SQL Server DBA Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server Database Administrator
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 84 -
Rank change year-on-year +45 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.96% 0.098% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45,800 - -
25th Percentile £47,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 296 993 665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 97.45% 84.82%
Number of salaries quoted 227 836 411
10th Percentile £29,400 £30,000 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,400 £41,058
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% -13.64% +12.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 4 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Advertising
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Hedge funds
1 3 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SAN

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Advertising
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Nimble Storage