SQL DBA Jobs in Buckinghamshire

SQL Database Administrator
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Buckinghamshire is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 122 105
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.37% 0.099% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.11% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £50,900 £32,750 £51,950
25th Percentile £51,125 £33,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £35,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -33.96% +17.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £36,875 £53,750
90th Percentile - £37,250 £54,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 961 1,860 1,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 92.26% 89.38%
Number of salaries quoted 321 1,094 707
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,009 £75,000 £79,700
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Buckinghamshire

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Buckinghamshire

SQL DBA
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +51 2 £52,000 +48.57% 3
SQL DBA
South East

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 2 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Clustering
3 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Replication
4 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (25.00%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft