Database administrators and web content technicians: salary in the UK
About £33,038 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +9.4% on last year
£3,416 a month About £2,753 a month after tax 32 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £29,709 in 2021 to £40,998 in 2026 (+38%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £24,427 | £29,709 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £25,243 | £30,603 | x | x |
| 2023 | £23,604 | £27,611 | £33,456 | x | x |
| 2024 | £26,074 | £29,179 | £34,650 | £41,170 | x |
| 2025 | £25,458 | £30,336 | £37,482 | £47,842 | x |
| 2026 | £26,744 | £33,641 | £40,998 | £53,601 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £40,998 a year and half earn more. That is about the same as the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £33,641 and £53,601; one in ten earns less than £26,744.
Ranked by median, it is number 144 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£48,652) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,753 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,747 in Scotland.
The median for men is £44,163 and for women £38,588, a gap of 13% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £26,744 | £2,229 |
| 20th | £31,480 | £2,623 |
| 25th (P25) | £33,641 | £2,803 |
| 30th | £35,567 | £2,964 |
| 40th | £38,098 | £3,175 |
| Median (50th) | £40,998 | £3,416 |
| 60th | £45,283 | £3,774 |
| 70th | £50,978 | £4,248 |
| 75th (P75) | £53,601 | £4,467 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £44,163 | £52,522 | 18 |
| Women | £38,588 | £43,352 | 13 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £33,038 | £2,753 |
| Scotland | £32,963 | £2,747 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £41,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 50 job titles to SOC 3133 Database administrators and web content technicians. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- AI content creator
- Chat moderator
- Clinical data manager
- Content analyst
- Content coordinator
- Content creator
- Content designer
- Content editor
- Content executive
- Content management assistant
- Content officer
- Content producer
- Content writer
- Data base manager
- Data curator
- Data manager
- Database administrator
- Database coordinator
- Database manager
- DBA
- Digital content assistant
- Digital content creator
- Digital content editor
- Digital content executive
- Digital content manager
- Digital content producer
- E-commerce content assistant
- Hadoop administrator
- Hadoop system administrator
- Hadoop systems administrator
- Ingest operator
- Internet administrator
- Intranet coordinator
- Moderator
- Online content editor
- Online content moderator
- Online merchandiser
- Online production assistant
- Web content assistant
- Web content editor
- Web content manager
- Web editor
- Web moderator
- Web supervisor
- Web support officer
- Website administrator
- Website assistant
- Website content manager
- Website moderator
- XR content creator
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.