Senior Database Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Senior Database Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior Database Engineer salary in Glasgow is £40,800 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 231
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.10% - 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,800 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £40,800 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -32.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 923 382 3,725
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 90.52% 98.10%
Number of salaries quoted 542 214 842
10th Percentile £29,375 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -5.28%

Senior Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Database Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Senior Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Senior Database Engineer 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 Glasgow region featuring Senior Database Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Flashback
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow