Database Specialist
UK

The median Database Specialist salary in the UK is £46,604 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 861 973 1198
Rank change year-on-year +112 +225 -313
Permanent jobs requiring a Database Specialist 33 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.011% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.012% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile - £38,450 £37,625
25th Percentile £44,851 £41,659 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £51,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +4.08% -1.01%
75th Percentile £48,356 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - £66,600 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,604 £44,980 £42,750
% change year-on-year +3.61% +5.22% +5.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Database Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Specialist in the UK

Database Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Database Specialist in the UK

Database Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
UK excluding London +38 24 £46,604 +3.61%
England +135 21 - - 1
North of England +56 8 - -
London +164 7 - - 1
Wales - 6 £46,604 -
Yorkshire +90 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
West Midlands +32 2 - -
South East +21 2 - -
Midlands +5 2 - -
Scotland -57 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -

Database Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Database Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 29 (87.88%) CSS
1 29 (87.88%) Oracle
1 29 (87.88%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) Police
2 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.12%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
2 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
2 4 (12.12%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
2 4 (12.12%) Data Management
2 4 (12.12%) Local Government
2 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Project Management
2 4 (12.12%) Service Management
2 4 (12.12%) Data Security
2 4 (12.12%) Security Management
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System

Database Specialist 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 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
1 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (12.12%) Local Government
1 4 (12.12%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (87.88%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (87.88%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.12%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (12.12%) Data Management
1 4 (12.12%) Data Security
1 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
1 4 (12.12%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (12.12%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
1 4 (12.12%) Project Management
1 4 (12.12%) Security Management
1 4 (12.12%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
Vendors
1 29 (87.88%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft