DBA Jobs in Leicester

Database Administrator
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Database Administrator salary in Leicester is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +45 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 10 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 6.21% 0.65% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.45% 0.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £46,700 £45,750 -
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% - -
75th Percentile £50,250 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £50,600 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year -15.65% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 155 593 606
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 96.74% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 95 320 173
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,885 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £75,772 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Leicester

DBA
Salary Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in Leicester.

Salary trend for DBA in Leicester

DBA Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, DBA 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 Leicester region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL
1 10 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 10 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (80.00%) ETL
3 8 (80.00%) Law
3 8 (80.00%) Data Analysis
3 8 (80.00%) Data Lake
3 8 (80.00%) Data Quality
3 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (80.00%) Data Lake
General
1 10 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
3 8 (80.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) Data Analysis
2 8 (80.00%) ETL
2 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
1 10 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft