SQL DBA Job Trends in Leeds

SQL Database Administrator
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Leeds is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.064% - 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,965 893 1,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 95.71% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 591 1,051
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Leeds

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 Leeds region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft