DBA Jobs in London

Database Administrator
England > London

The median Database Administrator salary in London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 512 655
Rank change year-on-year +89 +143 -186
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 86 106 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.33% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 67 101 174
10th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £52,873 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% +10.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £86,250 £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 22,286 32,090 67,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,616 23,723 34,810
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 20 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 20 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 +82 28 £67,250 +16.96% 2
South London -10 1 £60,000 -25.00%
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 53 (61.63%) SQL Server
2 47 (54.65%) SQL
3 36 (41.86%) T-SQL
4 33 (38.37%) Finance
4 33 (38.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (36.05%) Performance Tuning
6 27 (31.40%) AWS
7 25 (29.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (29.07%) Social Skills
8 23 (26.74%) MySQL
8 23 (26.74%) Azure
9 22 (25.58%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (25.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 20 (23.26%) ITIL
10 20 (23.26%) Microsoft
11 19 (22.09%) Oracle
12 17 (19.77%) Clustering
12 17 (19.77%) PowerShell
13 16 (18.60%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (17.44%) High Availability
14 15 (17.44%) Database Security
14 15 (17.44%) Oracle Database
15 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
16 13 (15.12%) Git
16 13 (15.12%) Degree
16 13 (15.12%) Replication
16 13 (15.12%) Data Warehouse
17 12 (13.95%) Windows
17 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared

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 (2.33%) IIS
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) NEC Housing
2 2 (2.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) AWS
2 23 (26.74%) Azure
3 9 (10.47%) Datadog
4 8 (9.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (9.30%) GitHub
4 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.98%) Nutanix
6 5 (5.81%) Snowflake
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.33%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.33%) SaaS
8 2 (2.33%) Serverless
9 1 (1.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.81%) DAB
2 2 (2.33%) Internet
2 2 (2.33%) SSL
2 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.16%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (61.63%) SQL Server
2 33 (38.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 25 (29.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (26.74%) MySQL
5 22 (25.58%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (25.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 15 (17.44%) Oracle Database
7 13 (15.12%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (10.47%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (10.47%) MongoDB
9 8 (9.30%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (9.30%) Power BI
10 7 (8.14%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (6.98%) Relational Database
12 4 (4.65%) NoSQL
13 3 (3.49%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (3.49%) DataStax
14 2 (2.33%) Data Lake
15 1 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Git
2 6 (6.98%) Mercurial
3 5 (5.81%) JIRA
4 4 (4.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (2.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.16%) Bitbucket
General
1 33 (38.37%) Finance
2 25 (29.07%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.47%) Tech for Good
6 7 (8.14%) Back Office
6 7 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (8.14%) Local Government
6 7 (8.14%) Police
7 2 (2.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) .NET
1 4 (4.65%) XML
2 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Clustering
2 13 (15.12%) Replication
3 7 (8.14%) Driving Licence
3 7 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.33%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) Windows
2 9 (10.47%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.30%) Unix
4 4 (4.65%) Linux
5 3 (3.49%) Debian
5 3 (3.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.05%) Performance Tuning
2 20 (23.26%) ITIL
3 16 (18.60%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (17.44%) Database Security
4 15 (17.44%) High Availability
5 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.95%) Customer Service
7 10 (11.63%) Change Management
7 10 (11.63%) ETL
8 9 (10.47%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (10.47%) Observability
8 9 (10.47%) Problem Management
9 8 (9.30%) Task Automation
10 7 (8.14%) Business Continuity
11 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (6.98%) Fintech
12 5 (5.81%) Cloud Operations
12 5 (5.81%) Data Protection
12 5 (5.81%) DataOps
12 5 (5.81%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (54.65%) SQL
2 36 (41.86%) T-SQL
3 17 (19.77%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.98%) Shell Script
5 5 (5.81%) C#
6 4 (4.65%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.65%) Python
7 3 (3.49%) CQL
8 2 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.14%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (4.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.33%) MCSA
6 2 (2.33%) MCSE
7 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (2.33%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) Foglight
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Clustering
1 9 (10.47%) Terraform
2 8 (9.30%) Ansible
3 7 (8.14%) Nagios
4 4 (4.65%) Data Guard
4 4 (4.65%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 19 (22.09%) Oracle
3 7 (8.14%) ArcSight
3 7 (8.14%) HP
3 7 (8.14%) NEC
4 6 (6.98%) Dell
4 6 (6.98%) Veeam
5 3 (3.49%) VMware
6 2 (2.33%) AppDynamics
6 2 (2.33%) Commvault
6 2 (2.33%) Databricks
6 2 (2.33%) IDERA
6 2 (2.33%) NetApp
7 1 (1.16%) Google
7 1 (1.16%) RedGate