DBA Contract Job Trends in Chester

Database Administrator
Cheshire > Chester

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Chester is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.77% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £298 £425
% change year-on-year +51.26% -30.00% -7.61%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 118 61 45
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 92.42% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 25 23
10th Percentile £278 £355 £199
25th Percentile £413 £413 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £675
90th Percentile £743 £733 £728
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.32% -5.00% +3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 10
10th Percentile £19.90 £19.00 £17.55
25th Percentile £21.75 £24.19 £27.71
Median hourly rate £31.46 £50.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.08% +21.21% +53.05%
75th Percentile £40.00 £86.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £79.03 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £25.15 £33.40 £22.00
% change year-on-year -24.70% +51.82% -1.83%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Chester

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Chester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Chester

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Chester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Chester

DBA Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, 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 Chester region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase