SQL Server DBA Jobs in London

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 497 627
Rank change year-on-year +100 +130 +198
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.055% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.058% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 9
10th Percentile - £57,500 £43,750
25th Percentile - £74,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +39.13%
75th Percentile - - £137,500
90th Percentile - - £147,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £85,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +47.83% +12.20%

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 11,488 22,226 33,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.11% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,483 16,726 24,705
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £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 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in London

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in London

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 London region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) RedGate
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics

SQL Server 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) RedGate