DBA Job Trends in the East Midlands

Database Administrator
England > East Midlands

The median Database Administrator salary in the East Midlands is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 154 84
Rank change year-on-year +29 -70 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 6 4 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.27% 0.12% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.12% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 24
10th Percentile £45,000 - £39,125
25th Percentile £46,375 - £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £35,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -29.99% -4.78%
75th Percentile £52,188 - £59,063
90th Percentile £52,500 - £60,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +7.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,049 3,237 1,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 95.07% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 1,536 1,141
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

DBA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

DBA
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the East Midlands

DBA
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Leicestershire +27 6 £48,500 - 3
DBA
England

DBA Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, DBA 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 East Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (83.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) Data Lake
3 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (66.67%) ETL
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (66.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Law
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) ETL
2 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft