Development DBA Jobs

Development Database Administrator
UK

The median Development Database Administrator salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

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

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 - 962
Rank change year-on-year - - +271
Permanent jobs requiring a Development DBA 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £72,250
25th Percentile £37,500 - £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.42%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £91,875
90th Percentile - - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 - -

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 47,606 93,229 94,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,326 66,845 59,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Development DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development DBA in the UK

Development DBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development DBA.

Salary trend for Development DBA in the UK

Development DBA
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
England - 4 £40,000 -
UK excluding London - 4 £40,000 -
North of England - 2 £40,000 -
North West - 2 £40,000 -
South East - 2 - -

Development DBA Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Development DBA 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 Development DBA in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) Raiser’s Edge
1 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure

Development DBA 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
1 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft