SQL DBA Jobs in the City of London

SQL Database Administrator
Central London > City of London

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the City of London is £73,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 168 207
Rank change year-on-year +33 +39 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 1 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.053% 0.034% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.036% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £71,750 - £52,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +63.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £75,250 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £78,000
Central London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +36.36% -21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,803 2,786 3,983
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 95.90% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,373 2,076 3,269
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% -6.00% +3.45%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the City of London

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the City of London.

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the City of London

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 City of London region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) iManage
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Intapp
1 1 (100.00%) Aderant
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aderant
1 1 (100.00%) iManage
1 1 (100.00%) Intapp
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate