Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RDBMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RDBMS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 555 420
Rank change year-on-year +5 -135 +49
Permanent jobs citing RDBMS 364 480 1,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.48% 0.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.99% 2.25% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 169 301 619
10th Percentile £44,851 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,101 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

RDBMS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,257 21,342 45,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.27% 21.52% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,529 13,306 21,042
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

RDBMS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RDBMS in the UK

RDBMS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RDBMS.

Salary trend for RDBMS in the UK

RDBMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RDBMS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for RDBMS in the UK

RDBMS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RDBMS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -5 269 £67,500 -6.90% 58
Work from Home +31 221 £60,000 -9.91% 38
UK excluding London -40 221 £60,000 +9.09% 34
London +11 118 £80,000 +10.34% 33
North of England +86 76 £61,206 +11.28% 10
North West +32 49 £61,206 +6.45% 5
Scotland -52 43 £65,000 +13.04% 5
Wales +26 26 £46,604 -41.75% 1
Yorkshire +95 25 £72,500 +43.56% 4
Midlands -36 22 £80,000 +9.59% 5
South East 0 20 £65,000 +23.81% 6
South West -35 20 £62,229 +13.14% 1
East Midlands -8 12 £82,500 +69.23%
Northern Ireland -4 11 £34,628 -23.05%
West Midlands -15 10 £61,206 -16.16% 5
East of England -7 3 £110,000 +60.58% 6
North East -11 2 £49,603 +4.05% 1

RDBMS
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 53 (14.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.64%) WebLogic
3 11 (3.02%) Apache
4 7 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (12.64%) Endur
1 46 (12.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.65%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 1 (0.27%) Data Workbench
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 138 (37.91%) AWS
2 80 (21.98%) Azure
3 63 (17.31%) Amazon EKS
4 47 (12.91%) Amazon SQS
5 46 (12.64%) Serverless
6 41 (11.26%) Amazon S3
7 33 (9.07%) Amazon EC2
8 27 (7.42%) Amazon Kinesis
9 16 (4.40%) SaaS
10 13 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.57%) OCI
11 12 (3.30%) Amazon ECR
11 12 (3.30%) IBM Cloud
11 12 (3.30%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.30%) Route 53
12 11 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (2.75%) PaaS
14 8 (2.20%) Amazon EMR
15 7 (1.92%) dbt
15 7 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.01%) DNS
2 48 (13.19%) TCP/IP
3 47 (12.91%) SSL
4 46 (12.64%) BGP
5 3 (0.82%) Firewall
5 3 (0.82%) LAN
5 3 (0.82%) SMTP
6 2 (0.55%) DKIM
6 2 (0.55%) DMARC
6 2 (0.55%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.27%) IMAP
7 1 (0.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.27%) WAN
7 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (100.00%) Relational Database
2 115 (31.59%) SQL Server
3 88 (24.18%) Amazon RDS
3 88 (24.18%) Oracle Database
4 75 (20.60%) MySQL
5 38 (10.44%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (8.79%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (7.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (6.87%) NoSQL
9 17 (4.67%) MongoDB
10 12 (3.30%) DB2
11 11 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (2.75%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (2.20%) Metadata
14 7 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.92%) Data Hub
14 7 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 76 (20.88%) Git
2 36 (9.89%) JDeveloper
3 29 (7.97%) Jenkins
4 25 (6.87%) Postman
5 8 (2.20%) JUnit
6 5 (1.37%) GDB
6 5 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.10%) JMeter
7 4 (1.10%) Maven
7 4 (1.10%) Mockito
8 2 (0.55%) git-flow
9 1 (0.27%) Ant
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.27%) ERwin
9 1 (0.27%) JIRA
9 1 (0.27%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 99 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (14.56%) Marketing
4 52 (14.29%) Games
5 51 (14.01%) Finance
5 51 (14.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.04%) Law
7 19 (5.22%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.02%) Police
9 10 (2.75%) Local Government
10 9 (2.47%) Legal
10 9 (2.47%) Retail
11 6 (1.65%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (1.37%) Banking
12 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.10%) Welsh Language
14 3 (0.82%) Back Office
14 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (23.63%) Lead
2 83 (22.80%) Architect
3 76 (20.88%) Senior
4 59 (16.21%) Software Engineer
5 57 (15.66%) Developer
6 48 (13.19%) Solutions Architect
7 46 (12.64%) Lead Architect
7 46 (12.64%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 36 (9.89%) Ruby Engineer
9 33 (9.07%) DBA
10 26 (7.14%) Senior Manager
11 25 (6.87%) Endur Manager
11 25 (6.87%) OpenLink Manager
11 25 (6.87%) Technical Leader
12 23 (6.32%) Development Manager
12 23 (6.32%) Software Development Manager
12 23 (6.32%) Software Manager
13 21 (5.77%) Java Engineer
14 20 (5.49%) Senior Development Manager
15 17 (4.67%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (25.82%) Spring Boot
2 62 (17.03%) Spring
3 58 (15.93%) React
4 53 (14.56%) RabbitMQ
5 52 (14.29%) JSON
6 44 (12.09%) Node.js
7 24 (6.59%) Kafka
8 23 (6.32%) Web Services
9 21 (5.77%) .NET
9 21 (5.77%) Hibernate
9 21 (5.77%) RESTful
10 18 (4.95%) AngularJS
11 17 (4.67%) Akka
12 16 (4.40%) Vue
13 14 (3.85%) SOAP
14 13 (3.57%) REST
15 12 (3.30%) Spring XD
16 6 (1.65%) .NET Core
16 6 (1.65%) Lambda Expressions
17 5 (1.37%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.76%) Enterprise Software
2 53 (14.56%) Cloud Native
3 52 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 46 (12.64%) Swaptions
5 41 (11.26%) Management Information System
6 22 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (5.77%) Algorithms
8 16 (4.40%) Data Structures
9 14 (3.85%) Reference Data
10 12 (3.30%) Blockchain
10 12 (3.30%) e-Learning
10 12 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (3.30%) Virtual Team
11 8 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.37%) CMDB
12 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.10%) Housing Association
13 4 (1.10%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.10%) Replication
14 3 (0.82%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 74 (20.33%) Linux
2 46 (12.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 37 (10.16%) Windows
4 20 (5.49%) Unix
5 7 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.55%) CentOS
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (40.38%) SDLC
2 140 (38.46%) Agile
3 114 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (27.75%) Actionable Insight
5 96 (26.37%) Software Engineering
6 92 (25.27%) DevOps
7 91 (25.00%) Data Modelling
8 90 (24.73%) Open Source
9 80 (21.98%) Roadmaps
10 79 (21.70%) Project Management
11 76 (20.88%) Design Patterns
12 74 (20.33%) CI/CD
13 66 (18.13%) Microservices
14 65 (17.86%) Containerisation
14 65 (17.86%) Migration
15 54 (14.84%) Scrum
16 53 (14.56%) Collaborative Working
16 53 (14.56%) Load Balancing
17 50 (13.74%) Kanban
17 50 (13.74%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 180 (49.45%) Java
2 115 (31.59%) SQL
3 72 (19.78%) Python
4 50 (13.74%) JavaScript
5 46 (12.64%) VB
6 41 (11.26%) Go
7 40 (10.99%) Bash
8 37 (10.16%) Perl
9 36 (9.89%) Ruby
10 28 (7.69%) PHP
11 19 (5.22%) Scala
12 17 (4.67%) C#
13 13 (3.57%) T-SQL
14 12 (3.30%) PowerShell
15 10 (2.75%) C
16 8 (2.20%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.92%) C++
18 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
19 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
20 2 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (21.15%) Degree
2 63 (17.31%) SC Cleared
2 63 (17.31%) Security Cleared
3 47 (12.91%) AWS Certification
3 47 (12.91%) Azure Certification
4 46 (12.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 33 (9.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.55%) HNC
7 2 (0.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.16%) QA
2 8 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.65%) SLA
4 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) COREP
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (11.54%) Docker
2 13 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.55%) vSphere
4 1 (0.27%) Dovecot
4 1 (0.27%) Postfix
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (10.99%) Kubernetes
1 40 (10.99%) Terraform
2 12 (3.30%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.92%) Ansible
4 4 (1.10%) Data Guard
4 4 (1.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.27%) Packer
5 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (52.20%) Oracle
2 58 (15.93%) Sybase
3 46 (12.64%) OpenLink
3 46 (12.64%) Sparx
3 46 (12.64%) TIBCO
4 37 (10.16%) Microsoft
5 19 (5.22%) VMware
6 16 (4.40%) Dynatrace
7 15 (4.12%) IBM
8 12 (3.30%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.75%) Commvault
9 10 (2.75%) Google
10 4 (1.10%) Splunk
11 2 (0.55%) Apple
11 2 (0.55%) Cisco
11 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.27%) F5
12 1 (0.27%) IBM Sterling
12 1 (0.27%) Informatica
12 1 (0.27%) Juniper