Database Developer Jobs in the North of England

Database Developer
England > North of England

The median Database Developer salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 369 433
Rank change year-on-year +85 +64 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Developer 26 34 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.20% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.21% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 26 4 7
10th Percentile £53,750 - £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £39,750 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -20.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £43,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £66,250 - £57,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -22.73% +2.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,015 16,408 15,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 94.97% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,796 12,696 8,279
10th Percentile £26,125 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Database Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Database Developer in the North of England

Database Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Database Developer in the North of England

Database Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Yorkshire +76 16 £60,000 +44.58%
North West +8 7 £62,500 -
North East - 3 £57,500 -
Database Developer
England

Database Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Database Developer 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 North of England region featuring Database Developer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 22 (84.62%) T-SQL
2 22 (84.62%) Azure
2 22 (84.62%) DBS Check
3 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
4 6 (23.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 6 (23.08%) Analytics
4 6 (23.08%) Power BI
4 6 (23.08%) Database Optimisation
4 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Database Tuning
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) Law
5 4 (15.38%) Migration
5 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) Linux
5 4 (15.38%) ISO 9001
5 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 4 (15.38%) Coaching
5 4 (15.38%) Database Migration

Database Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (84.62%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) Power BI
3 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (15.38%) Law
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Analytics
2 6 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
2 6 (23.08%) Database Optimisation
2 6 (23.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Coaching
3 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Database Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Database Tuning
3 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 22 (84.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (84.62%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft