Database Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Database Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Database Security over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 804 926 1083
Rank change year-on-year +122 +157 -232
Permanent jobs citing Database Security 84 69 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.068% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.071% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67 60 106
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £38,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +35.48% -26.19% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Database Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Database Security over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
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 Security within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +82 72 £55,000 +10.00% 22
UK excluding London +20 68 £52,500 +35.48% 14
North of England +69 29 £52,500 -19.23% 2
Midlands +16 20 £57,500 +46.71% 2
Work from Home +60 17 £85,000 +114.45% 12
East Midlands - 16 £57,500 - 1
North West +20 15 £55,000 -15.38% 2
London +110 14 £85,000 +41.67% 8
North East - 11 £52,500 -
Scotland - 10 £52,500 -
South East 0 7 £37,500 +10.29% 7
West Midlands +8 4 £57,500 +46.71% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 -
South West -26 2 £47,500 -13.64% 2

Database Security
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 7 (8.33%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) Apache
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.90%) Azure
2 20 (23.81%) AWS
3 12 (14.29%) OCI
4 9 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 7 (8.33%) GitHub
6 5 (5.95%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.19%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.14%) Firewall
1 6 (7.14%) Internet
2 5 (5.95%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (5.95%) Network Security
2 5 (5.95%) VPN
3 1 (1.19%) LAN
3 1 (1.19%) SAN
3 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (47.62%) SQL Server
2 28 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 18 (21.43%) MySQL
4 16 (19.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (10.71%) Power BI
8 8 (9.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (4.76%) Relational Database
11 2 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (1.19%) Data Mining
12 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
12 1 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) Git
General
1 29 (34.52%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Finance
3 16 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.38%) Health Technology
4 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.38%) Law
4 2 (2.38%) Police
4 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (58.33%) DBA
2 27 (32.14%) Oracle DBA
3 22 (26.19%) Administrator
4 11 (13.10%) SQL DBA
5 10 (11.90%) Lead
5 10 (11.90%) Senior
6 7 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 7 (8.33%) SQL Server DBA
6 7 (8.33%) Systems Manager
7 6 (7.14%) Database Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Senior DBA
8 5 (5.95%) Architect
8 5 (5.95%) Security Architect
8 5 (5.95%) Technical Administrator
9 4 (4.76%) Developer
9 4 (4.76%) Senior SQL DBA
9 4 (4.76%) SQL Developer
10 2 (2.38%) Database Team Leader
10 2 (2.38%) Security Engineer
10 2 (2.38%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.10%) Security Posture
3 10 (11.90%) Clustering
4 9 (10.71%) Replication
5 7 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (8.33%) Cyberattack
6 5 (5.95%) Data Centre
6 5 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (4.76%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Linux
2 13 (15.48%) Windows
3 7 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.95%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (61.90%) Performance Tuning
2 38 (45.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 37 (44.05%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (34.52%) Computer Science
5 24 (28.57%) High Availability
6 15 (17.86%) Task Automation
7 13 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (14.29%) Database Tuning
8 12 (14.29%) Patch Management
8 12 (14.29%) Security Management
8 12 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 11 (13.10%) ISMS
10 10 (11.90%) Application Security
10 10 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (11.90%) Data Governance
10 10 (11.90%) Data Security
10 10 (11.90%) Information Security
11 9 (10.71%) Change Management
11 9 (10.71%) Decision-Making
12 8 (9.52%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 51 (60.71%) SQL
2 25 (29.76%) T-SQL
3 16 (19.05%) PowerShell
4 14 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 10 (11.90%) Python
6 2 (2.38%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.19%) C#
7 1 (1.19%) Java
7 1 (1.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (38.10%) Degree
2 24 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (27.38%) OCP
3 23 (27.38%) Oracle Certification
4 12 (14.29%) Azure Certification
5 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.33%) OCA
6 6 (7.14%) CISSP
7 5 (5.95%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.29%) NIST
3 7 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 7 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (7.14%) QA
5 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (5.95%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (11.90%) Data Guard
2 8 (9.52%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (8.33%) Ansible
3 7 (8.33%) Foglight
3 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Clustering
3 7 (8.33%) Nagios
4 5 (5.95%) Suricata
5 4 (4.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 37 (44.05%) Oracle
2 31 (36.90%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.33%) ArcSight
3 7 (8.33%) HP
4 5 (5.95%) Cisco
4 5 (5.95%) Juniper
4 5 (5.95%) Palo Alto
4 5 (5.95%) Splunk
5 1 (1.19%) Dell
5 1 (1.19%) Veeam
5 1 (1.19%) VMware