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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 540 411
Rank change year-on-year -25 -129 +73
Permanent jobs citing RDBMS 363 518 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.50% 0.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.00% 2.34% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 175 317 635
10th Percentile £44,851 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,301 £48,750 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £100,750
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 18,159 22,148 43,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.41% 21.34% 27.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,577 13,812 21,421
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.78%

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 3 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 3 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 -27 266 £65,000 -8.45% 52
UK excluding London -13 224 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Work from Home +42 216 £60,000 - 37
London +11 111 £78,750 +8.62% 27
North of England +84 76 £61,206 +11.28% 9
North West +34 49 £61,206 +6.45% 5
Scotland -51 44 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Wales +26 26 £46,604 -41.75% 2
Yorkshire +90 25 £72,500 +31.82% 3
Midlands -18 22 £80,000 +9.59% 7
South East -3 21 £62,500 +34.18% 4
South West -37 21 £62,229 +10.63%
East Midlands -6 12 £82,500 +65.00% 2
Northern Ireland -2 11 £34,628 -23.05%
West Midlands -14 10 £61,206 -16.16% 5
East of England +4 3 £110,000 +52.78% 3
North East -9 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 51 (14.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.67%) WebLogic
3 7 (1.93%) Apache
4 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.55%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (12.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 44 (12.12%) Endur
3 8 (2.20%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 1 (0.28%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 134 (36.91%) AWS
2 82 (22.59%) Azure
3 62 (17.08%) Amazon EKS
4 47 (12.95%) Amazon SQS
5 46 (12.67%) Serverless
6 40 (11.02%) Amazon S3
7 33 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
8 27 (7.44%) Amazon Kinesis
9 17 (4.68%) SaaS
10 15 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.31%) OCI
11 12 (3.31%) PaaS
12 11 (3.03%) Amazon ECR
12 11 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
12 11 (3.03%) OpenShift
12 11 (3.03%) Route 53
13 7 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.65%) IaaS
14 6 (1.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.05%) DNS
2 48 (13.22%) TCP/IP
3 47 (12.95%) SSL
4 46 (12.67%) BGP
5 3 (0.83%) Firewall
5 3 (0.83%) LAN
5 3 (0.83%) SMTP
6 2 (0.55%) DKIM
6 2 (0.55%) DMARC
6 2 (0.55%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.28%) IMAP
7 1 (0.28%) SSH
7 1 (0.28%) VoIP
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (100.00%) Relational Database
2 113 (31.13%) SQL Server
3 87 (23.97%) Amazon RDS
3 87 (23.97%) Oracle Database
4 75 (20.66%) MySQL
5 34 (9.37%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (7.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 26 (7.16%) NoSQL
9 16 (4.41%) MongoDB
10 13 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (3.03%) DB2
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
14 6 (1.65%) Power BI
15 5 (1.38%) InfluxDB
15 5 (1.38%) Neo4j
15 5 (1.38%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 76 (20.94%) Git
2 36 (9.92%) JDeveloper
3 28 (7.71%) Jenkins
4 25 (6.89%) Postman
5 8 (2.20%) JUnit
6 5 (1.38%) GDB
6 5 (1.38%) 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
8 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) Ant
9 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.28%) ERwin
9 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.28%) JIRA
9 1 (0.28%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 103 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 58 (15.98%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (13.77%) Games
4 48 (13.22%) Finance
5 47 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (12.95%) Marketing
6 18 (4.96%) Law
6 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.03%) Police
8 10 (2.75%) Local Government
9 9 (2.48%) Legal
9 9 (2.48%) Retail
10 6 (1.65%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (1.38%) Back Office
11 5 (1.38%) Banking
11 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Welsh Language
13 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (23.14%) Lead
2 79 (21.76%) Architect
3 75 (20.66%) Senior
4 62 (17.08%) Developer
5 57 (15.70%) Software Engineer
6 48 (13.22%) Solutions Architect
7 46 (12.67%) Lead Architect
7 46 (12.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 36 (9.92%) Ruby Engineer
9 35 (9.64%) DBA
10 25 (6.89%) Technical Leader
11 24 (6.61%) Endur Manager
11 24 (6.61%) OpenLink Manager
12 23 (6.34%) Senior Manager
13 21 (5.79%) Development Manager
13 21 (5.79%) Software Development Manager
13 21 (5.79%) Software Manager
14 19 (5.23%) Java Engineer
14 19 (5.23%) Scala Developer
15 18 (4.96%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (25.90%) Spring Boot
2 62 (17.08%) Spring
3 59 (16.25%) React
4 54 (14.88%) JSON
5 53 (14.60%) RabbitMQ
6 45 (12.40%) Node.js
7 25 (6.89%) Kafka
8 23 (6.34%) Web Services
9 21 (5.79%) .NET
9 21 (5.79%) Hibernate
9 21 (5.79%) RESTful
10 19 (5.23%) Akka
11 18 (4.96%) AngularJS
12 16 (4.41%) Vue
13 14 (3.86%) SOAP
14 13 (3.58%) REST
15 11 (3.03%) Spring XD
16 7 (1.93%) .NET Core
17 5 (1.38%) FastAPI
17 5 (1.38%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.80%) Enterprise Software
2 53 (14.60%) Cloud Native
3 52 (14.33%) Public Cloud
4 44 (12.12%) Swaptions
5 40 (11.02%) Management Information System
6 24 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (5.79%) Algorithms
8 16 (4.41%) Data Structures
8 16 (4.41%) Virtual Team
9 14 (3.86%) Reference Data
10 11 (3.03%) Blockchain
10 11 (3.03%) e-Learning
10 11 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.38%) CMDB
12 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.10%) Housing Association
13 4 (1.10%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.10%) Replication
14 3 (0.83%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 75 (20.66%) Linux
2 46 (12.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 39 (10.74%) Windows
4 20 (5.51%) Unix
5 9 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.55%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (39.94%) SDLC
2 138 (38.02%) Agile
3 118 (32.51%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (27.82%) Actionable Insight
5 95 (26.17%) DevOps
5 95 (26.17%) Software Engineering
6 90 (24.79%) Open Source
7 86 (23.69%) Data Modelling
8 79 (21.76%) Project Management
9 78 (21.49%) Design Patterns
10 76 (20.94%) CI/CD
11 73 (20.11%) Roadmaps
12 68 (18.73%) Microservices
13 65 (17.91%) Migration
14 64 (17.63%) Containerisation
15 53 (14.60%) Collaborative Working
15 53 (14.60%) Load Balancing
16 52 (14.33%) Scrum
17 50 (13.77%) Data Migration
17 50 (13.77%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 177 (48.76%) Java
2 120 (33.06%) SQL
3 68 (18.73%) Python
4 52 (14.33%) JavaScript
5 44 (12.12%) VB
6 41 (11.29%) Go
7 40 (11.02%) Bash
8 37 (10.19%) Perl
9 36 (9.92%) Ruby
10 28 (7.71%) PHP
11 21 (5.79%) Scala
12 18 (4.96%) C#
13 13 (3.58%) T-SQL
14 12 (3.31%) PowerShell
15 11 (3.03%) C
16 8 (2.20%) C++
16 8 (2.20%) PL/SQL
17 5 (1.38%) Shell Script
17 5 (1.38%) TypeScript
18 2 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 78 (21.49%) Degree
2 63 (17.36%) SC Cleared
2 63 (17.36%) Security Cleared
3 47 (12.95%) AWS Certification
3 47 (12.95%) Azure Certification
4 46 (12.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 33 (9.09%) 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 (10.19%) QA
2 6 (1.65%) SLA
3 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) COREP
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (11.29%) Docker
2 15 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.55%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) Dovecot
4 1 (0.28%) Postfix
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (11.02%) Kubernetes
2 39 (10.74%) Terraform
3 11 (3.03%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.93%) Ansible
5 4 (1.10%) Data Guard
5 4 (1.10%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Packer
6 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 186 (51.24%) Oracle
2 55 (15.15%) Sybase
3 46 (12.67%) Sparx
4 44 (12.12%) OpenLink
4 44 (12.12%) TIBCO
5 37 (10.19%) Microsoft
6 19 (5.23%) VMware
7 15 (4.13%) Dynatrace
8 14 (3.86%) IBM
9 11 (3.03%) Google
9 11 (3.03%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.75%) Commvault
11 4 (1.10%) Splunk
12 2 (0.55%) Apple
12 2 (0.55%) Cisco
12 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
13 1 (0.28%) F5
13 1 (0.28%) IBM Sterling
13 1 (0.28%) Informatica
13 1 (0.28%) Juniper