DBA Jobs in England

Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Database Administrator salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 484 585
Rank change year-on-year +21 +101 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 444 473 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.63% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 324 385 535
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,698
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,450 £71,650 £73,900
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in England

DBA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in England.

Salary trend for DBA in England

DBA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in England

DBA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +51 116 £52,500 +0.96% 14
London +52 86 £70,000 +16.67% 16
South West +5 76 £55,000 +5.57% 5
Midlands -28 71 £57,500 +15.00% 11
South East -52 62 £57,500 +4.55% 6
North West +20 58 £55,000 +10.00% 3
West Midlands -32 34 £60,000 +20.00% 9
East Midlands -10 33 £55,000 +5.03% 2
North East +1 30 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Yorkshire +46 28 £57,500 +4.55% 6
East of England -30 28 £57,500 +9.52% 6
DBA
UK

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 305 (68.69%) SQL
2 246 (55.41%) SQL Server
3 193 (43.47%) Azure
4 192 (43.24%) Microsoft
5 174 (39.19%) Social Skills
6 162 (36.49%) Performance Tuning
7 142 (31.98%) T-SQL
8 139 (31.31%) Oracle
9 119 (26.80%) Disaster Recovery
10 115 (25.90%) Business Intelligence
11 109 (24.55%) Finance
12 108 (24.32%) Power BI
12 108 (24.32%) Power Platform
13 98 (22.07%) High Availability
14 94 (21.17%) Microsoft Certification
15 90 (20.27%) Azure SQL Database
15 90 (20.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 89 (20.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 89 (20.05%) Linux
17 83 (18.69%) Collaborative Working
18 77 (17.34%) Security Cleared
18 77 (17.34%) PowerShell
19 74 (16.67%) AWS
19 74 (16.67%) Windows
19 74 (16.67%) MySQL
20 73 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
21 69 (15.54%) Oracle Database
22 67 (15.09%) Mentoring
23 63 (14.19%) Virtual Machines
23 63 (14.19%) VMS

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (0.90%) Tomcat
2 3 (0.68%) MQSeries
2 3 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 3 (0.68%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.68%) WebSphere
2 3 (0.68%) WildFly
3 2 (0.45%) Apache
3 2 (0.45%) IIS
3 2 (0.45%) OpenEdge
3 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (4.73%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.68%) Maximo
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 193 (43.47%) Azure
2 108 (24.32%) Power Platform
3 74 (16.67%) AWS
4 22 (4.95%) OCI
5 20 (4.50%) GCP
6 10 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (2.25%) SaaS
7 9 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 9 (2.03%) Datadog
8 8 (1.80%) GitHub
8 8 (1.80%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.35%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.68%) PaaS
12 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (14.19%) Broadband
2 5 (1.13%) DAB
3 3 (0.68%) HTTP
4 2 (0.45%) DNS
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) SSL
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) Firewall
5 1 (0.23%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (55.41%) SQL Server
2 108 (24.32%) Power BI
3 90 (20.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 90 (20.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 89 (20.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 74 (16.67%) MySQL
6 69 (15.54%) Oracle Database
7 63 (14.19%) MongoDB
8 50 (11.26%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (11.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 43 (9.68%) Relational Database
10 27 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
11 25 (5.63%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (4.95%) Oracle Database 12c
13 18 (4.05%) NoSQL
13 18 (4.05%) RDBMS
14 14 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (2.03%) DB2
16 7 (1.58%) OLTP
17 6 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.28%) Git
2 7 (1.58%) Mercurial
3 6 (1.35%) JIRA
4 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 174 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 109 (24.55%) Finance
3 48 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.31%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.73%) Back Office
5 21 (4.73%) Local Government
5 21 (4.73%) Police
6 17 (3.83%) Retail
7 12 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.03%) Tech for Good
9 7 (1.58%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.45%) Billing
11 2 (0.45%) German Language
11 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.23%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.58%) .NET
2 6 (1.35%) Middleware
3 5 (1.13%) XML
4 4 (0.90%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.68%) EDI
6 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.45%) REST
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.23%) CSS
7 1 (0.23%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.23%) Replication
2 32 (7.21%) Clustering
3 27 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.95%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.25%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.35%) NHS
8 6 (1.35%) PMI
9 5 (1.13%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.68%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.45%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.45%) Photography
12 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.23%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 89 (20.05%) Linux
2 74 (16.67%) Windows
3 63 (14.19%) VMS
4 37 (8.33%) CentOS
4 37 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 35 (7.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (7.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (7.66%) Unix
7 12 (2.70%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.58%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.13%) Debian
9 5 (1.13%) SUSE
10 4 (0.90%) AIX
10 4 (0.90%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Solaris
12 1 (0.23%) NetWare
12 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (36.49%) Performance Tuning
2 119 (26.80%) Disaster Recovery
3 115 (25.90%) Business Intelligence
4 98 (22.07%) High Availability
5 83 (18.69%) Collaborative Working
6 73 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (15.09%) Mentoring
8 58 (13.06%) Database Tuning
9 50 (11.26%) Customer Service
10 47 (10.59%) Migration
11 44 (9.91%) Performance Monitoring
12 42 (9.46%) Database Security
13 41 (9.23%) ITIL
14 40 (9.01%) Storage Management
15 35 (7.88%) Actionable Insight
15 35 (7.88%) Capacity Management
15 35 (7.88%) User Experience
16 31 (6.98%) Capacity Planning
17 29 (6.53%) Problem Management
18 28 (6.31%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 305 (68.69%) SQL
2 142 (31.98%) T-SQL
3 77 (17.34%) PowerShell
4 37 (8.33%) Bash
5 24 (5.41%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.03%) C#
6 9 (2.03%) Python
7 7 (1.58%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.68%) CQL
8 3 (0.68%) Java
9 2 (0.45%) AWK
9 2 (0.45%) C++
9 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.45%) PHP
9 2 (0.45%) sed
10 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.23%) ProC
10 1 (0.23%) VBScript
10 1 (0.23%) VC++
Qualifications
1 94 (21.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 77 (17.34%) Security Cleared
3 57 (12.84%) Degree
4 42 (9.46%) Oracle Certification
5 38 (8.56%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (5.41%) DBS Check
8 21 (4.73%) OCP
9 10 (2.25%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.35%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.68%) CIPD
12 3 (0.68%) OCA
13 2 (0.45%) MCITP
13 2 (0.45%) MCSA
13 2 (0.45%) MCSE
13 2 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.95%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.70%) SLA
3 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 63 (14.19%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.35%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.90%) vSphere
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.15%) Ansible
1 14 (3.15%) Foglight
2 13 (2.93%) Terraform
3 10 (2.25%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (1.80%) Data Guard
4 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (1.58%) Nagios
6 4 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.45%) SCOM
7 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.45%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Statspack
8 1 (0.23%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 192 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 139 (31.31%) Oracle
3 37 (8.33%) Red Hat
4 21 (4.73%) NEC
5 18 (4.05%) Google
6 17 (3.83%) Commvault
7 12 (2.70%) VMware
8 10 (2.25%) IBM
8 10 (2.25%) RedGate
8 10 (2.25%) Veeam
9 9 (2.03%) Dell
10 8 (1.80%) HP
11 7 (1.58%) AppDynamics
11 7 (1.58%) ArcSight
12 4 (0.90%) SAP
13 3 (0.68%) New Relic
14 2 (0.45%) Databricks
14 2 (0.45%) IDERA
14 2 (0.45%) IFS
14 2 (0.45%) Progress