Database Administrator
UK

The median Database Administrator salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 460 516 618
Rank change year-on-year +56 +102 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 510 545 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.55% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 384 430 567
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £38,325
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.65% +8.42% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the UK

DBA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DBA in the UK

DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for DBA in the UK

DBA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA 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 +34 414 £57,500 +4.55% 73
UK excluding London -15 385 £57,500 +11.65% 64
Work from Home +49 268 £57,500 +4.55% 43
North of England +61 98 £55,000 +3.77% 15
London +90 86 £67,500 +6.30% 18
Midlands -11 74 £57,500 +15.00% 13
South West +2 69 £57,500 +20.42% 4
South East -47 59 £57,500 +8.49% 19
North West +25 55 £55,000 +3.77% 5
East Midlands +22 39 £55,000 - 3
Scotland -44 37 £57,500 +15.00% 5
West Midlands -22 31 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Yorkshire +67 25 £54,500 -0.91% 4
East of England -17 24 £57,500 +4.55% 7
Wales +19 22 £48,000 +24.68% 1
North East -1 18 £52,500 +31.25% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £77,500 - 2

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 featuring DBA in the job title.

1 364 (71.37%) SQL
2 302 (59.22%) SQL Server
3 226 (44.31%) Azure
4 217 (42.55%) Microsoft
5 195 (38.24%) Performance Tuning
6 193 (37.84%) Social Skills
7 172 (33.73%) T-SQL
8 171 (33.53%) Oracle
9 141 (27.65%) Business Intelligence
10 136 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
11 127 (24.90%) Power Platform
11 127 (24.90%) Power BI
12 122 (23.92%) Finance
13 111 (21.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 111 (21.76%) High Availability
14 107 (20.98%) Azure SQL Database
15 101 (19.80%) MySQL
16 100 (19.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 98 (19.22%) Linux
18 96 (18.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 92 (18.04%) Oracle Database
20 90 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
21 89 (17.45%) Security Cleared
22 88 (17.25%) Windows
23 81 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
24 80 (15.69%) PowerShell
25 74 (14.51%) Broadband
25 74 (14.51%) VMS
25 74 (14.51%) Virtual Machines
26 72 (14.12%) AWS

DBA Skill Set
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 11 (2.16%) WebLogic
2 5 (0.98%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.98%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.78%) IIS
4 3 (0.59%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (0.59%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.59%) WildFly
5 2 (0.39%) CICS
5 2 (0.39%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (4.31%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.78%) Maximo
4 3 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 226 (44.31%) Azure
2 127 (24.90%) Power Platform
3 72 (14.12%) AWS
4 30 (5.88%) OCI
5 20 (3.92%) GCP
6 9 (1.76%) Datadog
7 8 (1.57%) GitHub
8 7 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (1.37%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.98%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.78%) SaaS
11 3 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.59%) PaaS
12 2 (0.39%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (14.51%) Broadband
2 5 (0.98%) DAB
3 3 (0.59%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) DNS
4 2 (0.39%) Internet
4 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.39%) SSL
4 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.20%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.20%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (59.22%) SQL Server
2 127 (24.90%) Power BI
3 107 (20.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 101 (19.80%) MySQL
5 100 (19.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 96 (18.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 92 (18.04%) Oracle Database
8 60 (11.76%) MongoDB
9 59 (11.57%) Relational Database
10 57 (11.18%) PostgreSQL
11 53 (10.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 33 (6.47%) RDBMS
13 32 (6.27%) Data Warehouse
14 25 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
15 23 (4.51%) Oracle Database 12c
16 14 (2.75%) NoSQL
17 12 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
18 11 (2.16%) DB2
19 9 (1.76%) OLTP
20 7 (1.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 19 (3.73%) Git
2 7 (1.37%) Mercurial
2 7 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.18%) JIRA
4 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
General
1 193 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 122 (23.92%) Finance
3 57 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.49%) Police
6 22 (4.31%) Back Office
6 22 (4.31%) Local Government
7 14 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.76%) Tech for Good
9 8 (1.57%) Retail
10 7 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.18%) Banking
12 5 (0.98%) Law
13 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Billing
14 2 (0.39%) Games
14 2 (0.39%) German Language
14 2 (0.39%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.76%) XML
2 8 (1.57%) .NET
2 8 (1.57%) Middleware
3 3 (0.59%) .NET Framework
3 3 (0.59%) EDI
4 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.39%) Entity Framework
4 2 (0.39%) REST
4 2 (0.39%) RESTful
5 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.20%) CSS
5 1 (0.20%) J2EE
5 1 (0.20%) JSON
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.00%) Replication
2 43 (8.43%) Clustering
3 28 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.51%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.57%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.37%) NHS
9 6 (1.18%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.18%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.18%) PMI
10 3 (0.59%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.39%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.39%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.39%) Photography
11 2 (0.39%) VSAM
12 1 (0.20%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 98 (19.22%) Linux
2 88 (17.25%) Windows
3 74 (14.51%) VMS
4 46 (9.02%) Unix
5 34 (6.67%) CentOS
5 34 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 32 (6.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (6.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.75%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.98%) Debian
9 4 (0.78%) AIX
9 4 (0.78%) SUSE
10 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.59%) zOS
11 1 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (38.24%) Performance Tuning
2 141 (27.65%) Business Intelligence
3 136 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 111 (21.76%) High Availability
5 90 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
6 81 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (12.75%) Mentoring
7 65 (12.75%) Migration
8 60 (11.76%) Customer Service
9 56 (10.98%) Database Tuning
10 52 (10.20%) Database Security
11 50 (9.80%) Performance Monitoring
12 46 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
13 45 (8.82%) Capacity Planning
14 44 (8.63%) ITIL
14 44 (8.63%) Problem Management
15 37 (7.25%) Storage Management
16 33 (6.47%) Change Management
17 32 (6.27%) Capacity Management
17 32 (6.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 364 (71.37%) SQL
2 172 (33.73%) T-SQL
3 80 (15.69%) PowerShell
4 39 (7.65%) PL/SQL
5 35 (6.86%) Bash
6 12 (2.35%) C#
7 10 (1.96%) Python
8 8 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.59%) CQL
9 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.39%) AWK
10 2 (0.39%) COBOL
10 2 (0.39%) Java
10 2 (0.39%) JCL
10 2 (0.39%) REXX
10 2 (0.39%) sed
11 1 (0.20%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) ProC
11 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 111 (21.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 89 (17.45%) Security Cleared
3 71 (13.92%) Degree
4 51 (10.00%) Oracle Certification
5 36 (7.06%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.88%) DBS Check
7 29 (5.69%) OCP
8 25 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (4.51%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.96%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.57%) OCA
12 6 (1.18%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.59%) CIPD
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.39%) MCITP
14 2 (0.39%) MCSA
14 2 (0.39%) MCSE
14 2 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.10%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.59%) QA
4 3 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (14.51%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (2.35%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.78%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.39%) RACF
5 2 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.53%) Oracle RMAN
2 16 (3.14%) Foglight
3 15 (2.94%) Ansible
4 13 (2.55%) Data Guard
5 10 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (1.76%) Terraform
7 7 (1.37%) Nagios
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.59%) Perfmon
10 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.39%) MAINVIEW
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.39%) SCOM
12 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 217 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 171 (33.53%) Oracle
3 34 (6.67%) Red Hat
4 24 (4.71%) NEC
5 21 (4.12%) VMware
6 17 (3.33%) Commvault
7 16 (3.14%) Google
8 9 (1.76%) AppDynamics
8 9 (1.76%) RedGate
9 8 (1.57%) HP
10 7 (1.37%) ArcSight
10 7 (1.37%) Veeam
11 6 (1.18%) Dell
12 5 (0.98%) IBM
13 4 (0.78%) SAP
14 3 (0.59%) New Relic
15 2 (0.39%) BMC
15 2 (0.39%) Civica
15 2 (0.39%) NetApp
15 2 (0.39%) Progress