Database Manager
UK

The median Database Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 961 1172
Rank change year-on-year +90 +211 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Manager 23 24 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.023% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.025% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 20
10th Percentile £28,277 £41,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £54,688 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,150 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £45,720
% change year-on-year -33.33% +31.23% -23.80%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Database Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Manager in the UK

Database Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Manager in the UK

Database Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Manager in the UK

Database Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +124 23 £40,000 -33.33% 1
UK excluding London +18 19 £40,000 -33.33% 1
Work from Home +108 16 £40,000 -22.33%
Midlands +5 13 £44,100 -29.44%
West Midlands +29 10 £57,500 -8.00%
London +163 4 £47,696 -
North of England +54 3 £28,000 -62.67%
South East +15 3 £30,000 -29.41%
North West +13 3 £28,000 -62.67%
East Midlands - 3 £44,100 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Database Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 5 (21.74%) Tech Ops
2 5 (21.74%) ServiceNow
2 5 (21.74%) CMDB
2 5 (21.74%) Problem Management
2 5 (21.74%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (21.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (21.74%) IBM
2 5 (21.74%) Configuration Management
2 5 (21.74%) Service Management
2 5 (21.74%) ITSM
2 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Migration
2 5 (21.74%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (17.39%) CRM
3 4 (17.39%) Data Management
3 4 (17.39%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.04%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
5 2 (8.70%) ETL
5 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
5 2 (8.70%) Change Control
5 2 (8.70%) Data Transformation

Database Manager 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:

Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.35%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) MS Access
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.35%) Power Query
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) CMDB
1 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
1 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) NHS
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Configuration Management
1 5 (21.74%) ITSM
1 5 (21.74%) Migration
1 5 (21.74%) Problem Management
1 5 (21.74%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
1 5 (21.74%) Service Management
1 5 (21.74%) Tech Ops
2 4 (17.39%) CRM
2 4 (17.39%) Data Cleansing
2 4 (17.39%) Data Management
3 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) Change Control
4 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (8.70%) Data Transformation
4 2 (8.70%) DataOps
4 2 (8.70%) ETL
4 2 (8.70%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) IBM
1 5 (21.74%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle