SQL Server DBA Jobs in the South East

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > South East

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in the South East is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 - 379
Rank change year-on-year - - +106
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.031% - 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile £42,630 - £42,500
25th Percentile £45,675 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £53,000 - £65,000
90th Percentile £53,450 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £85,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -38.24% +54.55% +4.76%

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 8,444 16,769 12,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.98% 94.15% 90.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 11,915 7,932
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the South East

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in the South East

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 - 2 £52,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 2 £52,000 - 3
Hampshire - 1 £40,600 - 2
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 South East region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

SQL Server 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft