Junior SQL DBA Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Junior SQL Database Administrator
UK

As of 23 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Junior SQL Database Administrator salary in the UK.

	6 months to 23 Nov 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	746	711
Rank change year-on-year	-	-35	+384
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior SQL DBA	0	12	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	0.017%	0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.018%	0.002%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£36,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£38,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+22.58%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£40,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	-	£38,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	+22.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title	47,918	64,978	49,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	90.17%	94.53%	95.40%
Number of salaries quoted	30,233	36,784	38,479
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£31,500	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£35,536	£42,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,500	£57,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-6.96%	-4.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£75,500	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£47,500	£51,242	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-7.30%	-2.40%	-

Junior SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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