SQL DBA Jobs in Scotland

SQL Database Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Scotland is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 - 242
Rank change year-on-year - - -61
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 24 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% - 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 23 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,437 4,309 5,474
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.26% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,345 2,951
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,300 £28,193
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Scotland

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in Scotland.

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Scotland

SQL DBA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Glasgow - 11 £57,500 - 1
Aberdeen - 4 £57,500 -
Edinburgh - 3 £57,500 - 2
Dundee - 2 £57,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £57,500 -
Stirling - 1 £60,000 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
Falkirk - 1 £60,000 - 2
SQL DBA
UK

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) SQL
2 21 (87.50%) SQL Server
3 18 (75.00%) Azure
4 17 (70.83%) Power BI
4 17 (70.83%) Power Platform
4 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
5 16 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
6 15 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (58.33%) T-SQL
8 11 (45.83%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (45.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (45.83%) High Availability
9 10 (41.67%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (41.67%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (41.67%) Broadband
9 10 (41.67%) VMS
10 7 (29.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
12 5 (20.83%) Migration
12 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
13 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
13 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
13 2 (8.33%) RDBMS

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Maximo
1 1 (4.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (75.00%) Azure
2 17 (70.83%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) IaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 17 (70.83%) Power BI
3 11 (45.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (29.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (8.33%) MySQL
7 2 (8.33%) RDBMS
7 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
8 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) VMS
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (45.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (45.83%) High Availability
3 10 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (41.67%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.33%) Re-Platforming
6 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 1 (4.17%) Cost Optimisation
7 1 (4.17%) Database Optimisation
7 1 (4.17%) ETL
7 1 (4.17%) ITIL
7 1 (4.17%) Performance Monitoring
7 1 (4.17%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (4.17%) SDLC
7 1 (4.17%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) SQL
2 14 (58.33%) T-SQL
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) VMware