Database Security Job Trends

Database Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Database Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 710 629 814
Rank change year-on-year -81 +185 +18
Permanent jobs citing Database Security 27 29 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.064% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.069% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 22 23 63
10th Percentile £46,875 £45,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,438 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £77,813 £92,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,750 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Database Security 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 69,907 41,954 86,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.40% 92.11% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48,219 22,640 61,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -9.09%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Database Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Database Security job vacancy trend in the UK

Database Security
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Database Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Database Security

Database Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Security over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Security within the UK over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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 -77 27 £69,000 +10.40% 3
UK excluding London -48 16 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Work from Home +3 10 £60,000 +9.09% 1
London -31 10 £80,000 -13.51% 1
South East -21 7 £69,000 +53.33%
Midlands - 5 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £55,000 -
South West -60 2 £60,000 +9.09%
North of England -30 1 £40,000 +6.67% 1
East of England - 1 £40,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £40,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £71,500 - 1

Database Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (18.52%) Snowflake
4 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 3 (11.11%) Amazon MSK
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.70%) Cloudflare
6 1 (3.70%) dbt
6 1 (3.70%) GitHub
6 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
2 10 (37.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 10 (37.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (14.81%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (14.81%) MySQL
6 4 (14.81%) Oracle Database
6 4 (14.81%) Relational Database
7 3 (11.11%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (11.11%) DynamoDB
7 3 (11.11%) MongoDB
7 3 (11.11%) NoSQL
7 3 (11.11%) Power BI
8 2 (7.41%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (7.41%) FileMaker
8 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
1 2 (7.41%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Advertising
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) DBA
2 14 (51.85%) Senior
3 12 (44.44%) Administrator
4 8 (29.63%) Senior DBA
4 8 (29.63%) SQL DBA
5 4 (14.81%) Database Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Senior Database Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior SQL DBA
6 3 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
7 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared DBA
7 2 (7.41%) FileMaker Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior SQL Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior SQL Server Developer
7 2 (7.41%) SQL Developer
7 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Developer
8 1 (3.70%) .NET Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) Kafka
2 4 (14.81%) .NET
3 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET
3 2 (7.41%) CSS
3 2 (7.41%) Entity Framework
3 2 (7.41%) HTML
3 2 (7.41%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Replication
2 3 (11.11%) Clustering
3 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Unix
3 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Performance Tuning
2 15 (55.56%) High Availability
3 12 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (29.63%) Analytics
5 8 (29.63%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (29.63%) Data Modelling
6 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
7 5 (18.52%) Business Continuity
7 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (18.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (14.81%) Agile
8 4 (14.81%) AI
8 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (14.81%) Database Migration
8 4 (14.81%) Database Tuning
8 4 (14.81%) ETL
8 4 (14.81%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) T-SQL
3 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
4 5 (18.52%) C#
4 5 (18.52%) Python
5 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 22301
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
3 2 (7.41%) Data Guard
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Oracle
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Databricks
4 2 (7.41%) Dynatrace
4 2 (7.41%) Rollbar
5 1 (3.70%) SAP
5 1 (3.70%) Sybase