SQL Server DBA Jobs in the North of England

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > North of England

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 402 438
Rank change year-on-year +95 +36 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 3 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.027% 0.006% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.006% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £45,800 - £51,875
25th Percentile £47,375 - £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £64,375
90th Percentile - - £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £85,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +47.83% +12.20%

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 10,015 16,408 15,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 94.97% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,796 12,696 8,279
10th Percentile £26,125 £27,250 £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 £69,375
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the North of England

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in the North of England

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +50 3 £60,000 -
SQL Server DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 of England 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 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 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