Database Architect Contracts

Database Architect
UK

The median Database Architect daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 707 839
Rank change year-on-year +118 +132 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Database Architect 11 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.016% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 20
10th Percentile £538 £458 £578
25th Percentile £550 £513 £582
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £668
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -6.44% +33.60%
75th Percentile £700 £800 £738
90th Percentile - £850 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £800 £598
% change year-on-year -21.88% +33.89% +25.13%

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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Database Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Architect in the UK

Database Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Database Architect in the UK

Database Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Architect over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Architect in the UK

Database Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Database Architect in the UK

Database Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +119 8 £625 - 6
Work from Home +128 4 £700 +27.27% 4
UK excluding London +58 4 £625 -21.88% 4
London +113 3 £575 +9.52% 2
South West +22 2 £688 -14.06% 1
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 1
Midlands - 2 £600 - 1

Database Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Database Architect 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 Database Architect in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Data Security
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Big Data
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) GCP
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Google
4 2 (18.18%) DynamoDB
4 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.09%) SAP
5 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
5 1 (9.09%) Replication
5 1 (9.09%) Teamcenter
5 1 (9.09%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) High Availability
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (9.09%) Serverless
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture

Database Architect 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Big Data
2 2 (18.18%) DynamoDB
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
2 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon Aurora
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Blog
1 1 (9.09%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Data Management
1 3 (27.27%) Data Security
1 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) High Availability
3 1 (9.09%) Security Management
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Google
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) SAP