DBA Jobs in the North West

Database Administrator
England > North West

The median Database Administrator salary in the North West is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 263 202
Rank change year-on-year +25 -61 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 53 35 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.55% 0.44% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.49% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 48 32 75
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £36,350
25th Percentile £51,188 £45,313 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,000 £62,375 £65,000
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
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,207 7,117 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.21% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 4,116 5,478
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the North West

DBA
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DBA in the North West

DBA
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in the North West

DBA
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Manchester +33 24 £56,250 +12.50% 3
Merseyside +17 19 £55,000 -4.35%
Lancashire -14 5 £51,000 -3.77% 1
Cumbria - 3 £57,500 -
Cheshire -14 2 £57,500 -
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 North West region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 42 (79.25%) SQL
1 42 (79.25%) SQL Server
2 32 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 32 (60.38%) Azure
3 30 (56.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (54.72%) T-SQL
5 25 (47.17%) Performance Tuning
6 23 (43.40%) Finance
7 21 (39.62%) Relational Database
8 19 (35.85%) High Availability
8 19 (35.85%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (33.96%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
10 15 (28.30%) Commvault
10 15 (28.30%) RDBMS
10 15 (28.30%) PowerShell
11 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (26.42%) Power Platform
11 14 (26.42%) Power BI
12 12 (22.64%) Virtual Machines
12 12 (22.64%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (22.64%) Broadband
12 12 (22.64%) VMS
12 12 (22.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (22.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (20.75%) Proactive Monitoring
13 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
14 10 (18.87%) Continuous Delivery
14 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (18.87%) Mentoring

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (5.66%) CICS
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 32 (60.38%) Azure
2 14 (26.42%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (79.25%) SQL Server
2 30 (56.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 21 (39.62%) Relational Database
4 15 (28.30%) RDBMS
5 14 (26.42%) Power BI
6 12 (22.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (22.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (15.09%) MongoDB
8 6 (11.32%) MySQL
8 6 (11.32%) NoSQL
8 6 (11.32%) Oracle Database
9 5 (9.43%) DB2
10 3 (5.66%) Easytrieve
10 3 (5.66%) MariaDB
10 3 (5.66%) OLTP
10 3 (5.66%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (1.89%) MS Access
12 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (43.40%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Back Office
5 3 (5.66%) Local Government
5 3 (5.66%) Police
6 2 (3.77%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Cloud Native
2 9 (16.98%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (15.09%) Replication
4 6 (11.32%) Clustering
4 6 (11.32%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (11.32%) PMI
5 3 (5.66%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.66%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) VMS
2 5 (9.43%) Linux
2 5 (9.43%) Unix
3 3 (5.66%) zOS
4 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Performance Tuning
2 19 (35.85%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (35.85%) High Availability
3 18 (33.96%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (22.64%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (20.75%) Proactive Monitoring
6 10 (18.87%) Continuous Delivery
6 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.87%) Mentoring
6 10 (18.87%) Server Patching
7 7 (13.21%) Database Tuning
8 6 (11.32%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (11.32%) Performance Testing
9 5 (9.43%) Change Management
9 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.43%) ITIL
9 5 (9.43%) Problem Management
10 3 (5.66%) Business Strategy
10 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 42 (79.25%) SQL
2 29 (54.72%) T-SQL
3 15 (28.30%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.66%) COBOL
4 3 (5.66%) JCL
4 3 (5.66%) REXX
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (11.32%) PMI Certification
3 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.66%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.77%) Degree
5 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (22.64%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (5.66%) RACF
2 3 (5.66%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) MAINVIEW
2 2 (3.77%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (28.30%) Commvault
3 8 (15.09%) Oracle
4 3 (5.66%) BMC
4 3 (5.66%) IBM
4 3 (5.66%) NEC
5 2 (3.77%) VMware