Database Analyst
UK

The median Database Analyst salary in the UK is £38,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 990 1181
Rank change year-on-year +118 +191 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Analyst 39 9 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.009% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 29 9 16
10th Percentile £33,700 £29,183 £24,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £39,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +0.65% -8.82%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,813
90th Percentile - £65,500 £61,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,476 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.41% -29.17%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Database Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Analyst in the UK

Database Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Analyst in the UK

Database Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Analyst in the UK

Database Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +108 26 £47,500 +21.79% 1
UK excluding London +7 23 £36,476 -5.26% 3
London +131 12 £50,000 -13.04%
Wales - 9 £36,476 -
South East - 7 £38,000 - 1
Work from Home +80 6 £56,250 +44.23% 2
North of England +33 3 £38,000 -2.56%
Midlands +19 3 £40,000 +25.83%
West Midlands - 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +89 2 - -
North East - 1 £38,000 -
East of England - 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Database Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (64.10%) SQL
2 20 (51.28%) SQL Server
3 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
3 17 (43.59%) Degree
4 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
5 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
6 12 (30.77%) T-SQL
7 11 (28.21%) Service Delivery
7 11 (28.21%) PowerShell
7 11 (28.21%) Azure
8 10 (25.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (25.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (25.64%) SharePoint
9 9 (23.08%) CRM
9 9 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (23.08%) Power Automate
9 9 (23.08%) Police
10 8 (20.51%) PowerApps
10 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (17.95%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (17.95%) Relational Database
11 7 (17.95%) RDBMS
11 7 (17.95%) Visual Studio
11 7 (17.95%) Web Services
11 7 (17.95%) ITIL
11 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
11 7 (17.95%) Dynamics CRM
11 7 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (15.38%) Business Continuity
12 6 (15.38%) Asset Management

Database Analyst 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 10 (25.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 11 (28.21%) Azure
3 9 (23.08%) Power Automate
4 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (20.51%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (51.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (25.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (25.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (17.95%) RDBMS
3 7 (17.95%) Relational Database
4 5 (12.82%) Power BI
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (7.69%) Tableau
6 2 (5.13%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (5.13%) SSDT
6 2 (5.13%) Star Schema
7 1 (2.56%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
7 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.13%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Police
3 6 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (15.38%) Local Government
4 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) Web Services
2 2 (5.13%) REST
2 2 (5.13%) XML
3 1 (2.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 5 (12.82%) PMI
3 4 (10.26%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Service Delivery
2 9 (23.08%) CRM
2 9 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (17.95%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
3 7 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (17.95%) ITIL
4 6 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 6 (15.38%) BCP
4 6 (15.38%) Business Continuity
4 6 (15.38%) Business Continuity Planning
4 6 (15.38%) High Availability
4 6 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 6 (15.38%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (15.38%) Statistical Analysis
5 5 (12.82%) Information Security
5 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
5 5 (12.82%) Regulatory Change
6 4 (10.26%) Configuration Management
7 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 25 (64.10%) SQL
2 12 (30.77%) T-SQL
3 11 (28.21%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.56%) Python
4 1 (2.56%) R
4 1 (2.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Sun
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) IFS