SQL Server DBA Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

SQL Server Database Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in Glasgow is £401, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £401 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 - -
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile £402 - -
Scotland median daily rate £439 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 984 709 642
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 93.91% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 445 460
10th Percentile £283 £288 £230
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £588 £650
Scotland median daily rate £461 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.38% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 25
10th Percentile £13.67 - £14.40
25th Percentile £25.18 £16.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £40.32 £19.90 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +102.61% -51.39% +133.94%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.21 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £60.50
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.60 £18.13
% change year-on-year +78.59% +8.09% +2.31%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

SQL Server DBA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Glasgow region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) RedGate
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) RedGate
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
SQL Server DBA jobs