SQL DBA Jobs in Birmingham

SQL Database Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 128 123
Rank change year-on-year +20 -5 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 1 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.073% 0.45% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.48% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 8
10th Percentile - £53,750 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £58,750 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,291 2,733 1,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 94.70% 92.97%
Number of salaries quoted 834 2,111 1,281
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Birmingham

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Birmingham

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds