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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 208 156
Rank change year-on-year -51 -52 -14
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 139 220 624
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.58% 2.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.54% 5.82% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 92 142 499
10th Percentile £32,525 £40,620 £39,717
25th Percentile £39,375 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,206 £57,501
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% +6.44% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,500 £79,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,125 £87,292 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year -10.85% +10.26% -10.00%

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 2,126 3,782 7,069
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.68% 27.23% 23.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,449 6,056
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,021
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £44,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,769 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +14.38% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 12 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 (3.60%) Anypoint
1 5 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.60%) CMS
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.16%) Apache
3 3 (2.16%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.16%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.44%) Confluence
4 2 (1.44%) Mendix
5 1 (0.72%) Drupal
5 1 (0.72%) nginx
5 1 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Shopify
2 1 (0.72%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (43.88%) AWS
2 40 (28.78%) Azure
3 19 (13.67%) Pulumi
4 16 (11.51%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (9.35%) GitHub
7 12 (8.63%) GCP
8 8 (5.76%) Power Platform
9 7 (5.04%) dbt
10 6 (4.32%) SaaS
10 6 (4.32%) Serverless
11 5 (3.60%) Boomi
11 5 (3.60%) iPaaS
11 5 (3.60%) Power Automate
11 5 (3.60%) Workato
12 4 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
13 3 (2.16%) Amazon S3
13 3 (2.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.67%) Broadband
2 5 (3.60%) DNS
2 5 (3.60%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.88%) DHCP
3 4 (2.88%) VPN
3 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) Internet
4 1 (0.72%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (26.62%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (20.86%) RDBMS
3 27 (19.42%) NoSQL
4 23 (16.55%) MySQL
5 20 (14.39%) SQL Server
6 7 (5.04%) Metadata
6 7 (5.04%) Power BI
7 6 (4.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (3.60%) MongoDB
8 5 (3.60%) Oracle Database
9 3 (2.16%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.16%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.16%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.16%) FileMaker
9 3 (2.16%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.44%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 27 (19.42%) Git
2 19 (13.67%) Jaeger
3 7 (5.04%) JIRA
4 5 (3.60%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.88%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.88%) Selenium
6 3 (2.16%) JUnit
7 2 (1.44%) GitLab
7 2 (1.44%) Postman
7 2 (1.44%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.72%) Mockito
8 1 (0.72%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (14.39%) Finance
4 17 (12.23%) Law
5 13 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Legal
6 8 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.88%) Banking
7 4 (2.88%) Marketing
7 4 (2.88%) Retail
8 3 (2.16%) Front Office
9 2 (1.44%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Electronics
10 1 (0.72%) French Language
10 1 (0.72%) German Language
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (33.09%) Developer
2 25 (17.99%) Lead
3 20 (14.39%) Data Engineer
4 18 (12.95%) Senior
5 16 (11.51%) Analyst
6 12 (8.63%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (7.19%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (7.19%) Software Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Architect
9 9 (6.47%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Data Architect
10 8 (5.76%) Team Leader
10 8 (5.76%) Web Developer
11 7 (5.04%) Applications Developer
12 6 (4.32%) C# Developer
12 6 (4.32%) IT Analyst
12 6 (4.32%) Junior
12 6 (4.32%) Support Analyst
13 5 (3.60%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (19.42%) CSS
2 26 (18.71%) HTML
3 23 (16.55%) React
4 22 (15.83%) .NET
4 22 (15.83%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (13.67%) OpenTelemetry
5 19 (13.67%) REST
6 16 (11.51%) Node.js
7 15 (10.79%) AngularJS
8 14 (10.07%) Vue
9 10 (7.19%) .NET Core
9 10 (7.19%) RESTful
9 10 (7.19%) SOAP
10 9 (6.47%) Laravel
10 9 (6.47%) Web Services
11 8 (5.76%) JSON
12 7 (5.04%) Spring
12 7 (5.04%) Spring Boot
13 6 (4.32%) Kafka
13 6 (4.32%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.76%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.04%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.88%) CCTV
5 4 (2.88%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.88%) Legacy Code
5 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.16%) Blog
6 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.16%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.16%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.44%) CMDB
7 2 (1.44%) CUDA
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.74%) Linux
2 24 (17.27%) Unix
3 8 (5.76%) Windows
4 4 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (47.48%) Agile
2 49 (35.25%) DevOps
3 47 (33.81%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (26.62%) Containerisation
5 31 (22.30%) CI/CD
6 30 (21.58%) Mentoring
7 26 (18.71%) Performance Optimisation
8 25 (17.99%) Data Modelling
9 24 (17.27%) Continuous Integration
9 24 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (15.11%) Cost Optimisation
10 21 (15.11%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (15.11%) High Availability
10 21 (15.11%) Roadmaps
11 20 (14.39%) Software Engineering
11 20 (14.39%) Task Automation
12 19 (13.67%) Analytics
12 19 (13.67%) Budget Control
12 19 (13.67%) GitOps
12 19 (13.67%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (46.04%) JavaScript
2 62 (44.60%) SQL
3 57 (41.01%) Python
4 42 (30.22%) Java
5 26 (18.71%) C#
6 22 (15.83%) Go
7 19 (13.67%) Bash
7 19 (13.67%) PHP
8 8 (5.76%) PowerShell
8 8 (5.76%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.32%) Delphi
10 5 (3.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.88%) Pascal
12 2 (1.44%) Bicep
12 2 (1.44%) Ruby
12 2 (1.44%) Scala
12 2 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.72%) Dart
13 1 (0.72%) R
13 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (14.39%) AWS Certification
2 19 (13.67%) Degree
3 12 (8.63%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 10 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.32%) ISTQB
6 6 (4.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (2.88%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) Data Quality
2 13 (9.35%) GDPR
3 12 (8.63%) QA
4 2 (1.44%) HL7
5 1 (0.72%) IFRS
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (30.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (27.34%) Kubernetes
2 32 (23.02%) Terraform
3 21 (15.11%) Ansible
3 21 (15.11%) Argo
4 20 (14.39%) Prometheus
5 19 (13.67%) Kustomize
6 3 (2.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.72%) SCCM
7 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (15.83%) Google
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.23%) Oracle
3 6 (4.32%) SAP
4 5 (3.60%) Dell
4 5 (3.60%) Epicor
4 5 (3.60%) IBM
4 5 (3.60%) IFS
4 5 (3.60%) Infor
4 5 (3.60%) Informatica
4 5 (3.60%) Jitterbit
4 5 (3.60%) MuleSoft
4 5 (3.60%) SnapLogic
4 5 (3.60%) Software AG
4 5 (3.60%) Talend
4 5 (3.60%) TIBCO
4 5 (3.60%) Workday
5 4 (2.88%) Databricks
6 2 (1.44%) OutSystems
6 2 (1.44%) Red Hat