DBA Jobs in Birmingham

Database Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Database Administrator salary in Birmingham is £58,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 117 176
Rank change year-on-year -4 +59 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 27 21 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.98% 1.08% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.16% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 20 20 15
10th Percentile £53,750 £36,250 £45,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £60,750 £62,750
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - +1.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,597 1,815 2,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,115 1,387 2,292
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Birmingham

DBA
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for DBA in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Birmingham region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
2 18 (66.67%) SQL
3 17 (62.96%) Performance Tuning
4 14 (51.85%) Azure
5 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
6 11 (40.74%) Logistics
7 10 (37.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (37.04%) Linux
8 9 (33.33%) T-SQL
8 9 (33.33%) Oracle
8 9 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
9 8 (29.63%) Customer Service
9 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (25.93%) Application Security
10 7 (25.93%) Windows
10 7 (25.93%) Configuration Management
10 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
10 7 (25.93%) Replication
11 6 (22.22%) Manufacturing
11 6 (22.22%) Back Office
11 6 (22.22%) NEC
11 6 (22.22%) Finance
11 6 (22.22%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (22.22%) ITIL
11 6 (22.22%) Unix
11 6 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (22.22%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (22.22%) Oracle Database
11 6 (22.22%) Retail

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (11.11%) MQSeries
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 3 (11.11%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) NEC Housing
2 3 (11.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (3.70%) BIG-IP
2 1 (3.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
2 10 (37.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (22.22%) Oracle Database
4 6 (22.22%) Oracle Database 12c
4 6 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (22.22%) Power BI
5 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (11.11%) DB2
6 3 (11.11%) Looker
6 3 (11.11%) MySQL
6 3 (11.11%) Tableau
7 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Back Office
3 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Local Government
3 6 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 6 (22.22%) Police
3 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 6 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Replication
2 6 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 6 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (14.81%) Clustering
3 4 (14.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Linux
2 7 (25.93%) Windows
3 6 (22.22%) Unix
4 1 (3.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (40.74%) Logistics
3 8 (29.63%) Customer Service
4 7 (25.93%) Application Security
4 7 (25.93%) Configuration Management
5 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 6 (22.22%) ITIL
5 6 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 6 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
6 5 (18.52%) Data Management
6 5 (18.52%) Database Tuning
6 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (18.52%) High Availability
6 5 (18.52%) IT Strategy
6 5 (18.52%) Migration
6 5 (18.52%) Security Management
7 4 (14.81%) Data Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) SQL
2 9 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Oracle
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 6 (22.22%) NEC
4 3 (11.11%) IBM
5 1 (3.70%) F5