Database Team Leader Jobs

Database Team Lead
UK

The median Database Team Lead salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 734 838 854
Rank change year-on-year +104 +16 +402
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Team Leader 8 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.002% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - £44,900 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £45,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £47,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.94% -32.86% -11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £48,625 -
90th Percentile - £48,700 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £47,000 -
% change year-on-year +43.62% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,398 81,898 71,348
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 95.02% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 30,008 53,852 50,369
10th Percentile £26,968 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £44,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,796 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%

Database Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Database Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Database Team Leader in the UK

Database Team Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Team Leader in the UK

Database Team Leader
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 6 August 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 - 8 £70,000 -
UK excluding London +85 3 £67,500 +43.62%
Scotland - 3 £67,500 -
England +70 1 £70,000 +48.94%

Database Team Leader Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Database Team Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Database Team Leader in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Law
1 8 (100.00%) Migration
1 8 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 8 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 8 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 8 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 8 (100.00%) Coaching
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (100.00%) Database Migration

Database Team Leader Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (100.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) Coaching
1 8 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 8 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 8 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 8 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 8 (100.00%) Migration
1 8 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft