DBA Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Database Administrator
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Database Administrator salary in Milton Keynes is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 47 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 1 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.17% 1.69% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 1.76% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - - £41,750
25th Percentile - £50,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -14.17% -
75th Percentile - £52,250 -
90th Percentile - £53,000 £64,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £51,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +26.21% -14.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 541 341 559
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 95.79% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 363 238 394
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,461 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -13.64% +9.45% -8.64%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

DBA job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

DBA
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes

DBA Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, DBA 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 Milton Keynes region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL