Senior SQL DBA Jobs

Senior SQL Database Administrator
UK

The median Senior SQL Database Administrator salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 897 899 1233
Rank change year-on-year +2 +334 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL DBA 7 20 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.022% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.024% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 30
10th Percentile £52,875 £54,875 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £57,500 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £138,500 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% -

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Senior SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior SQL DBA in the UK

Senior SQL DBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior SQL DBA.

Salary trend for Senior SQL DBA in the UK

Senior SQL DBA
Top 7 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +17 5 £65,000 +8.33% 1
UK excluding London -63 5 £56,250 -6.25%
North of England +1 3 - -
North East -15 3 - -
London +92 2 £65,000 -50.94% 1
Work from Home +18 2 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Scotland -66 2 £56,250 -6.25%

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 featuring Senior SQL DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 4 (57.14%) T-SQL
4 4 (57.14%) Database Security
4 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (42.86%) AWS
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
5 3 (42.86%) MySQL
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle
5 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (28.57%) Clustering
7 1 (14.29%) Information Security
7 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (14.29%) Scrum
7 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (14.29%) Open Source
7 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
7 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (14.29%) High Availability
7 1 (14.29%) Accessibility

Senior SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Database Security
2 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle