Production DBA Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Production Database Administrator
UK

As of 5 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Production Database Administrator salary in the UK.

	6 months to 5 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	700	724
Rank change year-on-year	-	+24	+285
Permanent jobs requiring a Production DBA	0	7	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	0.013%	0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.014%	0.002%
Number of salaries quoted	0	6	1
10^th Percentile	-	£50,000	-
25^th Percentile	-	£50,750	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£52,000	£62,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-16.80%	+13.64%
75^th Percentile	-	£53,750	£68,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	£52,000	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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	53,595	50,414	50,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	90.55%	92.94%	95.23%
Number of salaries quoted	33,001	26,357	38,868
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£33,199	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£44,956	£42,439
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£60,000	£58,500
Median % change year-on-year	-8.33%	+2.56%	-2.50%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£78,458	£77,500
90^th Percentile	£93,750	£97,500	£96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	+5.00%	-4.76%

Production DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Production DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.