SQL DBA Jobs in Edinburgh

SQL Database Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Edinburgh is £47,500 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 87 111 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 7 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.76% 0.20% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £45,625 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £51,875 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £55,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year -17.39% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 852 1,457 2,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 95.86% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 420 1,029 1,201
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Edinburgh

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Edinburgh

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) SaaS
2 5 (71.43%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (71.43%) T-SQL
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (28.57%) Database Security
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (71.43%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Database Security
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) T-SQL
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