SQL Server DBA Contracts in the East Midlands

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > East Midlands

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the East Midlands is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.19% - 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.21%
England median daily rate £360 £425 £590
% change year-on-year -15.29% -27.97% +21.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 472 725 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 93.79% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 483 754
10th Percentile £200 £163 £213
25th Percentile £350 £258 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £565
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 79 62
10th Percentile £11.44 £11.81 £11.80
25th Percentile £18.25 £14.00 £15.35
Median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%
75th Percentile £28.79 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £51.91 £64.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the East Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the East Midlands

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the East Midlands

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the East Midlands region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) MariaDB

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared