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 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 258 245 313
Rank change year-on-year -13 +68 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 73 71 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.57% 0.80% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.89% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 56 61 48
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £39,125 £44,813
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 £62,500 £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 12,115 7,956 10,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 89.66% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,867 4,536 7,043
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,622 £27,625
25th Percentile £33,934 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 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 29 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 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
East Midlands +2 37 £55,000 +5.03% 3
West Midlands -27 32 £58,750 +17.50% 10
DBA
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 52 (71.23%) SQL
2 42 (57.53%) SQL Server
3 41 (56.16%) Azure
4 36 (49.32%) Performance Tuning
5 33 (45.21%) Microsoft
6 30 (41.10%) Linux
7 28 (38.36%) Oracle
8 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
9 24 (32.88%) Oracle Database
10 21 (28.77%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (26.03%) Oracle Certification
12 18 (24.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (24.66%) Power BI
12 18 (24.66%) Power Platform
13 17 (23.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (20.55%) T-SQL
14 15 (20.55%) Migration
14 15 (20.55%) Database Security
14 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
15 13 (17.81%) Customer Service
15 13 (17.81%) Windows
16 12 (16.44%) OCP
16 12 (16.44%) Logistics
16 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
17 11 (15.07%) Unix
18 10 (13.70%) MySQL
18 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
18 10 (13.70%) High Availability

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 (8.22%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.11%) MQSeries
2 3 (4.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 3 (4.11%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.37%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 7 (9.59%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (56.16%) Azure
2 18 (24.66%) Power Platform
3 10 (13.70%) AWS
4 7 (9.59%) GCP
5 5 (6.85%) OCI
6 3 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.74%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.22%) Broadband
2 3 (4.11%) HTTP
3 1 (1.37%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (57.53%) SQL Server
2 24 (32.88%) Oracle Database
3 18 (24.66%) Power BI
3 18 (24.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (23.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (13.70%) MySQL
6 9 (12.33%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (12.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (9.59%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (9.59%) Oracle Database 12c
8 6 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (8.22%) Relational Database
9 5 (6.85%) MariaDB
10 4 (5.48%) Looker
10 4 (5.48%) Tableau
11 3 (4.11%) DB2
11 3 (4.11%) Metadata
11 3 (4.11%) NoSQL
12 2 (2.74%) CouchDB
12 2 (2.74%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Git
General
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Finance
4 7 (9.59%) Back Office
4 7 (9.59%) Local Government
4 7 (9.59%) Manufacturing
4 7 (9.59%) Police
4 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.22%) Retail
6 2 (2.74%) German Language
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) EDI
1 3 (4.11%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.59%) Replication
2 7 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.48%) Clustering
3 4 (5.48%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (41.10%) Linux
2 13 (17.81%) Windows
3 11 (15.07%) Unix
4 6 (8.22%) VMS
5 2 (2.74%) CentOS
5 2 (2.74%) Debian
5 2 (2.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (49.32%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (28.77%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (20.55%) Database Security
3 15 (20.55%) Migration
3 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.81%) Customer Service
5 12 (16.44%) Logistics
6 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (13.70%) High Availability
7 8 (10.96%) DevOps
7 8 (10.96%) Problem Management
8 7 (9.59%) Application Security
8 7 (9.59%) Configuration Management
8 7 (9.59%) Data Engineering
8 7 (9.59%) Data Migration
8 7 (9.59%) IT Strategy
8 7 (9.59%) ITIL
9 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
9 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (8.22%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 52 (71.23%) SQL
2 15 (20.55%) T-SQL
3 5 (6.85%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.74%) AWK
4 2 (2.74%) Bash
4 2 (2.74%) Python
4 2 (2.74%) sed
5 1 (1.37%) PHP
5 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (26.03%) Oracle Certification
2 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (16.44%) OCP
3 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
4 7 (9.59%) Degree
5 6 (8.22%) Azure Certification
5 6 (8.22%) OCA
6 5 (6.85%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (9.59%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (8.22%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Data Guard
1 7 (9.59%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.74%) Oracle Statspack
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 33 (45.21%) Microsoft
2 28 (38.36%) Oracle
3 7 (9.59%) NEC
4 3 (4.11%) Google
4 3 (4.11%) IBM
4 3 (4.11%) VMware
5 2 (2.74%) Veeam
6 1 (1.37%) F5