DBA Job Trends in Lancashire

Database Administrator
North West > Lancashire

The median Database Administrator salary in Lancashire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 4 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.24% - 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 - £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.72%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £59,063
90th Percentile - - £61,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +8.37%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,547 996 1,295
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.65% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 883 318 1,051
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,156 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +11.23% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £61,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £75,772
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Lancashire

DBA
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Lancashire.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Lancashire

DBA
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 June 2026. 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
Nelson - 4 £42,500 -
DBA
North West

DBA Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, 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 Lancashire region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) MySQL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) MySQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (100.00%) SQL