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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 213 163
Rank change year-on-year -41 -50 -16
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 137 202 619
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.51% 2.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.39% 5.54% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 92 141 490
10th Percentile £32,525 £40,620 £39,734
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £57,501
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,063 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £57,524
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.00% -11.50%

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 2,145 3,646 7,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 27.19% 23.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 2,433 6,062
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,213 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,425 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +13.04% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £118,750 £93,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%

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 March 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 (3.65%) Anypoint
1 5 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.65%) CMS
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.19%) Apache
3 3 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.19%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.46%) Confluence
4 2 (1.46%) Mendix
5 1 (0.73%) Drupal
5 1 (0.73%) nginx
5 1 (0.73%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Shopify
2 1 (0.73%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (44.53%) AWS
2 37 (27.01%) Azure
3 19 (13.87%) Pulumi
4 14 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (9.49%) GCP
5 13 (9.49%) GitHub
6 8 (5.84%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.11%) dbt
8 6 (4.38%) SaaS
8 6 (4.38%) Serverless
9 5 (3.65%) Boomi
9 5 (3.65%) iPaaS
9 5 (3.65%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.65%) Workato
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.92%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.19%) DigitalOcean
11 3 (2.19%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.87%) Broadband
2 5 (3.65%) DNS
2 5 (3.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.92%) DHCP
3 4 (2.92%) VPN
3 4 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.73%) Firewall
4 1 (0.73%) Internet
4 1 (0.73%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (27.74%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (21.17%) RDBMS
3 26 (18.98%) NoSQL
4 23 (16.79%) MySQL
5 18 (13.14%) SQL Server
6 7 (5.11%) Metadata
6 7 (5.11%) Power BI
7 6 (4.38%) Oracle Database
7 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.92%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.19%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.19%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.19%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.19%) FileMaker
9 3 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.46%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 27 (19.71%) Git
2 19 (13.87%) Jaeger
3 7 (5.11%) JIRA
4 5 (3.65%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.92%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.92%) Selenium
6 3 (2.19%) JUnit
7 2 (1.46%) GitLab
7 2 (1.46%) Postman
7 2 (1.46%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.73%) Mockito
8 1 (0.73%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (14.60%) Finance
4 16 (11.68%) Law
5 14 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.84%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.11%) Legal
8 4 (2.92%) Banking
8 4 (2.92%) Retail
9 3 (2.19%) Marketing
10 2 (1.46%) Front Office
11 1 (0.73%) Back Office
11 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Electronics
11 1 (0.73%) French Language
11 1 (0.73%) German Language
11 1 (0.73%) Local Government
11 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (31.39%) Developer
2 25 (18.25%) Lead
3 22 (16.06%) Data Engineer
4 16 (11.68%) Senior
5 15 (10.95%) Analyst
6 11 (8.03%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (7.30%) Senior Developer
7 10 (7.30%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Architect
8 9 (6.57%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Data Architect
9 8 (5.84%) Team Leader
10 7 (5.11%) Applications Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Web Developer
11 6 (4.38%) IT Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Junior
12 5 (3.65%) Applications Support
12 5 (3.65%) Integration Engineer
12 5 (3.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (18.98%) CSS
2 25 (18.25%) HTML
3 22 (16.06%) Elastic Stack
3 22 (16.06%) React
4 20 (14.60%) REST
5 19 (13.87%) .NET
5 19 (13.87%) OpenTelemetry
6 16 (11.68%) Node.js
7 14 (10.22%) AngularJS
8 13 (9.49%) Vue
9 10 (7.30%) SOAP
10 9 (6.57%) Laravel
10 9 (6.57%) RESTful
10 9 (6.57%) Web Services
11 8 (5.84%) .NET Core
11 8 (5.84%) JSON
12 7 (5.11%) Spring
12 7 (5.11%) Spring Boot
13 6 (4.38%) Kafka
13 6 (4.38%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.22%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.57%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.84%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.11%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.92%) CCTV
5 4 (2.92%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.92%) Legacy Code
5 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.19%) Blog
6 3 (2.19%) CUDA
6 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.19%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.19%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.46%) CMDB
7 2 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.73%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.73%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 33 (24.09%) Linux
2 24 (17.52%) Unix
3 8 (5.84%) Windows
4 4 (2.92%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (45.99%) Agile
2 46 (33.58%) DevOps
2 46 (33.58%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (27.01%) Containerisation
4 30 (21.90%) CI/CD
4 30 (21.90%) Mentoring
5 27 (19.71%) Data Modelling
6 26 (18.98%) Performance Optimisation
7 25 (18.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (17.52%) Continuous Integration
9 21 (15.33%) Analytics
9 21 (15.33%) Cost Optimisation
9 21 (15.33%) High Availability
9 21 (15.33%) Roadmaps
10 20 (14.60%) Software Engineering
10 20 (14.60%) Task Automation
11 19 (13.87%) Budget Control
11 19 (13.87%) GitOps
11 19 (13.87%) Product Management
11 19 (13.87%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (45.99%) JavaScript
2 60 (43.80%) SQL
3 59 (43.07%) Python
4 42 (30.66%) Java
5 24 (17.52%) C#
6 22 (16.06%) Go
7 19 (13.87%) Bash
7 19 (13.87%) PHP
8 8 (5.84%) PowerShell
8 8 (5.84%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.38%) Delphi
10 5 (3.65%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.92%) Pascal
12 2 (1.46%) Bicep
12 2 (1.46%) Ruby
12 2 (1.46%) Scala
12 2 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.73%) Dart
13 1 (0.73%) R
13 1 (0.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) AWS Certification
1 20 (14.60%) Degree
2 12 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (8.03%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.95%) Data Quality
2 14 (10.22%) GDPR
3 10 (7.30%) QA
4 2 (1.46%) HL7
5 1 (0.73%) IFRS
5 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (30.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (27.74%) Kubernetes
2 33 (24.09%) Terraform
3 21 (15.33%) Ansible
3 21 (15.33%) Argo
4 20 (14.60%) Prometheus
5 19 (13.87%) Kustomize
6 3 (2.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.73%) SCCM
7 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.06%) Google
3 18 (13.14%) Oracle
4 6 (4.38%) SAP
5 5 (3.65%) Databricks
5 5 (3.65%) Dell
5 5 (3.65%) Epicor
5 5 (3.65%) IBM
5 5 (3.65%) IFS
5 5 (3.65%) Infor
5 5 (3.65%) Informatica
5 5 (3.65%) Jitterbit
5 5 (3.65%) MuleSoft
5 5 (3.65%) SnapLogic
5 5 (3.65%) Software AG
5 5 (3.65%) Talend
5 5 (3.65%) TIBCO
5 5 (3.65%) Workday
6 2 (1.46%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.46%) OutSystems