SQL DBA Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

SQL Database Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 66 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.69% 0.32% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% - -
75th Percentile £556 £469 -
90th Percentile £568 - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +13.51% -15.91% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 675 587 778
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 93.03% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 333 440
10th Percentile £270 £214 £206
25th Percentile £406 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £468 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.50% +0.95%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 24 55
10th Percentile £21.20 - £16.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £17.11
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.44 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +171.87% -55.13% +135.18%
75th Percentile £69.00 £25.59 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £42.35 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.95 £20.94 £24.29
% change year-on-year +4.82% -13.79% +7.96%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Edinburgh region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (60.00%) Bicep
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Data Management
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (60.00%) GDPR
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Terraform
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Security
5 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (20.00%) DynamoDB
5 1 (20.00%) High Availability
5 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (20.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (20.00%) MariaDB
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Data Management
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Security
5 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (20.00%) High Availability
5 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Bicep
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle