DBA Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Database Administrator
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Database Administrator daily rate in West Yorkshire is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 55 62
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +37
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 10 1 17
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.03% 0.19% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.20% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £518 - £473
90th Percentile £612 - £500
Yorkshire median daily rate £365 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 913 490 1,046
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 95.52% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 313 634
10th Percentile £295 £237 £263
25th Percentile £403 £350 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £484 £474 £463
% change year-on-year +2.00% +2.49% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 24
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.32 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +55.38% -59.02%
75th Percentile £46.25 £32.80 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £98.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £22.14 £13.98
% change year-on-year +24.21% +58.37% -39.87%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in West 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 West Yorkshire.

DBA job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBA in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in West Yorkshire

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

DBA
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Leeds -13 10 £433 - 1
DBA
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) High Availability
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (30.00%) Database Security
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle Database
5 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) RedGate
5 3 (30.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (20.00%) AWS CDK
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Confluence
6 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (20.00%) Database Migration
6 2 (20.00%) Databricks
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) DTS

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Database
4 2 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (20.00%) DTS
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Flyway
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) GitLab
1 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) AWS CDK
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Clustering
1 3 (30.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) High Availability
2 5 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Database Security
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 2 (20.00%) ETL
5 2 (20.00%) ETL Development
5 2 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) Kanban
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
6 1 (10.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Foglight
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
1 3 (30.00%) RedGate
1 3 (30.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (20.00%) Databricks
2 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft