SQL Server DBA Contracts in the Thames Valley

SQL Server Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 149 160
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -17
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.076% 0.035% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.037% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £431 - £373
25th Percentile £459 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £388 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.26% -8.82% -
75th Percentile £559 £394 £463
90th Percentile £584 - £478
South East median daily rate £513 £406 £508
% change year-on-year +26.15% -19.95% +13.41%

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 2,447 2,693 3,339
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.59% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,409 1,863 2,279
10th Percentile £210 £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 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 76 98
10th Percentile £15.59 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.70 £66.21 £23.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £79.19 £55.71
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -18.37%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Buckinghamshire +26 1 £425 +9.68%
Berkshire - 1 £600 -
SQL Server DBA
South East

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 7 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 Thames Valley region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform

SQL Server 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 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat