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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 268 194
Rank change year-on-year -5 -74 -37
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 188 178 454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.08% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.20% 5.60% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 139 144 333
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,215
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £48,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,005 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,630 £83,750 £90,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -7.69%

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 3,031 3,177 5,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.94% 19.32% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 2,127 4,611
10th Percentile £36,400 £35,854 £37,631
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,625 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.93% +1.97% -4.00%

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 25 July 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 6 (3.19%) Apache
2 5 (2.66%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.60%) CMS
5 2 (1.06%) Confluence
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.53%) Drupal
6 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.53%) JBoss
6 1 (0.53%) Moodle
6 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.53%) nginx
6 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (27.66%) AWS
2 49 (26.06%) Azure
3 25 (13.30%) Power Platform
4 17 (9.04%) GCP
5 15 (7.98%) GitHub
6 12 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (6.38%) Serverless
7 9 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (3.72%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.19%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.66%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.66%) SaaS
11 4 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.72%) Broadband
2 5 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.13%) DHCP
3 4 (2.13%) DNS
3 4 (2.13%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.13%) VPN
4 2 (1.06%) Intranet
5 1 (0.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) Network Security
5 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (31.38%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (20.21%) SQL Server
3 32 (17.02%) MySQL
4 25 (13.30%) Power BI
5 23 (12.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (10.11%) MongoDB
7 15 (7.98%) RDBMS
8 14 (7.45%) Oracle Database
9 12 (6.38%) NoSQL
10 11 (5.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (3.19%) Tableau
12 5 (2.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (2.13%) DynamoDB
14 3 (1.60%) Ataccama
14 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
14 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.60%) IBM InfoSphere
14 3 (1.60%) Metadata
14 3 (1.60%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 52 (27.66%) Git
2 7 (3.72%) GitLab
3 6 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.19%) JIRA
4 2 (1.06%) Bower
4 2 (1.06%) JUnit
4 2 (1.06%) MSTest
4 2 (1.06%) Selenium
5 1 (0.53%) CMake
5 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.53%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.53%) Maven
5 1 (0.53%) Mockito
5 1 (0.53%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.53%) Valgrind
General
1 50 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.83%) Finance
4 15 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.32%) Law
6 10 (5.32%) Marketing
7 8 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.26%) Retail
8 6 (3.19%) Social Housing
9 5 (2.66%) Health Technology
9 5 (2.66%) Legal
10 4 (2.13%) Back Office
11 3 (1.60%) Aviation
11 3 (1.60%) Banking
11 3 (1.60%) Front Office
12 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.06%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 71 (37.77%) Developer
2 40 (21.28%) Senior
3 33 (17.55%) Data Engineer
4 29 (15.43%) Analyst
5 22 (11.70%) Lead
5 22 (11.70%) Senior Developer
6 16 (8.51%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.98%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (6.91%) Data Analyst
9 12 (6.38%) Systems Developer
10 9 (4.79%) Python Engineer
11 8 (4.26%) Applications Developer
11 8 (4.26%) Consultant
11 8 (4.26%) SQL Developer
12 7 (3.72%) Applications Support
13 6 (3.19%) Architect
13 6 (3.19%) Marketing Analyst
13 6 (3.19%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
13 6 (3.19%) Senior Applications Developer
13 6 (3.19%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (18.62%) CSS
2 34 (18.09%) HTML
3 33 (17.55%) React
3 33 (17.55%) REST
4 23 (12.23%) Node.js
5 16 (8.51%) .NET
6 15 (7.98%) Kafka
7 14 (7.45%) Vue
8 13 (6.91%) FastAPI
9 12 (6.38%) jQuery
9 12 (6.38%) RESTful
9 12 (6.38%) Spring
10 11 (5.85%) Flask
10 11 (5.85%) PySpark
11 10 (5.32%) Web Services
12 9 (4.79%) AngularJS
12 9 (4.79%) HTML5
12 9 (4.79%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (3.19%) Laravel
13 6 (3.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.36%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.91%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.19%) CUDA
5 6 (3.19%) Legacy Code
6 4 (2.13%) CCTV
6 4 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.13%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.60%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.60%) Replication
8 2 (1.06%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.53%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.38%) Linux
2 8 (4.26%) Windows
3 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (35.64%) CI/CD
2 52 (27.66%) Analytics
3 46 (24.47%) Data Modelling
3 46 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (22.34%) Software Engineering
5 38 (20.21%) Agile
5 38 (20.21%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (18.09%) Business Intelligence
6 34 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (16.49%) Data Pipeline
7 31 (16.49%) Decision-Making
8 30 (15.96%) ETL
9 29 (15.43%) DevOps
9 29 (15.43%) Microservices
10 26 (13.83%) Data Engineering
10 26 (13.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (13.30%) Data Architecture
12 24 (12.77%) AI
13 22 (11.70%) Computer Science
14 21 (11.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 94 (50.00%) SQL
2 51 (27.13%) JavaScript
3 49 (26.06%) Python
4 28 (14.89%) Java
5 21 (11.17%) TypeScript
6 17 (9.04%) C#
7 16 (8.51%) PHP
8 6 (3.19%) VBA
9 5 (2.66%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.13%) Delphi
10 4 (2.13%) Pascal
10 4 (2.13%) R
10 4 (2.13%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.06%) Bash
12 2 (1.06%) Scala
13 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.53%) Go
13 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.53%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 29 (15.43%) Degree
2 16 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.43%) Data Quality
2 23 (12.23%) GDPR
3 21 (11.17%) QA
4 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.06%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (1.06%) WCAG
6 1 (0.53%) MiFID
System Software
1 41 (21.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (13.30%) Kubernetes
2 19 (10.11%) Terraform
3 4 (2.13%) Ansible
3 4 (2.13%) Grafana
3 4 (2.13%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (26.06%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.89%) Oracle
3 12 (6.38%) Databricks
4 4 (2.13%) Google
5 3 (1.60%) IBM
5 3 (1.60%) Informatica
5 3 (1.60%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.06%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.06%) SAP
7 1 (0.53%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.53%) Foundry
7 1 (0.53%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.53%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.53%) Palantir
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.53%) Solace
7 1 (0.53%) SYSPRO
7 1 (0.53%) TippingPoint