Database Optimisation Jobs

Database Optimisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Database Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 860 908
Rank change year-on-year +199 +48 +257
Permanent jobs citing Database Optimisation 51 47 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.047% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.055% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 45 42 51
10th Percentile £40,500 £51,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% +10.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £62,500 £91,991 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £121,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £69,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.97% +6.54% +26.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Database Optimisation 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,745 85,153 95,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.88% 85.20% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,851 56,203
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Database Optimisation in the UK

Database Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Optimisation in the UK

Database Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Database Optimisation in the UK

Database Optimisation
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +157 49 £57,500 -23.33% 68
UK excluding London +180 37 £57,500 -16.97% 42
Work from Home +111 19 £57,500 -19.86% 52
London +106 11 £85,000 -2.98% 44
North of England +59 11 £57,500 -14.81% 11
Midlands +68 10 £57,500 -23.33% 5
West Midlands +66 7 £57,500 -23.33% 2
East of England - 7 £57,500 - 1
South West +106 5 £40,000 -36.00% 6
South East +76 4 £60,000 -15.49% 11
North West -5 4 £57,500 -14.81% 10
Yorkshire - 4 £52,500 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 3
North East - 3 £57,500 -

Database Optimisation
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 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Apache
2 1 (1.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.96%) InVision
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (1.96%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 32 (62.75%) Azure
2 25 (49.02%) Power Platform
3 11 (21.57%) AWS
4 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.84%) Azure Stack
5 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.84%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Serverless
8 1 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.96%) Figma
8 1 (1.96%) GCP
8 1 (1.96%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 24 (47.06%) Power BI
3 10 (19.61%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (17.65%) MySQL
5 6 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (9.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (7.84%) FileMaker
8 3 (5.88%) Metadata
9 2 (3.92%) Redis
9 2 (3.92%) Tableau
10 1 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
10 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
10 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Marketing
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Electronics
5 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.96%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (66.67%) Developer
2 20 (39.22%) SQL Developer
3 16 (31.37%) Database Developer
3 16 (31.37%) SQL Database Developer
4 7 (13.73%) Senior
5 6 (11.76%) Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) .NET Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Analyst Developer
7 4 (7.84%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) IT Support
7 4 (7.84%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Python Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Software Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Python Software Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) DBA
9 2 (3.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.69%) REST
2 7 (13.73%) .NET
3 6 (11.76%) .NET Framework
3 6 (11.76%) Entity Framework
4 5 (9.80%) AngularJS
4 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET
4 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET Web API
4 5 (9.80%) Kafka
4 5 (9.80%) LINQ
4 5 (9.80%) Web Services
5 4 (7.84%) jQuery
5 4 (7.84%) React
6 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (5.88%) Laravel
6 3 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (5.88%) RESTful
7 2 (3.92%) GraphQL
7 2 (3.92%) Next.js
7 2 (3.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (5.88%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.92%) Social Media
4 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (62.75%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (45.10%) Artificial Intelligence
4 22 (43.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 20 (39.22%) Analytics
6 16 (31.37%) Critical Thinking
7 11 (21.57%) CI/CD
8 9 (17.65%) Agile
9 7 (13.73%) API Integration
9 7 (13.73%) B2B
9 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
9 7 (13.73%) Data Security
9 7 (13.73%) Microservices
10 6 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
10 6 (11.76%) Machine Learning
10 6 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
10 6 (11.76%) Visualisation
11 5 (9.80%) MVC
11 5 (9.80%) Software Testing
11 5 (9.80%) Structured Programming
Programming Languages
1 39 (76.47%) SQL
2 27 (52.94%) T-SQL
3 11 (21.57%) C#
3 11 (21.57%) Python
4 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
5 5 (9.80%) PHP
6 3 (5.88%) Java
6 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (37.25%) DBS Check
2 7 (13.73%) Degree
3 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) Grafana
2 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 31 (60.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe
3 1 (1.96%) Apple
3 1 (1.96%) Google
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle