Database Specialist Jobs in the South East

Database Specialist
England > South East

The median Database Specialist salary in the South East is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 388 401
Rank change year-on-year +100 +13 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Specialist 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.011% 0.012% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.013% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.89%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £43,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £37,500 - £58,000
% change year-on-year - - +18.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,071 15,806 13,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 93.98% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 11,351 8,251
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Database Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Database Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Database Specialist in the South East

Database Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Database Specialist in the South East

Database Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Surrey - 1 £37,500 -
Database Specialist
England

Database Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Database Specialist 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 South East region featuring Database Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Database Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware