Senior SQL DBA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL Database Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior SQL Database Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 751 843
Rank change year-on-year -14 +92 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL DBA 6 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.018% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.020% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 20
10th Percentile £49,500 £45,250 £47,375
25th Percentile £50,625 £48,875 £50,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
75th Percentile £59,375 £62,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior SQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior SQL DBA in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL DBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior SQL DBA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior SQL DBA in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL DBA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SQL DBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
North of England +30 3 - -
North East - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 £56,250 -
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Senior SQL DBA
UK

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior SQL DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Database Security
3 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) MySQL
4 3 (50.00%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security
6 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Database Security
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle