Database Specialist Contracts in Reading

Database Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Database Specialist daily rate in Reading is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Specialist 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% - 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £486 - -
25th Percentile £559 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
75th Percentile £650 - £625
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £625 - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59.89 - -
Median hourly rate £60.14 - -
75th Percentile £60.39 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,113 1,007 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.63% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 669 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £411 £453 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -2.33%

Database Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Database Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Database Specialist in Reading

Database Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Specialist in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Database Specialist in Reading

Database Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Specialist in Reading over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Specialist in Reading

Database Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Database Specialist 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 Reading region featuring Database Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (60.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) Capacity Management
4 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (30.00%) Terraform
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
6 2 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (20.00%) Database Security
6 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (20.00%) Bash
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Change Control
7 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (10.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Management Information System

Database Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Capacity Management
1 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Database Security
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds