Relational Database Contracts in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Relational Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Relational Database over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 208 212
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 -38
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 191 274 384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.19% 1.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.41% 7.79% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 177 252
10th Percentile £357 £378 £363
25th Percentile £400 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +11.11% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £569
90th Percentile £650 £750 £631
UK median daily rate £538 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 10
10th Percentile £24.25 £56.09 £22.96
25th Percentile £26.50 £67.19 £45.31
Median hourly rate £35.50 £74.00 £50.10
Median % change year-on-year -52.03% +47.70% -8.91%
75th Percentile £43.81 £75.13 £55.19
90th Percentile £49.78 £78.00 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £69.38 £51.85
% change year-on-year -48.83% +33.80% -5.73%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Relational Database is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,578 3,518 5,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.70% 15.29% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,831 2,518 3,826
10th Percentile £313 £337 £328
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +11.24%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £545
% change year-on-year -3.67% - +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 112 135
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.32 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £30.54 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.70 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.19% +59.14% +44.03%
75th Percentile £61.53 £67.81 £62.15
90th Percentile £75.50 £75.73 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +30.43% +73.58%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Relational Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Relational Database in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Relational Database in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Relational Database in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK excluding London

Relational Database
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Relational Database within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +33 62 £534 +12.42% 59
North West +6 33 £531 +11.79% 40
South East -34 33 £538 -4.44% 39
Scotland +8 32 £450 -26.53% 24
Yorkshire +33 27 £550 -4.35% 17
Midlands +16 23 £400 -27.27% 30
South West +6 23 £538 -14.00% 22
Wales +26 13 £551 +12.92% 5
West Midlands +11 12 £400 -27.27% 19
East Midlands +21 11 £369 -10.61% 11
East of England -4 3 £442 -23.22% 16
North East +10 2 £650 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 3
Relational Database
UK

Relational Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.76%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.66%) JBoss
3 3 (1.57%) Apache
3 3 (1.57%) Confluence
3 3 (1.57%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.05%) IIS
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (32.46%) Azure
2 51 (26.70%) AWS
3 33 (17.28%) Power Platform
4 27 (14.14%) Serverless
5 20 (10.47%) GCP
6 18 (9.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (7.85%) Amazon S3
8 13 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (6.81%) GitHub
9 10 (5.24%) OpenShift
10 9 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (2.62%) IaaS
14 4 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (1.57%) dbt
15 3 (1.57%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.66%) Network Security
2 5 (2.62%) AMQP
3 3 (1.57%) BGP
3 3 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (1.57%) DNS
3 3 (1.57%) Firewall
3 3 (1.57%) IOS XR
4 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.05%) VPN
5 1 (0.52%) Internet
5 1 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (27.75%) SQL Server
2 43 (22.51%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (22.51%) RDBMS
3 33 (17.28%) MySQL
3 33 (17.28%) Power BI
4 31 (16.23%) Tableau
5 29 (15.18%) NoSQL
6 21 (10.99%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (10.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (9.42%) MongoDB
9 14 (7.33%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 12 (6.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (4.19%) Big Data
11 8 (4.19%) Data Lake
12 6 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (3.14%) InfluxDB
13 5 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (2.62%) Oracle Database
14 4 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 40 (20.94%) Git
2 23 (12.04%) Jenkins
3 18 (9.42%) GitLab
4 16 (8.38%) JUnit
5 13 (6.81%) JIRA
6 11 (5.76%) SonarQube
7 9 (4.71%) Postman
7 9 (4.71%) Visual Studio
8 7 (3.66%) Cypress.io
9 6 (3.14%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.62%) AppScan
10 5 (2.62%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.62%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (2.62%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (2.62%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (1.05%) CircleCI
12 2 (1.05%) Mockito
13 1 (0.52%) Appium
13 1 (0.52%) Gradle
General
1 35 (18.32%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.52%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.95%) Finance
5 8 (4.19%) Banking
6 5 (2.62%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.09%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.05%) Law
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Local Government
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (37.17%) Developer
2 31 (16.23%) Java Developer
3 20 (10.47%) Data Engineer
4 17 (8.90%) DBA
5 14 (7.33%) Full Stack Developer
6 13 (6.81%) Architect
7 12 (6.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (5.76%) Analyst
8 11 (5.76%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 8 (4.19%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.19%) Lead
9 8 (4.19%) Senior
10 7 (3.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (3.66%) Site Engineer
10 7 (3.66%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.14%) Data Architect
11 6 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (3.14%) Lead Developer
11 6 (3.14%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.14%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (16.23%) Spring
2 30 (15.71%) Spring Boot
3 28 (14.66%) React
4 26 (13.61%) REST
5 23 (12.04%) Kafka
6 22 (11.52%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (8.38%) XML
8 15 (7.85%) JSON
8 15 (7.85%) RESTful
9 14 (7.33%) HTML
10 13 (6.81%) .NET
10 13 (6.81%) Hibernate
11 12 (6.28%) CSS
11 12 (6.28%) JPA
12 9 (4.71%) AngularJS
13 7 (3.66%) Django
13 7 (3.66%) Laravel
13 7 (3.66%) OpenTracing
13 7 (3.66%) Vue
14 6 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.52%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (9.42%) Data Structures
3 15 (7.85%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (6.28%) Public Cloud
5 11 (5.76%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.66%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.66%) NHS
7 6 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.62%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.57%) Smart Meter
11 2 (1.05%) Clustering
11 2 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.52%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (23.04%) Linux
2 17 (8.90%) Windows
3 16 (8.38%) Unix
4 11 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.62%) VMS
6 4 (2.09%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.52%) Android
7 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (43.46%) Agile
2 60 (31.41%) DevOps
3 49 (25.65%) CI/CD
4 37 (19.37%) Data Modelling
4 37 (19.37%) Microservices
4 37 (19.37%) Scrum
5 35 (18.32%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (15.71%) Continuous Integration
7 28 (14.66%) Mentoring
8 27 (14.14%) ETL
8 27 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (14.14%) Test Automation
9 21 (10.99%) Analytics
9 21 (10.99%) Full Stack Development
10 19 (9.95%) SDLC
10 19 (9.95%) Unit Testing
11 18 (9.42%) Visualisation
12 17 (8.90%) Migration
12 17 (8.90%) Software Engineering
13 15 (7.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (50.26%) SQL
2 69 (36.13%) Java
3 48 (25.13%) Python
4 27 (14.14%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.47%) T-SQL
6 18 (9.42%) C#
7 16 (8.38%) TypeScript
8 14 (7.33%) Bash
9 12 (6.28%) Scala
9 12 (6.28%) Shell Script
10 9 (4.71%) Kotlin
10 9 (4.71%) Perl
10 9 (4.71%) PHP
10 9 (4.71%) PowerShell
11 6 (3.14%) C
11 6 (3.14%) Go
12 4 (2.09%) VB
12 4 (2.09%) VB6
13 2 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (1.05%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.28%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.52%) DV Cleared
4 21 (10.99%) Degree
5 12 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.71%) Master's Degree
7 6 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.57%) ISEB
8 3 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.57%) PMP
9 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.05%) SANS
9 2 (1.05%) Tableau Certification
10 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.85%) QA
2 6 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.09%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.52%) HL7
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (23.04%) Docker
2 6 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.62%) vSphere
4 3 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (25.13%) Kubernetes
2 24 (12.57%) Ansible
3 20 (10.47%) Prometheus
4 19 (9.95%) Terraform
5 17 (8.90%) Progress Chef
6 15 (7.85%) Grafana
7 7 (3.66%) Graylog
7 7 (3.66%) Zipkin
8 6 (3.14%) Kibana
8 6 (3.14%) Puppet
9 5 (2.62%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (2.62%) HP Fortify
9 5 (2.62%) Nessus
9 5 (2.62%) Packer
9 5 (2.62%) vRealize
9 5 (2.62%) WebInspect
10 4 (2.09%) Nagios
11 1 (0.52%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 36 (18.85%) Oracle
2 33 (17.28%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.81%) Splunk
4 11 (5.76%) Google
5 7 (3.66%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.14%) AVEVA
6 6 (3.14%) Checkmarx
7 5 (2.62%) AppDynamics
7 5 (2.62%) Arqiva
7 5 (2.62%) Veracode
7 5 (2.62%) Veritas
7 5 (2.62%) VMware
8 4 (2.09%) Brio
8 4 (2.09%) Infragistics
8 4 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.57%) Cisco
9 3 (1.57%) Databricks
9 3 (1.57%) TOWER Software
10 2 (1.05%) Ab Initio
10 2 (1.05%) Salesforce