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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 720 679
Rank change year-on-year +58 -41 +302
Permanent jobs citing Database Security 8 31 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.046% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.055% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 45
10th Percentile £51,000 £44,600 £31,341
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,125 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.16% -5.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £69,375 £67,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £76,000 £83,250 £74,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% +15.00%

All Process and 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 45,350 56,347 49,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 83.11% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 27,263 29,385 38,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -

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 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Database Security in the UK

Database Security
Top 6 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 16 November 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
Work from Home +91 7 £61,250 +11.36% 5
England +73 4 £55,000 -8.33% 11
UK excluding London +78 3 £55,000 -6.98% 8
South West +33 2 £55,000 -15.38% 1
London +44 1 £85,000 +17.24% 2
Northern Ireland - 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 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) OCI
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (12.50%) Pentaho
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) DBA
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL DBA
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior DBA
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Quality Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (12.50%) Pentaho Developer
4 1 (12.50%) SQL DBA
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (50.00%) High Availability
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Database Tuning
4 3 (37.50%) Open Source
5 2 (25.00%) Data Security
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
6 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
6 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Planning and Forecasting
6 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 1 (12.50%) Validation
6 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
4 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) OCA
1 1 (12.50%) OCP
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
2 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
3 1 (12.50%) Nagios
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft