SQL DBA Jobs in the Midlands

SQL Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 290 323
Rank change year-on-year -1 +33 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 29 38 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.25% 0.39% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.44% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 28
10th Percentile £43,500 £36,250 £41,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,625 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.71% -1.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,000 £52,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £55,600
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +4.17%

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 10,977 8,632 10,291
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.44% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,231 4,784 7,097
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
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 £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the Midlands

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the Midlands

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in the Midlands

SQL 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 SQL DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -4 15 £57,500 +5.50% 2
West Midlands -1 14 £58,750 +17.50% 1
SQL DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Midlands region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 26 (89.66%) Azure
3 22 (75.86%) SQL Server
4 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
5 15 (51.72%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (48.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (48.28%) Power BI
6 14 (48.28%) Power Platform
7 13 (44.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
9 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (37.93%) T-SQL
10 10 (34.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (31.03%) Migration
12 8 (27.59%) AWS
12 8 (27.59%) Performance Tuning
13 7 (24.14%) High Availability
13 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (24.14%) GCP
14 6 (20.69%) Virtual Machines
14 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (20.69%) Broadband
14 6 (20.69%) VMS
14 6 (20.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (20.69%) Logistics
15 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 5 (17.24%) Data Modelling
15 5 (17.24%) DBS Check
15 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
15 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving

SQL 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 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (89.66%) Azure
2 14 (48.28%) Power Platform
3 8 (27.59%) AWS
4 7 (24.14%) GCP
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Broadband
2 1 (3.45%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (75.86%) SQL Server
2 14 (48.28%) Power BI
2 14 (48.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (44.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (34.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (20.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (10.34%) Looker
7 3 (10.34%) Tableau
8 1 (3.45%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Replication
2 1 (3.45%) Clustering
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) FMCG
2 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) VMS
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
2 4 (13.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (31.03%) Migration
3 8 (27.59%) Performance Tuning
4 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (24.14%) High Availability
5 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (20.69%) Logistics
6 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
6 5 (17.24%) Data Modelling
6 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Data Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Supply Chain Management
8 2 (6.90%) Agile
8 2 (6.90%) Application Security
8 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
8 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
8 2 (6.90%) Database Tuning
8 2 (6.90%) Line Management
8 2 (6.90%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (37.93%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.45%) PHP
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.24%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) F5