DBA Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Database Administrator
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Sheffield is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 57 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.51% 0.24% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% - -
75th Percentile £544 £594 -
90th Percentile £563 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £588 -
% change year-on-year -14.89% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 523 362 379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.71% 86.40% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 196 242
10th Percentile £301 £316 £375
25th Percentile £388 £447 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £587
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -8.93% +11.90%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £660
90th Percentile £626 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £561
% change year-on-year -9.52% -6.42% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

DBA job vacancy trend in Sheffield

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Sheffield

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) FastAPI
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) yum
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Back Office
3 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Server Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Database Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Server Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) yum
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle