DBA Jobs in London

Database Administrator
England > London

The median Database Administrator salary in London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 503 654
Rank change year-on-year +83 +151 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 87 105 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.34% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 68 100 174
10th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £45,900
25th Percentile £63,000 £52,873 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% +2.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,635 31,175 69,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 95.11% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16,797 22,984 34,588
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in London

DBA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for DBA in London

DBA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in London

DBA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Central London +76 29 £67,500 +17.39% 3
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 London region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 52 (59.77%) SQL Server
2 47 (54.02%) SQL
3 36 (41.38%) T-SQL
4 33 (37.93%) Finance
4 33 (37.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (35.63%) Performance Tuning
6 28 (32.18%) AWS
7 27 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 25 (28.74%) Azure
8 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
9 24 (27.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 23 (26.44%) MySQL
10 23 (26.44%) Oracle
11 22 (25.29%) ITIL
11 22 (25.29%) PostgreSQL
12 21 (24.14%) Microsoft
13 19 (21.84%) PowerShell
14 17 (19.54%) Oracle Database
15 16 (18.39%) Database Security
15 16 (18.39%) Clustering
15 16 (18.39%) Disaster Recovery
16 15 (17.24%) High Availability
16 15 (17.24%) Degree
17 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
18 13 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
18 13 (14.94%) Git
19 12 (13.79%) Replication
19 12 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
19 12 (13.79%) Security Cleared
19 12 (13.79%) Customer Service

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (2.30%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (8.05%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.18%) AWS
2 25 (28.74%) Azure
3 10 (11.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 9 (10.34%) Datadog
5 8 (9.20%) GitHub
5 8 (9.20%) Nutanix
5 8 (9.20%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (4.60%) Snowflake
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.30%) SaaS
7 2 (2.30%) Serverless
8 1 (1.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) DAB
2 2 (2.30%) Internet
2 2 (2.30%) SSL
2 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (59.77%) SQL Server
2 33 (37.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 27 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (27.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 23 (26.44%) MySQL
6 22 (25.29%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (19.54%) Oracle Database
8 12 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (10.34%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (10.34%) MongoDB
10 8 (9.20%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (9.20%) Power BI
11 7 (8.05%) Oracle Database 12c
12 6 (6.90%) Relational Database
13 4 (4.60%) NoSQL
14 3 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (3.45%) DataStax
15 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
16 1 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Git
2 6 (6.90%) Mercurial
3 5 (5.75%) JIRA
4 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (37.93%) Finance
2 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.34%) Tech for Good
6 7 (8.05%) Back Office
6 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (8.05%) Local Government
6 7 (8.05%) Police
7 2 (2.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) .NET
1 3 (3.45%) XML
2 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Clustering
2 12 (13.79%) Replication
3 7 (8.05%) Driving Licence
3 7 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.30%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.64%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.20%) Unix
4 4 (4.60%) Linux
5 3 (3.45%) Debian
5 3 (3.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (35.63%) Performance Tuning
2 22 (25.29%) ITIL
3 16 (18.39%) Database Security
3 16 (18.39%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (17.24%) High Availability
5 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.79%) Customer Service
7 11 (12.64%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (11.49%) Change Management
9 9 (10.34%) ETL
9 9 (10.34%) Observability
10 8 (9.20%) Problem Management
10 8 (9.20%) Task Automation
11 7 (8.05%) Business Continuity
12 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (6.90%) Fintech
13 5 (5.75%) Cloud Operations
13 5 (5.75%) DataOps
13 5 (5.75%) Migration
13 5 (5.75%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (54.02%) SQL
2 36 (41.38%) T-SQL
3 19 (21.84%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 4 (4.60%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.60%) Python
6 3 (3.45%) C#
6 3 (3.45%) CQL
7 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 12 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.30%) MCSA
6 2 (2.30%) MCSE
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (2.30%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.30%) vSphere
2 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (10.34%) Foglight
1 9 (10.34%) Terraform
2 8 (9.20%) Ansible
2 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Clustering
3 7 (8.05%) Nagios
4 4 (4.60%) Data Guard
4 4 (4.60%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.30%) SCOM
6 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Oracle
2 21 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.20%) Dell
3 8 (9.20%) Veeam
4 7 (8.05%) ArcSight
4 7 (8.05%) HP
4 7 (8.05%) NEC
5 3 (3.45%) VMware
6 2 (2.30%) AppDynamics
6 2 (2.30%) Commvault
6 2 (2.30%) Databricks
6 2 (2.30%) Google
6 2 (2.30%) IDERA
6 2 (2.30%) NetApp
7 1 (1.15%) RedGate