SQL DBA Contracts in the South East

SQL Database Administrator
England > South East

The median SQL Database Administrator daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 200 250
Rank change year-on-year +38 +50 -26
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 22 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.48% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 14
10th Percentile £407 £355 £356
25th Percentile £550 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £625 £413 £606
90th Percentile - £475 £664
England median daily rate £500 £495 £488
% change year-on-year +1.01% +1.54% +8.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 4,216 5,334 7,663
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 94.71% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,518 3,614 5,309
10th Percentile £243 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 251 301
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £12.48
25th Percentile £30.00 £21.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.43 £51.42 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% +114.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.67 £70.00
England median hourly rate £46.18 £45.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +2.62% +73.08% +30.00%

SQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL DBA in the South East over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL DBA in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SQL DBA in the South East

SQL DBA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Hampshire - 16 £600 -
Thames Valley +12 3 £340 -15.00% 3
Berkshire +4 2 £330 -
Kent - 2 £525 - 2
Buckinghamshire +23 1 £350 -12.50% 3
West Sussex - 1 £450 - 1
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, SQL 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 South East region featuring SQL DBA in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) SQL
1 21 (95.45%) Performance Tuning
2 20 (90.91%) SQL Server
3 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
4 16 (72.73%) DV Cleared
5 13 (59.09%) Security Hardening
6 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Database Tuning
7 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (13.64%) Azure
7 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (13.64%) High Availability
7 3 (13.64%) MariaDB
7 3 (13.64%) Database Security
7 3 (13.64%) Security Auditing
8 2 (9.09%) Design Patterns
8 2 (9.09%) PaaS
8 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
8 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (9.09%) MCTS
8 2 (9.09%) MCITP
8 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (9.09%) Change Management
8 2 (9.09%) ETL
8 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
9 1 (4.55%) Legal
9 1 (4.55%) Degree

SQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (90.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.64%) MariaDB
3 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 1 (4.55%) Legal
1 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
1 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Performance Tuning
2 13 (59.09%) Security Hardening
3 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (13.64%) Database Security
4 3 (13.64%) Database Tuning
4 3 (13.64%) High Availability
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Security Auditing
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 2 (9.09%) Design Patterns
5 2 (9.09%) ETL
6 1 (4.55%) Business Continuity
6 1 (4.55%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) MCITP
4 2 (9.09%) MCTS
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft