Unix DBA Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Unix Database Administrator
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Unix Database Administrator daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Unix DBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 0.83% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £520 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 201 100 126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.40% 97.09% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 49 71
10th Percentile £320 £410 £420
25th Percentile £424 £438 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -5.00% -8.09%
75th Percentile £537 £555 £659
90th Percentile £596 £638 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £485 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +4.30% -7.00% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 21
10th Percentile £58.99 £27.14 £45.22
25th Percentile £63.08 £38.63 £48.60
Median hourly rate £68.17 £55.48 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% -10.98% +11.58%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.50 £66.61
90th Percentile - £70.29 £70.90
Cumbria median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 £53.72
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.92% -2.33%

Unix DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, Unix DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Unix DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Unix

Unix DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle