Database Specialist Job Trends in London
Database Specialist
England > London
The median Database Specialist salary in London is £150,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 445 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Database Specialist jobs | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in London | 0.023% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.025% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £150,000 | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £150,000 | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in London matching a recognised job title | 23,805 | 11,669 | 16,564 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.35% | 90.89% | 94.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,354 | 7,495 | 10,139 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,675 | £120,000 | £118,750 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £53,056 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.09% | -7.73% | -4.17% |
Database Specialist Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Database Specialist job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.
Database Specialist Salary Trend in London
Salary distribution trend for Database Specialist job vacancies in London.
Database Specialist Skill Set Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Database Specialist job ads cited 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 Database Specialist job ads across the London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Amazon ElastiCache | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Amazon Neptune | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Analytics | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | AWS | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Business Development | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Cloud Computing | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Computer Science | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Computer Science Degree | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Customer Engagement | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Degree | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DocumentDB | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DynamoDB | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Event-Driven | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Internet | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Mathematics | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | NoSQL | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Personalization | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Presales | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | SaaS | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Serverless | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Systems Engineering | 50.0% | 3 |
Database Specialist Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Specialist | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Database Architect | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Engineering Specialist | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Specialist | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Platform Specialist | 50.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Solutions Architect | 50.0% | 3 |