DBA Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Database Administrator
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Database Administrator salary in Tyne and Wear is £51,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 66 51
Rank change year-on-year +4 -15 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 5 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.63% 1.39% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.44% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £45,800 -
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £56,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +22.16% -11.90%
75th Percentile £53,750 £75,375 £55,313
90th Percentile - £79,650 £60,375
North East median annual salary £51,750 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.41% +13.00% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 751 695 457
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 96.26% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 552 317 403
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,313 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.86%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

DBA
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

DBA
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Sunderland -10 2 £52,500 +5.00%
Newcastle upon Tyne +7 1 - - 2
DBA
North East

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 6 January 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (80.00%) Bitbucket
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
2 4 (80.00%) GitHub
2 4 (80.00%) Informatica
2 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (80.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (80.00%) RedGate
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (80.00%) Talend
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (40.00%) Open Source
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
4 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (40.00%) VMS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (20.00%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (80.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (80.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Open Source
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Informatica
1 4 (80.00%) RedGate
1 4 (80.00%) Talend
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Nimble Storage