SQL DBA Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

SQL Database Administrator
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Tyne and Wear is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 67 58
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 7 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.88% 1.61% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.67% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £51,000 £46,325 -
25th Percentile £51,063 £48,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £58,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,125 -
90th Percentile - £78,750 -
North East median annual salary £56,250 £58,250 -
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 755 657 513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.33% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 565 288 450
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £86,625 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.23%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

SQL DBA
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies 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 11 January 2026. 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 +8 4 £60,000 - 2
Sunderland -8 1 £52,500 +5.00%
SQL DBA
North East

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, SQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) High Availability
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (42.86%) Bitbucket
3 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub
3 3 (42.86%) Informatica
3 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
3 3 (42.86%) MySQL
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (42.86%) RedGate
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (42.86%) Talend
3 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) VMS
5 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (14.29%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement Process
5 1 (14.29%) Data Lake

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (42.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
3 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Bitbucket
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Change Data Capture
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Informatica
2 3 (42.86%) RedGate
2 3 (42.86%) Talend
3 1 (14.29%) Nimble Storage