SQL DBA Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

SQL Database Administrator
North West > Cheshire

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in Cheshire is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 62
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% 0.49% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.56% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £280 -
25th Percentile £506 £286 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £298 £425
Median % change year-on-year +72.27% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £519 £309 £438
90th Percentile - £316 -
North West median daily rate £447 £298 £425
% change year-on-year +50.25% -30.00% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 641 357 474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 88.15% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 248 334
10th Percentile £313 £291 £275
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £467 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -6.60% +3.15%
75th Percentile £579 £572 £550
90th Percentile £653 £647 £615
North West median daily rate £456 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 26 39
10th Percentile £15.30 £20.02 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.86 £24.05 £16.67
Median hourly rate £26.86 £35.20 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.69% +56.44% -1.23%
75th Percentile £66.44 £85.81 £38.00
90th Percentile £85.10 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.51 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.81% +19.40% -14.17%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Cheshire

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Cheshire

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL DBA job vacancies in Cheshire

SQL DBA
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
Chester - 1 £513 - 1
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 March 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 Cheshire region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy