DBA Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke
Database Administrator
Hampshire > Basingstoke
The median Database Administrator daily rate in Basingstoke is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a DBA | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke | 0.52% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.57% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £569 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £578 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £613 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £653 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £666 | - | - |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £575 | £500 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -16.67% | +92.00% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Basingstoke
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in Basingstoke with a recognized job title | 353 | 201 | 261 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.41% | 95.71% | 91.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 279 | 166 | 202 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £463 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £516 | £513 | £476 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £600 | £585 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.56% | -4.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | - | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £650 | £725 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.34 | £12.18 | £35.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.20 | £14.59 | £38.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £17.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.82% | -62.22% | +181.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.38 | £23.27 | £52.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.25 | £25.15 | £55.35 |
| Hampshire median hourly rate | £38.25 | £25.15 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.09% | -62.74% | +28.57% |
DBA Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.
DBA Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Basingstoke.
DBA Skill Set Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke
For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, 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 Basingstoke region featuring DBA in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change Management | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Database Security | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | DV Cleared | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | High Availability | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | ITIL | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Performance Tuning | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | PowerShell | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Runbook | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Security Cleared | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | SQL Server | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | T-SQL | 100.0% | 2 |
DBA Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL DBA | 100.0% | 2 |