Senior Database Engineer Job Trends in Southampton

Senior Database Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Database Engineer salary in Southampton is £69,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.16% - 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 - -
75th Percentile £71,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £69,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 605 305 769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.80% 97.13% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 446 262 664
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,075
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -2.44%

Senior Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Database Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Senior Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Senior Database Engineer 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Database Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon MSK
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon MSK
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL