%) Systems Developer
9 8 (5.26%) Team Leader
10 6 (3.95%) Architect
10 6 (3.95%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.95%) Senior Applications Developer
10 6 (3.95%) Senior Applications Support
11 5 (3.29%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.47%) CSS
1 22 (14.47%) HTML
2 20 (13.16%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (13.16%) REST
3 19 (12.50%) OpenTelemetry
4 18 (11.84%) React
5 15 (9.87%) .NET
6 12 (7.89%) Node.js
7 11 (7.24%) Kafka
8 10 (6.58%) PySpark
9 8 (5.26%) AngularJS
9 8 (5.26%) Vue
10 7 (4.61%) FastAPI
11 6 (3.95%) Classic ASP
11 6 (3.95%) Django
11 6 (3.95%) jQuery
12 5 (3.29%) HTML5
12 5 (3.29%) Laravel
12 5 (3.29%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (3.29%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.95%) CUDA
3 6 (3.95%) Legacy Code
4 5 (3.29%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.63%) CCTV
5 4 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.63%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.97%) Blog
6 3 (1.97%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) Replication
8 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.66%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.42%) Linux
2 19 (12.50%) Unix
3 7 (4.61%) Windows
4 4 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.26%) Agile
2 45 (29.61%) DevOps
3 41 (26.97%) CI/CD
4 40 (26.32%) Data Modelling
5 39 (25.66%) Analytics
6 36 (23.68%) Containerisation
7 34 (22.37%) Data Pipeline
8 32 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (20.39%) ETL
9 31 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (19.08%) Performance Optimisation
11 28 (18.42%) Continuous Integration
12 26 (17.11%) Data Engineering
12 26 (17.11%) GitOps
13 25 (16.45%) Data Architecture
14 24 (15.79%) Mentoring
15 23 (15.13%) Software Engineering
16 22 (14.47%) Cost Optimisation
16 22 (14.47%) Full-Stack Development
17 21 (13.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (44.74%) SQL
2 60 (39.47%) Python
3 51 (33.55%) JavaScript
4 36 (23.68%) Java
5 21 (13.82%) Go
6 19 (12.50%) Bash
7 14 (9.21%) C#
7 14 (9.21%) PHP
8 8 (5.26%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.95%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.63%) Delphi
10 4 (2.63%) Pascal
10 4 (2.63%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.32%) Bicep
11 2 (1.32%) Ruby
11 2 (1.32%) Scala
11 2 (1.32%) VBA
12 1 (0.66%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.66%) R
12 1 (0.66%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (13.16%) AWS Certification
1 20 (13.16%) Degree
2 13 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (6.58%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.92%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.97%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.97%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.32%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.76%) Data Quality
2 18 (11.84%) QA
3 17 (11.18%) GDPR
4 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.32%) WCAG
5 1 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (0.66%) HL7
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (30.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (27.63%) Kubernetes
2 35 (23.03%) Terraform
3 22 (14.47%) Prometheus
4 21 (13.82%) Ansible
4 21 (13.82%) Argo
5 19 (12.50%) Kustomize
6 3 (1.97%) Grafana
7 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.66%) SCCM
7 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.82%) Google
2 21 (13.82%) Oracle
3 11 (7.24%) Databricks
4 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.66%) Foundry
5 1 (0.66%) Infragistics
5 1 (0.66%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.66%) Palantir
5 1 (0.66%) Perforce
5 1 (0.66%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.66%) SAP
5 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.66%) Solace