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 £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 721 767
Rank change year-on-year -32 +46 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 3 41 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.067% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.075% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 39 68
10th Percentile - £36,750 £39,925
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,875 £54,063
90th Percentile - £65,000 £69,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £53,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year +48.84% +4.88% +2.50%

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 66,563 54,796 67,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.22% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,186 31,100 42,983
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

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
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 29 April 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 +25 1 - -
West Midlands +24 1 £60,000 +20.00%
Midlands +8 1 £60,000 +20.00%
Wales +3 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
SQL Server DBA
UK

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Clustering
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Database Mirroring
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) ETL

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Database Mirroring
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) F5