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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 218 188
Rank change year-on-year +7 -30 -13
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 195 257 416
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.12% 1.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.55% 7.53% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 156 275
10th Percentile £363 £386 £353
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.75% +7.24%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £575
90th Percentile £650 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 13
10th Percentile £26.30 £62.38 £17.63
25th Percentile £31.63 £70.00 £23.70
Median hourly rate £40.50 £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.00% +50.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £47.13 £75.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £51.10 £78.00 £65.48
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £70.00 £50.10
% change year-on-year -42.14% +39.72% -11.72%

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 2,582 3,412 5,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.38% 14.89% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,827 2,430 3,831
10th Percentile £313 £338 £331
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.50% -0.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 107 127
10th Percentile £13.61 £21.66 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £58.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.26% +67.40% +42.45%
75th Percentile £59.50 £73.73 £56.88
90th Percentile £73.50 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £44.48
% change year-on-year -33.33% +34.91% +64.97%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +48 64 £534 +6.80% 66
South East -34 33 £525 -12.50% 34
Yorkshire +45 32 £550 -4.35% 21
Scotland +22 32 £450 -23.40% 13
North West +9 30 £528 +6.40% 42
South West +9 26 £538 -14.00% 27
Midlands +9 22 £400 -27.27% 36
Wales +25 13 £551 +12.92% 4
East Midlands +18 11 £375 -9.09% 12
West Midlands -6 11 £400 -27.27% 24
East of England -6 3 £442 -24.21% 24
North East +11 2 £650 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 -
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 10 (5.13%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.59%) JBoss
3 4 (2.05%) Confluence
4 3 (1.54%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.03%) Apache
5 2 (1.03%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) nginx
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.54%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.82%) Azure
2 53 (27.18%) AWS
3 36 (18.46%) Power Platform
4 24 (12.31%) Serverless
5 19 (9.74%) Azure Data Factory
5 19 (9.74%) GCP
6 16 (8.21%) Amazon S3
7 14 (7.18%) Amazon EC2
7 14 (7.18%) GitHub
8 12 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (5.64%) OpenShift
10 10 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (3.08%) IaaS
13 4 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (2.05%) dbt
13 4 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.54%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.10%) Network Security
2 6 (3.08%) AMQP
3 3 (1.54%) BGP
3 3 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (1.54%) DNS
3 3 (1.54%) Firewall
3 3 (1.54%) IOS XR
4 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.03%) VPN
5 1 (0.51%) Internet
5 1 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (27.69%) SQL Server
2 39 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (20.00%) RDBMS
3 36 (18.46%) MySQL
3 36 (18.46%) Power BI
4 30 (15.38%) Tableau
5 25 (12.82%) NoSQL
6 20 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (7.69%) MongoDB
8 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 12 (6.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (5.64%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (4.10%) Qlik Sense
11 7 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (3.59%) Big Data
11 7 (3.59%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.59%) InfluxDB
12 5 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (2.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 42 (21.54%) Git
2 24 (12.31%) Jenkins
3 19 (9.74%) GitLab
4 16 (8.21%) JUnit
5 14 (7.18%) JIRA
6 11 (5.64%) SonarQube
7 9 (4.62%) Visual Studio
8 8 (4.10%) Postman
9 7 (3.59%) Cypress.io
10 6 (3.08%) Burp Suite
11 5 (2.56%) AppScan
11 5 (2.56%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (2.56%) CA Release Automation
11 5 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (2.56%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (1.03%) CircleCI
13 2 (1.03%) Mockito
14 1 (0.51%) Appium
14 1 (0.51%) RStudio
General
1 35 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.28%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.26%) Finance
5 8 (4.10%) Banking
6 4 (2.05%) Health Technology
6 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.54%) Marketing
8 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.03%) Law
8 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.51%) Games
9 1 (0.51%) Local Government
9 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (34.87%) Developer
2 31 (15.90%) Java Developer
3 21 (10.77%) Data Engineer
4 13 (6.67%) Architect
4 13 (6.67%) DBA
4 13 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 12 (6.15%) Analyst
6 11 (5.64%) Full Stack Developer
7 9 (4.62%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.10%) Lead
8 8 (4.10%) Senior
8 8 (4.10%) Site Engineer
9 7 (3.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (3.59%) Data Scientist
9 7 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (3.59%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 7 (3.59%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.08%) Lead Developer
10 6 (3.08%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.08%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (15.90%) Spring
2 30 (15.38%) Spring Boot
3 28 (14.36%) React
4 26 (13.33%) REST
5 22 (11.28%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (9.74%) Kafka
7 17 (8.72%) HTML
8 15 (7.69%) CSS
8 15 (7.69%) RESTful
9 13 (6.67%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.67%) Hibernate
9 13 (6.67%) XML
10 12 (6.15%) .NET
10 12 (6.15%) JPA
10 12 (6.15%) JSON
11 7 (3.59%) Django
11 7 (3.59%) Laravel
11 7 (3.59%) Node.js
11 7 (3.59%) OpenTracing
11 7 (3.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.28%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (9.23%) Data Structures
3 15 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (6.15%) Public Cloud
5 10 (5.13%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.59%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.59%) NHS
7 6 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.54%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.54%) Smart Meter
11 2 (1.03%) Clustering
11 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.51%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (22.56%) Linux
2 17 (8.72%) Windows
3 16 (8.21%) Unix
4 11 (5.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.56%) VMS
6 4 (2.05%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (41.03%) Agile
2 59 (30.26%) DevOps
3 49 (25.13%) CI/CD
4 40 (20.51%) Data Modelling
4 40 (20.51%) Scrum
5 38 (19.49%) Business Intelligence
5 38 (19.49%) Microservices
6 30 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 27 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (13.33%) ETL
9 25 (12.82%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.82%) Test Automation
10 22 (11.28%) Analytics
11 18 (9.23%) Full Stack Development
11 18 (9.23%) SDLC
11 18 (9.23%) Software Engineering
11 18 (9.23%) Unit Testing
12 17 (8.72%) Migration
12 17 (8.72%) Visualisation
13 16 (8.21%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 102 (52.31%) SQL
2 69 (35.38%) Java
3 50 (25.64%) Python
4 32 (16.41%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.26%) T-SQL
6 16 (8.21%) C#
6 16 (8.21%) TypeScript
7 14 (7.18%) Bash
8 13 (6.67%) Shell Script
9 11 (5.64%) Scala
10 9 (4.62%) Kotlin
10 9 (4.62%) Perl
10 9 (4.62%) PHP
10 9 (4.62%) PowerShell
11 7 (3.59%) Go
12 6 (3.08%) C
13 4 (2.05%) VB
13 4 (2.05%) VB6
14 3 (1.54%) C++
15 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 26 (13.33%) Degree
4 23 (11.79%) DV Cleared
5 16 (8.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (6.67%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.59%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.59%) PMP
8 6 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.54%) ISEB
9 3 (1.54%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.03%) SANS
10 2 (1.03%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.51%) HND
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.95%) QA
2 5 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.51%) HL7
4 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (24.10%) Docker
2 6 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.56%) vSphere
4 3 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (25.13%) Kubernetes
2 26 (13.33%) Ansible
3 23 (11.79%) Terraform
4 21 (10.77%) Prometheus
5 18 (9.23%) Progress Chef
6 16 (8.21%) Grafana
7 7 (3.59%) Graylog
7 7 (3.59%) Zipkin
8 6 (3.08%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (3.08%) Kibana
8 6 (3.08%) Puppet
9 5 (2.56%) HP Fortify
9 5 (2.56%) Nessus
9 5 (2.56%) Packer
9 5 (2.56%) vRealize
9 5 (2.56%) WebInspect
10 4 (2.05%) Nagios
11 1 (0.51%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 33 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 32 (16.41%) Oracle
3 13 (6.67%) Splunk
4 11 (5.64%) Google
5 8 (4.10%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.59%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.08%) AVEVA
7 6 (3.08%) Checkmarx
8 5 (2.56%) AppDynamics
8 5 (2.56%) Arqiva
8 5 (2.56%) Databricks
8 5 (2.56%) Veracode
8 5 (2.56%) Veritas
8 5 (2.56%) VMware
9 4 (2.05%) Brio
9 4 (2.05%) Infragistics
10 3 (1.54%) Cisco
10 3 (1.54%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.54%) TOWER Software
11 2 (1.03%) Ab Initio