Database Developer Jobs

Database Developer
UK

The median Database Developer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 724 787 1136
Rank change year-on-year +63 +349 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Developer 118 100 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 41 92 128
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,875 £60,313
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year -19.05% +1.45% +21.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Developer.

Salary trend for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Developer in the UK

Database Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
UK excluding London +2 97 £42,500 -19.05% 5
England +5 67 £43,750 -20.45% 5
Work from Home +39 58 £41,500 -24.55% 3
Scotland -10 35 - -
Midlands -38 20 £42,500 -22.73% 4
South East +17 17 £45,000 +2.08% 1
West Midlands -25 16 £42,500 -22.73% 4
North of England +13 11 £41,500 -20.95% 1
London +57 10 £65,000 +13.04%
South West -3 8 £70,000 +47.37%
North West -3 6 - -
Yorkshire +58 5 £41,500 -17.00%
East Midlands - 4 £30,000 -
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -

Database Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 featuring Database Developer in the job title.

1 83 (70.34%) SQL
2 61 (51.69%) Artificial Intelligence
3 57 (48.31%) PL/SQL
4 55 (46.61%) AWS
5 40 (33.90%) Agile
6 39 (33.05%) Python
7 37 (31.36%) Java
7 37 (31.36%) CI/CD
8 36 (30.51%) Software Engineering
8 36 (30.51%) NoSQL
9 35 (29.66%) Oracle
9 35 (29.66%) Law
9 35 (29.66%) Databricks
10 34 (28.81%) Open Source
10 34 (28.81%) Visualisation
10 34 (28.81%) Oracle Database
11 33 (27.97%) Performance Tuning
12 32 (27.12%) Machine Learning
12 32 (27.12%) Legal
12 32 (27.12%) SDLC
13 31 (26.27%) Microservices
14 30 (25.42%) Risk Management
14 30 (25.42%) Finance
14 30 (25.42%) Unix
14 30 (25.42%) Informatica
14 30 (25.42%) Cloudera
14 30 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (25.42%) HBase
14 30 (25.42%) Jenkins
14 30 (25.42%) Test Automation

Database Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (25.42%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.39%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 55 (46.61%) AWS
2 25 (21.19%) Azure
3 12 (10.17%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.39%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.39%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.69%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (30.51%) NoSQL
2 34 (28.81%) Oracle Database
3 30 (25.42%) Apache Hive
3 30 (25.42%) Hadoop
3 30 (25.42%) HBase
4 26 (22.03%) SQL Server
5 25 (21.19%) Oracle Database 11g
5 25 (21.19%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (21.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (19.49%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (10.17%) Power BI
8 11 (9.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (6.78%) Data Lake
10 6 (5.08%) Relational Database
11 5 (4.24%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (4.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (1.69%) FileMaker
12 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.85%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 30 (25.42%) Bitbucket Server
1 30 (25.42%) Git
1 30 (25.42%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (29.66%) Law
2 32 (27.12%) Legal
3 30 (25.42%) Finance
3 30 (25.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 9 (7.63%) Social Skills
6 6 (5.08%) Back Office
6 6 (5.08%) Billing
6 6 (5.08%) Marketing
7 5 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.54%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) .NET
2 5 (4.24%) ASP.NET
2 5 (4.24%) JSON
3 3 (2.54%) HTML
3 3 (2.54%) REST
4 2 (1.69%) Blazor
4 2 (1.69%) CSS
4 2 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.69%) Swagger
5 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.85%) HTML5
5 1 (0.85%) J2EE
5 1 (0.85%) jQuery
5 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (25.42%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.39%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (51.69%) Artificial Intelligence
2 40 (33.90%) Agile
3 37 (31.36%) CI/CD
4 36 (30.51%) Software Engineering
5 34 (28.81%) Open Source
5 34 (28.81%) Visualisation
6 33 (27.97%) Performance Tuning
7 32 (27.12%) Machine Learning
7 32 (27.12%) SDLC
8 31 (26.27%) Microservices
9 30 (25.42%) Batch Processing
9 30 (25.42%) Community of Practice
9 30 (25.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (25.42%) Operational Stability
9 30 (25.42%) Risk Management
9 30 (25.42%) TDD
9 30 (25.42%) Test Automation
10 29 (24.58%) Data Migration
10 29 (24.58%) Migration
11 26 (22.03%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (70.34%) SQL
2 57 (48.31%) PL/SQL
3 39 (33.05%) Python
4 37 (31.36%) Java
5 17 (14.41%) T-SQL
6 12 (10.17%) C#
6 12 (10.17%) PowerShell
7 8 (6.78%) VB.NET
8 6 (5.08%) Kotlin
9 5 (4.24%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.54%) R
11 2 (1.69%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (9.32%) Degree
2 4 (3.39%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.10%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (25.42%) HDFS
2 2 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (25.42%) Terraform
2 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) MIIS
Vendors
1 35 (29.66%) Databricks
1 35 (29.66%) Oracle
2 30 (25.42%) Cloudera
2 30 (25.42%) Informatica
3 15 (12.71%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.24%) SAP
5 2 (1.69%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.85%) IFS
6 1 (0.85%) Sybase