Database Developer Jobs

Database Developer
UK

The median Database Developer salary in the UK is £41,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 702 849 1126
Rank change year-on-year +147 +277 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Developer 207 98 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.10% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.11% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 44 94 116
10th Percentile - £45,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +2.33% +4.37%
75th Percentile £48,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £52,250 £67,500 £66,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £53,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year -20.19% +3.40% +24.18%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Developer.

Salary trend for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Developer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +79 175 £42,500 -20.19% 7
Work from Home +112 129 £41,500 -24.55% 7
England +43 102 £42,500 -22.73% 11
Scotland 0 68 - -
North of England +57 31 £41,500 -20.95% 1
Midlands -24 27 £42,500 -22.73% 2
North West +13 18 - -
West Midlands -35 17 £42,500 -22.73% 2
South East +7 16 £41,250 +10.00% 4
South West -18 15 £70,000 +47.37%
Yorkshire +71 13 £41,500 -17.00% 1
London +93 12 £48,000 -16.52% 3
East Midlands - 10 £30,000 -
Northern Ireland - 10 - -
Wales - 8 - -

Database Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Database Developer 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 Database Developer in the job title.

1 175 (84.54%) SQL
2 156 (75.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 147 (71.01%) AWS
3 147 (71.01%) PL/SQL
4 105 (50.72%) Oracle
5 104 (50.24%) Oracle Database
6 95 (45.89%) PostgreSQL
7 93 (44.93%) Migration
7 93 (44.93%) Data Migration
8 92 (44.44%) Unit Testing
8 92 (44.44%) Oracle Database 11g
8 92 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
9 91 (43.96%) Secure Coding
9 91 (43.96%) Actionable Insight
10 67 (32.37%) Software Engineering
11 65 (31.40%) Open Source
12 63 (30.43%) Agile
13 62 (29.95%) Java
13 62 (29.95%) Python
14 61 (29.47%) NoSQL
15 60 (28.99%) Visualisation
16 56 (27.05%) Law
17 55 (26.57%) Microservices
17 55 (26.57%) Terraform
17 55 (26.57%) SDLC
18 54 (26.09%) Databricks
18 54 (26.09%) Community of Practice
18 54 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 54 (26.09%) CI/CD
18 54 (26.09%) Batch Processing

Database Developer 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 54 (26.09%) Apache Spark
2 11 (5.31%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 147 (71.01%) AWS
2 12 (5.80%) Azure
3 10 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (50.24%) Oracle Database
2 95 (45.89%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (44.44%) Oracle Database 11g
4 61 (29.47%) NoSQL
5 54 (26.09%) Apache Hive
5 54 (26.09%) Hadoop
5 54 (26.09%) HBase
6 28 (13.53%) SQL Server
7 23 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (9.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (6.76%) Relational Database
10 9 (4.35%) Data Lake
10 9 (4.35%) Power BI
11 7 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (2.42%) Big Data
12 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.97%) FileMaker
14 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.48%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 54 (26.09%) Bitbucket Server
1 54 (26.09%) Git
1 54 (26.09%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.48%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 56 (27.05%) Law
2 54 (26.09%) Finance
2 54 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 37 (17.87%) Legal
4 30 (14.49%) Marketing
5 19 (9.18%) Social Skills
6 7 (3.38%) Back Office
6 7 (3.38%) Billing
6 7 (3.38%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.93%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.45%) Retail
9 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.59%) .NET
2 12 (5.80%) ASP.NET
3 9 (4.35%) JSON
4 3 (1.45%) REST
5 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.48%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.48%) HTML
5 1 (0.48%) HTML5
5 1 (0.48%) J2EE
5 1 (0.48%) jQuery
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (26.09%) Algorithms
2 16 (7.73%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.93%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (26.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (75.36%) Artificial Intelligence
2 93 (44.93%) Data Migration
2 93 (44.93%) Migration
3 92 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
3 92 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 91 (43.96%) Actionable Insight
4 91 (43.96%) Secure Coding
5 67 (32.37%) Software Engineering
6 65 (31.40%) Open Source
7 63 (30.43%) Agile
8 60 (28.99%) Visualisation
9 55 (26.57%) Microservices
9 55 (26.57%) SDLC
10 54 (26.09%) Batch Processing
10 54 (26.09%) CI/CD
10 54 (26.09%) Community of Practice
10 54 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (26.09%) Machine Learning
10 54 (26.09%) Operational Stability
10 54 (26.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 175 (84.54%) SQL
2 147 (71.01%) PL/SQL
3 62 (29.95%) Java
3 62 (29.95%) Python
4 20 (9.66%) T-SQL
5 18 (8.70%) PowerShell
6 14 (6.76%) C#
7 12 (5.80%) VB.NET
8 7 (3.38%) Kotlin
8 7 (3.38%) R
9 3 (1.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (7.73%) Degree
2 11 (5.31%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.97%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 54 (26.09%) HDFS
2 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 55 (26.57%) Terraform
2 1 (0.48%) MIIS
Vendors
1 105 (50.72%) Oracle
2 54 (26.09%) Cloudera
2 54 (26.09%) Databricks
2 54 (26.09%) Informatica
3 19 (9.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.97%) SAP
5 1 (0.48%) Sybase