SQL Server DBA Contracts in the Thames Valley

SQL Server Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £400, 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 100 143 150
Rank change year-on-year +43 +7 +13
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.074% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.080% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £431 -
25th Percentile - £459 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 £388
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +32.26% -18.42%
75th Percentile - £559 £394
90th Percentile - £584 -
South East median daily rate £400 £513 £406
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.15% -14.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server DBA in the Thames Valley

SQL Server DBA
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +31 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £400 -5.88%
SQL Server DBA
South East

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) MariaDB
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle

SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) MariaDB
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle