SQL Server DBA Jobs in the UK excluding London

SQL Server Database Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 767 721
Rank change year-on-year +214 -46 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 9 3 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.004% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.004% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 39
10th Percentile £45,950 - £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,250 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £82,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 34,463 66,724 54,732
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.80% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,670 47,232 31,095
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in the UK excluding London

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server DBA in the UK excluding London

SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Scotland - 5 £47,500 -
North of England +67 3 £60,000 -
North East +50 3 £60,000 -
Midlands +55 1 £52,500 -12.50%
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
SQL Server DBA
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (66.67%) T-SQL
4 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
4 5 (55.56%) AWS
4 5 (55.56%) SaaS
4 5 (55.56%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (44.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (33.33%) High Availability
6 3 (33.33%) Change Data Capture
6 3 (33.33%) Hedge funds
6 3 (33.33%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (33.33%) Data Lake
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (33.33%) Advertising
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
6 3 (33.33%) Degree
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (33.33%) Storage Management
7 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Data Management
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server 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 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (33.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (55.56%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Change Data Capture
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (33.33%) Storage Management
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Nimble Storage