Senior Database Administrator
UK
The median Senior Database Administrator salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 718 | 839 | 935 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +121 | +96 | +210 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DBA | 12 | 60 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.060% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.064% | 0.038% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 46 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,618 | £50,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,313 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,250 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.45% | -8.33% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £69,500 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,250 | £74,875 | £125,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £50,000 | £55,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -9.91% | -3.48% |
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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Senior DBA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior DBA
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior DBA.
Senior DBA
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior DBA over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Senior DBA
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 |
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| England | +99 | 8 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 5 | £57,500 | -14.18% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +156 | 4 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 4 |
| London | +91 | 4 | £83,750 | +22.26% | 1 |
| South East | +84 | 2 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +114 | 1 | £50,000 | -9.09% | |
| Yorkshire | +55 | 1 | £55,000 | +10.00% | |
| North of England | +33 | 1 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 3 |
Senior DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior DBA in the job title.
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Senior 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: