SQL DBA Jobs in Manchester

SQL Database Administrator
North West > Manchester

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Manchester is £37,500 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 147 212 226
Rank change year-on-year +65 +14 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 2 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.093% 0.12% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 14
10th Percentile - £50,000 £32,875
25th Percentile £33,750 £53,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £61,250 £62,188
90th Percentile - - £62,500
North West median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% -3.51% +26.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,941 4,840 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.62% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 3,745 2,661
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,107 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,925 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Manchester

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Manchester

SQL DBA
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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
Oldham - 2 £37,500 -
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 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 Manchester region featuring SQL 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%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL