Junior DBA Job Trends in England

Junior Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Junior Database Administrator salary in England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 614 692 675
Rank change year-on-year +78 -17 +373
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior DBA 3 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.007% 0.021% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.023% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile - £31,000 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,125 £29,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £31,490
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +58.78% -13.73%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £40,000
90th Percentile - - £43,200
UK median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £31,490
% change year-on-year -25.00% +58.78% -13.73%

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 40,271 57,548 45,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 94.92% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,710 32,582 35,348
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Junior DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Junior DBA job vacancy trend in England

Junior DBA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Junior DBA job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Junior DBA job vacancies in England

Junior DBA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +38 3 £37,500 +36.36%
Junior DBA
UK

Junior DBA Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Junior 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 England region featuring Junior DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML

Junior DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis