Senior SQL DBA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior SQL Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior SQL Database Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 586 663
Rank change year-on-year +176 +77 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL DBA 3 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.009% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.009% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £53,250 £52,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £54,375 £56,875 £50,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +6.12% +6.52%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £69,688
90th Percentile - - £76,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -6.12% +6.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior SQL DBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior SQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior SQL DBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior SQL DBA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior SQL DBA.

Senior SQL DBA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior SQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) AIX
2 2 (66.67%) Solaris
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Database Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) AIX
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Database Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 Senior SQL DBA jobs Nationwide