Senior Database Engineer Job Trends in London

Senior Database Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Database Engineer salary in London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 - 481
Rank change year-on-year - - +183
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.028% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £95,500 - -
25th Percentile £96,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - -
75th Percentile £98,750 - -
90th Percentile £99,500 - -
England median annual salary £69,169 - £62,783
% change year-on-year - - +17.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,321 11,675 20,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,917 7,531 16,431
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

Senior Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Senior Database Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Database Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Database Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Database Engineer job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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 London region featuring Senior Database Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Sybase
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Disruptive Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
3 1 (20.00%) iManage
3 1 (20.00%) Intapp
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JDBC
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (20.00%) Sybase IQ
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Replication
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) AI
1 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Coaching
1 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 1 (20.00%) Fintech
1 1 (20.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Sybase
2 1 (20.00%) iManage
2 1 (20.00%) Intapp
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle