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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 164 139
Rank change year-on-year -81 -25 +11
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 127 332 605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 2.04% 2.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.01% 8.02% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 86 119 463
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,124 £38,900
25th Percentile £37,875 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.18% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £70,625 £79,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,875 £86,836 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% +2.50% -4.00%

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 2,113 4,139 6,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.51% 25.49% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 2,444 5,356
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £59,494
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +16.50% -4.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,313 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -7.20%

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 27 January 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 (3.94%) Anypoint
2 4 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.57%) CMS
3 2 (1.57%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.57%) Mendix
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.79%) Luigi
4 1 (0.79%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.79%) SAS
4 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Shopify
2 1 (0.79%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (45.67%) AWS
2 38 (29.92%) Azure
3 19 (14.96%) Pulumi
4 18 (14.17%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (10.24%) GitHub
6 12 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (8.66%) GCP
8 7 (5.51%) SaaS
9 6 (4.72%) Boomi
9 6 (4.72%) dbt
9 6 (4.72%) Power Automate
9 6 (4.72%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.72%) Serverless
10 5 (3.94%) iPaaS
10 5 (3.94%) Workato
11 4 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.15%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.36%) Amazon S3
12 3 (2.36%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.96%) Broadband
2 2 (1.57%) DNS
2 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.79%) Firewall
3 1 (0.79%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) Internet
3 1 (0.79%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (25.98%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (22.05%) RDBMS
3 25 (19.69%) NoSQL
4 23 (18.11%) SQL Server
5 22 (17.32%) MySQL
6 6 (4.72%) Metadata
7 5 (3.94%) Power BI
7 5 (3.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.36%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.36%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.57%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.57%) FileMaker
10 2 (1.57%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (16.54%) Git
2 19 (14.96%) Jaeger
3 7 (5.51%) JIRA
4 6 (4.72%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.15%) Cucumber
5 4 (3.15%) JUnit
5 4 (3.15%) Selenium
6 3 (2.36%) GitLab
7 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.57%) Mockito
7 2 (1.57%) Postman
7 2 (1.57%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (16.54%) Finance
4 20 (15.75%) Law
5 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.87%) Legal
7 9 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.51%) Retail
9 5 (3.94%) Marketing
10 4 (3.15%) Banking
11 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.57%) Electronics
12 2 (1.57%) Front Office
12 2 (1.57%) German Language
12 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.79%) Advertising
13 1 (0.79%) Back Office
13 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.79%) Local Government
13 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (33.86%) Developer
2 21 (16.54%) Lead
3 17 (13.39%) Senior
4 15 (11.81%) Analyst
5 13 (10.24%) Software Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (7.87%) Data Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.51%) Team Leader
10 6 (4.72%) Architect
10 6 (4.72%) C# Developer
10 6 (4.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (4.72%) Java Developer
10 6 (4.72%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.72%) Tester
11 5 (3.94%) .NET Developer
11 5 (3.94%) Data Architect
11 5 (3.94%) IT Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (19.69%) CSS
1 25 (19.69%) React
2 24 (18.90%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (18.90%) HTML
3 21 (16.54%) REST
4 20 (15.75%) .NET
5 19 (14.96%) OpenTelemetry
6 16 (12.60%) AngularJS
6 16 (12.60%) JSON
7 14 (11.02%) Node.js
7 14 (11.02%) Vue
8 13 (10.24%) Web Services
8 13 (10.24%) XML
9 12 (9.45%) RESTful
9 12 (9.45%) SOAP
10 10 (7.87%) .NET Core
11 9 (7.09%) Spring
12 8 (6.30%) Spring Boot
13 6 (4.72%) Laravel
13 6 (4.72%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.30%) Data Structures
2 8 (6.30%) Low-Code
2 8 (6.30%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.36%) Blog
4 3 (2.36%) CMDB
4 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.36%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.36%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.57%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.57%) Semantic Web
6 1 (0.79%) Clustering
6 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.79%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.62%) Linux
2 24 (18.90%) Unix
3 6 (4.72%) Windows
3 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (58.27%) Agile
2 51 (40.16%) DevOps
3 44 (34.65%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (28.35%) Containerisation
5 32 (25.20%) CI/CD
6 30 (23.62%) Mentoring
7 24 (18.90%) Continuous Integration
7 24 (18.90%) Performance Optimisation
8 22 (17.32%) High Availability
8 22 (17.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (17.32%) Roadmaps
8 22 (17.32%) Software Engineering
9 20 (15.75%) Resource Management
9 20 (15.75%) Scrum
10 19 (14.96%) Budget Control
10 19 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (14.96%) Cost Optimisation
10 19 (14.96%) GitOps
10 19 (14.96%) Product Management
10 19 (14.96%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (46.46%) JavaScript
2 58 (45.67%) SQL
3 55 (43.31%) Python
4 44 (34.65%) Java
5 25 (19.69%) C#
6 24 (18.90%) Go
7 20 (15.75%) Bash
8 11 (8.66%) TypeScript
9 10 (7.87%) PHP
10 7 (5.51%) PowerShell
11 5 (3.94%) Shell Script
12 3 (2.36%) Ruby
13 2 (1.57%) Delphi
13 2 (1.57%) Scala
13 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.57%) VBA
14 1 (0.79%) Dart
14 1 (0.79%) Groovy
14 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (15.75%) AWS Certification
2 15 (11.81%) Degree
3 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.51%) ISTQB
5 7 (5.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) QA
2 9 (7.09%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.51%) GDPR
4 3 (2.36%) HL7
5 1 (0.79%) IFRS
5 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (31.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (29.92%) Kubernetes
2 28 (22.05%) Terraform
3 22 (17.32%) Ansible
4 21 (16.54%) Argo
5 20 (15.75%) Prometheus
6 19 (14.96%) Kustomize
7 3 (2.36%) Grafana
8 2 (1.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.79%) Puppet
9 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (16.54%) Google
2 13 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.45%) Oracle
4 7 (5.51%) SAP
5 6 (4.72%) Informatica
5 6 (4.72%) MuleSoft
5 6 (4.72%) Talend
6 5 (3.94%) Dell
6 5 (3.94%) Epicor
6 5 (3.94%) IBM
6 5 (3.94%) IFS
6 5 (3.94%) Infor
6 5 (3.94%) Jitterbit
6 5 (3.94%) SnapLogic
6 5 (3.94%) Software AG
6 5 (3.94%) TIBCO
6 5 (3.94%) Workday
7 3 (2.36%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.57%) HubSpot