SQL DBA Jobs in the North of England

SQL Database Administrator
England > North of England

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the North of England is £56,500 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 316 342 379
Rank change year-on-year +26 +37 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 7 51 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.063% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.31% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7 47 62
10th Percentile £33,750 £50,750 £40,575
25th Percentile £39,250 £53,750 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% +32.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £62,500
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 of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,115 16,440 15,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 94.96% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,842 12,718 8,308
10th Percentile £26,025 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,500 £81,250
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the North of England

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the North of England

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in the North of England

SQL DBA
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North East +43 4 £60,000 +4.35%
North West -7 2 £37,500 -31.82%
Yorkshire +69 1 £55,000 -4.35%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 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 of England region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (71.43%) High Availability
4 4 (57.14%) Change Data Capture
4 4 (57.14%) Nimble Storage
4 4 (57.14%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (57.14%) SAN
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 4 (57.14%) Advertising
4 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (42.86%) Storage Management
5 3 (42.86%) Data Lake
5 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (42.86%) Hedge funds
6 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (28.57%) Database Security
6 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (14.29%) ITIL
7 1 (14.29%) QA
7 1 (14.29%) Games
7 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (85.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Data Lake
3 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Advertising
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) High Availability
2 4 (57.14%) Change Data Capture
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) Storage Management
4 2 (28.57%) Database Security
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Nimble Storage
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle