Database Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Database Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Database Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 566 707
Rank change year-on-year +59 +141 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Developer 46 189 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.27% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.28% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 46 30 53
10th Percentile - £35,750 £43,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £39,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -20.19% +3.40%
75th Percentile £65,280 £48,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £53,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £42,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -23.64% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 33,760 66,748 54,875
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.80% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 18,678 47,256 31,166
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,600 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Database Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Database Developer in the UK excluding London

Database Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Database Developer in the UK excluding London

Database Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Database Developer in the UK excluding London

Database Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
North of England +62 26 £60,000 +44.58%
Yorkshire +81 16 £60,000 +44.58%
Midlands +43 11 £57,500 +35.29%
West Midlands +45 8 £57,500 +35.29%
North West +9 7 £62,500 -
East of England - 6 £66,206 - 1
East Midlands +32 3 £57,500 +91.67%
North East - 3 £57,500 -
Northern Ireland +29 2 £69,000 - 1
Scotland +62 1 £52,500 -
Database Developer
UK

Database Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Database Developer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Database Developer in the job title.

1 45 (97.83%) SQL
2 37 (80.43%) SQL Server
3 36 (78.26%) Microsoft
4 33 (71.74%) Azure
4 33 (71.74%) T-SQL
5 32 (69.57%) DBS Check
6 22 (47.83%) Artificial Intelligence
7 21 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (34.78%) Critical Thinking
8 16 (34.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 16 (34.78%) Power Platform
8 16 (34.78%) Power BI
8 16 (34.78%) Database Optimisation
8 16 (34.78%) Analytics
8 16 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (15.22%) Python
9 7 (15.22%) Degree
10 6 (13.04%) Migration
10 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
10 6 (13.04%) C#
10 6 (13.04%) C++
10 6 (13.04%) HTML
10 6 (13.04%) Chatbot
10 6 (13.04%) Conversational UI
10 6 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
10 6 (13.04%) PayPal
10 6 (13.04%) Database Migration
11 5 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (10.87%) Agile
12 4 (8.70%) Law

Database Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (13.04%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 33 (71.74%) Azure
2 16 (34.78%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) AWS
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (80.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (34.78%) Power BI
3 5 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.17%) MySQL
5 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (8.70%) Law
2 2 (4.35%) Advertising
2 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.35%) Finance
2 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.17%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.17%) gRPC
2 1 (2.17%) Node.js
2 1 (2.17%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (2.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Artificial Intelligence
2 21 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (34.78%) Analytics
3 16 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (34.78%) Critical Thinking
3 16 (34.78%) Database Optimisation
3 16 (34.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (13.04%) Conversational UI
4 6 (13.04%) Database Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (10.87%) Agile
6 4 (8.70%) Coaching
6 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.70%) Database Tuning
6 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.70%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.17%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis
7 1 (2.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 45 (97.83%) SQL
2 33 (71.74%) T-SQL
3 7 (15.22%) Python
4 6 (13.04%) C#
4 6 (13.04%) C++
4 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (69.57%) DBS Check
2 7 (15.22%) Degree
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) PayPal
3 3 (6.52%) Oracle