SQL Server DBA Jobs in the North East

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > North East

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in the North East 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 68 118 -
Rank change year-on-year +50 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.42% 0.054% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.057% -
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 - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £85,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -29.41% +51.11% +7.14%

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 648 1,767 1,042
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 95.67% 80.28%
Number of salaries quoted 386 1,427 619
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,063 £35,920 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £79,125 £75,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the North East

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in the North East

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 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 +47 3 £60,000 -
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

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 North East 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 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 (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