SQL DBA Jobs in Tyne and Wear

SQL Database Administrator
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Tyne and Wear is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 92 94
Rank change year-on-year +43 +2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.90% 0.45% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.47% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £46,325 - -
25th Percentile £48,688 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +27.17%
75th Percentile £73,125 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 - -
North East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 425 1,281 754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 96.53% 81.43%
Number of salaries quoted 308 1,070 465
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £38,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,820 £76,900
North East median annual salary £47,750 £47,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.36% +19.18%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in Tyne and Wear

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for SQL DBA in Tyne and Wear

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL DBA in Tyne and Wear

SQL DBA
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 3 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +41 4 £60,000 +4.35%
SQL DBA
North East

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 3 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Hedge funds
2 3 (75.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle