DBA Jobs in the South East

Database Administrator
England > South East

The median Database Administrator salary in the South East is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 226 332
Rank change year-on-year -54 +106 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 41 64 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.76% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.81% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25 57 115
10th Percentile £47,500 £30,650 £36,125
25th Percentile £48,000 £42,500 £46,413
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £63,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £59,125 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.11% +7.14% +0.96%

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 11,873 7,938 17,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.56% 94.82% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,215 5,364 10,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the South East

DBA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for DBA in the South East

DBA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in the South East over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in the South East

DBA
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 DBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Thames Valley -3 17 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Kent -21 15 £67,500 +25.58% 2
Berkshire +13 9 £59,125 +87.76% 1
Buckinghamshire -12 8 £51,500 -1.90% 4
Hampshire -57 5 £48,000 -20.00% 1
East Sussex 0 3 £43,500 -27.50% 2
West Sussex +10 1 £45,000 -21.74% 2
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 October 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 South East region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 30 (73.17%) SQL
2 29 (70.73%) Azure
3 28 (68.29%) SQL Server
4 15 (36.59%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (34.15%) T-SQL
5 14 (34.15%) Oracle
5 14 (34.15%) High Availability
6 13 (31.71%) Performance Tuning
6 13 (31.71%) Decision-Making
7 11 (26.83%) Oracle Database
8 10 (24.39%) Data Security
8 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
9 9 (21.95%) DevOps
9 9 (21.95%) AWS
9 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
10 8 (19.51%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (19.51%) Database Optimisation
10 8 (19.51%) RedGate
10 8 (19.51%) Mentoring
10 8 (19.51%) Coaching
11 7 (17.07%) GCP
11 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (14.63%) Windows
12 6 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (14.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (12.20%) Database Security
13 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
13 5 (12.20%) Oracle Database 12c

DBA 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (70.73%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) GCP
4 6 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
6 3 (7.32%) OCI
7 2 (4.88%) dbt
7 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.88%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (68.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (26.83%) Oracle Database
3 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (14.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (12.20%) MySQL
5 5 (12.20%) Oracle Database 12c
5 5 (12.20%) Power BI
5 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (7.32%) MongoDB
6 3 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (4.88%) RDBMS
7 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (9.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (7.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.88%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Clustering
1 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Linux
2 5 (12.20%) Unix
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Disaster Recovery
2 14 (34.15%) High Availability
3 13 (31.71%) Decision-Making
3 13 (31.71%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (24.39%) Data Security
5 9 (21.95%) DevOps
6 8 (19.51%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (19.51%) Coaching
6 8 (19.51%) Database Optimisation
6 8 (19.51%) Mentoring
7 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (12.20%) Data Protection
8 5 (12.20%) Database Security
8 5 (12.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (12.20%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (9.76%) Database Mirroring
9 4 (9.76%) Performance Metrics
9 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (73.17%) SQL
2 14 (34.15%) T-SQL
3 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 5 (12.20%) Shell Script
4 3 (7.32%) Bash
4 3 (7.32%) C
4 3 (7.32%) C#
4 3 (7.32%) C++
4 3 (7.32%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) MCDBA
2 1 (2.44%) MCSE
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.44%) OCA
2 1 (2.44%) OCP
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Oracle
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
3 8 (19.51%) RedGate
4 4 (9.76%) Google