SQL Database Administrator
UK
The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate 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 | 505 | 567 | 658 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +62 | +91 | -52 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA | 97 | 128 | 198 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 68 | 99 | 135 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £384 | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £450 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £666 | £663 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | +9.44% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £32.40 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £34.80 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -36.74% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £37.19 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £34.80 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,232 | 52,519 | 83,570 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.87% | 94.52% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,887 | 36,654 | 58,907 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +6.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +8.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,899 | 1,488 | 1,954 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.39 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.88 | £65.75 | £49.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.33 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +7.17% |
SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SQL DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA.
SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
SQL DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA.
SQL DBA
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +57 | 77 | £500 | - | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +43 | 52 | £475 | -3.55% | 21 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 44 | £475 | -5.00% | 14 |
| London | +59 | 31 | £550 | - | 7 |
| South East | +22 | 17 | £600 | +41.18% | 4 |
| Midlands | +30 | 15 | £400 | -20.00% | 6 |
| North of England | +20 | 10 | £450 | -10.00% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 9 | £390 | -49.68% | 5 |
| Scotland | - | 9 | £475 | - | |
| East Midlands | +13 | 6 | £400 | -11.11% | 1 |
| North West | +11 | 6 | £425 | -5.56% | 1 |
| North East | - | 4 | £475 | - | 5 |
| East of England | -11 | 1 | £375 | -18.92% | 1 |
SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, SQL DBA contract 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 contract job ads featuring SQL DBA in the job title.
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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: