SQL DBA Contracts in the Thames Valley

SQL Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 151 162
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -27
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £430 £342 £393
25th Percentile £456 £381 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £500 £488
90th Percentile £580 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £458
% change year-on-year - +9.29% -12.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,538 2,767 3,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.05% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 1,914 2,284
10th Percentile £207 £311 £190
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 78 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SQL DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL DBA
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Berkshire -8 2 £550 +11.68%
Buckinghamshire +34 1 £425 +9.68% 1
SQL DBA
South East

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 across the Thames Valley region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Database Security
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) OLAP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) OLAP
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Database Security
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat