SQL DBA Contracts in London

SQL Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in London is £450, 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 330 358 427
Rank change year-on-year +28 +69 +95
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 23 33 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 50
10th Percentile £310 £332 £419
25th Percentile £381 £400 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £500 £585 £638
90th Percentile £538 £599 £666
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in London.

Daily rate trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL DBA in London

SQL DBA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London +12 1 - -
Central London - 1 £600 -
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL 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 London region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 19 (82.61%) SQL
2 16 (69.57%) SQL Server
3 11 (47.83%) Performance Tuning
4 8 (34.78%) High Availability
4 8 (34.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (34.78%) Migration
5 7 (30.43%) Azure
5 7 (30.43%) ITIL
5 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
5 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (26.09%) Database Security
6 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
7 5 (21.74%) Clustering
7 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
8 4 (17.39%) Agile
8 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (17.39%) Finance
8 4 (17.39%) Replication
8 4 (17.39%) AWS
8 4 (17.39%) QA
9 3 (13.04%) Windows
9 3 (13.04%) SQL Optimisation
9 3 (13.04%) Database Migration
10 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
10 2 (8.70%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
10 2 (8.70%) Linux
10 2 (8.70%) Oracle

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (69.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.70%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
3 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.35%) DTS
4 1 (4.35%) MySQL
4 1 (4.35%) Power BI
4 1 (4.35%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (4.35%) tSQLt
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Back Office
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) FHIR
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) Web Services
1 1 (4.35%) WS-I
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Clustering
2 4 (17.39%) Replication
3 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Unix
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Performance Tuning
2 8 (34.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (34.78%) High Availability
2 8 (34.78%) Migration
3 7 (30.43%) ITIL
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Database Security
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) Database Migration
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Optimisation
7 2 (8.70%) Database Tuning
8 1 (4.35%) Analytics
8 1 (4.35%) Change Control
8 1 (4.35%) Creative Thinking
8 1 (4.35%) Database Mirroring
8 1 (4.35%) Database Optimisation
8 1 (4.35%) DevOps
8 1 (4.35%) Open Source
8 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
8 1 (4.35%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (82.61%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (4.35%) Bicep
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) Korn
4 1 (4.35%) Python
4 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) MCDBA
2 1 (4.35%) MCSE
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) HL7
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) IDERA
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.35%) RedGate
3 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.35%) Sybase