SQL Server DBA Job Trends in London

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in London is £127,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 441 425
Rank change year-on-year +72 -16 +265
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 5 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.038% 0.031% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.033% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 16
10th Percentile - - £57,500
25th Percentile £118,750 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £136,250 - £71,563
90th Percentile - - £76,250
England median annual salary £127,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +70.00% +11.11% +12.50%

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 12,033 15,326 17,061
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 93.98% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,992 9,187 13,826
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SQL Server DBA job vacancy trend in London

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for SQL Server DBA job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Server DBA job vacancies in London

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, SQL Server 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 London region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Aderant
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) iManage
3 1 (20.00%) Intapp
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (20.00%) RedGate
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (20.00%) Windows

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Kanban
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aderant
1 1 (20.00%) iManage
1 1 (20.00%) Intapp
1 1 (20.00%) RedGate