SQL DBA Jobs in London

SQL Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 575 763
Rank change year-on-year +101 +188 -197
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 26 47 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 21 45 99
10th Percentile £57,500 £49,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £87,250 £75,450
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +1.01%

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 22,292 32,057 66,231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 95.11% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,650 23,651 34,463
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,469 £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%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in London

SQL 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 SQL DBA within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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 +59 6 £66,250 +21.24%
South London -7 2 £58,750 -26.56%
SQL DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, SQL 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 SQL DBA in the job title.

1 22 (84.62%) SQL Server
2 18 (69.23%) SQL
3 16 (61.54%) T-SQL
4 15 (57.69%) Performance Tuning
5 14 (53.85%) Clustering
6 13 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (46.15%) Finance
8 11 (42.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (42.31%) Azure
9 10 (38.46%) High Availability
9 10 (38.46%) Windows
10 9 (34.62%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (34.62%) Change Management
10 9 (34.62%) Windows Server
11 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (30.77%) Power BI
11 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
11 8 (30.77%) Git
11 8 (30.77%) Ansible
11 8 (30.77%) GitHub
11 8 (30.77%) Database Security
11 8 (30.77%) PowerShell
12 7 (26.92%) ArcSight
12 7 (26.92%) Nagios
12 7 (26.92%) Foglight
12 7 (26.92%) Business Continuity
12 7 (26.92%) HP
12 7 (26.92%) Task Automation

SQL 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) GitHub
2 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 4 (15.38%) AWS
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Functions
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) Serverless
6 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (84.62%) SQL Server
2 13 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (34.62%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (30.77%) Power BI
6 3 (11.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
7 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Clustering
2 5 (19.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
2 9 (34.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (42.31%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (38.46%) High Availability
4 9 (34.62%) Change Management
5 8 (30.77%) Database Security
6 7 (26.92%) Business Continuity
6 7 (26.92%) Task Automation
7 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (15.38%) Analytics
8 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (11.54%) Data Integration
9 3 (11.54%) Data Security
9 3 (11.54%) Database Mirroring
9 3 (11.54%) Database Tuning
9 3 (11.54%) ETL
9 3 (11.54%) Fintech
9 3 (11.54%) Knowledge Transfer
9 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
10 2 (7.69%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) SQL
2 16 (61.54%) T-SQL
3 8 (30.77%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) MCSA
2 2 (7.69%) MCSE
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (30.77%) Ansible
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Clustering
2 7 (26.92%) Foglight
2 7 (26.92%) Nagios
3 2 (7.69%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (7.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) ArcSight
1 7 (26.92%) HP
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Commvault
3 2 (7.69%) Databricks
3 2 (7.69%) NetApp
3 2 (7.69%) VMware