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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 500 613
Rank change year-on-year +42 +113 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 519 550 828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.56% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.62% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 390 437 570
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,900 £39,628
25th Percentile £51,200 £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 £73,775 £73,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £47,750
% change year-on-year +10.58% +8.90% +0.53%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 28 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 28 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 +24 421 £57,500 +4.55% 71
UK excluding London -1 392 £57,500 +10.58% 59
Work from Home +44 266 £57,500 +4.55% 43
North of England +54 98 £55,000 +4.76% 20
London +126 88 £70,000 +13.36% 13
Midlands -4 73 £57,500 +15.00% 13
South West -1 71 £57,500 +9.32% 6
South East -49 60 £57,500 +4.55% 10
North West +21 53 £55,000 +3.77% 6
Scotland -37 38 £57,500 +15.00% 3
East Midlands +12 37 £55,000 +5.03% 3
West Midlands -18 32 £58,750 +17.50% 10
Yorkshire +65 27 £57,500 +4.55% 7
East of England -21 27 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Wales +16 23 £48,000 +24.68% 1
North East -1 18 £52,500 +31.25% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £77,500 - 1

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 366 (70.52%) SQL
2 302 (58.19%) SQL Server
3 229 (44.12%) Azure
4 222 (42.77%) Microsoft
5 193 (37.19%) Performance Tuning
6 191 (36.80%) Social Skills
7 177 (34.10%) Oracle
8 173 (33.33%) T-SQL
9 141 (27.17%) Business Intelligence
10 137 (26.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 127 (24.47%) Power Platform
11 127 (24.47%) Power BI
12 125 (24.08%) Finance
13 111 (21.39%) Microsoft Certification
14 110 (21.19%) High Availability
15 105 (20.23%) Azure SQL Database
16 103 (19.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 100 (19.27%) Linux
18 99 (19.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 98 (18.88%) MySQL
20 93 (17.92%) Oracle Database
20 93 (17.92%) Collaborative Working
21 92 (17.73%) Security Cleared
22 91 (17.53%) Windows
23 86 (16.57%) PowerShell
24 80 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
25 74 (14.26%) Virtual Machines
25 74 (14.26%) Broadband
25 74 (14.26%) VMS
26 73 (14.07%) 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 (2.12%) WebLogic
2 5 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.96%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.77%) IIS
3 4 (0.77%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.58%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (0.58%) WildFly
5 2 (0.39%) Apache
5 2 (0.39%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (4.24%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.77%) Maximo
4 3 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 229 (44.12%) Azure
2 127 (24.47%) Power Platform
3 73 (14.07%) AWS
4 32 (6.17%) OCI
5 20 (3.85%) GCP
6 10 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (1.73%) Datadog
8 8 (1.54%) GitHub
8 8 (1.54%) Nutanix
9 7 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (1.35%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.16%) SaaS
11 4 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.58%) PaaS
12 3 (0.58%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (14.26%) Broadband
2 5 (0.96%) DAB
3 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.19%) Firewall
5 1 (0.19%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (58.19%) SQL Server
2 127 (24.47%) Power BI
3 105 (20.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 103 (19.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 99 (19.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 98 (18.88%) MySQL
7 93 (17.92%) Oracle Database
8 63 (12.14%) MongoDB
9 57 (10.98%) Relational Database
10 56 (10.79%) PostgreSQL
10 56 (10.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 32 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (6.17%) RDBMS
12 25 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
13 23 (4.43%) Oracle Database 12c
14 14 (2.70%) NoSQL
15 12 (2.31%) Amazon Aurora
16 10 (1.93%) DB2
17 7 (1.35%) OLTP
18 6 (1.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 19 (3.66%) Git
2 7 (1.35%) Mercurial
2 7 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.16%) JIRA
4 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
General
1 191 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 125 (24.08%) Finance
3 57 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.78%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.39%) Police
6 22 (4.24%) Back Office
6 22 (4.24%) Local Government
7 14 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.73%) Tech for Good
9 8 (1.54%) Retail
10 7 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.16%) Banking
12 4 (0.77%) Law
13 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Billing
14 2 (0.39%) German Language
14 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.19%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.73%) .NET
2 8 (1.54%) Middleware
2 8 (1.54%) XML
3 4 (0.77%) Entity Framework
4 3 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.58%) EDI
5 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.39%) REST
6 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.19%) CSS
6 1 (0.19%) J2EE
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.44%) Replication
2 43 (8.29%) Clustering
3 28 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.43%) Driving Licence
5 15 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.93%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.35%) NHS
9 6 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.16%) PMI
10 5 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.96%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.39%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.39%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.39%) Photography
13 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.19%) Distributed Computing
13 1 (0.19%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.19%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 100 (19.27%) Linux
2 91 (17.53%) Windows
3 74 (14.26%) VMS
4 46 (8.86%) Unix
5 37 (7.13%) CentOS
5 37 (7.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 35 (6.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (6.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.70%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.96%) Debian
8 5 (0.96%) SUSE
9 4 (0.77%) AIX
10 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.39%) Solaris
11 2 (0.39%) zOS
12 1 (0.19%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (37.19%) Performance Tuning
2 141 (27.17%) Business Intelligence
3 137 (26.40%) Disaster Recovery
4 110 (21.19%) High Availability
5 93 (17.92%) Collaborative Working
6 80 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (13.49%) Mentoring
8 66 (12.72%) Migration
9 60 (11.56%) Customer Service
10 58 (11.18%) Database Tuning
11 53 (10.21%) Database Security
12 52 (10.02%) Performance Monitoring
13 46 (8.86%) Actionable Insight
13 46 (8.86%) ITIL
14 44 (8.48%) Problem Management
15 43 (8.29%) Capacity Planning
16 41 (7.90%) Storage Management
17 35 (6.74%) Capacity Management
17 35 (6.74%) User Experience
18 33 (6.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 366 (70.52%) SQL
2 173 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 86 (16.57%) PowerShell
4 38 (7.32%) Bash
5 37 (7.13%) PL/SQL
6 11 (2.12%) C#
7 10 (1.93%) Python
8 8 (1.54%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.58%) CQL
9 3 (0.58%) Java
10 2 (0.39%) AWK
10 2 (0.39%) C++
10 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.39%) sed
11 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.19%) COBOL
11 1 (0.19%) JCL
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) VBScript
11 1 (0.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 111 (21.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 92 (17.73%) Security Cleared
3 72 (13.87%) Degree
4 50 (9.63%) Oracle Certification
5 40 (7.71%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.78%) DBS Check
7 28 (5.39%) OCP
8 24 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (4.24%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.93%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.54%) OCA
12 6 (1.16%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.82%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.58%) QA
4 3 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (14.26%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.77%) vSphere
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.19%) Docker
6 1 (0.19%) RACF
6 1 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 17 (3.28%) Oracle RMAN
2 16 (3.08%) Foglight
3 14 (2.70%) Ansible
4 12 (2.31%) Data Guard
5 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (1.73%) Terraform
7 7 (1.35%) Nagios
8 6 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.58%) Perfmon
10 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.39%) SCOM
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
12 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.19%) MAINVIEW
12 1 (0.19%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 222 (42.77%) Microsoft
2 177 (34.10%) Oracle
3 37 (7.13%) Red Hat
4 24 (4.62%) NEC
5 21 (4.05%) VMware
6 17 (3.28%) Commvault
7 16 (3.08%) Google
8 10 (1.93%) Veeam
9 9 (1.73%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.73%) Dell
9 9 (1.73%) RedGate
10 8 (1.54%) HP
11 7 (1.35%) ArcSight
12 4 (0.77%) IBM
12 4 (0.77%) SAP
13 3 (0.58%) New Relic
14 2 (0.39%) Databricks
14 2 (0.39%) IDERA
14 2 (0.39%) IFS
14 2 (0.39%) Zoho