SQL DBA Job Trends in Nelson

SQL Database Administrator
Lancashire > Nelson

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Nelson is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nelson 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,500 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +35.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nelson

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nelson. 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 Nelson with a recognized job title 16 14 12
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 12
10th Percentile £37,688 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £21,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £22,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -40.79% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £40,563 £53,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £47,500 £68,425
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.23% -4.26%

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nelson

For the 6 months to 27 April 2026, SQL 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 Nelson region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nelson 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
SQL DBA jobs