DBA Job Trends in South London

Database Administrator
London > South London

The median Database Administrator salary in South London is £72,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 - -
London median annual salary £75,000 £59,185 £74,500
% change year-on-year +26.72% -20.56% +6.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 658 249 505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 87.99% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 489 151 182
10th Percentile £30,875 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £87,350
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

DBA job vacancy trend in South London

DBA
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South London.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South London

DBA Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 28 September 2026, 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 South London region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft