SQL DBA Jobs with Work from Home Options

SQL Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median SQL Database Administrator salary in Work from Home is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 477 690
Rank change year-on-year +38 +213 -189
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 147 164 200
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.43% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.45% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 136 150 169
10th Percentile £51,250 £39,245 £39,950
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £69,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 33,957 36,209 73,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.94% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 25,728 26,374 42,749
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

SQL DBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured SQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL DBA trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL DBA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL DBA.

SQL DBA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL DBA over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

SQL DBA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 remote work options featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 140 (95.24%) SQL
2 133 (90.48%) SQL Server
3 124 (84.35%) Azure
4 110 (74.83%) Social Skills
5 107 (72.79%) Power Platform
5 107 (72.79%) Power BI
5 107 (72.79%) Microsoft
6 103 (70.07%) Business Intelligence
7 100 (68.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 97 (65.99%) T-SQL
8 97 (65.99%) Performance Tuning
9 91 (61.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 87 (59.18%) High Availability
11 77 (52.38%) Collaborative Working
11 77 (52.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 74 (50.34%) Broadband
12 74 (50.34%) VMS
12 74 (50.34%) Virtual Machines
13 45 (30.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 43 (29.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (24.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 32 (21.77%) Migration
17 29 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
18 26 (17.69%) Customer Service
18 26 (17.69%) DBS Check
18 26 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
19 15 (10.20%) Clustering
20 14 (9.52%) PowerShell
20 14 (9.52%) Windows
21 13 (8.84%) Finance

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
1 124 (84.35%) Azure
2 107 (72.79%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.12%) AWS
3 9 (6.12%) GCP
4 8 (5.44%) GitHub
5 2 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 74 (50.34%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (90.48%) SQL Server
2 107 (72.79%) Power BI
3 77 (52.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (30.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (29.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (24.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.40%) RDBMS
8 5 (3.40%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.72%) MySQL
10 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Git
General
1 110 (74.83%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.84%) Finance
3 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.20%) Clustering
2 10 (6.80%) Replication
3 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 74 (50.34%) VMS
2 14 (9.52%) Windows
3 7 (4.76%) Linux
3 7 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (70.07%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (65.99%) Performance Tuning
3 91 (61.90%) Disaster Recovery
4 87 (59.18%) High Availability
5 77 (52.38%) Collaborative Working
6 32 (21.77%) Migration
7 29 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (17.69%) Customer Service
8 26 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (8.16%) Database Tuning
10 11 (7.48%) Change Management
11 10 (6.80%) Capacity Planning
11 10 (6.80%) Task Automation
12 9 (6.12%) Data Security
13 8 (5.44%) Database Security
14 7 (4.76%) Business Continuity
14 7 (4.76%) ETL
14 7 (4.76%) Service Delivery
15 6 (4.08%) Data Protection
15 6 (4.08%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 140 (95.24%) SQL
2 97 (65.99%) T-SQL
3 14 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.36%) C#
5 1 (0.68%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 100 (68.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (17.69%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.72%) Degree
4 4 (2.72%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.04%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 74 (50.34%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (5.44%) Ansible
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Clustering
2 7 (4.76%) Foglight
2 7 (4.76%) Nagios
Vendors
1 107 (72.79%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.76%) ArcSight
2 7 (4.76%) Google
2 7 (4.76%) HP
3 5 (3.40%) Oracle
3 5 (3.40%) VMware
4 3 (2.04%) RedGate
5 1 (0.68%) Commvault