SQL DBA Jobs in Milton Keynes

SQL Database Administrator
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Milton Keynes is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 82 78
Rank change year-on-year +49 -4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 3 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.34% 0.19% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.20% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £32,750 £51,950
25th Percentile £50,750 £33,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £35,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% -33.96% -
75th Percentile £53,000 £36,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,450 £37,250 £54,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £35,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -33.96% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 203 1,024 764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.99% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 96 690 533
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £65,313 £60,000 £67,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,304 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% -9.52% -

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Milton Keynes

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Milton Keynes

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 Milton Keynes region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Data Collection
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Data Collection
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft