DBA Jobs in the Midlands

Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Database Administrator salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 243 304
Rank change year-on-year -5 +61 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 73 85 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.63% 0.88% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.98% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 60 71 47
10th Percentile £46,675 £36,250 £40,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,741 £43,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +6.80% +3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,977 8,632 10,291
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.44% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,231 4,784 7,097
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
East Midlands +17 42 £55,000 +1.85% 2
West Midlands -27 27 £57,500 +15.00% 5
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 57 (78.08%) SQL
2 43 (58.90%) Azure
3 40 (54.79%) SQL Server
4 34 (46.58%) Microsoft
5 32 (43.84%) Linux
5 32 (43.84%) Performance Tuning
6 26 (35.62%) Oracle
7 22 (30.14%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (30.14%) Oracle Database
7 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
8 19 (26.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (24.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (23.29%) Power Platform
10 17 (23.29%) Power BI
11 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (21.92%) Oracle Certification
11 16 (21.92%) T-SQL
11 16 (21.92%) Migration
12 15 (20.55%) Windows
12 15 (20.55%) Database Security
13 14 (19.18%) OCP
14 12 (16.44%) AWS
15 11 (15.07%) Logistics
16 10 (13.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (13.70%) High Availability
16 10 (13.70%) MySQL
16 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
17 9 (12.33%) Data Guard
17 9 (12.33%) Oracle RAC

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (8.22%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.11%) MQSeries
2 3 (4.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 3 (4.11%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Maximo
2 2 (2.74%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 43 (58.90%) Azure
2 17 (23.29%) Power Platform
3 12 (16.44%) AWS
4 9 (12.33%) GCP
5 7 (9.59%) OCI
6 4 (5.48%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.74%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.22%) Broadband
2 3 (4.11%) HTTP
3 1 (1.37%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (54.79%) SQL Server
2 22 (30.14%) Oracle Database
3 19 (26.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (24.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (23.29%) Power BI
6 10 (13.70%) MySQL
6 10 (13.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (9.59%) Relational Database
8 6 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (8.22%) MariaDB
9 5 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (5.48%) Metadata
11 3 (4.11%) DB2
11 3 (4.11%) Looker
11 3 (4.11%) NoSQL
11 3 (4.11%) Tableau
12 2 (2.74%) CouchDB
12 2 (2.74%) Ingres
12 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Git
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.59%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.22%) Retail
5 3 (4.11%) Finance
6 2 (2.74%) Back Office
6 2 (2.74%) German Language
6 2 (2.74%) Local Government
6 2 (2.74%) Police
6 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) EDI
1 3 (4.11%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Replication
2 4 (5.48%) Clustering
2 4 (5.48%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.37%) FMCG
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (43.84%) Linux
2 15 (20.55%) Windows
3 8 (10.96%) Unix
4 6 (8.22%) VMS
5 2 (2.74%) CentOS
5 2 (2.74%) Debian
5 2 (2.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (43.84%) Performance Tuning
2 22 (30.14%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (21.92%) Migration
3 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (20.55%) Database Security
5 11 (15.07%) Logistics
6 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (13.70%) High Availability
7 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
7 8 (10.96%) DevOps
8 7 (9.59%) Application Security
8 7 (9.59%) Configuration Management
8 7 (9.59%) Data Engineering
8 7 (9.59%) Data Migration
8 7 (9.59%) Data Modelling
8 7 (9.59%) IT Strategy
9 6 (8.22%) Computer Science
9 6 (8.22%) Data Governance
9 6 (8.22%) Software Engineering
9 6 (8.22%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (78.08%) SQL
2 16 (21.92%) T-SQL
3 6 (8.22%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.74%) AWK
4 2 (2.74%) Bash
4 2 (2.74%) Python
4 2 (2.74%) sed
5 1 (1.37%) PHP
5 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (21.92%) Oracle Certification
3 14 (19.18%) OCP
4 8 (10.96%) Degree
4 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
5 7 (9.59%) OCA
6 6 (8.22%) Azure Certification
7 5 (6.85%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.74%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (12.33%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (8.22%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Data Guard
1 9 (12.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (4.11%) Oracle Statspack
2 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 34 (46.58%) Microsoft
2 26 (35.62%) Oracle
3 3 (4.11%) Google
3 3 (4.11%) IBM
3 3 (4.11%) VMware
4 2 (2.74%) NEC
4 2 (2.74%) Veeam
5 1 (1.37%) F5