SQL DBA Jobs in the Thames Valley

SQL Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the Thames Valley is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 253 260
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 9 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 15
10th Percentile £34,500 - £40,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% +9.90% -12.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,188 £55,375
90th Percentile £61,500 £54,125 £58,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +14.58% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,365 5,363 6,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.76% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,462 3,150 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,438
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,375 £81,813
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire - 5 £57,500 - 1
Oxfordshire +10 2 £57,500 +27.78%
Buckinghamshire -18 2 £35,000 -33.96%
SQL DBA
South East

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Thames Valley region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) Power BI
2 8 (88.89%) Power Platform
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
4 6 (66.67%) T-SQL
4 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (55.56%) Azure
6 4 (44.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (44.44%) Degree
6 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
6 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (44.44%) Broadband
6 4 (44.44%) VMS
6 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (44.44%) High Availability
6 4 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
7 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (22.22%) C#
7 2 (22.22%) REST
7 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 2 (22.22%) SSDT
7 2 (22.22%) Star Schema
7 2 (22.22%) .NET
7 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 2 (22.22%) ETL

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Power Platform
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Power BI
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 4 (44.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (22.22%) SSDT
4 2 (22.22%) Star Schema
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
1 2 (22.22%) REST
1 2 (22.22%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Entity Framework
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) VMS
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) High Availability
2 4 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Document Management
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
4 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft