Database Developer Jobs in England

Database Developer
UK > England

The median Database Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 713 868
Rank change year-on-year +114 +155 +136
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Developer 49 109 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.13% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 44 32 78
10th Percentile - £36,250 £44,625
25th Percentile £53,750 £39,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £63,427 £48,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,237 £53,250 £67,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -22.73% +2.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Developer in England

Database Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Database Developer in England

Database Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Database Developer in England

Database Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +77 26 £60,000 +44.58%
Yorkshire +78 16 £60,000 +44.58%
Midlands +65 11 £57,500 +35.29%
West Midlands +41 8 £57,500 +35.29%
North West +19 7 £62,500 -
London +103 6 £97,500 +104.19% 6
East of England - 6 £66,206 - 2
East Midlands +42 3 £57,500 +91.67%
North East - 3 £57,500 -
Database Developer
UK

Database Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Database Developer 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 England region featuring Database Developer in the job title.

1 43 (87.76%) SQL
2 42 (85.71%) SQL Server
3 36 (73.47%) Microsoft
4 33 (67.35%) T-SQL
4 33 (67.35%) Azure
5 32 (65.31%) DBS Check
6 26 (53.06%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (46.94%) Artificial Intelligence
8 16 (32.65%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (32.65%) Critical Thinking
8 16 (32.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 16 (32.65%) Power Platform
8 16 (32.65%) Power BI
8 16 (32.65%) Database Optimisation
8 16 (32.65%) Analytics
9 7 (14.29%) C#
9 7 (14.29%) Python
10 6 (12.24%) C++
10 6 (12.24%) HTML
10 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
10 6 (12.24%) Agile
10 6 (12.24%) Degree
10 6 (12.24%) Chatbot
10 6 (12.24%) PayPal
10 6 (12.24%) Conversational UI
11 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (8.16%) Database Migration
12 4 (8.16%) Performance Tuning
12 4 (8.16%) Mentoring
12 4 (8.16%) Coaching

Database Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (12.24%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 33 (67.35%) Azure
2 16 (32.65%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
3 1 (2.04%) PaaS
3 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (32.65%) Power BI
3 4 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (8.16%) Law
2 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.04%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) HTML
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) Blazor
2 1 (2.04%) Kafka
2 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (53.06%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (46.94%) Artificial Intelligence
3 16 (32.65%) Analytics
3 16 (32.65%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (32.65%) Critical Thinking
3 16 (32.65%) Database Optimisation
3 16 (32.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (12.24%) Agile
4 6 (12.24%) Conversational UI
5 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.16%) Coaching
6 4 (8.16%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.16%) Database Migration
6 4 (8.16%) Database Tuning
6 4 (8.16%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.16%) Migration
6 4 (8.16%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.04%) Containerisation
7 1 (2.04%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 43 (87.76%) SQL
2 33 (67.35%) T-SQL
3 7 (14.29%) C#
3 7 (14.29%) Python
4 6 (12.24%) C++
4 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (65.31%) DBS Check
2 6 (12.24%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (73.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) PayPal
3 1 (2.04%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle