Database Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Database Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Database Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 916 1064
Rank change year-on-year +94 +148 -221
Permanent jobs citing Database Security 81 67 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.064% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.067% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 65 58 105
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £38,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year +35.48% -27.91% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Database Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,697 99,477 149,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.97% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 58,401 83,209
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,025 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,330
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Database Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Security within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +96 69 £55,000 +10.00% 24
UK excluding London +32 67 £52,500 +35.48% 17
North of England +68 29 £52,500 -19.23% 2
Midlands +19 20 £57,500 +46.71% 2
Work from Home +73 17 £85,000 +127.77% 13
East Midlands - 16 £57,500 - 2
North West +22 15 £55,000 -15.38% 1
London +111 12 £85,000 +38.78% 7
North East - 11 £52,500 -
Scotland - 10 £52,500 -
South East -5 6 £37,500 +10.29% 10
West Midlands +21 4 £57,500 +46.71%
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 1
South West -19 2 £47,500 -13.64% 2

Database Security
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 7 (8.64%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 28 (34.57%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) AWS
3 12 (14.81%) OCI
4 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 7 (8.64%) GitHub
6 4 (4.94%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Firewall
1 5 (6.17%) Internet
2 4 (4.94%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (4.94%) Network Security
2 4 (4.94%) VPN
3 1 (1.23%) LAN
3 1 (1.23%) SAN
3 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (48.15%) SQL Server
2 27 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 18 (22.22%) MySQL
4 15 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (17.28%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (17.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (16.05%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (11.11%) Power BI
8 7 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (8.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (4.94%) Relational Database
10 2 (2.47%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
11 1 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Git
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Finance
3 16 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.47%) Health Technology
4 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.47%) Law
4 2 (2.47%) Police
4 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (59.26%) DBA
2 27 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
3 21 (25.93%) Administrator
4 11 (13.58%) SQL DBA
5 10 (12.35%) Lead
6 9 (11.11%) Senior
7 7 (8.64%) Security Manager
7 7 (8.64%) SQL Server DBA
7 7 (8.64%) Systems Manager
8 6 (7.41%) Database Engineer
8 6 (7.41%) Senior DBA
9 5 (6.17%) Technical Administrator
10 4 (4.94%) Architect
10 4 (4.94%) Developer
10 4 (4.94%) Security Architect
10 4 (4.94%) Senior SQL DBA
10 4 (4.94%) SQL Developer
11 2 (2.47%) Security Engineer
11 2 (2.47%) Senior Database Engineer
11 2 (2.47%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.35%) Clustering
2 10 (12.35%) Security Posture
3 9 (11.11%) Replication
4 7 (8.64%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (8.64%) Cyberattack
5 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.46%) Linux
2 13 (16.05%) Windows
3 7 (8.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.94%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (64.20%) Performance Tuning
2 38 (46.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 36 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 24 (29.63%) High Availability
6 14 (17.28%) Task Automation
7 12 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (14.81%) Database Tuning
7 12 (14.81%) Security Management
8 11 (13.58%) Patch Management
9 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (12.35%) Data Governance
9 10 (12.35%) Information Security
9 10 (12.35%) ISMS
9 10 (12.35%) Software Engineering
10 9 (11.11%) Application Security
10 9 (11.11%) Change Management
10 9 (11.11%) Data Security
10 9 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 8 (9.88%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 49 (60.49%) SQL
2 24 (29.63%) T-SQL
3 14 (17.28%) PL/SQL
3 14 (17.28%) PowerShell
4 8 (9.88%) Python
5 2 (2.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.23%) C#
6 1 (1.23%) Java
6 1 (1.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) Degree
2 23 (28.40%) Computer Science Degree
2 23 (28.40%) OCP
2 23 (28.40%) Oracle Certification
3 11 (13.58%) Azure Certification
4 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.64%) OCA
5 5 (6.17%) CISSP
6 4 (4.94%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (13.58%) NIST
3 7 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (7.41%) Data Quality
4 6 (7.41%) QA
5 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (4.94%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (9.88%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (12.35%) Data Guard
2 8 (9.88%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (8.64%) Ansible
3 7 (8.64%) Foglight
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Clustering
3 7 (8.64%) Nagios
4 4 (4.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (4.94%) Suricata
Vendors
1 36 (44.44%) Oracle
2 29 (35.80%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.64%) ArcSight
3 7 (8.64%) HP
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco
4 4 (4.94%) Juniper
4 4 (4.94%) Palo Alto
4 4 (4.94%) Splunk
5 1 (1.23%) VMware