SQL DBA Jobs in the South East

SQL Database Administrator
England > South East

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 368 327
Rank change year-on-year +70 -41 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 3 28 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.031% 0.17% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.18% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 72
10th Percentile £51,500 £46,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,125
90th Percentile - £66,075 £60,000
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,340 15,877 12,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.91% 94.01% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,357 8,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley +48 2 £60,000 +4.35% 1
Buckinghamshire +37 2 £60,000 +71.43%
Hampshire +67 1 £50,000 -13.04%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 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 South East region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Spanner
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
3 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Couchbase
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Spanner
3 1 (33.33%) Couchbase
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Database Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL