DBA Jobs in the Midlands

Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Database Administrator salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 248 306
Rank change year-on-year -1 +58 -96
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 74 76 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.84% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.93% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 56 65 49
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £39,125 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,900 £63,750
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
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,421 8,155 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 89.69% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,440 4,585 7,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
East Midlands +19 39 £55,000 - 3
West Midlands -20 31 £57,500 +15.00% 10
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 53 (71.62%) SQL
2 43 (58.11%) SQL Server
3 41 (55.41%) Azure
4 36 (48.65%) Performance Tuning
5 33 (44.59%) Microsoft
6 31 (41.89%) Linux
7 29 (39.19%) Oracle
8 26 (35.14%) Social Skills
9 25 (33.78%) Oracle Database
10 21 (28.38%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (27.03%) Oracle Certification
12 18 (24.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (22.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (22.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (22.97%) Power BI
13 17 (22.97%) Power Platform
14 16 (21.62%) T-SQL
15 15 (20.27%) Migration
15 15 (20.27%) Database Security
15 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (18.92%) Windows
17 13 (17.57%) OCP
17 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
17 13 (17.57%) Customer Service
18 12 (16.22%) Unix
18 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
19 11 (14.86%) Logistics
20 10 (13.51%) High Availability
20 10 (13.51%) AWS
20 10 (13.51%) MySQL

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (8.11%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.05%) MQSeries
2 3 (4.05%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 3 (4.05%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 7 (9.46%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.05%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (55.41%) Azure
2 17 (22.97%) Power Platform
3 10 (13.51%) AWS
4 7 (9.46%) GCP
5 5 (6.76%) OCI
6 3 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.70%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Broadband
2 3 (4.05%) HTTP
3 1 (1.35%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (58.11%) SQL Server
2 25 (33.78%) Oracle Database
3 18 (24.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (22.97%) Power BI
4 17 (22.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (13.51%) MySQL
5 10 (13.51%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (12.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (9.46%) Oracle Database 12c
8 6 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (8.11%) Relational Database
9 5 (6.76%) MariaDB
10 3 (4.05%) DB2
10 3 (4.05%) Looker
10 3 (4.05%) Metadata
10 3 (4.05%) NoSQL
10 3 (4.05%) Tableau
11 2 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Git
General
1 26 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Finance
4 7 (9.46%) Back Office
4 7 (9.46%) Local Government
4 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing
4 7 (9.46%) Police
4 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (2.70%) German Language
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) EDI
1 3 (4.05%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.46%) Replication
2 7 (9.46%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.41%) Clustering
3 4 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (41.89%) Linux
2 14 (18.92%) Windows
3 12 (16.22%) Unix
4 6 (8.11%) VMS
5 2 (2.70%) CentOS
5 2 (2.70%) Debian
5 2 (2.70%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (28.38%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (20.27%) Database Security
3 15 (20.27%) Migration
3 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.57%) Customer Service
5 11 (14.86%) Logistics
6 10 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (13.51%) High Availability
7 8 (10.81%) DevOps
7 8 (10.81%) Problem Management
8 7 (9.46%) Application Security
8 7 (9.46%) Configuration Management
8 7 (9.46%) Data Engineering
8 7 (9.46%) Data Migration
8 7 (9.46%) IT Strategy
8 7 (9.46%) ITIL
9 6 (8.11%) Computer Science
9 6 (8.11%) Data Governance
9 6 (8.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 53 (71.62%) SQL
2 16 (21.62%) T-SQL
3 6 (8.11%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.70%) AWK
4 2 (2.70%) Bash
4 2 (2.70%) Python
4 2 (2.70%) sed
5 1 (1.35%) PHP
5 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Oracle Certification
2 17 (22.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (17.57%) OCP
4 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
5 8 (10.81%) Degree
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Certification
6 6 (8.11%) OCA
7 5 (6.76%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (8.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Data Guard
1 8 (10.81%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle Statspack
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 33 (44.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (39.19%) Oracle
3 7 (9.46%) NEC
4 3 (4.05%) Google
4 3 (4.05%) IBM
4 3 (4.05%) VMware
5 2 (2.70%) Veeam
6 1 (1.35%) F5