SQL DBA Jobs in the North East

SQL Database Administrator
England > North East

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the North East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 108 112
Rank change year-on-year +39 +4 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.53% 0.48% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.51% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £46,325 - -
25th Percentile £48,688 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile £73,125 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 686 1,776 1,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.59% 80.11%
Number of salaries quoted 381 1,428 603
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,920 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,624 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the North East

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the North East.

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the North East

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the North East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in the North East

SQL DBA
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tyne and Wear +40 4 £60,000 +4.35% 1
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 14 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 North East region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Hedge funds
2 3 (75.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle