DBA Jobs in Manchester

Database Administrator
North West > Manchester

The median Database Administrator salary in Manchester is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 229 214
Rank change year-on-year +37 -15 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 21 18 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.35% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.38% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 49
10th Percentile £47,375 £36,000 £36,350
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,438 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,100 £62,500 £64,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +17.78% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,776 4,715 5,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.03% 91.86% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,725 2,736 3,770
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,579
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Manchester

DBA
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for DBA in Manchester

DBA
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in Manchester

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
3 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
4 10 (47.62%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (47.62%) High Availability
4 10 (47.62%) Relational Database
5 9 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (38.10%) MongoDB
6 8 (38.10%) Replication
7 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (28.57%) NoSQL
8 6 (28.57%) Database Tuning
8 6 (28.57%) Clustering
8 6 (28.57%) Performance Testing
8 6 (28.57%) Finance
8 6 (28.57%) PMI
8 6 (28.57%) PMI Certification
8 6 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
9 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
9 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (23.81%) DB2
9 5 (23.81%) Azure
9 5 (23.81%) Power BI
10 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
10 4 (19.05%) MySQL

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
1 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 10 (47.62%) Relational Database
3 8 (38.10%) MongoDB
4 6 (28.57%) NoSQL
5 5 (23.81%) DB2
5 5 (23.81%) Power BI
6 4 (19.05%) MySQL
6 4 (19.05%) RDBMS
7 3 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (14.29%) Easytrieve
7 3 (14.29%) MariaDB
7 3 (14.29%) OLTP
8 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Replication
2 6 (28.57%) Clustering
2 6 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (28.57%) PMI
2 6 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (14.29%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (14.29%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (14.29%) VMS
2 3 (14.29%) zOS
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
2 10 (47.62%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (47.62%) High Availability
3 9 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (28.57%) Database Tuning
4 6 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (19.05%) Change Management
6 3 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 2 (9.52%) Migration
7 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
3 3 (14.29%) COBOL
3 3 (14.29%) JCL
3 3 (14.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) RACF
1 3 (14.29%) Time Sharing Option
1 3 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) MAINVIEW
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) BMC
2 3 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) VMware