SQL DBA Jobs in Dorset

SQL Database Administrator
South West > Dorset

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Dorset is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 94 68
Rank change year-on-year +42 -26 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 9 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.89% 0.76% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.81% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £55,125 £50,000 £38,700
25th Percentile £59,063 £51,250 £39,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £40,900
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +28.36% -13.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £43,048
90th Percentile - £55,250 £43,607
South West median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £42,143
% change year-on-year +8.70% +36.44% -6.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 443 1,116 591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.66% 94.82% 84.31%
Number of salaries quoted 190 655 377
10th Percentile £31,125 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,438 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Dorset

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Dorset

SQL DBA
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 3 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
Poole +5 3 £62,500 +19.05%
SQL DBA
South West

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 3 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 Dorset region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Database Security
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Clustering
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) SLA

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Database Security
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA