SQL DBA Jobs in the South East

SQL Database Administrator
England > South East

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the South East is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 323 431
Rank change year-on-year -42 +108 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 25 79 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.53% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.58% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25 78 48
10th Percentile £46,250 £32,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,400 £60,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +3.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,677 13,595 19,125
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.55% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,528 12,653
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +21 8 £52,500 -0.94% 2
Kent 0 6 £59,250 +39.41%
Hampshire -32 6 £57,500 +69.12% 5
Berkshire +27 4 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Surrey +10 4 £57,500 +9.52%
Oxfordshire +14 2 £57,500 +27.78%
Buckinghamshire -18 2 £35,000 -33.96% 1
East Sussex -20 1 £57,500 +4.55%
SQL DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 South East region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) SQL
2 24 (96.00%) SQL Server
3 22 (88.00%) Power BI
3 22 (88.00%) Power Platform
4 21 (84.00%) Azure
5 20 (80.00%) Social Skills
5 20 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
6 19 (76.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (72.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (72.00%) T-SQL
7 18 (72.00%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (64.00%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (64.00%) Performance Tuning
8 16 (64.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (64.00%) High Availability
8 16 (64.00%) Broadband
8 16 (64.00%) VMS
9 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
11 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (16.00%) Degree
11 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
11 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (12.00%) Google
12 3 (12.00%) Data Security
12 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
12 3 (12.00%) Validation
12 3 (12.00%) AWS
12 3 (12.00%) Data Protection

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (88.00%) Power Platform
2 21 (84.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) GCP
4 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (64.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (96.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (88.00%) Power BI
3 16 (64.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (8.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (8.00%) SSDT
6 2 (8.00%) Star Schema
General
1 20 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (8.00%) REST
1 2 (8.00%) XML
2 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (4.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (76.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (72.00%) Collaborative Working
4 16 (64.00%) High Availability
4 16 (64.00%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (12.00%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
7 3 (12.00%) Data Security
7 3 (12.00%) Data Validation
7 3 (12.00%) Database Optimisation
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.00%) Validation
8 2 (8.00%) Agile
8 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
8 2 (8.00%) Document Management
8 2 (8.00%) ETL
8 2 (8.00%) Migration
8 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) SQL
2 18 (72.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (8.00%) C#
3 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (64.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Google