Senior Database Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Database Engineer
England > North of England

The median Senior Database Engineer salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 - 316
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 11 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.046% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £62,750 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £30,750 £82,500
% change year-on-year +111.38% -62.73% +17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 22,304 8,160 13,343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 87.08% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 16,200 4,372 7,875
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,192
England median annual salary £59,773 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.68% - -8.33%

Senior Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Senior Database Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Database Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Database Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Database Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Database Engineer
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 Senior Database Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
North West - 6 - - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £65,000 - 2
Senior Database Engineer
England

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 North of England region featuring Senior Database Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Azure
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) DBS Check
2 5 (45.45%) ETL
2 5 (45.45%) GCP
2 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) MySQL
3 4 (36.36%) Data Integration
4 3 (27.27%) ETL Development
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (27.27%) Technology Transformation
4 3 (27.27%) Teradata
4 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) Database Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Database Security
5 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (9.09%) Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (9.09%) Database Tuning
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (9.09%) High Availability
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) MySQL
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (45.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ETL
2 4 (36.36%) Data Integration
3 3 (27.27%) ETL Development
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (18.18%) Database Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Database Security
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (9.09%) Database Tuning
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (9.09%) High Availability
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
1 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) Teradata