SQL Server DBA Jobs in England

SQL Server Database Administrator
UK > England

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 841 844
Rank change year-on-year +151 +3 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 8 11 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.012% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.013% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 45
10th Percentile £43,505 £83,500 £44,250
25th Percentile £48,688 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% +47.83% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,688 - £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £106,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £85,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -38.24% +61.90% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,846 86,927 76,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 94.76% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 23,726 63,920 49,817
10th Percentile £28,949 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in England

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in England

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server DBA in England over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server DBA in England

SQL Server DBA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
North of England +57 3 £60,000 - 2
North East +49 3 £60,000 - 1
South East - 3 £51,500 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
SQL Server DBA
UK

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 June 2025, SQL Server 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 England region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (62.50%) High Availability
3 5 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) Advertising
4 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (37.50%) Hedge funds
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (37.50%) SAN
5 3 (37.50%) Change Data Capture
5 3 (37.50%) Nimble Storage
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Data Lake
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
6 2 (25.00%) Replication
6 2 (25.00%) Clustering
7 1 (12.50%) Retail
7 1 (12.50%) Data Management
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (37.50%) Data Lake
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (12.50%) Power BI
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 4 (50.00%) Advertising
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Hedge funds
2 2 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Replication
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) High Availability
1 5 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (37.50%) Change Data Capture
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Data Collection
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Nimble Storage