Database Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Database Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Database Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 March 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 520 650
Rank change year-on-year -8 +130 +101
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Manager 3 11 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.037% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.041% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile - £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £32,000 £43,300
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -26.10% +0.70%
75th Percentile - £34,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £32,000 £44,100
% change year-on-year +87.50% -27.44% +2.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 46,614 26,789 50,917
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 90.95% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 29,292 13,895 39,027
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,026 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Database Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Database Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Database Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Database Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Database Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
South East - 3 £60,000 - 2
Database Manager
UK

Database Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, Database Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Database Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) NAS
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Storage Management

Database Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Raiser’s Edge
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NAS
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle