SQL Server DBA Jobs in Scotland

SQL Server Database Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -34.38% +48.84% +4.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,557 6,524 4,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 96.85% 90.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 2,620 2,315
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,449
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in Scotland

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in Scotland

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh - 5 £47,500 -
SQL Server DBA
UK

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 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 Scotland region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
1 5 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre

SQL Server 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL