Database Optimisation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Database Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Database Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 552 647
Rank change year-on-year +177 +95 +160
Permanent jobs citing Database Optimisation 22 40 26
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.12% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 20 31 26
10th Percentile £46,875 £58,664 £43,845
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +10.77% +26.21%
75th Percentile £58,750 £91,991 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £122,861 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +20.00% +21.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Database Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Database Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Database Optimisation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Database Optimisation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Database Optimisation.

Database Optimisation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Database Optimisation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe XD
1 1 (4.55%) InVision
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (72.73%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (27.27%) AWS
4 4 (18.18%) Azure Stack
5 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
6 2 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (9.09%) SaaS
6 2 (9.09%) Serverless
7 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
7 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (4.55%) Figma
7 1 (4.55%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (77.27%) SQL Server
2 13 (59.09%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (27.27%) MySQL
4 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (9.09%) Power BI
5 2 (9.09%) Tableau
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Marketing
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) SQL Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) PHP Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Database Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) DBA
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Insight Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Mid-Level PHP Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (50.00%) REST
2 8 (36.36%) .NET
2 8 (36.36%) .NET Framework
2 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET
2 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
2 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET Web API
2 8 (36.36%) Entity Framework
2 8 (36.36%) LINQ
2 8 (36.36%) Web Services
3 7 (31.82%) AngularJS
3 7 (31.82%) jQuery
4 6 (27.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (9.09%) CSS
5 2 (9.09%) HTML
5 2 (9.09%) Laravel
5 2 (9.09%) SOAP
5 2 (9.09%) Vue
6 1 (4.55%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (4.55%) Django
6 1 (4.55%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Social Media
2 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile
1 10 (45.45%) CI/CD
2 9 (40.91%) Microservices
3 8 (36.36%) B2B
3 8 (36.36%) DevOps
3 8 (36.36%) MVC
3 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 8 (36.36%) Structured Programming
4 6 (27.27%) API Integration
4 6 (27.27%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (18.18%) Analytics
6 4 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (13.64%) API Development
7 3 (13.64%) Data Security
7 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) C#
3 5 (22.73%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) T-SQL
4 4 (18.18%) PHP
5 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
6 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
7 1 (4.55%) Java
7 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Grafana
2 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe
2 1 (4.55%) Apple