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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 761 | 662 | 715 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -99 | +53 | -19 |
| Permanent jobs citing Database Security | 47 | 8 | 34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.039% | 0.016% | 0.049% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.053% | 0.018% | 0.059% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 7 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £42,750 | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,188 | £50,625 | £53,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,000 | £55,000 | £61,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.82% | -10.20% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,063 | £68,750 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,875 | £75,250 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,750 | £55,000 | £59,125 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.91% | -6.98% | +2.83% |
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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 87,897 | 43,423 | 57,271 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 73.55% | 88.69% | 82.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 59,865 | 24,627 | 30,673 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,250 | £33,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,854 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £46,500 | £53,928 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.28% | -13.77% | +0.80% |
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 Salary Trend
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 18 October 2026.
Database Security Top 13 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 18 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -100 | 36 | £63,750 | +15.91% | 14 |
| England | -124 | 34 | £69,000 | +25.45% | 34 |
| Midlands | - | 14 | £56,750 | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | -68 | 10 | - | - | |
| London | -65 | 9 | £77,500 | -8.82% | 19 |
| East Midlands | - | 9 | £65,000 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | -61 | 8 | £60,500 | +10.00% | 20 |
| South East | - | 6 | £69,000 | - | 4 |
| North of England | -67 | 5 | £65,000 | +73.33% | 3 |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £65,000 | - | 3 |
| North West | -40 | 2 | £52,500 | +40.00% | |
| Wales | - | 1 | £62,500 | - | 1 |
Database Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 53.2% | 25 |
| 2 | Performance Tuning | 48.9% | 23 |
| 3 | High Availability | 44.7% | 21 |
| 4 | Problem-Solving | 34.0% | 16 |
| 5 | Capacity Planning | 31.9% | 15 |
| 6 | Root Cause Analysis | 23.4% | 11 |
| 7 | Database Tuning | 21.3% | 10 |
| 8 | Analytics | 19.1% | 9 |
| 8 | CI/CD | 19.1% | 9 |
| 8 | Incident Management | 19.1% | 9 |
| 8 | Infrastructure as Code | 19.1% | 9 |
| 8 | Performance Optimisation | 19.1% | 9 |
| 13 | Database Migration | 17.0% | 8 |
| 14 | Business Intelligence | 14.9% | 7 |
| 14 | Continuous Improvement | 14.9% | 7 |
| 14 | Data Modelling | 14.9% | 7 |
| 14 | DevOps | 14.9% | 7 |
| 14 | Migration | 14.9% | 7 |
| 14 | Runbook | 14.9% | 7 |
| 20 | Business Continuity | 12.8% | 6 |