DBA Jobs in the City of London

Database Administrator
Central London > City of London

The median Database Administrator salary in the City of London is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 155 216
Rank change year-on-year +9 +61 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 2 25 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.097% 0.74% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.78% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 8
10th Percentile £47,875 £63,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £63,750 £52,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £67,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.51% +19.11% -19.64%
75th Percentile £53,438 £75,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £53,625 £89,500 £62,150
Central London median annual salary £51,250 £67,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.51% +16.52% -17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,922 3,219 4,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.86% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,556 3,735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
% change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the City of London

DBA
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in the City of London.

Salary trend for DBA in the City of London

DBA Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Replication

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA