Database Tuning Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Database Performance Tuning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Database Tuning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 545 534
Rank change year-on-year - -11 +194
Permanent jobs citing Database Tuning 0 14 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.039% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.044% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 14
10th Percentile - - £34,875
25th Percentile - £53,750 £39,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £57,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year - +28.49% -18.64%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £62,188
90th Percentile - - £64,700
UK median annual salary £73,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.26% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Database Tuning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,001 32,118 30,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.62% 88.87% 88.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,958 14,487 22,822
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Database Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Database Tuning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Database Tuning job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Database Tuning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Database Tuning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Database Tuning