SQL DBA Job Trends in Glasgow

SQL Database Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 182
Rank change year-on-year - - -99
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 6 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.52% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £48,375 - -
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.50%
75th Percentile £50,188 - £62,500
90th Percentile £50,875 - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -19.15% +17.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,091 673 2,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 92.96% 98.19%
Number of salaries quoted 637 281 783
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £67,086 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Glasgow

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 8 August 2026, SQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (33.33%) ODBC
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ODBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Security
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
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