Oracle DBA Job Trends in the North West

Oracle Database Administrator
England > North West

The median Oracle Database Administrator salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 219 181
Rank change year-on-year +40 -38 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 1 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.018% 0.067% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.071% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - - £47,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,710 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,322 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.09% -35.30% +74.20%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,934 £72,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,161 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.44% -5.16% +2.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 4,739 5,625 3,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.46% 93.73% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,558 3,146 2,668
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,416
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,750 £83,400
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the North West

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the North West

Oracle 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 Oracle DBA within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
Cumbria - 1 £55,000 - 2
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, Oracle 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 North West region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle