SQL Server DBA Jobs in the Midlands

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median SQL Server Database Administrator salary in the Midlands is £51,196 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 232 356
Rank change year-on-year -44 +124 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 5 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.049% 0.19% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.20% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 3
10th Percentile - - £48,000
25th Percentile - £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,196 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% - -4.76%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £58,125
90th Percentile - £58,750 £61,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £60,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.23% +15.71% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 9,703 5,477 10,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 94.84% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,132 3,951 6,867
10th Percentile £28,356 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,963 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SQL Server DBA in the Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
West Midlands -31 5 £51,196 +2.39% 1
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 September 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 Midlands region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (20.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Clustering

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft