DBA Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Database Administrator
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Database Administrator daily rate in South Yorkshire is £500, 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 68 61 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.63% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £475 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% - -
75th Percentile £538 £594 -
90th Percentile £560 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £588 £500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 570 397 419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 85.75% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 222 269
10th Percentile £295 £230 £279
25th Percentile £380 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £561
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.42% +12.20%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £633 £649 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £500 £517
% change year-on-year -3.50% -3.29% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £15.27
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.31
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £29.13
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +5.72% +5.58% +12.16%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

DBA job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South Yorkshire

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in South Yorkshire

DBA
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Sheffield -13 3 £513 -12.77% 5
DBA
Yorkshire

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

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 South Yorkshire region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (75.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) FastAPI
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) yum
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Server Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Data Guard
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) yum
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle