MySQL DBA Job Trends in Ipswich

MySQL Database Administrator
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median MySQL Database Administrator salary in Ipswich is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 256 87 194
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.84% 98.86% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 139 73 148
10th Percentile £28,600 £25,625 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,000 £75,000
Suffolk median annual salary £45,000 £66,100 £40,000
% change year-on-year -31.92% +65.25% +1.91%

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, MySQL 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 Ipswich region featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) QA

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA