SQL DBA Jobs in London

SQL Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in London is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 475 575
Rank change year-on-year +83 +100 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 8 27 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.063% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 46
10th Percentile £50,125 £58,250 £49,750
25th Percentile £52,188 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £74,063 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £86,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,491 22,247 33,558
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.13% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,485 16,728 24,644
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,097 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London +28 2 £51,250 -22.64%
SQL DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 London region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
4 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
4 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (25.00%) RedGate
5 2 (25.00%) Database Tuning
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (25.00%) Replication
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
6 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (12.50%) OCI
6 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
6 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Data Science
6 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centric Approach

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

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) OCI
4 1 (12.50%) PaaS
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Database Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Database Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Database Security
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) RedGate