SQL Server DBA Contract Job Trends in Chester

SQL Server Database Administrator
Cheshire > Chester

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in Chester is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £484 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £541 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £513 £298 -
% change year-on-year +72.27% - -

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 119 61 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 92.42% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 28
10th Percentile £365 £325 £199
25th Percentile £419 £385 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.23% +26.56%
75th Percentile £625 £706 £678
90th Percentile £762 £738 £738
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 9
10th Percentile £24.55 £23.32 £36.54
25th Percentile £29.39 £47.19 £41.25
Median hourly rate £33.61 £68.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.57% +60.00% +38.19%
75th Percentile £37.30 £86.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £46.75 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £50.00 £20.11
% change year-on-year -35.55% +148.63% -34.15%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

SQL Server DBA job vacancy trend in Chester

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Server DBA job vacancies in Chester

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 2 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

SQL Server 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 2 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft