Database Optimisation Contracts in England

Database Optimisation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Database Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 626 747
Rank change year-on-year +131 +121 -137
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 38 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.043% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.048% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 21 12
10th Percentile £418 £280 £489
25th Percentile £489 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £590 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +0.43% +17.50%
75th Percentile £674 £600 £684
90th Percentile £705 £610 £863
UK median daily rate £523 £590 £588
% change year-on-year -11.44% +0.43% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Database Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,523 43,947 64,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.44% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,648 30,851 45,725
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £650
90th Percentile £750 £764 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,554 1,761
10th Percentile £12.89 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Optimisation in England.

Daily rate trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Optimisation in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Optimisation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Optimisation within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
London +90 27 £523 -11.44% 9
South West - 6 £660 - 5
North of England - 5 £620 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £490 -
North West - 2 £775 - 2
North East - 1 £475 -
Database Optimisation
UK

Database Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.63%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.63%) CloudBees
4 1 (2.63%) Datadog
4 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.89%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.26%) BigQuery
3 2 (5.26%) Data Hub
3 2 (5.26%) DB2
3 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.63%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (2.63%) Ingres
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.63%) Power BI
4 1 (2.63%) Redis
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (2.63%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Back Office
3 3 (7.89%) Finance
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Developer
2 14 (36.84%) Senior
2 14 (36.84%) Senior Developer
3 8 (21.05%) Senior Software Developer
3 8 (21.05%) Software Developer
4 7 (18.42%) Architect
5 6 (15.79%) Backend Developer
5 6 (15.79%) Systems Architect
6 5 (13.16%) Lead
7 4 (10.53%) Active Directory Architect
7 4 (10.53%) DBA
7 4 (10.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (10.53%) Technical Leader
8 3 (7.89%) Administrator
8 3 (7.89%) Senior Backend Developer
9 2 (5.26%) Active Directory Specialist
9 2 (5.26%) Data Engineer
9 2 (5.26%) Distributed Systems Developer
9 2 (5.26%) Java Developer
9 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) .NET
2 3 (7.89%) XML
3 2 (5.26%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.26%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.63%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.63%) Kafka
4 1 (2.63%) REST
4 1 (2.63%) Spring
4 1 (2.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) Data Fabric
4 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Linux
3 2 (5.26%) zOS
4 1 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Agile
2 19 (50.00%) Content Management
3 18 (47.37%) Design Patterns
3 18 (47.37%) Software Engineering
4 13 (34.21%) SDLC
5 10 (26.32%) Data Modelling
6 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.42%) Data Management
7 7 (18.42%) Data Migration
7 7 (18.42%) Migration
8 6 (15.79%) DevOps
9 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
9 5 (13.16%) ETL
9 5 (13.16%) Front End Development
9 5 (13.16%) Identity Management
10 4 (10.53%) Computer Science
10 4 (10.53%) Workflow
11 3 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (7.89%) Performance Monitoring
11 3 (7.89%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (81.58%) SQL
2 22 (57.89%) Java
2 22 (57.89%) PowerShell
3 21 (55.26%) JavaScript
4 20 (52.63%) C#
5 2 (5.26%) Bicep
5 2 (5.26%) Python
5 2 (5.26%) Scala
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
6 1 (2.63%) C
6 1 (2.63%) Go
6 1 (2.63%) Groovy
6 1 (2.63%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.63%) Ruby
6 1 (2.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Ansible
1 1 (2.63%) Argo
1 1 (2.63%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) Databricks
4 2 (5.26%) F5
5 1 (2.63%) Brio
5 1 (2.63%) Checkmarx
5 1 (2.63%) Yardi