SQL DBA Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

SQL Database Administrator
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in West Yorkshire is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 57 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.52% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 - -
75th Percentile £449 - -
90th Percentile £459 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £433 - -

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 900 495 1,045
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 94.83% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 312 635
10th Percentile £290 £236 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £581
90th Percentile £638 £638 £673
Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -14.29%
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 £24.18 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% +68.33% -57.47%
75th Percentile £46.25 £32.80 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £98.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £22.14 £13.96
% change year-on-year +24.21% +58.60% -36.55%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

SQL DBA job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

SQL 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 SQL DBA within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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 -16 5 £433 - 1
SQL DBA
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, SQL 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 SQL DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Database Security
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) RedGate
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Confluence
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
5 1 (20.00%) Databricks
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) DTS

SQL 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (20.00%) DTS
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Flyway
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
1 3 (60.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Database Security
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Database Migration
5 1 (20.00%) ETL Development
5 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 1 (20.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Logistics
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Foglight
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) RedGate
1 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow