Senior SQL Server DBA Contracts

Senior SQL Server Database Administrator
UK

As of 2 June 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior SQL Server Database Administrator daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 683 840
Rank change year-on-year +106 +157 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Senior SQL Server DBA 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.002% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +26.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile - £625 £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -1.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior SQL Server DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior SQL Server DBA.

Daily rate trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior SQL Server DBA.

Hourly rate trend for Senior SQL Server DBA in the UK

Senior SQL Server DBA
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SQL Server DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Work from Home +111 2 - - 2
UK excluding London - 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 - -

Senior SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior SQL Server DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector

Senior SQL Server DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian