Database Engineer
UK
The median Database Engineer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 653 | 639 | 935 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | +296 | +101 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Database Engineer | 39 | 260 | 54 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.075% | 0.26% | 0.052% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.083% | 0.28% | 0.057% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 57 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £41,083 | £32,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £47,493 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £70,000 | £63,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +9.80% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,114 | £96,250 | £74,063 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £100,000 | £96,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,367 | £58,500 | £58,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.45% | -0.43% | +10.33% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Database Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Database Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Database Engineer.
Database Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Database Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| Work from Home | +205 | 33 | £65,684 | -6.17% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 32 | £66,367 | +13.45% | 12 |
| England | +45 | 30 | £60,000 | -9.63% | 26 |
| South West | +104 | 10 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +50 | 9 | £66,367 | -33.63% | 1 |
| North of England | +49 | 7 | £44,274 | -29.48% | 3 |
| London | +86 | 6 | £60,000 | -31.51% | 15 |
| South East | +82 | 6 | £70,000 | +75.00% | 3 |
| North West | +22 | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| North East | +42 | 1 | £44,274 | -29.48% |
Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Database Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Database Engineer 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: