Senior SQL Server DBA Contracts

Senior SQL Server Database Administrator
UK

The median Senior SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £600 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 572 711 854
Rank change year-on-year +139 +143 -178
Contract jobs requiring a Senior SQL Server DBA 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.002% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +26.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile - £625 £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -1.81%

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SQL Server DBA within the UK 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
Scotland - 10 £600 -
UK excluding London - 10 £600 -
Work from Home +129 7 - - 3

Senior SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
3 7 (70.00%) JIRA
3 7 (70.00%) Problem Management
3 7 (70.00%) Atlassian
3 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (70.00%) Confluence
3 7 (70.00%) MongoDB
3 7 (70.00%) High Availability
3 7 (70.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (70.00%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (70.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management

Senior SQL Server 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) MongoDB
2 7 (70.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (70.00%) High Availability
1 7 (70.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (70.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Atlassian