SQL DBA Contract Job Trends in Leeds

SQL Database Administrator
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in Leeds is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.64% 0.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 - -
75th Percentile £449 - -
90th Percentile £459 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £433 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 739 418 805
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 95.00% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 272 505
10th Percentile £306 £263 £277
25th Percentile £413 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £570 £563 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 13
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.18 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £30.16 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -46.11% +140.66% -79.95%
75th Percentile £28.75 £82.86 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £20.62
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £24.18 £14.37
% change year-on-year -21.42% +68.33% -57.47%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 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 Leeds region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Database Security
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) RedGate
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Confluence
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Databricks
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) DTS

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (20.00%) DTS
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Flyway
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
1 3 (60.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Database Security
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) ETL Development
5 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 1 (20.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Logistics
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Foglight
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) RedGate
1 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow