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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 768 658 743
Rank change year-on-year -110 +85 -22
Permanent jobs citing Database Security 37 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.030% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.034% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 26
10th Percentile £52,250 £37,350 £48,125
25th Percentile £54,625 £49,063 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,750 £60,625
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -11.34% +1.04%
75th Percentile £73,625 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £88,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year +20.00% -15.43% +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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82,520 44,009 63,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.04% 88.59% 80.80%
Number of salaries quoted 57,449 24,888 36,814
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,288 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Database Security in the UK

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 10 September 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 -99 28 £60,000 +20.00% 17
England -112 25 £65,000 +20.93% 17
Northern Ireland -68 10 - - 1
Work from Home -40 9 £60,000 +20.00% 14
South East - 8 £69,000 - 3
London -59 7 £78,750 -7.35% 3
Midlands - 6 £55,000 - 5
West Midlands - 4 £55,000 - 4
North of England -54 2 £58,750 +56.67% 2
South West -84 2 £60,000 +14.29%
East Midlands - 2 £65,000 - 1
North West -14 1 £52,500 +40.00% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Confluence
1 1 (2.70%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 20 (54.05%) Azure
2 11 (29.73%) AWS
3 5 (13.51%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (13.51%) Snowflake
4 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon MSK
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (5.41%) GCP
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.70%) dbt
7 1 (2.70%) GitHub
7 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (75.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (24.32%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (21.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (21.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (18.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (16.22%) Oracle Database
6 4 (10.81%) MySQL
7 3 (8.11%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (8.11%) DynamoDB
7 3 (8.11%) MongoDB
7 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
7 3 (8.11%) Power BI
8 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
8 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
9 1 (2.70%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (81.08%) DBA
2 25 (67.57%) Administrator
3 16 (43.24%) Senior
4 10 (27.03%) Senior DBA
5 6 (16.22%) SQL DBA
6 5 (13.51%) Database Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Senior Database Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Senior SQL DBA
8 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared DBA
8 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 1 (2.70%) .NET Architect
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Administrator
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Architect
9 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Architect
9 1 (2.70%) Cloud Administrator
9 1 (2.70%) Data Modeller
9 1 (2.70%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.70%) Senior SQL Developer
9 1 (2.70%) Senior SQL Server Developer
9 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) Kafka
1 5 (13.51%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) .NET
3 2 (5.41%) JSON
4 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.70%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Replication
2 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Linux
3 3 (8.11%) Unix
4 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) High Availability
2 16 (43.24%) Performance Tuning
3 14 (37.84%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (27.03%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (21.62%) Analytics
6 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
6 8 (21.62%) Data Modelling
7 7 (18.92%) Business Continuity
7 7 (18.92%) Database Tuning
7 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (18.92%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.51%) DevOps
8 5 (13.51%) ETL
8 5 (13.51%) Incident Management
8 5 (13.51%) Migration
9 4 (10.81%) AI
9 4 (10.81%) Change Management
9 4 (10.81%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (83.78%) SQL
2 7 (18.92%) T-SQL
3 6 (16.22%) Python
4 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
5 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
6 2 (5.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (5.41%) Data Guard
3 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) Oracle
3 3 (8.11%) Databricks
4 2 (5.41%) Dynatrace
4 2 (5.41%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) Rollbar
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Sybase
5 1 (2.70%) Teradata