Database Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Database Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Database Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 741 753
Rank change year-on-year +171 +12 +118
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Specialist 1 24 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.033% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.034% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - £37,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,851 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,604 £48,300
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -3.51% +12.98%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,356 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £64,800
UK median annual salary £37,500 £46,604 £58,000
% change year-on-year -19.53% -19.65% +18.37%

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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Database Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Specialist in the UK excluding London

Database Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Database Specialist in the UK excluding London

Database Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +89 1 £37,500 - 2
Database Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Database Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Database Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware