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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 177 155
Rank change year-on-year -110 -22 -25
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 128 395 513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 1.96% 2.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.07% 8.50% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 106 162 401
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,375 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,938 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £79,688 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £94,875 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -1.64% +1.67%

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 2,526 4,647 5,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.51% 23.01% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,750 2,843 4,682
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.18% +0.42%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £111,325 £125,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.89% +0.42%

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 21 October 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 3 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (2.34%) Confluence
2 2 (1.56%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.56%) CMS
2 2 (1.56%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.78%) Luigi
3 1 (0.78%) Mendix
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.78%) SAS
3 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.78%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.78%) FastStats
3 1 (0.78%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.06%) Azure
2 30 (23.44%) AWS
3 21 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (10.16%) Power Platform
5 11 (8.59%) GitHub
6 10 (7.81%) SaaS
7 8 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (4.69%) GCP
9 5 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (3.91%) Serverless
10 3 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (2.34%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.34%) Boomi
10 3 (2.34%) dbt
10 3 (2.34%) Figma
10 3 (2.34%) OCI
10 3 (2.34%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.56%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.56%) Broadband
1 2 (1.56%) DNS
1 2 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) HTTP
2 1 (0.78%) Internet
2 1 (0.78%) SAN
2 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (27.34%) SQL Server
2 29 (22.66%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (19.53%) MySQL
4 23 (17.97%) RDBMS
5 13 (10.16%) NoSQL
5 13 (10.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (9.38%) MongoDB
6 12 (9.38%) Power BI
7 9 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (2.34%) DB2
8 3 (2.34%) Power Query
8 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.56%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (22.66%) Git
2 12 (9.38%) JIRA
3 5 (3.91%) Bitbucket
4 4 (3.13%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.34%) JUnit
6 2 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.56%) GitLab
6 2 (1.56%) Jaeger
6 2 (1.56%) Mockito
6 2 (1.56%) Postman
7 1 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.78%) Selenium
7 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
General
1 45 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.84%) Finance
4 16 (12.50%) Law
5 14 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (9.38%) Retail
7 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
8 9 (7.03%) Legal
9 7 (5.47%) Marketing
10 5 (3.91%) Advertising
10 5 (3.91%) Health Technology
11 3 (2.34%) Banking
12 2 (1.56%) Games
12 2 (1.56%) German Language
12 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.56%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 54 (42.19%) Developer
2 21 (16.41%) Analyst
3 15 (11.72%) Senior
4 13 (10.16%) Java Developer
5 10 (7.81%) Software Engineer
6 9 (7.03%) DBA
7 8 (6.25%) .NET Developer
7 8 (6.25%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.47%) C# Developer
9 6 (4.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (4.69%) Junior
9 6 (4.69%) Software Developer
9 6 (4.69%) SQL DBA
10 5 (3.91%) Data Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) Lead
10 5 (3.91%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.13%) Applications Analyst
11 4 (3.13%) Test Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.31%) .NET
2 22 (17.19%) CSS
3 21 (16.41%) HTML
4 20 (15.63%) React
5 18 (14.06%) REST
6 16 (12.50%) JSON
7 14 (10.94%) Web Services
7 14 (10.94%) XML
8 13 (10.16%) RESTful
9 12 (9.38%) Vue
10 11 (8.59%) Node.js
11 10 (7.81%) .NET Core
11 10 (7.81%) AngularJS
11 10 (7.81%) ASP.NET
11 10 (7.81%) Spring
12 9 (7.03%) Spring Boot
13 7 (5.47%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (5.47%) Next.js
14 6 (4.69%) SOAP
15 5 (3.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.91%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.91%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.13%) Client/Server
3 4 (3.13%) Clustering
3 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.13%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.34%) CMDB
4 3 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.34%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.59%) Windows
2 10 (7.81%) Linux
3 6 (4.69%) Unix
4 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (41.41%) Agile
2 41 (32.03%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (28.91%) DevOps
4 27 (21.09%) CI/CD
5 22 (17.19%) Software Engineering
6 20 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (14.84%) Code Quality
7 19 (14.84%) Scrum
8 16 (12.50%) Web Development
9 15 (11.72%) Clean Code
9 15 (11.72%) ETL
9 15 (11.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (11.72%) Mentoring
9 15 (11.72%) Microservices
10 14 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (10.94%) Data Modelling
10 14 (10.94%) OOP
11 13 (10.16%) OO
12 12 (9.38%) TDD
12 12 (9.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (56.25%) SQL
2 37 (28.91%) JavaScript
3 35 (27.34%) Python
4 29 (22.66%) C#
5 27 (21.09%) Java
6 12 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.47%) PHP
7 7 (5.47%) PowerShell
7 7 (5.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.69%) Go
9 4 (3.13%) Bash
9 4 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.34%) C++
10 3 (2.34%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.56%) Scala
11 2 (1.56%) VBA
12 1 (0.78%) COBOL
12 1 (0.78%) Julia
12 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (11.72%) Degree
2 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
2 10 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.47%) DBS Check
4 6 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.13%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) OCP
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.16%) QA
2 10 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 9 (7.03%) GDPR
4 2 (1.56%) HL7
5 1 (0.78%) IFRS
5 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (14.84%) Docker
2 2 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (10.94%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.47%) Terraform
3 5 (3.91%) Ansible
4 2 (1.56%) Argo
4 2 (1.56%) Kustomize
4 2 (1.56%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.56%) SCCM
5 1 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.78%) Kibana
5 1 (0.78%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.78%) Puppet
5 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.59%) Oracle
3 7 (5.47%) Informatica
3 7 (5.47%) Talend
4 5 (3.91%) RedGate
5 3 (2.34%) Google
5 3 (2.34%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.34%) SAP
5 3 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.56%) Dell
6 2 (1.56%) Epicor
6 2 (1.56%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.56%) IBM
6 2 (1.56%) IFS
6 2 (1.56%) Infor
6 2 (1.56%) Jitterbit
6 2 (1.56%) SnapLogic
6 2 (1.56%) Software AG
6 2 (1.56%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.56%) Workday
339 hybrid/remote Relational Database jobs