SQL Server DBA Contracts in the Midlands

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 158 202
Rank change year-on-year +31 +44 -52
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.059% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.062% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £393 £410 £308
25th Percentile £398 £425 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £475 £458
90th Percentile - £490 £528
England median daily rate £400 £595 £492
% change year-on-year -32.77% +20.93% +12.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,231 4,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.72% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,272 3,527
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.81
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
East Midlands +23 3 £400 -20.00%
West Midlands +25 1 £390 -2.50%
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, SQL Server 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 across the Midlands region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Replication
3 1 (25.00%) Clustering
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Database Mirroring
3 1 (25.00%) Server Patching
3 1 (25.00%) SQL

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Database Mirroring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Server Patching
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
1 3 (75.00%) MCTS
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft