Senior Database Engineer Jobs

Senior Database Engineer
UK

As of 4 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Database Engineer salary in the UK.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 723 794 902
Rank change year-on-year +71 +108 +355
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 5 111 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.10% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.11% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56,750 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,783 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.41% -23.53%
75th Percentile - £67,968 £78,750
90th Percentile - £83,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £59,250 £53,250
% change year-on-year - +11.27% -3.18%

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 53,224 101,891 81,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.89% 94.82% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 28,964 71,748 54,252
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,118
% change year-on-year - -5.87% +5.18%

Senior Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Database Engineer in the UK

Senior Database Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Database Engineer in the UK

Senior Database Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Database Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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 +40 5 - - 25
London +102 4 - - 16
Work from Home +119 1 - - 4
UK excluding London +97 1 - - 12
Midlands +69 1 - -
West Midlands +49 1 - -

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Senior Database Engineer 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 Senior Database Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Unix
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (80.00%) Build Automation
2 4 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) Ansible
2 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 4 (80.00%) OpenID
2 4 (80.00%) REST
2 4 (80.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) Private Cloud
2 4 (80.00%) Public Cloud
2 4 (80.00%) SDLC
2 4 (80.00%) API Design
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Google
2 4 (80.00%) OAuth
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Law

Senior Database Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (80.00%) MySQL
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) Law
2 4 (80.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) OAuth
1 4 (80.00%) OpenID
1 4 (80.00%) React
1 4 (80.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (80.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (80.00%) Private Cloud
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (80.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) API Design
1 4 (80.00%) Build Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (80.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 4 (80.00%) Pair Programming
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) SDLC
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) TDD
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
2 4 (80.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle