Senior Database Engineer Jobs

Senior Database Engineer
UK

The median Senior Database Engineer salary in the UK is £66,367 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 802 953
Rank change year-on-year +116 +151 +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Engineer 4 112 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.11% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.12% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64,621 £56,750 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £62,783 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +6.19% -26.09%
75th Percentile £68,114 £67,968 £72,500
90th Percentile - £75,000 £104,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,367 £61,391 £53,250
% change year-on-year +8.10% +15.29% -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 48,283 93,229 94,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,442 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%

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 3 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 6 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
Work from Home +155 4 £66,367 +5.71% 2
Scotland +126 4 £66,367 +15.42%
UK excluding London +114 4 £66,367 +8.10% 3

Senior Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Line Management
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Line Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle