DBA Jobs in the Thames Valley

Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median Database Administrator salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 216 243
Rank change year-on-year +45 +27 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 8 27 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.42% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 14
10th Percentile - £39,375 £36,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £37,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £49,125
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +17.05% +2.34%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile - £68,500 £55,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,840 6,366 5,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.70% 94.69% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 4,464 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the Thames Valley

DBA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for DBA in the Thames Valley

DBA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Buckinghamshire +37 5 £60,000 +41.18%
Oxfordshire +25 3 £70,000 +12.00% 6
DBA
South East

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) SQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (37.50%) DBS Check
2 3 (37.50%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) Power BI
3 2 (25.00%) Database Optimisation
3 2 (25.00%) Online Games
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Games
3 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (25.00%) Replication
3 2 (25.00%) Clustering
3 2 (25.00%) Bash
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (25.00%) MySQL
2 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Clustering
1 2 (25.00%) Online Games
1 2 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) CRM
1 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft