SQL DBA Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

SQL Database Administrator
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 2.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £446 - -
90th Percentile £447 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £430 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 162 134 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.38% 93.06% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 59 89
10th Percentile £360 £383 £440
25th Percentile £455 £438 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -1.40% +2.88%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £653
90th Percentile £630 £638 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £483 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.03% -1.40% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 36
10th Percentile £21.94 £25.26 £26.39
25th Percentile £28.83 £26.26 £43.51
Median hourly rate £40.31 £43.09 £50.67
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -14.96% -9.27%
75th Percentile £53.89 £66.57 £66.61
90th Percentile £62.04 £75.05 £70.90
Cumbria median hourly rate £25.49 £36.18 £26.39
% change year-on-year -29.54% +37.08% -52.75%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, SQL DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Database Security
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) RedGate
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Database Security
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) RedGate
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds