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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 174 157
Rank change year-on-year -16 -17 +5
Contract jobs citing Relational Database 509 846 1,596
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.20% 1.48% 1.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.99% 8.28% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 576 1,090
10th Percentile £363 £413 £408
25th Percentile £413 £475 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £746 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -4.55% +11.11% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 20
10th Percentile £24.25 - £19.63
25th Percentile £26.50 £21.24 £38.44
Median hourly rate £35.50 £70.00 £51.85
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% +35.00% -5.73%
75th Percentile £43.81 £75.00 £64.95
90th Percentile £49.78 £78.60 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £75.00 £50.10
% change year-on-year -52.67% +49.70% -8.91%

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 7,287 10,222 17,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 17.85% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,225 7,278 12,532
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £549
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.73% +9.80%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 175 184
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £32.30 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +69.81%
75th Percentile £61.53 £73.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £79.38 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.25 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.64% +57.14% +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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
England -26 428 £550 -8.33% 366
London -7 275 £563 -13.46% 177
UK excluding London -13 191 £525 -4.55% 230
Work from Home -6 175 £538 -10.42% 192
North of England +38 62 £534 +12.42% 62
North West +3 33 £531 +11.79% 38
South East -27 33 £538 -10.42% 53
Scotland +17 32 £450 -28.00% 22
Yorkshire +38 27 £550 -4.35% 20
South West +6 23 £538 -14.00% 27
Midlands +4 23 £400 -27.27% 38
Wales +27 13 £551 +12.92% 3
West Midlands +3 12 £400 -27.27% 27
East Midlands +25 11 £369 -10.61% 11
East of England -3 3 £442 -23.22% 24
North East +12 2 £650 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £400 - 4

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 23 (4.52%) Apache Spark
2 22 (4.32%) Apache
3 18 (3.54%) Confluence
4 17 (3.34%) JBoss
5 11 (2.16%) nginx
5 11 (2.16%) SAS
5 11 (2.16%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.96%) Tomcat
7 9 (1.77%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (1.18%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.79%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.79%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.59%) IIS
10 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.39%) CMS
11 2 (0.39%) ThingWorx
12 1 (0.20%) Appian
12 1 (0.20%) GemFire
12 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 13 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.77%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.59%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.59%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.39%) Endur
4 2 (0.39%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.39%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 147 (28.88%) AWS
2 144 (28.29%) Azure
3 54 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 51 (10.02%) GCP
5 47 (9.23%) Serverless
6 33 (6.48%) Amazon S3
6 33 (6.48%) GitHub
7 30 (5.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (2.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 13 (2.55%) SaaS
12 11 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
12 11 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (1.96%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.75%) DNS
2 13 (2.55%) Firewall
3 7 (1.38%) AMQP
3 7 (1.38%) Network Security
4 4 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.59%) BGP
5 3 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.59%) HTTP
5 3 (0.59%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.59%) SSL
6 2 (0.39%) VPN
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) FTP
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) Intranet
7 1 (0.20%) SAN
7 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (26.72%) RDBMS
2 135 (26.52%) SQL Server
3 105 (20.63%) PostgreSQL
4 69 (13.56%) MySQL
5 67 (13.16%) NoSQL
6 59 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (9.63%) Power BI
8 40 (7.86%) Tableau
9 35 (6.88%) MongoDB
10 25 (4.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (4.32%) Data Lake
12 18 (3.54%) Big Data
12 18 (3.54%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (2.95%) BigQuery
14 13 (2.55%) DB2
14 13 (2.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 12 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (2.36%) Metadata
15 12 (2.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 11 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 82 (16.11%) Git
2 45 (8.84%) JIRA
3 40 (7.86%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.09%) JUnit
5 25 (4.91%) GitLab
6 22 (4.32%) Cypress.io
7 20 (3.93%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.36%) Postman
8 12 (2.36%) SonarQube
9 10 (1.96%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.38%) Burp Suite
10 7 (1.38%) Selenium
11 6 (1.18%) AppScan
11 6 (1.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.98%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.98%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (0.98%) Gradle
13 4 (0.79%) Maven
13 4 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 143 (28.09%) Social Skills
2 99 (19.45%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (18.66%) Finance
4 61 (11.98%) Banking
5 56 (11.00%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.88%) Investment Banking
7 31 (6.09%) Front Office
8 11 (2.16%) Marketing
9 8 (1.57%) Back Office
9 8 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.18%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.98%) Retail
11 5 (0.98%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.79%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.59%) Law
13 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 175 (34.38%) Developer
2 59 (11.59%) Java Developer
3 48 (9.43%) Senior
4 46 (9.04%) Analyst
4 46 (9.04%) Architect
5 42 (8.25%) Data Engineer
6 35 (6.88%) Lead
7 29 (5.70%) DBA
8 27 (5.30%) Full Stack Developer
9 21 (4.13%) C# Developer
10 18 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (3.54%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.14%) Applications Support
11 16 (3.14%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.14%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 15 (2.95%) Data Modeller
12 15 (2.95%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (2.75%) .NET Developer
14 13 (2.55%) Data Architect
14 13 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.13%) React
2 70 (13.75%) Spring
3 60 (11.79%) Spring Boot
4 58 (11.39%) REST
5 50 (9.82%) .NET
6 42 (8.25%) Kafka
7 40 (7.86%) AngularJS
8 38 (7.47%) HTML
9 37 (7.27%) RESTful
10 36 (7.07%) CSS
10 36 (7.07%) JSON
11 30 (5.89%) XML
12 28 (5.50%) Elastic Stack
13 25 (4.91%) Hibernate
13 25 (4.91%) Middleware
13 25 (4.91%) Web Services
14 22 (4.32%) JPA
15 21 (4.13%) RabbitMQ
16 20 (3.93%) Node.js
17 19 (3.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.25%) Data Structures
2 36 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.70%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
5 23 (4.52%) Fixed Income
6 22 (4.32%) Derivative
7 20 (3.93%) Public Cloud
8 19 (3.73%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (2.95%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.75%) Equities
11 13 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.96%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.77%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.57%) NHS
16 7 (1.38%) Replication
16 7 (1.38%) Virtual Team
17 6 (1.18%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 103 (20.24%) Linux
2 59 (11.59%) Windows
3 51 (10.02%) Unix
4 29 (5.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (3.34%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.98%) VMS
7 2 (0.39%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (39.10%) Agile
2 135 (26.52%) DevOps
3 98 (19.25%) CI/CD
3 98 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (18.86%) Data Modelling
5 79 (15.52%) Microservices
6 72 (14.15%) Scrum
7 70 (13.75%) Test Automation
8 68 (13.36%) ETL
9 65 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
9 65 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
10 59 (11.59%) SDLC
11 58 (11.39%) Computer Science
12 55 (10.81%) Analytics
13 49 (9.63%) Migration
14 48 (9.43%) Mentoring
15 45 (8.84%) Software Engineering
16 44 (8.64%) Full Stack Development
16 44 (8.64%) TDD
17 42 (8.25%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 266 (52.26%) SQL
2 156 (30.65%) Java
3 124 (24.36%) Python
4 80 (15.72%) C#
5 72 (14.15%) JavaScript
6 52 (10.22%) TypeScript
7 42 (8.25%) PowerShell
8 41 (8.06%) T-SQL
9 25 (4.91%) Bash
9 25 (4.91%) Shell Script
10 20 (3.93%) Perl
11 19 (3.73%) Scala
12 16 (3.14%) Go
12 16 (3.14%) PHP
13 15 (2.95%) C++
14 12 (2.36%) C
14 12 (2.36%) Kotlin
15 8 (1.57%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.57%) R
16 7 (1.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 91 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.73%) SC Cleared
3 69 (13.56%) Degree
4 41 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.89%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.95%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.79%) SANS
11 3 (0.59%) ISEB
11 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.59%) PMP
12 2 (0.39%) CISA
12 2 (0.39%) CRISC
12 2 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.38%) QA
2 20 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.98%) MiFID
5 4 (0.79%) ISO 15022
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.39%) GDPR
6 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) COPPA
7 1 (0.20%) EMIR
7 1 (0.20%) FATCA
7 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.20%) HL7
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) SLA
7 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (14.93%) Docker
2 25 (4.91%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 5 (0.98%) vSphere
4 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.59%) HDFS
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) KVM
7 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 94 (18.47%) Kubernetes
2 46 (9.04%) Terraform
3 37 (7.27%) Ansible
4 31 (6.09%) Grafana
5 26 (5.11%) Prometheus
6 21 (4.13%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.96%) Graylog
7 10 (1.96%) Puppet
8 8 (1.57%) ITRS Geneos
8 8 (1.57%) Packer
9 7 (1.38%) Kibana
9 7 (1.38%) Nagios
9 7 (1.38%) Zipkin
10 6 (1.18%) HP Fortify
10 6 (1.18%) Nessus
10 6 (1.18%) WebInspect
11 5 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.98%) vRealize
12 3 (0.59%) Istio
13 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (23.58%) Oracle
2 80 (15.72%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.09%) Google
4 26 (5.11%) IBM
5 22 (4.32%) Splunk
6 18 (3.54%) Databricks
7 17 (3.34%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.55%) AVEVA
9 13 (2.55%) SAP
10 12 (2.36%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.96%) Sybase
11 10 (1.96%) Veritas
12 9 (1.77%) Temenos
13 8 (1.57%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.38%) Checkmarx
14 7 (1.38%) ION Trading
15 6 (1.18%) AppDynamics
15 6 (1.18%) Veracode
15 6 (1.18%) VMware