Database Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Database Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Database Engineer salary in Birmingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Engineer 12 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.40% - 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £63,500 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 - £58,500
% change year-on-year - - +9.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,803 1,091 2,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 94.38% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,211 720 2,355
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +3.27% -0.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Database Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Database Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Database Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Database Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) Web SSO
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (16.67%) High Availability
5 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 2 (16.67%) PaaS
5 2 (16.67%) Proactive Management
5 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Service Management
6 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership

Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 12 (100.00%) Legal
2 11 (91.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Clustering
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) CMDB
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Web SSO
3 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 2 (16.67%) Proactive Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft