DBA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Database Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Database Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 397 450
Rank change year-on-year -5 +53 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 427 386 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.70% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.79% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 309 298 365
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +8.33% +1.05%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £64,839
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the UK excluding London

DBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DBA in the UK excluding London

DBA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in the UK excluding London

DBA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +37 116 £52,500 +0.96% 15
South West -5 76 £52,500 +0.77% 3
Midlands -31 75 £57,500 +15.00% 9
South East -71 63 £57,500 +4.55% 6
North West +5 58 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Scotland -48 39 £57,500 +15.00% 2
West Midlands -29 37 £60,000 +20.00% 8
East Midlands -6 34 £55,000 +10.60% 1
North East -1 30 £45,000 +12.50% 5
East of England -28 29 £54,500 +3.81% 7
Yorkshire +48 28 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Wales +31 28 £48,000 +24.68% 3
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
DBA
UK

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 310 (72.60%) SQL
2 234 (54.80%) SQL Server
3 204 (47.78%) Azure
4 191 (44.73%) Microsoft
5 175 (40.98%) Social Skills
6 151 (35.36%) Performance Tuning
7 144 (33.72%) Oracle
8 128 (29.98%) Business Intelligence
9 125 (29.27%) T-SQL
10 121 (28.34%) Power Platform
10 121 (28.34%) Power BI
11 119 (27.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 108 (25.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 100 (23.42%) Azure SQL Database
14 97 (22.72%) High Availability
15 95 (22.25%) Linux
16 83 (19.44%) Collaborative Working
17 80 (18.74%) Windows
18 78 (18.27%) Finance
19 77 (18.03%) Security Cleared
20 74 (17.33%) Broadband
20 74 (17.33%) VMS
20 74 (17.33%) Virtual Machines
21 71 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
22 70 (16.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 69 (16.16%) Oracle Database
24 64 (14.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
24 64 (14.99%) MySQL
25 62 (14.52%) PowerShell
26 58 (13.58%) Mentoring

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (2.34%) WebLogic
2 6 (1.41%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.94%) MQSeries
3 4 (0.94%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 4 (0.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.94%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.70%) WildFly
5 2 (0.47%) Apache
5 2 (0.47%) IIS
5 2 (0.47%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (3.28%) NEC Housing
2 12 (2.81%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.17%) Maximo
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 204 (47.78%) Azure
2 121 (28.34%) Power Platform
3 43 (10.07%) AWS
4 29 (6.79%) OCI
5 19 (4.45%) GCP
6 8 (1.87%) SaaS
7 5 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.70%) PaaS
9 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.47%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.33%) Broadband
2 4 (0.94%) HTTP
3 2 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.23%) Firewall
4 1 (0.23%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (54.80%) SQL Server
2 121 (28.34%) Power BI
3 100 (23.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (16.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 69 (16.16%) Oracle Database
6 64 (14.99%) MySQL
6 64 (14.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 57 (13.35%) MongoDB
8 48 (11.24%) Relational Database
9 32 (7.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 29 (6.79%) RDBMS
11 23 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
13 17 (3.98%) Oracle Database 12c
14 14 (3.28%) NoSQL
15 10 (2.34%) DB2
16 6 (1.41%) MariaDB
16 6 (1.41%) OLTP
16 6 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Git
2 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) JIRA
4 1 (0.23%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 175 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.27%) Finance
3 42 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.68%) Public Sector
5 16 (3.75%) Police
6 15 (3.51%) Retail
7 14 (3.28%) Back Office
7 14 (3.28%) Local Government
8 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.47%) Billing
10 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.47%) German Language
10 2 (0.47%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.23%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.81%) Middleware
2 4 (0.94%) .NET
2 4 (0.94%) Entity Framework
3 3 (0.70%) EDI
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (0.47%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.47%) REST
4 2 (0.47%) XML
5 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.23%) CSS
5 1 (0.23%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.73%) Replication
2 21 (4.92%) Clustering
3 20 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.51%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.41%) PMI
8 5 (1.17%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.17%) NHS
9 3 (0.70%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.47%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.47%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.47%) Photography
11 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.23%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 95 (22.25%) Linux
2 80 (18.74%) Windows
3 74 (17.33%) VMS
4 37 (8.67%) Unix
5 36 (8.43%) CentOS
5 36 (8.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 34 (7.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 34 (7.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.87%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.17%) SUSE
9 4 (0.94%) AIX
9 4 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
9 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.47%) Debian
10 2 (0.47%) Solaris
11 1 (0.23%) NetWare
11 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (35.36%) Performance Tuning
2 128 (29.98%) Business Intelligence
3 119 (27.87%) Disaster Recovery
4 97 (22.72%) High Availability
5 83 (19.44%) Collaborative Working
6 71 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (13.58%) Mentoring
8 54 (12.65%) Database Tuning
9 50 (11.71%) Migration
10 46 (10.77%) Customer Service
11 45 (10.54%) Performance Monitoring
12 43 (10.07%) Actionable Insight
13 38 (8.90%) Storage Management
14 37 (8.67%) Capacity Planning
15 34 (7.96%) Capacity Management
15 34 (7.96%) Service Delivery
15 34 (7.96%) User Experience
16 32 (7.49%) Database Security
17 31 (7.26%) Problem Management
18 29 (6.79%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 310 (72.60%) SQL
2 125 (29.27%) T-SQL
3 62 (14.52%) PowerShell
4 37 (8.67%) Bash
5 28 (6.56%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.41%) C#
6 6 (1.41%) Python
7 3 (0.70%) Java
8 2 (0.47%) AWK
8 2 (0.47%) C++
8 2 (0.47%) PHP
8 2 (0.47%) sed
8 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.23%) ProC
9 1 (0.23%) VBScript
9 1 (0.23%) VC++
Qualifications
1 108 (25.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 77 (18.03%) Security Cleared
3 54 (12.65%) Degree
4 39 (9.13%) Oracle Certification
5 36 (8.43%) DV Cleared
6 30 (7.03%) DBS Check
7 27 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (5.85%) OCP
9 19 (4.45%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.11%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.41%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.17%) OCA
13 3 (0.70%) CIPD
14 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.47%) MCITP
14 2 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.45%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.81%) SLA
3 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 74 (17.33%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.51%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (1.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 6 (1.41%) Ansible
3 6 (1.41%) Data Guard
4 4 (0.94%) Terraform
5 3 (0.70%) Perfmon
6 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.23%) Foglight
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Statspack
7 1 (0.23%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 191 (44.73%) Microsoft
2 144 (33.72%) Oracle
3 36 (8.43%) Red Hat
4 19 (4.45%) VMware
5 16 (3.75%) Google
6 15 (3.51%) Commvault
7 14 (3.28%) NEC
8 12 (2.81%) IBM
9 9 (2.11%) RedGate
10 4 (0.94%) SAP
11 3 (0.70%) New Relic
12 2 (0.47%) Civica
12 2 (0.47%) IFS
12 2 (0.47%) Progress
12 2 (0.47%) Veeam
12 2 (0.47%) Zoho
13 1 (0.23%) AppDynamics
13 1 (0.23%) Dynatrace
13 1 (0.23%) HP
13 1 (0.23%) YouTube