DBA Jobs in Kent

Database Administrator
South East > Kent

The median Database Administrator salary in Kent is £71,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 76 116
Rank change year-on-year -19 +40 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 16 19 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.98% 1.89% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 2.24% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 9
10th Percentile £43,250 £37,900 £35,200
25th Percentile £53,750 £38,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +67.06% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,150 £58,750 £64,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,554 850 1,433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 84.41% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 496 729
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £34,625 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £69,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Kent

DBA
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in Kent.

Salary trend for DBA in Kent

DBA
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in Kent over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in Kent

DBA
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Kent region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. 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
Maidstone - 2 £57,500 -
Canterbury - 1 £57,500 -
DBA
South East

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 across the Kent region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) SQL
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 14 (87.50%) Azure
3 13 (81.25%) Management Information System
4 11 (68.75%) Validation
4 11 (68.75%) AWS
4 11 (68.75%) Capacity Planning
4 11 (68.75%) Data Security
4 11 (68.75%) Google
4 11 (68.75%) Data Protection
4 11 (68.75%) Data Validation
4 11 (68.75%) GCP
4 11 (68.75%) Database Optimisation
4 11 (68.75%) Decision-Making
5 9 (56.25%) Mentoring
6 8 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
7 5 (31.25%) High Availability
8 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (18.75%) RedGate
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
8 3 (18.75%) Broadband
8 3 (18.75%) VMS
8 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
8 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 14 (87.50%) Azure
2 11 (68.75%) AWS
2 11 (68.75%) GCP
3 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (18.75%) Power BI
4 2 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Clustering
2 2 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (68.75%) Capacity Planning
2 11 (68.75%) Data Protection
2 11 (68.75%) Data Security
2 11 (68.75%) Data Validation
2 11 (68.75%) Database Optimisation
2 11 (68.75%) Decision-Making
2 11 (68.75%) Validation
3 9 (56.25%) Mentoring
4 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (31.25%) High Availability
5 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Coaching
5 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Data Flow Diagram
6 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 2 (12.50%) Database Security
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
3 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Google
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) RedGate
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle