SQL Server DBA Contracts in London

SQL Server Database Administrator
England > London

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in London is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 467 570
Rank change year-on-year +81 +103 -119
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 8 22 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.084% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.088% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 21 15
10th Percentile £358 £475 £352
25th Percentile £385 £550 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £628 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +25.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £597 £666 £569
90th Percentile £614 - £610
England median daily rate £400 £590 £500
% change year-on-year -32.20% +18.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,466 24,974 36,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.21% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,897 18,116 26,808
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £685 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 280 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.86 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.95 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in London

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SQL Server DBA in London

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server DBA in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server DBA in London

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server DBA in London

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 London region featuring SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
3 6 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
5 4 (50.00%) Migration
6 3 (37.50%) Clustering
6 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (37.50%) AWS
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (37.50%) Degree
6 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (37.50%) MCTS
6 3 (37.50%) MCITP
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
6 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 3 (37.50%) High Availability
6 3 (37.50%) Capacity Management
6 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
6 3 (37.50%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (37.50%) Database Migration
7 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (25.00%) Data Integration

SQL Server 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 (87.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (25.00%) IaaS
3 2 (25.00%) PaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Hedge funds
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Capacity Management
3 3 (37.50%) Database Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (37.50%) High Availability
3 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Kanban
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) MCITP
1 3 (37.50%) MCTS
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) RedGate