Relational Database Contracts

Relational Database
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 174 162
Rank change year-on-year -28 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 513 880 1,608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.47% 1.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.02% 8.18% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 603 1,122
10th Percentile £373 £413 £409
25th Percentile £431 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +10.48%
75th Percentile £650 £741 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -2.91% +11.11% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 26 20
10th Percentile £24.25 - £19.63
25th Percentile £26.50 £21.24 £38.44
Median hourly rate £35.50 £66.88 £51.85
Median % change year-on-year -46.92% +28.98% -5.73%
75th Percentile £43.81 £75.00 £65.51
90th Percentile £49.78 £76.75 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £73.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -51.37% +45.42% -8.73%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,303 10,763 17,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.75% 18.03% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,193 7,663 12,744
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.78% +9.96%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.56% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 183 187
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +59.00%
75th Percentile £58.55 £70.88 £61.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £69.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.05 £35.00
% change year-on-year -31.09% +65.84% +45.83%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Relational Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Relational Database.

Daily rate trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Relational Database.

Hourly rate trend for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Relational Database over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Relational Database in the UK

Relational Database
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -19 442 £550 -8.33% 278
London -19 277 £581 -10.58% 139
UK excluding London +6 203 £534 -2.91% 158
Work from Home -10 176 £540 -10.00% 152
North of England +38 68 £534 +9.01% 36
North West +14 40 £534 +12.42% 19
South East -29 34 £525 -6.67% 36
Midlands +22 32 £400 -26.61% 32
Yorkshire +41 26 £550 -4.35% 17
Scotland -6 25 £425 -32.00% 22
South West +10 24 £538 -2.27% 15
East Midlands +36 16 £438 +6.06% 13
Wales +24 15 £551 +13.03% 4
West Midlands +13 15 £400 -27.27% 19
East of England +8 6 £475 -2.06% 15
North East +19 2 £650 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 5

Relational Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (4.87%) Apache
2 24 (4.68%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.70%) Confluence
4 17 (3.31%) JBoss
5 10 (1.95%) nginx
5 10 (1.95%) SAS
5 10 (1.95%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.75%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.75%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.78%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.58%) IIS
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.39%) CMS
10 2 (0.39%) GemFire
10 2 (0.39%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.75%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.58%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.58%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.39%) Endur
4 2 (0.39%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.39%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.19%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 150 (29.24%) AWS
2 130 (25.34%) Azure
3 52 (10.14%) Serverless
4 49 (9.55%) Power Platform
5 46 (8.97%) GCP
6 33 (6.43%) GitHub
7 32 (6.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (6.04%) Amazon S3
9 23 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (3.12%) SaaS
13 13 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
14 12 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (2.34%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 11 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.95%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.31%) DNS
2 15 (2.92%) Firewall
3 7 (1.36%) Network Security
4 6 (1.17%) AMQP
4 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.78%) HTTP
5 4 (0.78%) VPN
6 3 (0.58%) BGP
6 3 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.58%) Internet
6 3 (0.58%) IOS XR
6 3 (0.58%) SSL
7 1 (0.19%) DHCP
7 1 (0.19%) FTP
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (28.27%) RDBMS
2 133 (25.93%) SQL Server
3 111 (21.64%) PostgreSQL
4 68 (13.26%) MySQL
5 64 (12.48%) NoSQL
6 61 (11.89%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (8.58%) Power BI
8 38 (7.41%) MongoDB
8 38 (7.41%) Tableau
9 28 (5.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (4.68%) Data Lake
11 20 (3.90%) Big Data
11 20 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (3.12%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (2.73%) BigQuery
13 14 (2.73%) Metadata
14 13 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (2.53%) DB2
14 13 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 82 (15.98%) Git
2 52 (10.14%) JIRA
3 41 (7.99%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.04%) JUnit
5 27 (5.26%) GitLab
6 26 (5.07%) TeamCity
7 20 (3.90%) Cypress.io
8 12 (2.34%) SonarQube
9 11 (2.14%) Postman
10 7 (1.36%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.36%) Burp Suite
10 7 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.17%) AppScan
11 6 (1.17%) Selenium
11 6 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.97%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.97%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (0.97%) Gradle
12 5 (0.97%) Maven
13 4 (0.78%) Deequ
General
1 147 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (16.18%) Finance
4 60 (11.70%) Banking
4 60 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 37 (7.21%) Front Office
6 36 (7.02%) Investment Banking
7 12 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (2.34%) Marketing
8 9 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.56%) Back Office
10 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.97%) Retail
12 5 (0.97%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.78%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.58%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.58%) Law
15 2 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 176 (34.31%) Developer
2 59 (11.50%) Architect
3 56 (10.92%) Java Developer
4 48 (9.36%) Senior
5 47 (9.16%) Data Engineer
6 39 (7.60%) Analyst
7 37 (7.21%) Lead
8 33 (6.43%) DBA
9 27 (5.26%) Full Stack Developer
10 22 (4.29%) Data Architect
11 20 (3.90%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.70%) Applications Support
12 19 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 17 (3.31%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 16 (3.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 15 (2.92%) React Developer
17 14 (2.73%) .NET Developer
17 14 (2.73%) Lead Developer
17 14 (2.73%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.81%) React
2 66 (12.87%) Spring
3 62 (12.09%) REST
4 60 (11.70%) Spring Boot
5 43 (8.38%) .NET
6 41 (7.99%) Kafka
7 40 (7.80%) JSON
8 37 (7.21%) RESTful
9 36 (7.02%) AngularJS
10 34 (6.63%) CSS
11 31 (6.04%) Elastic Stack
12 30 (5.85%) Web Services
12 30 (5.85%) XML
13 26 (5.07%) HTML
14 25 (4.87%) Hibernate
15 22 (4.29%) JPA
15 22 (4.29%) Node.js
16 19 (3.70%) Middleware
16 19 (3.70%) WPF
17 18 (3.51%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.19%) Data Structures
2 35 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.46%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.87%) Fixed Income
5 23 (4.48%) Derivative
5 23 (4.48%) Public Cloud
6 21 (4.09%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (2.92%) Equities
10 12 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.95%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.75%) NHS
12 9 (1.75%) Replication
12 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.56%) CMDB
13 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.17%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.32%) Linux
2 50 (9.75%) Windows
3 45 (8.77%) Unix
4 22 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.92%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.97%) VMS
7 2 (0.39%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (37.82%) Agile
2 134 (26.12%) DevOps
3 94 (18.32%) CI/CD
4 92 (17.93%) Data Modelling
4 92 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (15.79%) Microservices
6 72 (14.04%) Scrum
7 68 (13.26%) ETL
8 64 (12.48%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (12.48%) Continuous Integration
9 58 (11.31%) Test Automation
10 57 (11.11%) Design Patterns
10 57 (11.11%) Migration
11 52 (10.14%) SDLC
12 50 (9.75%) TDD
13 49 (9.55%) Computer Science
13 49 (9.55%) Mentoring
14 47 (9.16%) Analytics
14 47 (9.16%) Full Stack Development
15 41 (7.99%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 257 (50.10%) SQL
2 155 (30.21%) Java
3 124 (24.17%) Python
4 81 (15.79%) C#
5 62 (12.09%) JavaScript
6 56 (10.92%) TypeScript
7 44 (8.58%) PowerShell
8 42 (8.19%) T-SQL
9 26 (5.07%) Shell Script
10 24 (4.68%) Bash
11 19 (3.70%) Perl
11 19 (3.70%) Scala
12 15 (2.92%) C++
12 15 (2.92%) Go
12 15 (2.92%) PHP
13 12 (2.34%) C
14 10 (1.95%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.75%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.97%) R
17 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 93 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.87%) Degree
4 32 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.85%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.78%) SANS
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.58%) ISEB
10 3 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.19%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (11.31%) QA
2 19 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.17%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.97%) MiFID
5 4 (0.78%) ISO 15022
6 3 (0.58%) GDPR
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) COPPA
8 1 (0.19%) COREP
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) EMIR
8 1 (0.19%) FATCA
8 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (15.40%) Docker
2 18 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.97%) vSphere
4 4 (0.78%) HDFS
4 4 (0.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.19%) KVM
6 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (18.13%) Kubernetes
2 46 (8.97%) Terraform
3 40 (7.80%) Ansible
4 32 (6.24%) Grafana
5 24 (4.68%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.09%) Progress Chef
7 11 (2.14%) Graylog
8 10 (1.95%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (1.95%) Puppet
9 9 (1.75%) Nagios
10 8 (1.56%) Packer
11 7 (1.36%) Kibana
12 6 (1.17%) HP Fortify
12 6 (1.17%) Nessus
12 6 (1.17%) WebInspect
13 5 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.97%) vRealize
13 5 (0.97%) Zipkin
14 3 (0.58%) Istio
15 2 (0.39%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 112 (21.83%) Oracle
2 66 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.26%) Google
3 27 (5.26%) IBM
4 21 (4.09%) Splunk
5 19 (3.70%) Databricks
5 19 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.31%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.53%) AVEVA
7 13 (2.53%) Dynatrace
8 12 (2.34%) SAP
9 9 (1.75%) Temenos
9 9 (1.75%) Veritas
10 7 (1.36%) Checkmarx
10 7 (1.36%) Sybase
11 6 (1.17%) AppDynamics
11 6 (1.17%) ION Trading
11 6 (1.17%) Veracode
11 6 (1.17%) VMware
12 5 (0.97%) Ab Initio