DBA Jobs in Scotland

Database Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median Database Administrator salary in Scotland is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 205 232
Rank change year-on-year -35 +27 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 36 17 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.54% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.41% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 31 1 10
10th Percentile £50,500 - £38,363
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £40,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £53,438
90th Percentile - - £53,750
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
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,480 4,140 5,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 89.86% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,607 2,239 2,976
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,350 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,736
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Scotland

DBA
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for DBA in Scotland

DBA
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in Scotland

DBA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Glasgow -108 17 £57,500 +15.00%
Aberdeen - 4 £57,500 - 1
Edinburgh - 4 £57,500 - 3
Falkirk - 2 £55,000 - 2
Dundee - 2 £57,500 -
Stirling - 2 £55,000 - 2
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
West Lothian - 2 £37,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £57,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
DBA
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 across the Scotland region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 31 (86.11%) SQL
2 28 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 20 (55.56%) Azure
3 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 19 (52.78%) Power Platform
4 19 (52.78%) Power BI
5 18 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 17 (47.22%) T-SQL
7 16 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (38.89%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (36.11%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (30.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (30.56%) High Availability
12 10 (27.78%) Virtual Machines
12 10 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (27.78%) Broadband
12 10 (27.78%) VMS
13 9 (25.00%) Oracle
13 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (22.22%) MySQL
15 7 (19.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (19.44%) Oracle Database
16 6 (16.67%) Database Security
16 6 (16.67%) Relational Database
16 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (16.67%) RDBMS
17 5 (13.89%) Migration
17 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
17 5 (13.89%) Degree

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (8.33%) WebLogic
2 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) IIS
3 1 (2.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.78%) Maximo
2 1 (2.78%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (55.56%) Azure
2 19 (52.78%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.11%) OCI
4 2 (5.56%) AWS
5 1 (2.78%) IaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 19 (52.78%) Power BI
3 11 (30.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (22.22%) MySQL
5 7 (19.44%) Oracle Database
5 7 (19.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (16.67%) RDBMS
6 6 (16.67%) Relational Database
6 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (13.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (5.56%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Finance
3 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.56%) Police
3 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) VMS
2 4 (11.11%) Unix
3 3 (8.33%) Linux
3 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (38.89%) Performance Tuning
3 13 (36.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (30.56%) High Availability
5 10 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (16.67%) Database Security
8 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
8 5 (13.89%) Migration
8 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 4 (11.11%) Re-Platforming
9 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 3 (8.33%) ITIL
11 2 (5.56%) Asset Management
11 2 (5.56%) Change Management
11 2 (5.56%) Information Security
11 2 (5.56%) Project Management
11 2 (5.56%) Scrum
11 2 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (86.11%) SQL
2 17 (47.22%) T-SQL
3 4 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.78%) Bash
5 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (13.89%) DBS Check
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
3 4 (11.11%) OCP
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
3 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.56%) OCA
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.78%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (8.33%) VMware
4 2 (5.56%) Zoho